Changing her name and moving to a new city, emergency room nurse Sloane Ferrell hopes to put her dark past behind her with a new start at Los Angeles's Hope Hospital. Enter Micah Prescott, a marketing consultant seeking to find "the face of LA Hope" for his new campaign, and he believes Sloane is it. The two clash immediately, as Sloane wants to stay out of the spotlight. Then a string of violent crimes threaten to expose Sloane, and a relentless reporter is hoping for a big scoop. Adding to her anxiety is her growing attraction to Micah. VERDICT This third installment in Calvert's "Crisis Team" series (after Step by Step; By Your Side) features fully rounded characters, medical drama, and plenty of suspense. Calvert's former career as an ER nurse lends authenticity, and her themes of God's grace, forgiveness, and redemption will inspire readers seeking spiritual encouragement.

ER nurse Calvert (the Crisis Team series) intertwines a mob drama with the frenzy of a hospital emergency room in this explosive page-turner. Sloane Ferrell, a fiercely private new ER nurse at Hope Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., is trying to bury her past mistakes by taking a job in a new city. As Sloane exits Hope one afternoon, a pink-haired young woman is pulled, allegedly against her will, into a car. Trusting her instincts, Sloane yanks her from the perpetrator and invites the woman to a diner, where she notices a strange tattoo: "property of...$." Sloane is unable to get much information from the young woman, but believes she is in over her head with the local mob. The original incident is also witnessed by Micah Prescott, the hospital's marketing director, and his friend Coop, a local reporter and camera man, who captures the scene. Micah, impressed by Sloane's actions rescuing the girl as well as by her beauty, decides that Sloane could make a perfect model for his billboard campaign to enhance the hospital's sagging reputation. But when he approaches Sloane, she thwarts his plans, even threatening to go to HR if he doesn't leave her be. As she pushes him away, his interest only grows, and he becomes convinced of her ability to lift the unpopular hospital. Calvert adeptly intertwines drama, passion, hope, and her medical expertise to deliver a suspenseful tale that will leave readers guessing until the end. (Feb.)