The town of Woodhill is faced with the possible closing of Liberty Sand & Gravel, the local quarry that in better times employed many of the town’s residents. Mining expert, Aaron Chandler, is hired to evaluate the quarry’s future, and becomes a friend of Boris Hegerty, the quarry foreman.
Boris is facing not only potential labor problems, so rife in the 1930s, but he must also come to terms with the colon cancer that is killing his mother, Maudie, who is being cared for by Dr. Jessica Malloy, the physician in charge of the emergency department at Woodhill Memorial Hospital. In the course of her work, Jess befriends Woodhill Fire Department First Aid Officer Eli Sheffler, who becomes her steadfast friend through the course of Maudie’s illness.
When trouble literally explodes at the quarry, seriously injuring Boris, Jess and Eli’s friendship is tested and Aaron is suddenly and unexpectedly united with his past.
THE QUARRY book review by Scribblers July 2002 by Brenda Ramsbacher
ISBN: 978-1-59109-469-25
Months of rumors become truth in minutes. Aaron Chandler and Boris Hegerty now had their hands full. The quarrymen are out of control. Meanwhile, Liberty Sand and Gravel are determined to continue closing the quarry even with an offered proposal in their grasp. Things don’t always turn out the way it should. A peaceful resolution is wanted but a riot breaks out. Seriously injured, Boris is rushed directly to surgery while his fiancee struggles to put her patients before her feelings.
Jessica Malloy is first and and foremost a doctor. She wants children and a husband, yet Jess has no desire to quit the job she loves—ever. The work she craves are emergencies. The thrills. The tension. The frantic pace of an emergency doctor’s life. Thus, Jess expected to remain single. Then she meets Maudie, a woman wracked with cancer, and eventually falls in love with her son.
Enter in Eli Sheffler. Trained in the Navy, Eli loved his job running the ambulance and being the first to help those in need. Just as he took care of his sister so many years ago. Although he never complained about living in the orphanage, Eli remained angry about his father’s leaving. Older and much wiser, Eli was in for the shock of his life, for during the riot at the quarry, Eli comes face-to-face with his father.
A twist of tales in one, THE QUARRY, is the second book in the FIREHOUSE FAMILY series. With the cast of characters from Book One, MEMORIES, the story moves steadily forward to the expected outcome of Jess finding her true love, Eli finding his long-missing father, and Boris completely recovering. Although this portion has been neatly wrapped up, it’s evident another book is in the making. With two fantastic novels under Loveman’s pen already, I hope this series continues through the final climax.
The town of Woodhill is faced with the possible closing of Liberty Sand & Gravel, the local quarry that in better times employed many of the town’s residents. Mining expert, Aaron Chandler, is hired to evaluate the quarry’s future, and becomes a friend of Boris Hegerty, the quarry foreman.
Boris is facing not only potential labor problems, so rife in the 1930s, but he must also come to terms with the colon cancer that is killing his mother, Maudie, who is being cared for by Dr. Jessica Malloy, the physician in charge of the emergency department at Woodhill Memorial Hospital. In the course of her work, Jess befriends Woodhill Fire Department First Aid Officer Eli Sheffler, who becomes her steadfast friend through the course of Maudie’s illness.
When trouble literally explodes at the quarry, seriously injuring Boris, Jess and Eli’s friendship is tested and Aaron is suddenly and unexpectedly united with his past.
THE QUARRY book review by Scribblers July 2002 by Brenda Ramsbacher
ISBN: 978-1-59109-469-25
Months of rumors become truth in minutes. Aaron Chandler and Boris Hegerty now had their hands full. The quarrymen are out of control. Meanwhile, Liberty Sand and Gravel are determined to continue closing the quarry even with an offered proposal in their grasp. Things don’t always turn out the way it should. A peaceful resolution is wanted but a riot breaks out. Seriously injured, Boris is rushed directly to surgery while his fiancee struggles to put her patients before her feelings.
Jessica Malloy is first and and foremost a doctor. She wants children and a husband, yet Jess has no desire to quit the job she loves—ever. The work she craves are emergencies. The thrills. The tension. The frantic pace of an emergency doctor’s life. Thus, Jess expected to remain single. Then she meets Maudie, a woman wracked with cancer, and eventually falls in love with her son.
Enter in Eli Sheffler. Trained in the Navy, Eli loved his job running the ambulance and being the first to help those in need. Just as he took care of his sister so many years ago. Although he never complained about living in the orphanage, Eli remained angry about his father’s leaving. Older and much wiser, Eli was in for the shock of his life, for during the riot at the quarry, Eli comes face-to-face with his father.
A twist of tales in one, THE QUARRY, is the second book in the FIREHOUSE FAMILY series. With the cast of characters from Book One, MEMORIES, the story moves steadily forward to the expected outcome of Jess finding her true love, Eli finding his long-missing father, and Boris completely recovering. Although this portion has been neatly wrapped up, it’s evident another book is in the making. With two fantastic novels under Loveman’s pen already, I hope this series continues through the final climax.
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