With his life torn apart by tragedy, Garrett finds a true lifesaver in the Golden Retriever pup, Mandy, that he rescues from a local shelter. Inspired by the heroic search and rescue teams he sees on television, he and Mandy become a trained SAR team.  Their first big challenge comes when a series of violent storms with vicious tornadoes rip through the high plains.<br><br>Dan has come home from Iraq shattered by the horrors he witnessed. Like his father and grandfather before him, he takes off on an old motorcycle to try to find peace and outrun his nightmares. Instead he finds a storm that almost takes his life.<br><br>Lucky for him, a special SAR team comes to his rescue. In Mandy and Garrett he just might find the unconditional love he needs to become whole again.

Rescued by Love

Mandy clearly knew something out of the ordinary was happening. Instead of curling up in the back seat of the king cab truck to sleep, she stayed in the passenger seat, watching the dark highway slide by as Garrett drove through the night. When she finally lay down, he could tell she wasn’t sleeping soundly, just napping a bit.


“You need to get your rest, girl. We’re going to be working hard tomorrow and likely for several days afterwards.”


She made a little sound, kind of between a whimper and a faint growl—one of her efforts to talk back to him. Maybe she didn’t understand everything he said, but it was easy to believe she did.


Chapter 3