I have never read Francine Rivers before so I didn't know what to expect. This book was amazing. Taking place during the California Gold Rush, it is the story of Sarah (Angel) who has lived a terrible life for her 18 years, living as a prostitute in a poor, scrappy frontier town and Michael Hosea the man who sees her in the street and is determined to make her his wife. He rescues her from a brothel after she is beaten and restores her back to health physically but finds it impossible to heal her spirit. She plays tug of war with Michael and God until the very end. I read this book in two days and wish I had slowed down. It is based on the story of Hosea in the Bible. The story displays God's powerful love for his people and the struggle Angel and Michael go through when they don't want to listen to Him.

This is an incredible book. The whole story is an awesome picture of God's redeeming love for all of us. Even after finishing the book, I'm still thinking about it and can't get it off my mind. One word of caution: You may want to skip reading the Prologue of this book if you are sensitive in nature. The Prologue tells you how the main character, Angel, became the way she is, but you don't have to read the Prologue to understand the rest of the book.

I absolutely loved this book. The story is amazing. A story of true love, kindness, patience, heartache, conflict, pain, selfishness, self-hate, redemption, acceptance and overcoming. In the beginning we learn that Angel is a prostitute and a man who loves the Lord falls in love with her and through a series of events makes her his wife. I couldn’t put this book down. I started it one Saturday afternoon when my daughter was sick and I couldn’t put it down. This is a must read!

This is such a POWERFUL story of GODS LOVE FOR US. It is amazing how she shows a very wounded woman and how hard hearted she is and UNABLE to RECEIVE any kind of love. She has NOT BEEN LOVE her whole life.
Francine shows how GODS LOVE INTERCEDED into this womans live. He heals her hurts and TRANSFORMS her life as you read the book. Get your tissues ready. I was DEFINATLEY TOUCHED DEEPlLY by this story of How much God really loves us. A MUST READ.

One of my new favorite books, but i'm willing to part with it to pass the story on to others. It is based on the story of Hosea in the bible, so not one for the faint of heart. Takes place in California's gold rush era in 1850. Great detail to scenery and story line, really made me feel like I was there while I was reading it.

If I wrote page after page of how much I LOVED this book, it still would still only capture half of what I truly felt during and after reading this novel. Such a wonderful read for a renewal of your spirit. Such a wonderful love story between man and woman, God and woman, and God and man. So many lessons to learn here! Thank you Francine Rivers for sharing your gift of writing with the rest of us!

The beginning of this book is very dark and emotionally hard to read. The main character is subjected to one heartache after another and then abused in ways that are unimaginable to most.

The book then skips ahead in time and meets up with the character who is now older, jaded, and hopeless. In the midst of this, her hero enters the scene and an overblown and completely unrealistic romance novel begins.

Other characters enter the book. Some show love and others continue to victimize her. Two of these new characters, one "good" girl falls in love with the man who continued to victimize the main character -- Here is where I gave up on the book. I finished reading it because it was a book that my book club was reading, so I made it to the melodramatic end that was only fit for a cheap romance novel.

While this book may bear the title "Redeeming Love", there was nothing that I loved about it and it possessed little redemptive value.

I'm 14 and I LOVED this book. It brought out so many good points that I had never thought about before. I was enthralled by Michael's devotion to Angel, but especially to God. Michael did so much for Angel, but he still put God before her. "Redeeming Love" may be fiction, but there are many lessons that can be easily applied to life today.

Excellent book! This book turned me onto Francine Rivers novels. She is so amazing and this book is a great story! As well as a wonderful testament to us because it shows how much God really loves us. Even when we continue to disappoint, and turn away. He still loves us and pursues us :)

wonderful depiction of Hosea and God's love

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This was my first Francine Rivers' book. It wont be my last. I highly recommend it!

I must be the only person who hated this book. I found it to be poorly written and blatantly plagiarized. Half of the characters are directly lifted from Steinbeck's "East of Eden." The whole Godly-man-loves-self loathing-hooker thing was done better in a sappy LaVyrle Spencer book. Parts of it even reminded me of the old John Wayne movie "North to Alaska" right down to the names. Overall, a load of unimaginative, unoriginal, boring crap that would only appeal to you if you actually watch Lifetime movies... Blech. Go check out "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" while you're at it.

The best book I have ever read. Every woman or girl should read this at some point in their lives!

This is a great book. It is a book about the unwavering love and forgiveness God shows for us no matter what. Definitely has a strong message.

This is one of the best books I have ever read in my whole life. It will make you cry, smile, & realize how much the Lord is present in your life. It is a wonderful romance novel & I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a great romance.

It's had to put into words how amazing this book is. Many of my friends had been talking about it, so I decided to check it out from the library. Before I had even finished reading the library book, I went on paperback and got added Redeeming Love to my Wish List. It was extremely hard to put down...I stayed up too late many nights! This was my first Rivers book I read and I instantly become a fan of hers. GREAT READ.

Out of all the books I've read thus far, Redeeming Love is top on my list. It is a must have book!!!

Beautiful cover. I especially enjoyed F Rivers' early work. This was enjoyable.

I LOVED this book. This has to be one of my favorites. A great story about love and forgiveness of self and others.

Francine Rivers best book ever! The forward said it would make me laugh and cry. Yeah right! But guess what?

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