Redeeming Love
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Text copyright © Francine Rivers 1997

This edition copyright © Lion Hudson 2013

The right of Francine Rivers to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Redeeming Love

Originally published in English under the title: Redeeming Love.

Copyright © 1997 by Francine Rivers.

Published by Multnomah Books, an imprint of The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., 12265 Oracle Boulevard, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921, USA.

All non-English rights are contracted through: Gospel Literature International, PO Box 4060, Ontario, CA 91761–1003, USA.

This edition published by Lion Fiction

an imprint of

Lion Hudson plc

Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road,

Oxford OX2 8DR, England

www.lionhudson.com/fiction

ISBN 978 1 78264 031 8

e-ISBN 978 1 78264 069 1

First UK edition 2004

Acknowledgments

Scripture quotations are from:

New Revised Standard Version Bible (NRSV)

© Oxford University Press. Used by permission.

Also quoted:

The King James Version (KJV) the rights of which are vested in the Crown’s patentee, Cambridge University Press.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation © 1996.

Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Cover image: Dorian Gray/iStock

Dedication

To those who hurt and hunger.

Disclaimer

This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Let anyone among you who is without sin, be the first to throw a stone at her.

JESUS, JOHN 8:7

Contents

Child of Darkness

Prologue

Defiance

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Fear

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-one

Humility

Chapter Twenty-two

Chapter Twenty-three

Chapter Twenty-four

Chapter Twenty-five

Chapter Twenty-six

Chapter Twenty-seven

Chapter Twenty-eight

Chapter Twenty-nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-one

Chapter Thirty-two

Chapter Thirty-three

Chapter Thirty-four

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About Redeeming Love

NATIONAL BESTSELLER *  A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Nina Dobrev, with Logan Marshall Green and Eric Dane, special appearance by Famke Janssen. Distributed by Universal Pictures with a screenplay by Francine Rivers and D.J. Caruso

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. A child prostitute, 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, who seeks his Father’s heart in everything. Michael obeys God’s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Slowly, 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 . . .

A powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is about love that won’t let go – no matter what.

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