Francine’s story changed my life and touched my heart. “I first read Redeeming Love at a time when I wasn’t sure whether God was calling me to write Christian fiction. Very highly recommended.” - Library Journal There is not one false note in this wonderful novel. “A splendid piece of work exploring both physical love and a love of God. “Writers like Rivers are why people buy Christian fiction.” - Publishers Weekly and it is.” -#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber

I knew then this book would be a classic. I read it twenty years ago, and even now the story reverberates in my mind. “ Redeeming Love is a literary masterpiece, reminding us that God’s love is unconditional. the One who will never let her go.Ī powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is a life-changing story of God’s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love. 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. Slowly, day by day, he defies Angel’s every bitter expectation, until despite her resistance, her frozen heart begins to thaw.īut with her unexpected softening comes overwhelming feelings of unworthiness and fear. Michael obeys God’s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep.Īngel expects nothing from men but betrayal. “A literary masterpiece, reminding us that God’s love is unconditional.”-Debbie MacomberĬalifornia’s gold country, 1850. A favorite Christian romance classic-a tragically wounded soul, the man called to marry her, and the only love that heals all-now available in a beautiful keepsake, linen-bound edition!.

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