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

He felt heavily tired, although still too wired from the past few days’ efforts to relax. They’d saved a number of trapped people and seen a lot of mangled bodies, past any hope of rescue except for burial. Some of those would haunt him for a while, bringing back memories he didn’t need. At least the successes outweighed the losses. For that, he was deeply thankful. It felt good to make a difference. He and Mandy had, working together as a team.


Saving Dan was the highlight of the whole effort. There was something very appealing about the young Cajun. Garrett had a sudden intuition they could become real friends, if not even more. He sensed Dan had his own ghosts and baggage. It just meant there were two of them.


Maybe in time we can share enough to understand and sympathize with each other. The old saying misery loves company might work.


Chapter 8