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- Series: Age Of Faith
- Paperback: 340 pages
- Publisher: Tamara Leigh; 1 edition (November 12, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1942326068
- ISBN-13: 978-1942326069
About the Book:
IN THE EYES OF THE CHURCH AND MEN, HERS IS NO SMALL SIN.
Lady Gaenor Wulfrith is a woman scorned. And King Henry’s pawn. After three broken betrothals, she is ordered to wed her family’s enemy, a man she has never met and has good reason to fear. Faced with the prospect of an abusive marriage that will surely turn worse when her sin is revealed, she flees her family’s home with the aid of a knight—a man who could prove her ruin.
Christian Lavonne, the only remaining heir to the barony of Abingdale, has thrown off his monk’s robes—and God—to administer his lands. Determined to end the devastation wrought by his family’s feud with the Wulfriths, he agrees to marry his enemy’s sister, a woman no man seems to want. When he learns she has fled with a knight who has broken fealty with the Wulfriths, he pursues her, knowing that when they meet his own sin will be revealed and he will be as much in need of redemption as the woman who may carry another man’s child.
Lady Gaenor Wulfrith is a woman scorned. And King Henry’s pawn. After three broken betrothals, she is ordered to wed her family’s enemy, a man she has never met and has good reason to fear. Faced with the prospect of an abusive marriage that will surely turn worse when her sin is revealed, she flees her family’s home with the aid of a knight—a man who could prove her ruin.
Christian Lavonne, the only remaining heir to the barony of Abingdale, has thrown off his monk’s robes—and God—to administer his lands. Determined to end the devastation wrought by his family’s feud with the Wulfriths, he agrees to marry his enemy’s sister, a woman no man seems to want. When he learns she has fled with a knight who has broken fealty with the Wulfriths, he pursues her, knowing that when they meet his own sin will be revealed and he will be as much in need of redemption as the woman who may carry another man’s child.
My Thoughts:
Wow...what a story! "The Redeeming" is the most intense of Leigh's "Age of Faith" series. These medieval novels are rich and lush with details that are just mind-boggling. Leigh truly did her homework--I had to look a few of the words up to make sure I knew what I was reading about!
This one is also the most passionate. Lady Gaenor doesn't come to her groom pure as the driven snow, and Christian isn't the most patient of men, inflicting more harm and hurt that compassion and hope. Time and life together combine with the faith of the couple to soften hearts and prove stronger than any life changing choices they've made.
I'm extremely late to this party of reading, so I have a few more novels to go before I exhaust the wonder of this outstanding historical series. A slight warning to readers: there is passion between men and women, but it is tasteful. The faith element is there, but flows organically and isn't overt.
Thank you to all of my reading friends who've been exclaiming over Leigh's "Age of Faith" series, finally pushing me to see what all of the hype was all about--and proving to be true! I'm giving "The Redeeming" my "oh, the feels!" stamp of approval.
Until the next page turns,
Deena
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