Young Elizabeth O’Connor is the little sister John Brady always longed for. But she wants much more than that from her spiritual mentor. As she blossoms into a beautiful young woman intent on loving John, he must push back the very real attraction he feels for her. His past just won’t let him go there. Unfortunately, Lizzie won’t let him go anywhere else–until she discovers he is not all that he seems. Can true love survive such revelations?
Full of the romance and relationships Lessman readers have come to love, A Passion Denied is the final book in the popular Daughters of Boston series.
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Summary
Overall A Passion Denied continues the saga of the O'Connor family of post WW1 Boston. Third daughter, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" O'Connor was thirteen years old when she first laid eyes on John Brady. He had just returned from serving in the European theater of WW1: strong, handsome, godly, respectable, hardworking, tender, warm, wiseall adjectives that suited Brady, as he is better known in the novel. Lizzie lost her heart to him immediately, and spent numerous years being adored as the \"little sister\" Brady never had. But now she is moving into adulthood and ready to declare her undying love for him. In each of the three novels of The Daughters of Boston series, we see that the O'Connors love passionately, which can on one hand be good, but often leads them to behave recklessly and sometimes foolishly. Even while Lizzie and John Brady are both devout in their love for Christ, the author does not make them out to be perfect in their action or speech. Brady has been a biblically solid character for the last couple of books, but in this novel, we get to see a \"chink in his armor\". Little did we know that he has been wrestling with some pretty big demons from his past, ones that threaten to sink him and to destroy all the love and respect that Lizzie has grown to have for him. I love that the author has introduced this aspect
to the character, so that we have an opportunity to watch him wrestle and finally come to a place of absolute forgiveness and restoration. In the end we see that truth wins out; the truth sets Brady and Lizzie (and others) free. This could be classified as a \"coming of age\" novel. Lizzie, the hopeless romantic, gets a healthy reality check. The novel continues to highlight the importance of strong family relationships and how those relationships serve as an anchor in the midst of life's storms. Of course, the primary relationship celebrated throughout the series is the personal relationship one has with Jesus.
Violence Fisticuffs between brothers.
Language
Sexual Accusation of sexual perversion; and remember that these O'Connors are a passionate people!
Drug & Alcohol Alcohol used as an escape from reality.