Redeeming Love
1991
- frontier and pioneer life in fiction
- prostitutes in fiction
- frontier and pioneer life
- prostitutes
- fiction
- women pioneers
- frontier life
- love stories
- romance fiction
- christian fiction
The story
California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea. A man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything, Michael Hosea obeys God’s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Slowly, day by day, he defies Angel’s every bitter expectation until, despite her resistance her frozen heart begins to thaw. But with her unexpected softening come overwhelming feelings of unworthiness and fear. And so Angel runs. Back to the darkness, away from her husband’s pursuing love, terrified of the truth she can no longer deny: Her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael Hosea does…the One who will never let her go. A life-changing story of God’s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love. ([source][1]) [1]: http://francinerivers.com/books/redeeming-love/
What it’s like
Dusty, sun-scorched gold-country days and smoky, rough-edged nights set the mood, with the prose lingering on mud, canvas tents, saloon lamplight and the grit of a mining town. The voice is earnest and emotionally open, heavy on interior reflection and scripture-soaked longing, so the reading feels slow and immersive rather than brisk. Its vibe is wounded but hopeful, a long, aching thaw with a warm, devotional glow. The darkness is real: the backstory of childhood sexual abuse and the life of prostitution are present and shown through the heroine's trauma, though the sex stays off the page and the violence is sporadic rather than graphic. Expect emotional intensity more than explicit detail. It suits a slow weekend afternoon, a comfort reread for readers who like their romance patient and their faith visible, and anyone who wants a tender, redemptive love story where the hero keeps choosing the heroine through her resistance. It is written for readers of Christian romance and historical fiction who want spiritual themes woven through a love story.
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