Ransomed Love by Kate Goodwin Review

 

Ransomed Love by Kate Goodwin is an awesome, powerful faith-filled book and I absolutely loved it. This book is a sequel to Reckless Love which I read last year. I would highly recommend reading Reckless Love first as characters from that book are important to this story and the relationships will be more meaningful if you know the characters and what they have been through. Though the author did a wonderful job of jogging my memory with her mentions of things that happened in the past. 

Ransomed Love actually takes place 20 some years after the events of Reckless Love.  It took me a bit to realize who Greyson, our MMC was supposed to be in relation to the first book. Besides the fact that it's been almost a year since I read the first book, there is another reason it wasn't obvious, but I won't get into that, because, spoilers. 

Like the first book in this series, this book is a modern day retelling of a story from the Old Testament. The first book was patterned after the story of Hagar, while this book is a retelling of Samson and Delilah. Greyson is Samson. His strength however isn't physical strength, but being powerful in the world of investment. Dahlia is Delilah, the woman who is trying to ferret out his secrets so she can give the information to her father, so he can bring Greyson down. 

I loved getting to know both of these characters and seeing their relationship with all the ups and downs. We see the importance of staying connected to God through prayer and being in a relationship with Him. And we are reminded that God is a Father to the fatherless and will be there for us if we turn to him. 

This was quite the powerful passage:

"'You are not your own, son. You've been bought with a price. Sometimes we forget that though grace is free, it is costly. When you've accepted the ranson Jesus paid on the cross, you find freedom and fulfillment in living for Him. Everything else. . . well, it all starts to feel dissatisfying when you're not walking in your calling.'"

This book was quite inspiring and as I mentioned, powerful. And emotional, definitely emotional. I could feel the struggles both the characters where dealing with. The author brought them to life in a big way. I needed to know how Dahlia would finally bring down Samson, I mean Greyson. And what would happen to them and their relationship, because the book is a romance story after all. 

The author has warned that this book contains mature themes, so I just wanted to mention that there is a toxic and abusive relationship, with a couple of scenes of abusive behavior, nothing sexual, though hints of ways men have used Dahlia in her past. And there are some instances where she is trying to tempt Greyson, remember it is a Samson and Delilah retelling. And a scene where she is trying to get him intoxicated so he is more willing to share his secrets. Plus mentions of infidelity. Additionally Dahlia's mother manages a club where there are exotic dancers. But don't worry, there is nothing graphic. I just wanted to explain what was meant by "mature themes" but none of this bothered me. 

Defintely a book I highly recommend. 

I received an e-copy of this book as a member of the launch team and was not required to write a favorable review. These are my own honest thoughts.