Texas Angel

by Judith Pella

Book Overview

On the Open Frontier of the Rio Grande, One Woman's Fledgling Faith Might Provide the Light of Hope to a Man of the Cloth Texas Angel is a riveting tale that blends together the lives of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764222783
• ISBN13: 9780764222788
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book!

This book combines two worlds that you wouldn't ever expect to come together. Benjamin Sinclair is a fiery preacher with high opinions of everything. He pulls his small quaint family from the safety of Boston to the wilderness of Texas. His kind wife Elizabeth never wanted to go to Texas but Benjamin dragged her. Elise Toussaint Hearne thought her secret would never be revealed. Her mother was one quarter African. You couldn't tell that her daughter, Hannah, had any African in her because her complexion is the same as her father's. Elise and Hannah are now property of Maurice Thomson. Elise's husband and his family disown them. And she is shamed by what Maurice makes her do. When Elise and Benjamin first meet they clash and don't get along. But later they both need each other badly. It was kind've ironic how they ran into each other but it was a great book! Judith Pella is one of my favorite authors so I guess that's why I like it. If you're a fan of Judith Pella you'll like this book too.

Finally! A Christian romance with meaning!

I first borrowed "Texas Angel" from the library because the cover was interesting and the back sounded good. Since overall most "Christian romances" have very little Christ and are simply "clean," I wasn't expecting anything very deep. Obviously I'd never before read Judith Pella. The book views the world through two pairs of eyes: that of a holier-than-thou pastor and a terrified woman sold into slavery and prostitution. My pride told me to put it down, that there couldn't be any good from a book that used a prostitute as its heroine... how dare the author even use such a wretched creature!... but I stuck it out and was glad that I did. I learned a lot about human nature from this book. There's a difference between using something for shock factor and showing truth by it. In the end, the woman was redeemed to Christ, and the pastor, after his desperate fall from his high horse, slowly came back to God through her... a woman he wouldn't even look at six months before.So for those of you, like me, who are repulsed by stories that involve "less-than-holy" heroines, this book may be your turning point. God really used it to open my eyes and show me my own flaws. I hated Benjamin at first, with his high and mighty preaching, but by the end I was genuinely in love with the character. The fall off his high horse was handled well and was utterly painful even for the reader... the book manages to convey so many emotions and lessons in a beautifully wrapped package. It was a very, very good read.

The Best Romance nover for young Readers around

Hello.Texas Angel is the best Book Ever! The novel is full of Love,Suspense,and Action.It keeps you at the edge of your seat.Me and my Best friend couldn't put the book down.We had the whole book finshed in one day.We aboustly loved it and very anxious to read the second one (Heavens road).We also strongly suggest that the network makes a movie of Texas Angel. But stick to the book no adding or subtraction from the story.Also make it a strict PG13 movie.We thank Judith Pelle for this nover an hope for a third addition to it.Thanks Sandra and Kelsey.

The preacher is the one you want to hate!

This is the first time I ever read a Christian fiction book that made me want to give the preacher a swift kick in the pants! Although Benjamin considered himself called of God, he kept putting his religion and himself so high on a pedestal he alienated all the rest, even his wife and children. What a sad scenerio! I was spellbound as the story unfolded, showing God's marvelous grace to a a former prostitute slave, and the sad story of a preacher's wife. I am so happy I just found out there is to be a sequel!

A must read!

Judith Pella has crafted a master piece with this spectacular novel! Elise, thrown from a life of comfort and wealth to the lowly position of a slave when a condeming secret is revealed this young woman is forced to sell her self to save the life of her child. Benjamin Sinclair, a self-righteous and condeming preacher who feels called to ministry in Texas immediately deems her lower than the low. Watch as God works and preforms miracles in each of these peoples' hearts to bring them to a point of submission before Him so that His perfect plan can be manifested in their lives.