Before I begin this review, let me say I have written and
re-written it more than a few times. Julie Lessman is not only an amazing
writer, who brings her characters to LIFE, and creates scenarios where the
reader can enter this world of the O’Conner family and RELATE to their family,
individually, and the situations that they face, but Julie is a shining light in
my own life. She is a friend, mentor, and quite often (every time we talk,
email, or see each other) is a source of wisdom and joy for me. LOVE LOVE LOVE
this woman!! And now, on to my attempt to write a review that I hope reflects
the amazingness of Julie’s first book: A Passion Most Pure…
Passion: the word itself stirs a controversy of emotion and
reaction at the mere telling of it. But a Passion Most Pure? What does this
mean? In this debut book by Julie Lessman, we will soon find out!
Passion(a): An undying love for God, devotion, faithfulness,
and a continual thirst for more knowledge and a deeper relationship with Him.
Faith O’Conner shines brightly with Passion. Her desire to please her Savior
trumps all other desires she may have, no matter how strong they become.
Faith’s heart lies in the balance between her love for God and her love for a
man, and when her entire world crumbles around her, Faith has to face the
darkest places of her own heart.
Passion(b): A zeal for life, and the desire to live every
moment of it with all of one’s being. Love things, adventure, lust, and a
strong pull to the things that one cannot have. Collin McGuire emanates such
passion. In his desire to live life at the fullest, and take all pleasures in
doing so, Colin encounters a new kind of passion, one that he doesn’t
understand.
There is a quote from the movie, White Christmas that says, “Lord, help the mister who comes between
me and my sister, and Lord help the sister who comes between me and my man!”
And the same can be said of the two oldest O’Conner sisters, Faith and Charity.
The O’Conner family is a fantastic example of strength,
unity, happiness, and even sibling love…well, except when one of the children
tends to reach out and taint every joy that another only begins to experience.
Faith O’Conner and her younger sister, Charity, seem to have this instance in
life at every turn. Given the opportunity, Charity would take pleasure in
robbing Faith of any happiness that comes her way. While Faith believes she has
strength to overcome her battles as they come, there is one battle that may
prove to be bigger than she can handle…on her own.
When war takes its toll on families all over the world, and
the claws of tragedy pierce the very heart of the O’Conner family itself, and
when Faith’s sister, Charity, commits the ultimate betrayal, Faith goes on a
journey that may change her forever.
Collin believed himself to be in complete control, even of
the women he entertained. And then he encountered Charity…and Faith…O’Conner.
Torn between the passion of his flesh and the passion in his heart, Collin took
refuge in the battlefields far from the two women who frequented his mind
daily. When faced with his own demise, Collin opened himself to a new passion…a
passion he feared, and then embraced, that would be the start of a whole new
world for him and his woman by his side…but which one?
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