Don't read the back of the book!!

books:


	• The Healing Season (Regency Series #3) (Steeple Hill Women's Fiction #48) Ruth Axtell Morren Steeple Hill, 2007 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

The Healing Season

Today's authors don't often give us a glimpse into the rougher side of the Regency, but in The Healing Season, Ms. Morren tackles what would have been some of the very real, and pressing issues of the day. The glitter of society is a distant world to Methodist surgeon, Ian Russell, as far removed as Paris Hilton's existence is from mine. He is driven by his work among the poor. It is his heart's desire to establish a children's hospital in the heart of London, at a time when many physicians refused to treat children.

When summoned to help a young woman who has botched an attempted abortion, Ian meets Eleanor Neville, who discovered her friend on the brink of death. Together the two work through the night to try to save the girl's life.

Mrs. Neville, is Eleanor's stage name, and she is one of the leading actresses in London's burlettas. When she and Ian are increasingly thrown together she fights her increasing attraction to the one "good" man she has ever met. Having never been introduced to the Bible or church she find his devotion to his ideals, utterly incomprehensible.

Ian finds the beautiful actress an increasing temptation, and struggles against the attraction. She has been used by several men, while he has kept himself pure for his future wife.

The conflict sizzles as the two are drawn inexorably together. It is only when they discover the power of Godly forgiveness that they can move beyond their past's and their prejudices to find one another.

My only criticism is that there seemed to be no satisfying resolution of the final situation with the villain. He is portrayed as an insanely jealous man, and Eleanor goes into hiding to escape him. Even with some very strong clues, he doesn't even attempt to find her. His reaction seems strangely anticlimactic, and I kept wondering when he would come for her.

I found the Healing Season to be well researched and engrossing. Ms. Morren is definitely skilled at developing her setting and giving the reader a sense of time and place. It would have been very easy for Ms. Morren to rely on sensationalism as she presented the harsher elements of the story, but she handled the gritty realities with sensitivity.

for more information click here

Don't read the back of the book!!

Reading the blurb on the back of the book isn't what encouraged me to buy this it. In fact, I passed it over several times BECAUSE of the back. But since I so enjoyed Wild Rose I thought, at 6.99, I might as well give it a chance. I'm so happy that I did!

The back of the book says this: "But despite his fascination with her glittering world, Eleanor feared her notorious past would end their future together before it had even begun."

I wasn't interested in a book where the hero was fascinated by the "hollywood" lifestyle. I didn't want to see another heroine hiding her innocent past because of shame.

In fact, the hero of the book was NOT fascinated but rather disgusted by her "glittering world." And she was not worried at all about her offensive career. In fact, she was proud of her past!

She was rather scornful to him because of his purity and wanted to cause him to fall. For awhile, she isn't the heroine but the villain!

This book was wonderfully written and very enjoyable. It had an interesting plot with wonderful main characters- characters that grow more likeable as their journey moves along- and secondary characters alike.

Almost a Hosea story... almost!

for more information click here

Not as good as her other books...

I have really enjoyed the other books written by this author. But, neither of the characters in this book are likeable. I am all about reading fluffy cheesy endings...but this ending was just not reasonable. Two people this unlikeable cannot become so accepting of each other and in love in about 4 pages.

God's intervention!

I am very fond of romances. In fact, I read all kinds of them...to be honest. This one was my first Christian romance and it is simply marvelous! Ruth Axtell Morren is a very gifted author, indeed! In this story of an angel of a doctor treating the people of the worst parts of London in 1817 and a very talented and famous theater actress with a sad and violent past, Ms. Morren created a wonderful tale of love, faith, redemption, and also told us about the real conditions of medical care back in the beginning of 19th century. How did our hero Ian and heroine Eleanor meet for the very first time? You'll have to find out and read this book up to the very end. In this one, we really see that God exists and is at our side in the worst moments!

for more information click here

Travel In Time and Find Love

The Healing Season
By: Ruth Axtell Morren

Sit down with this book and travel into London in the early eighteen hundreds when society had distinct classes, notoriety was hard to overcome, and medicine advanced slowly. Within the pages you will find faith and betrayal and love.

Stage actress Eleanor Neville dragged herself out of the mire of life into the world of acting, talent and success. With her career on an upswing, she was close to achieving all she ever wanted. The night she called on surgeon Ian Russell to save one of her fellow actresses from death, she had no way of knowing every aspect of life was about to change for her.

Ian Russell, dedicated surgeon, excellent teacher and devout Christian lived his life serving those in London who could not afford his services. Many times his payment was in morsels of food, if at all. His single life was lonely, but he trusted God to bring his perfect mate to him. He would never have guessed the night he answered Mrs. Neville's call would change him forever.

This book is a journey into history, into the hearts and souls of two people who are more lonely and lost than they would ever have discovered had they not met. As you read, you will hear the sounds of the streets, smell the dark corners and allies and touch a bit of history that, like any era, holds both beauty and horror. As you walk the streets with Ian, watch Eleanor on stage and meet the children of the mission don't be surprised if the God who heals them all places some healing balm upon your heart.

for more information click here

reviews: page 1, 2

Though he'd found his life's calling ministering to London's underclass, Dr. Ian Russell hadn't yet found his life's mate. Then the former army surgeon encountered the enchanting stage actress Eleanor Neville.

Ian's good works and strong faith set him apart from other men Eleanor knew. But despite his fascination with her glittering world, Eleanor feared her notorious past would end their future together before it had even begun. Could true love and faith overcome all obstacles and make their lonely hearts as one?

hot or not? What's your opinion? Write a review and share your thoughts!

regency

Unladylike Pursuits
Regency Buck
Regency Christmas Wishes
The Heir and the Spare (Negligent Chaperone Series)
An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England

healing

Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition
Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal ...
Life's Healing Choices: Freedom from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

steeple

Wiser Than Serpents (Mission: Russia #3) (Steeple Hill Women's ...
Homecoming
Everyday Blessings (The McKaslin Clan: Series 3, Book 4) (Love ...
Homespun Bride (The McKaslin Clan: Historical Series, Book 1) ...
Get Cozy, Josey! (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #26) (Steeple Hill ...

search for books
healing season, fiction, healing, regency, season, series, steeple, women

Impressum / about us