Then I recommend this one for you! It’s by William E. Barrett, “A Woman in the House.”
THIS was actually the first Romance Fiction that had truly touched my heart when I was young as 14 years old. I read it from one of my RD Condensed Books, and, wow! This story is just… FASCINATING!
A timeless love story of a monk with no past and a girl with no future…
BACK then, I was not really into Romantic stories and was not interested in having relationships yet (focused on studies and was always advised not to have boyfriends yet, but I was thankful for obeying my family) but at first glance and reading the introducing plot, this interested me. Very much.
I’ll tell how the romance between the two works. Konrad was abandoned in a hut in the woods outside Munich and had no memory of his parents. He was raised by monks in a Russian monastery but when he was a man, he was in pursuit to make a living to the outside world. Stepping out from God’s holy refuge to a different world where violence and other sins were present. On the other hand, Ursula was a lost soul who kept a dark past and she was avoided by many but she had nowhere to turn to and needed someone to sustain her life.
Their meeting, I say, is interesting. She was ill when Konrad found her in a truck and no one was obliged to help or take care of her for strange reasons. But, as a devoted man of God, Konrad took no concern of what they thought she might be and thus, that’s how “A woman in the house” came to be.
I know the plot is slightly becoming a cliché but, take this one different! Have you ever heard of two forbidden lovers wed themselves alone and establish themselves as one in the eyes of God? It might be sinful to the sight of others but I do think, in my own opinion, that God can only judge whether they were forbidden to love each other. Mmmm… And to add, this is how they looked after their marriage (I think, it has been a long time really…):
I think they need to be given credit! Really! =D
Well, I do agree that the ‘true love’ concept we know from fairy tales was given another heightened definition in this book! Just read it! I gurantee you, that your concept of love will surely change for the better!
Happy Book Hunting this novel! =D
