Includes a new six-part study guide: p. 469-479 Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel survives by keeping her hatred for men alive, until Michael Hosea obeys God's call to marry Angel and love her unconditionally. As Angel's heart slowly begins to thaw, her feelings of unworthiness and fear cause her to run away, until she realizes that her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does. A retelling of the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea set against the romantic backdrop of the California Gold Rush

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