Fans of medical series like Grey’s Anatomy will find a kindred spirit in Candace Calvert’s new Grace Medical Series (Tyndale House). Drawing from her own experiences as a nurse, not to mention spending lots of time in the ER after suffering multiple injuries in an equestrian accident, Candace says she and the protagonist Riley Hale share quite a bit in common.

“Fear is such a universal human experience,” Candace shares. “ I wanted to explore it with this story and show the triumph of hope through faith. People sometimes call me the ‘author of medical hope opera,’ and I couldn’t be more pleased.”

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Candace Calvert is an ER nurse who landed on the "other side of the stethoscope" after an equestrian accident that broke her neck and convinced her that love, laughter -- and faith -- are the very best medicines of all. Wife, mother, and very proud grandmother, Candace makes her home in northern California.