#165 in Romance
The Rescue
- 460
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 0 weeks on the list
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Our view
Nicholas Sparks’s “The Rescue” is an emotional small-town romance between a volunteer firefighter afraid of commitment and a devoted single mother. Some readers are moved to tears by Denise’s devotion to her son Kyle; others find the story too sentimental and Taylor too immature to root for. It is written for readers who come to Sparks for strong feeling rather than restraint.
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About the book
When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can’t bring himself to make: he can’t fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southern town, single mother Denise Holton’s car skids off the road. The young mom is with her four-year-old son Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Taylor McAden finds her unconscious and bleeding, but does not find Kyle. When Denise wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, the connection between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn’t know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. It will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love and will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. This rescue will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 72 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 7 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 65 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Rescue?
It has 460 pages — longer than 69% of the ranked books in Romance.
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