The Preacher's Bride

I'll be honest. I did not enter this book with a positive attitude. For one thing, it looked like a typical, Christian bonnet-book, to which I hold a bit of, ahem, prejudice against. And secondly: I hated the title. When I see the word "bride" in a novel's title, I tend to expect a way-too-sweet, for......more

Somehow, I skipped the fact that this book was historical fiction. Had I realised, I would have assumed that as with most books in this genre, the setting was historical rather than the characters. There is no mention anywhere obvious that this book actually tells the true story of John Bunyan, the......more

This book could easily be a four star if not for the overt sexual themes. Hedlund is amazingly capable of weaving words in such a way that draws the reader into the characters' world, and Hedlund never shies from including faith, which I always appreciate. What I didn't appreciate was the overt sexu......more

I'm not exactly in the target audience for this book. It's described as an 'inspirational historical romance', and I don't do romance, I don't do historical and I certainly don't do inspirational. So what on earth am I doing reading it? Well, the author, Jody Hedlund, writes a blog about her authori......more

I enjoyed this well-written, well-researched work of fiction based on John Bunyan's life.......more