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Julie Lessman is a debut author who has already garnered writing acclaim, including ten Romance Writers of America awards. She is a commercial writer for Maritz Travel, a published poet and a Golden Heart Finalist. Julie has a heart to write “Mainstream Inspirational,” reaching the 21st-century woman with compelling love stories laced with God’s precepts. She resides in Missouri with her husband and their golden retriever, and has two grown children and a daughter-in-law. A Passion Most Pure is her first novel.
ABOUT THE BOOK
She’s found the love of her life. Unfortunately, he loves her sister …
As World War I rages across the Atlantic in 1916, a smaller war is brewing in Boston. Faith O’Connor finds herself drawn to an Irish rogue who is anything but right for her. Collin McGuire is brash, cocky, and from the wrong side of the tracks, not to mention forbidden by her father. And then there’s the small matter that he is secretly courting her younger sister. But when Collin’s affections suddenly shift her way, it threatens to tear Faith’s proper Boston family apart.
Refusing to settle for anything less than a romantic relationship that pleases God, Faith O’Connor steels her heart against her desire for the roguish Collin McGuire. Collin is trying to win her sister Charity’s hand, and Faith isn’t sure she can handle the jealousy she feels. Full of passion, romance, rivalry, and betrayal, A Passion Most Pure is Book 1 of the Daughters of Boston series.
My thoughts: I couldn’t get enough of this book and I’m not a big romance reader. What drew me to reading A Passion Most Pure was the fact that it took place during the start of World War I and I thought it took place in Ireland (I was wrong about the Ireland part although they did visit for a brief moment).
I loved this book. Seriously, ask Best Friend and she will tell you I couldn’t quit talking about it. What hooked me was the sexual tension between Faith and Collin. Julie was able to take real sexual tension and put it into words without it sounding cheesy (which in my opinion is difficult to do). It’s rare to find sexual tension in a Christian book even though most of us know what sex is and have experienced it. My hat goes off to Julie for delivering a book that is realistic, not only in her characters but in emotions.
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