The heroine Hope has been given the gift of healing. When she tries to heal wounded warriors, plots to thwart her efforts abound.
Hope Evans is a dedicated nurse and healer. She is involved in a terrible accident and dies only to be returned to earth by her spiritual advisors so that she may continue her work to help others. Hope has been given the great gift of healing through God and she chooses to heal wounded warriors - those young men and women returning from combat who have been seriously injured emotionally, mentally as well as physically. There are many who wish her to fail - religious zealots, terrorists and even the federal government - trying to find her and stop her at any cost.
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"Hope took several steps into the intersection before realizing that a car was racing through the traffic light without stopping. She glanced up just in time to see it barreling down on her but her body seemed frozen in the moment and she could not move. The last thing that she could see clearly was a blur of the color red as the car hit her and threw her limp body high up into the air. When witnesses described the accident to the police, they spoke of the speed of it all and the horrible sickening noise her body made when it hit the pavement. To Hope, the scene was being played out in slow motion. Her body, as it was being hit with such force, appeared to be suspended in the air. Time seemed to be played out in minutes not the mere seconds which it too for the impact to occur.
She tried to scream but her voice was stifled in her throat. She tried to stop herself from falling to the ground but she could not keep her hands away from her face. She could taste blood welling up in her mouth. She smelled the strong scent of alcohol as the driver bent over her body to try to assist her. She heard others calling for help. An onlooker threw a coat over her to try to keep her warm and held her hand to encourage her to hold on until medical help arrived.
Someone must have alerted the hospital of the accident because a flurry of activity descended upon the street. Hope saw the emergency personnel from the hospital race to pick up her inert body and place it on a back board before transferring her to a gurney. She was no longer a participant in this drama but rather she was an on-looker. Hope followed the cart as her bloodied broken body was wheeled into the emergency room. She watched as staff doctors and nurses worked frantically over her still, lifeless form. As Hope viewed each procedure being performed by the emergency workers, her spirit became lighter and more weightless. She felt someone tap her on her shoulder and she turned to see who it was. A glowing white light flowed from the figure next to her in the room. An angel, dressed in a pale yellow gown, beckoned to Hope to follow. She did as requested and turned to follow the angel out of the room and into the light.
Twenty-eight years ago, Stan Parker and Angela Carpenter broke off their engagement when each wanted to go their separate ways.
Stan became a sheriff’s deputy, married a dispatcher, and had a daughter. His wife died 7 years ago leaving him l
