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  1. Heart2Heart
    Victorville, CA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A great medical suspense thriller!
    September 17, 2012
    Heart2Heart
    Victorville, CA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Heartbeat Away.
    Oncology surgeon, Victoria "Tori" Taylor is a well-known for her ability to deal with the issues surrounding her patients. She is precise, methodical, and is successful most of the time. But it is her bedside manner and interpersonal relationships that lack the warm that should be present when dealing with her co-workers and patients. It's that arrogance of being great at what she does that have turned most of her co-workers against her. She is hated by the majority of the nursing staff, her interns cringe when they know they are assigned to follow her on rounds because in her eyes, they will never measure up to her perfect standards. Tori Taylor makes Dr. House look weak.

    When fate deals Tori the worst hand possible, she is about to see things from a completely different side of the medical field, when a complication from a virus causes her own heart to fail and requires her to face a heart transplant if she wants to live. Now as she has to deal with those same nurses and staff in her own hospital, she begins to wonder if her own life is worth saving after all. When she wakes up in recovery, she learns how close to death she actually came and learns that she is being placed on a three month administrative leave and has to receive counseling before possibly returning to work. Seems like personnel at the hospital has received quite a few complaints regarding her actions from fellow employees and unless she agrees to change, she will be out of a job.

    However, bad news from her employer isn't the only thing on Tori's mind when she awakens from her surgery. She know has memories from a horrible fire, a young women with green eyes and a heart tattoo telling her to remember the numbers 316 as they will be required to punish the men who did this to her. She must remember. Tori wonders just where the memories are coming from and begins to notice more changes in her own life as well. She is now more emotionally connected than ever before, she cries where she didn't feel any emotion to anything before, she is also acutely aware of peoples lives and can sense trouble in their lives without them telling her anything. Is it possible that the person who donated their heart to save hers, has some how transferred their memories along with their heart?

    In the novel, A Heartbeat Away by Harry Kraus, MD, the reader is taken into a medical suspense thriller that begins to slow unwind over the course of the novel. Since Harry Kraus is a doctor, his attention to detail allows to reader to immediately get a feel for all the medical procedures that Tori is experiencing without going over the readers head. This makes the novel all the more enjoyable to experience while dealing with cellular memory, the hearts ability to capture memories and retain them, thus transferring a portion of their lives into the heart transplant recipient. But apparently it now puts Tori's life into danger as she works with Phin MacGrath, her counselor to discover who her donor was and what really happened to them.

    I received A Heartbeat Away compliments of Christian Fiction Blog Alliance, David C Cook, and Net Galley for my honest review and have to say, I really enjoyed this one. I didn't quite know where it was headed but I was committed for the entire ride. I rate this one a 4.5 out of 5 stars and this is my second book from Harry Kraus that I have completely enjoyed and recommend to those of you looking for a great medical suspense thriller with a twist!
  2. Teddy G
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Excellent Suspense, Engaging Story!
    August 12, 2012
    Teddy G
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Heartbeat Away.
    Tori Taylor is an accomplished surgical oncologist, at the top of her game and climbing the professional ladder. Only two things stand in her way: a virus that has substantially weakened her heart, and the staff that she has belittled and criticized in her pursuit of perfection. Now, that same staff is in charge of her own surgery and rehabilitation as she undergoes a heart transplant in the very hospital in which she has previously been untouchable. Once the new heart is in place, Tori begins to change. She has nightmares about things that aren't from her own memories, she cries more, and she has compassion for the people around her. The new Tori wants to understand where these changes came from; whose heart was this before it became hers? Has the new heart changed her? Or has God used the experience to change Tori? As Tori seeks answers, she may find more than she bargained for, and not everyone is happy that she's searching.

    This was a fantastically written book. The suspense kept me guessing, but never with blind turns to throw me off course. Information was revealed in a logical way, where I never felt that things were being intentionally hidden; instead, I learned things as the characters discovered them. Even with three stories unfolding simultaneously, I was enthralled with every character in the book. Each time the point of view shifted, I was eager to find out more about that aspect of the story, and I couldn't wait for them to all come together. I know that the science vs. religion conflict is a big one in the medical community, and Tori's initial doubts and inner debates felt very real, as well as her eventual realization that even science requires faith.

    A Heartbeat Away is one of the best books I've read recently, and I debated between giving it 4 stars or 5. In the end I give it 4 stars, but it's probably closer to a 4.5. I definitely recommend it to anyone who likes a well-written suspense novel, or even to try it if you don't usually!

    I have read several of Harry Krause, M.D.'s novels and have enjoyed all of them. This is another author from whom I keep an eye out for new releases. Reading the "Getting to know Harry" section at the book only made me appreciate him and his writing more. I hope you'll try one of his books!

    I received this book for free from David C. Cook publishers via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
  3. Ruth
    Clintonville, WI
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Very good mystery
    December 19, 2012
    Ruth
    Clintonville, WI
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Heartbeat Away.
    I shared this book with a friend who read until after midnight. That says how good it is. I hope Harry Kraus keeps writing this kind of book.

    I have been a Harry Kraus fan for several years . In one review it was said that this is his best one yet. I agree.
  4. VicsMediaRoom
    Irvine, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A Brilliant Medical Thriller
    December 10, 2012
    VicsMediaRoom
    Irvine, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Heartbeat Away.
    Harry Kraus in his new book, "A Heartbeat Away book coverA Heartbeat Away" published by David C Cook brings us into the life of Dr. Tori Taylor.

    From the back cover: Haunted by memories of a murder she never witnessed

    Dr. Tori Taylor rules the operating room with a cold precision that makes nurses cower and her colleagues take notes. But even with her success as a respected surgeon, Tori finds herself alone in her moment of desperation–dying on her own operating table.

    Tori needs a heart transplant, but what she receives is far more than just a donor organ. Lying loveless and friendless in the recovery room, Tori experiences flashes of terrifying events she never witnessed. Soon she leaves her controlled world and starts investigating a homicide only she believes happened. Is she hallucinating? Or will someone believe her in time to stop a murderer from killing again?

    Ever heard the expression, "the heart remembers"? Well it seems that medical science has discovered that this is true. The doctors have found memory engrams in the heart similar to those found in the brain, where we normally think of memory. This only goes to prove the Bible is accurate when it tells us, "guard your heart." Dr. Kraus has given us a page flipping thriller that is ripped from the current medical journals and added in an intense search for a murderer. The character of Dr. Taylor is so well written. First she starts off as a cold controlling person withdrawn from humanity but with the heart transplant she softens as she learns that God has taken from her old heart of stone and given her a new one of flesh. "A Heartbeat Away" is a very exciting adventure that kept my attention all the way until the end. I recommend it highly.

    If you missed the interview for "The Six-Liter Club", a different story from Dr. Kraus, and would like to listen to it and/or interviews with other authors and professionals please go to Kingdom Highlights where they are available On Demand.

    Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from David C Cook. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
  5. Book Nut
    Milan, Mi
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Exciting!
    October 18, 2012
    Book Nut
    Milan, Mi
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Heartbeat Away.
    I enjoy a good medical thriller. This did not disappoint!
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