The Passion of Mary-Margaret

<p><strong>Mary-Margaret has always planned to join the church as a religious sister but falls in love with her childhood friend Jude Keller a ne'er-do-well with a soul needing saving.</strong></p><p>Born in 1930 on a beautiful island off Chesapeake Bay Mary-Margaret Fischer knows exactly what she wants to be: a religious sister. Despite the violent circumstances of her conception and birth she simply wants to be in love with Jesus and serve Him the rest of her life.</p><p>When Mary-Margaret met Jude Keller the lighthouse keeper's son she was studying at a convent school on a small island off Chesapeake Bay. Destined for a life where she could never marry she nevertheless felt a pull toward Jude--gorgeous rebellious promiscuous Jude. But Jude driven by demons no one really understood disappeared into Baltimore's seamy red-light district to a life working the streets. Mary-Margaret moved on with her life preparing to serve God with her sisters as a teacher and artist.</p><p>Then Jude comes home--but now he's bitter dissolute and diseased. And Mary-Margaret receives a divine call that shakes her to the core a call to give up her dreams and marry the troubled man who befriended her so long ago. For Jesus' sake can she forsake the only life she ever wanted for a love that could literally cost her life?</p><ul><li>A beautiful novel of God's grace in impossible circumstances</li><li>Book length: approximately 90000 words</li><li>Includes discussion questions for book clubs</li><li>Also by Lisa Samson: <em>Quaker Summer</em> <em>Embrace Me</em> <em> Bella</em> and <em>The Sky Beneath My Feet</em></li></ul>