The Masterpiece

This a great book! Amazing story! You definitely need to purchase this and read it! I purchased this book about 2 years ago and I have read this book about 3 times! And I will most likely read this book again!!! This is amazing story of God's grace, His protection, and His love! You won't regret reading this book!

I love the novel. Roman Velasco is a mesmerizing figure from the beginning. A “bad boy” who needs right the kind of love to heal the graffiti artist’s wounded soul. Grace Moore, his new office manager, whose hidden talents include include listening, cooking, organizing and taking care of Samuel, her unknown fatherless child. Roman is interested in the pretty. Christian woman for a possible 1- nighter- no questions asked, no commitment. Grace is not. Between a proficient use of 4-letter words he lets one too many vulgarities permeate the air and Grace says— no more and threatens to leave. Roman doesn’t want her to. He says sorry. And they move on. All others in the novel are trying to help Roman and Grace heal from childhood traumas. Neither want to commit until…. The landscape is beautiful, the storytelling superb and we, the reader, gets a lesson in everyday life gone wrong until…! Definitely worth the reading. Couldn’t pot down without a sigh of regret. 🙏♥️🌺

fantastic book!! a lovely Christian text with a clear lesson on Gods love, call for patience and forgiveness. The author does a great job giving you pieces of the characters that slowly come together in an emotional and heartfelt way, most definitely a page turner couldn’t put it down! highly recommend

I gobbled this book up—read it in 2 days (and neglected all my chores to do so!) I loved the characters—I ached for Roman and for Grace especially in their childhood flashbacks. Roman really took a special place in my heart and I was rooting for him the whole book. I loved the people that supported him and saw worth in him and of course I loved the theme of God’s mercy and redemption throughout the story. The reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because I felt that after being such a page turner it left me with so many unanswered questions at the end of the book that even the epilogue failed to discuss. It kind of fell flat at the end.... *SPOILER* for example I was very intrigued by if Roman was Samuel’s real father...I felt that his was a HUGE mystery that could have been quite the dramatic ending but there was never any true resolution besides a little mention of it in the last few pages. That bothered me so much! There were little clues about this from the very beginning of the book (Roman mentioning a blonde girl and headlights after a one night stand and then Shanice mentioning that Grace had blonde hair and went to a club, etc.) Other things that felt weird for me—Aunt Elizabeth’s very sudden change of personality, Nicole and her boss (uh what happened), and that we only got half of page of Roman and Grace deciding to commit and get married! What a bummer after so much anticipation. I would have loved to read more about their engagement and re-getting to know each other as followers of Christ and their life as newlyweds. Also--am I the only one who wondered who the random man was that replaced Grace to give Roman CPR? Grace mentioned him several times saying he suddenly showed up and then she couldn't find him...I thought there would be some answer to that...was it her angel? Last thing--I thought that the last 100 pages got a little too cheesy and felt very out of character for Roman (I understand he is basically a new person being born in Christ but still....he was so different and kind of corny?) I giggled out loud at him yelling at the crowd at the church and then Jesus sitting on a white stallion...I couldn't help it! And I love Jesus! It just didn't seem believable. Still a great book, better than Bridge to Haven, but not as good as Redeeming Love (aka the best book of all time!)

Another winner from Francine Rivers. Captivating writing style. Clean content with a Christian message of redemption.

This bin was so good. Deep! Makes you think. You feel all the emotions!!

Loved every page and could hardly put it down! I am already looking forward to my next Francine Rivers book adventure!

Me esta gustando el libro :)

I am so in love with this book.one of the best books I have read.

I like the author, I like her books, and especially this one. It is very well written, You feel deep sympathy with the two main characters, which both experienced a hard childhood, that left traumas they have to deal with as adults. And there is just one way to get over it and start afresh, unburdened by the past. Rivers books surely are not just light entertainment, they show real existing, hard problems, that may be shocking for some people. Please don't read it, if You just seek light entertainment. But read it, if You are interested to be a friend to people, who suffer from hardship in their life. You will understand them better, you will understand yourself better und hopefully, you will understand Gods Grace better.

Very good

Such a nice story