Into the Fire

Let It Be Me by Becky Wade continues A Misty River Romance series. 

Pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Sebastian Grant is inadvertently run off the road after swerving to avoid a car crossing into his lane. When a passer-by stops her car to venture down the ditch where he sits unconscious still strapped in his seat, her gentle voice makes him wonder if he's died and she's an angel talking to him. Finally her words begin to register as he gains consciousness, but before he can come around enough to get her name, she's gone and he's on his way to the hospital in an ambulance.

She made such an impact on him that the memory of her consumes his spare time, and he even tells his best friend, teacher Ben about the mysterious encounter with the woman who'd been there after his crash. 

At a high school fundraiser event Sebastian has agreed to help at Ben's booth. As he's approaching the location, he hears the voice of the woman who helped him after his accident and surveys the immediate area to find her. When he does, he introduces himself and as they're talking, Ben approaches. When the two friends realize that high school teacher and math prodigy Leah is Ben's longtime pursuit and Sebastian's dream girl, things change for all of them. 

Leah who has sworn herself to singleness and no romance is startled by the attraction Sebastian creates in her. In her mind continuing to raise her brother Dylan, who is now a teenager, is her only devotion and once he's in college, she'll pursue her lifelong dream of a PHD. She's determined not to allow Sebastian that place in her life, but when she makes the shocking discovery that her DNA sample is no match to her mother or her distant father, she needs his expertise and medical influence to search for what happened the day she was born. He's quick to assist and his professional clout helps her take the first step in discovering who she really is. 

Sebastian is the orphaned kid who made it big after a painful, rocky youth. Brought into Ben's family and treated as another son, he feels he owes that family everything, but their love, guidance, and support have no strings attached. Ben and Sebastian have to make difficult changes in their relationship due to Leah who wants no serious relationship but finally can't deny she is drawn to Sebastian.

It's clear Becky did her homework in this one. From ancestries/DNA to pediatric surgery to far-out math, she clearly prepared herself for this story. Sebastian is the stand-out, Ben is the "good guy", and Leah is one of those genius types who struggles with the "norms" in emotional attachments outside of her love for her brother. 

Heartbreak, confusion, broken promises, forgiveness, even vengeance consume the multiple characters in Let It Be Me. Love weaves its way throughout, and God has the final say.

Father, please continue to bless Becky's wide-appeal stories, and provide all that she needs to write them. Keep her filled with your abundance and guard and protect her from all harm. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.