Redeeming Love

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And I don’t mean writing a new book (though I am working on one—more to come on that throughout the year! A sweeping, romantic tale of a displaced New England suffragette, a former Union soldier disinherited by his Southern family, and the California frontier town they join forces to save.

Seriously, this really is like an Atari game in that you could easily divide the characters into two camps: good guys and bad guys.

Angel and Michael's connection stands as a pure example of love in its most honest and unconditional state.

He is furious that he came looking, and starts making up excuses to give Miriam so that he does not have to hurt her by telling her Angel is a prostitute. And, I’m not going to feel guilty about that because God and I have our private convos, and let’s just say… we’re good. If you think prostitutes are that filthy and unworthy, well, guess what, you went to them, so you're much, much worse!There were times when it didn't show very well when Sarah's mother became a prostitute, it seems like after her lover and then herb parents rejected her she just ended up in prostitution. I found Angel’s behaviour towards Michael so frustrating at times but it was necessary to show how crippling trauma can be no matter how annoying it may seem to the reader. I also didn’t like that her husband was suppose to be so understanding yet was still sleeping with her before she even loved him or before they really had a decent relationship.

She admits that she is frightened by the idea of being in love with him, but he reassures her and brings her home. I can't get past how much the main female protagonist is talked down to and slut-shamed by her own husband (and that's not even all). The most redemptive part of the book is the idea that Michael is constantly forgiving Angel for her past. A. Dowd criticized the love story as "icky", saying it "hinges on a fundamental power imbalance: Angel literally can't say no to Michael's evening visits. New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers is one of the leading authors of women's Christian fiction.Lord knows I'm not one of them, as my internet browsing history could easily confirm, but I strongly believe that those men exist, and I also think there are men who struggle with sex without forcing their struggles on others. Later that year, Mae's maid Cleo begrudgingly takes Sarah with her on a trip to the seashore so that Mae can have a private visit with Alex. When her brother in law drives her through the wilderness and commands her to have sex with him or he will abandon her there, he is using physical and emotional force. Angel feels herself softening up day by day, but in her uncertainty and fear refuses to share it with Michael.

I think this may be only the second Christian themed novel I've ever read, which means its the first one I ever finished. Sarah, aka, Angel is a beautiful, damaged woman who remains a prisoner of a past that heartlessly sold her into prostitution as a child. In the present day, when Michael enters Angel's room and tells her he wants to marry her, she is thrown off-guard but remains aloof toward him.so when Michael attempts to show her an honest life, she is untrusting and feels unworthy to receive it. Okay, before getting too far into reading this, understand that I only read this book because it was required of me for a book club.