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Al Lacy (Author)
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January 29, 1999
Nurse Natalie Fallon has brought her ailing mother to Denver for her health and starts a job at Denver's Mile High Hospital, where she meets fellow nurse Breanna Baylor Brockman. In Natalie's past is a relationship with Rex Rawlins, a young medical student. Two years prior she had ended the relationship when she learned Rex was planning a rural practice. She is determined not to marry a country doctor like her father, who died at age 43 from overwork. But she has never stopped loving Rex, and now, little does she know that Rex is a rural doctor in the surrounding mountains. A serious accident brings them together, but it will take a miracle to give them the promise of a life together.


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About the Author

Al Lacy has written more than ninety novels, including the Angel of Mercy, Battles of Destiny, and Journeys of the Stranger series. He and his wife, JoAnna Lacy, are coauthors of the Mail Order Bride, Hannah of Fort Bridger, and Shadow of Liberty series. The Lacys make their home in the Colorado Rockies.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 349 pages
  • Publisher: Multnomah Books (January 29, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1576732428
  • ISBN-13: 978-1576732427
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,725,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Al Lacy has written more than ninety novels, including the Angel of Mercy, Battles of Destiny, and Journeys of the Stranger series. He and his wife, JoAnna Lacy, are coauthors of the Mail Order Bride, Hannah of Fort Bridger, and Shadow of Liberty series. The Lacys make their home in the Colorado Rockies.

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not By Might, January 23, 2012
I found it very hard to get into this book. The writing was a bit to "flowery" for my taste. I did start to get into the book and enjoy it more about half way through. There was some excitement added that drew me into the plot more. One thing that I did enjoy though is the author's use of Scripture. Al Lacy quotes many Scriptures throughout this book and the characters pray very often. I found this to be very encouraging a good reminder to pray more in my own life. I would be interested in reading other books in this series. I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not By Might (Angel of Mercy) by Al Lacey - A Review, January 17, 2012
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Anne Carter (Vancouver, WA United States) - See all my reviews
Not By Might the eighth book in Al Lacey's Angel of Mercy series is a Christian novel set in the Old West. The product description leads you to believe the novel will be written from the viewpoint of two different women. Breanna, the wife of U.S. Marshall John Brockman, and Natalie Fallon a new nurse at the hospital where Breanna works. Natalie is a supporting character in the novel but has very little dialog in the book and is a non-entity until the last couple of chapters.

I found it extremely hard to develop any interest in the book or its characters. From the drama of revenge from an outlaw-done-wrong to the constant and annoying insipid Christianity spouted by the main characters everything fell flat. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Christian and I am not against novels that have a strong Christian message or with quoting scripture. However, when the same verse is used over and over repeatedly with no real depth behind it, it becomes a turn-off instead of a blessing. These characters were so sugary sweet it felt as if I had eaten a mouthful of frosting with no cake much less a hearty meal beforehand.

I think if the author had concentrated less on beating the gospel/faith message over her reader's heads and more time on developing depth and feeling in their faith the novel would have been a much better read. As it is I could hardly stand to pick it back up to finish in order to write this review. I am exceedingly glad I didn't pay for it.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group does not require a positive review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not By Might, January 16, 2012
About the Book: Set in the Old West, this was the eighth of a series on Christian Western, romance, suspense (loose description) rolled into one. Although Nurse Breanna Brockman and her husband, John, the US Marshall, are the main characters in this series, nurse Natalie Fallon and Dr. Rex Rawlins are sub characters. In this episode, John's death is plotted by a gang of outlaws while his wife Breanna is acclimating Natalie Fallon, the new nurse in the hospital who is still grieving the loss of her true love. Breanna travels to half a day to a mining town to assist a rural doctor, Dr. Rex Rawlins, with one of his special needs patients. While there, Breanna, witnesses to a miner and his wife. All of these threads begin to intersect as the story reaches its climax.
My Thoughts: I have to admit that the Old West I have read about from other writers and this Old West were two different places. The characters in the story were so sickeningly sweet, that the book was hard to read. The characters who were Christians constantly preached at everyone they met and everything always worked out for the Christians in the story as soon as they prayed. I love stories of hope as much as the next reader, but I really don't like stories that are so completely unrealistic. The only positive thing I can think of, is to say that if you are a big Christian-Western fan, you may enjoy the whole Old West scene enough to make this story worthwhile. This book for me was a painful read that I could not wait for it to end. Had I not been reviewing this book I would have put it down and counted my losses. Syrupy sweet, condescendingly preachy, totally unbelievable and I doubt seriously if I read another of the Angel of Mercy series.

I received a free e-copy download of this book from the Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group for review purposes. All opinions expressed are always entirely my own.
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