Refuge of the Heart
by Ruth Logan Herne
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Pub Date Sep 25 2015 | Archive Date Jan 06 2016
Description
Magdalena Serida fought her way out of the terrors of a government-quelled insurgent uprising in Chechnya. The church-sponsored refugee knows the horrors of war first-hand. Now in America with her five-year-old sister, Lena is uncertain who to trust. Her Christian faith has maintained her through the loss of her family, but when Mitch Sanderson shows interest, Lena longs to take a chance. Should she open herself up to this man of law and order, a man who imprisons women like her? Or slip quietly back into the shadowed fringe of anonymity?
But choices slip away when Mitch's friend spews half-truths about Lena, rumors that cost Mitch his new love and possibly the election. Can he find his way to a faith deep enough to love again, and to offer Lena the refuge of his heart?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781616369538 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Tracey H, Reviewer
Ruth Logan Herne's, REFUGE OF THE HEART, is her crowning glory and best book ever!
Refuge of the Heart is my favorite book this year setting a new gold standard in relevant inspirational fiction!
Lena's an educated doctor from Chechnya, who along with her five year old sister Anna, become church-sponsored refuges to America. Mitch is a rising star and well-to-do district attorney. Their providential meeting when their two worlds collide and unlikely love story that follows, was nothing short of captivating. Lena's journey and determination to survive the brutality of her war-torn country and provide a better future for Anna had me emotionally torn up from the start. Sadly by contrast, I identified too well with Mitch and his American lifestyle, materialistic and success driven, and the bias about what we neither know or understand, more than is comfortable to admit.
There are difficult heart-rending issues dealt with in this story, but Lena's comical use of the English language and how she interpreted American slang, helped lighted the otherwise shocking heart-stopping retelling of her life story. Precious Anna added some much needed emotional relief too.
At some point the story stopped being a work of fiction and became a spiritual experience. I was totally undone and convicted about living in my own comfort zone, refusing to deal with all that is happening in our world as just too upsetting, especially concerning the suffering of Christians in other parts of the world. This story changed my heart forever. It gave me new eyes to see the plight of others and not just live in my own small world. That's powerful stuff.
Ruth Logan Herne has penned a beautiful love story, one of triumph in the face of adversity, of overcoming against all odds. Her brilliant ability to make me feel every emotion her story portrays is a God-given gift and has me in mind of the parables Jesus told that taught a lesson in story form. Her fantastic stories bless me every single time.
Franciscan Media's new fiction line is off to a fabulous start with Ruth Logan Herne as one of its starring talented authors.
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