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Hosea's Bride
Hosea's Bride
Hosea's Bride
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Hosea's Bride

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Forced into prostitution by her stepfather, Angela Warren found salvation one dark, terrifying night in Crossroads Church. The words of a handsome visiting preacher and the strength she found in the Lord led her to a new life in Harmony, Colorado.

But Angela's hard–won happiness was threatened when her church appointed a new pastor, Hosea Stevens–the very preacher who'd saved her years ago. Angela tried to avoid him, lest he recognize her, but Hosea persisted in knowing her better. Panicked by his romantic interest–and her own feelings–Angela fled, but Hosea pursued her. Could he bring her back to his church.as his bride?

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Release dateSep 1, 2013
ISBN9781488730665
Hosea's Bride
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Dorothy Clark

Award-winning author Dorothy Clark enjoys traveling with her husband throughout the United States doing research and gaining inspiration for future books. Dorothy values our American heritage and believes in God, family, love and happy endings, which explains why she feels so at home writing for Love Inspired Historical. Dorothy enjoys hearing from her readers and may be contacted at dorothyjclark@hotmail.com or www.dorothyclarkbooks.com

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    Oh, I just had to read this book once I stumbled upon the summary on another site. The heroine is a former prostitute (seriously, a heroine in a Christian romance novel who isn't as pure as the driven snow - someone call the press!) who falls in love with the pastor who led her to Jesus. Except she's not quite over being a prostitute, and it takes a lot of angst for her to realize that that's all in her past.I honestly have no idea how to rate this book. On the one hand, the heroine is definitely non-traditional. On the other hand, there's still a lot of slut shaming done in this book (except, you know, she didn't choose to have sex). Angela, the prostitute-turned-choir-girl, keeps talking about how ashamed she is of "her" sin. Except the reader rather quickly finds out that she was forced into prostitution; it was never something she chose. Her mother sold her into the life and she was repeatedly raped. Angela eventually ran away at 18, as soon as she could manage to get away. So...how exactly did SHE sin? And even if she HAD chosen to be a prostitute (except, really, who genuinely does that?), why all of the "I'm unworthy, no one will ever love me, god is trying to punish me" crap? Yeah, no idea how to rate this book. At least it was entertaining, in a train wreck sort of sense?

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