The Healing Season (Regency Series #3) (Steeple Hill Women's Fiction #48) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Ruth Axtell Morren (Author)

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Product Description
Though he'd found his life's calling ministering to London's underclass, Dr. Ian Russell hadn't yet found his life's mate. Then the former army surgeon encountered the enchanting stage actress Eleanor Neville.

Ian's good works and strong faith set him apart from other men Eleanor knew. But despite his fascination with her glittering world, Eleanor feared her notorious past would end their future together before it had even begun. Could true love and faith overcome all obstacles and make their lonely hearts as one?

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Steeple Hill (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373785887
• ISBN-13: 978-0373785889
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #101,797 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Travel In Time and Find Love, January 9, 2008

By	Chandra Lynn "Chandra Lynn" (PA) - See all my reviews

The Healing Season
By: Ruth Axtell Morren

Sit down with this book and travel into London in the early eighteen hundreds when society had distinct classes, notoriety was hard to overcome, and medicine advanced slowly. Within the pages you will find faith and betrayal and love.

Stage actress Eleanor Neville dragged herself out of the mire of life into the world of acting, talent and success. With her career on an upswing, she was close to achieving all she ever wanted. The night she called on surgeon Ian Russell to save one of her fellow actresses from death, she had no way of knowing every aspect of life was about to change for her.

Ian Russell, dedicated surgeon, excellent teacher and devout Christian lived his life serving those in London who could not afford his services. Many times his payment was in morsels of food, if at all. His single life was lonely, but he trusted God to bring his perfect mate to him. He would never have guessed the night he answered Mrs. Neville's call would change him forever.

This book is a journey into history, into the hearts and souls of two people who are more lonely and lost than they would ever have discovered had they not met. As you read, you will hear the sounds of the streets, smell the dark corners and allies and touch a bit of history that, like any era, holds both beauty and horror. As you walk the streets with Ian, watch Eleanor on stage and meet the children of the mission don't be surprised if the God who heals them all places some healing balm upon your heart.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't read the back of the book!!, September 24, 2007

By	R. Stoddard (McGuire AFB, NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Reading the blurb on the back of the book isn't what encouraged me to buy this it. In fact, I passed it over several times BECAUSE of the back. But since I so enjoyed Wild Rose I thought, at 6.99, I might as well give it a chance. I'm so happy that I did!

The back of the book says this: "But despite his fascination with her glittering world, Eleanor feared her notorious past would end their future together before it had even begun."

I wasn't interested in a book where the hero was fascinated by the "hollywood" lifestyle. I didn't want to see another heroine hiding her innocent past because of shame.

In fact, the hero of the book was NOT fascinated but rather disgusted by her "glittering world." And she was not worried at all about her offensive career. In fact, she was proud of her past!

She was rather scornful to him because of his purity and wanted to cause him to fall. For awhile, she isn't the heroine but the villain!

This book was wonderfully written and very enjoyable. It had an interesting plot with wonderful main characters- characters that grow more likeable as their journey moves along- and secondary characters alike.

Almost a Hosea story... almost!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as her other books..., September 17, 2007

By	cld "frieda_reader" - See all my reviews

I have really enjoyed the other books written by this author. But, neither of the characters in this book are likeable. I am all about reading fluffy cheesy endings...but this ending was just not reasonable. Two people this unlikeable cannot become so accepting of each other and in love in about 4 pages.