Redeeming Love
Published in 1991, Redeeming Love is a historical romance and historical fiction novel by Francine Rivers. It takes readers to San Francisco, Calif. and San Francisco in 1850. It features Michael Hosea, Sarah Hosea and Gomer. It deals with frontier and pioneer life, prostitutes, women pioneers and frontier life.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 41 ratings, and 620 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 22 editions across 3 languages.
At about 474 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.
About Redeeming Love
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.
Quick answers
Who wrote Redeeming Love?
Redeeming Love was written by Francine Rivers and first published in 1991.
What genre is Redeeming Love?
It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Historical Fiction.
How long is Redeeming Love?
The median edition has 474 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Redeeming Love?
Readers who like it often enjoy El amante japonés, A Summer Affair and The Story of a Marriage.
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