Redeeming love : a novel / Francine Rivers.

Book

Rivers, Francine, 1947- author.

1st hardcover ed.

Colorado Springs, Col. : Multnomah, c2007.

479 p. ; 24 cm.

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 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 no longer can deny: Her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does ... the One who will never let her go.

Women pioneers -- Fiction.

Prostitutes -- Fiction.

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Christian fiction.

Romance fiction.

Includes discussion questions pages 470-479.

"A retelling of the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea, set against the romantic backdrop of the California Gold Rush."--author's website.

Content warning: themes of redemption, unconditional love, and healing, the disturbing content may be triggering for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, or childhood abuse.

ECPA Gold Book award, 2005

ECPA Platinum Book Award, 2009

9781601420619 (hbk.)

1601420617 (hbk.)

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