I've read a few of Francine Rivers' books. My favorite one is REDEEMING LOVE (I think that's the name of it), about the poor little girl forced into prostitution and unable to get out and who believes that she is too soiled for redemption but finds redeeming love with a handsome preacher. I nearly cried. She was so condemned by everyone when she'd been raped as a child and trained to be a whore; she thought no one could truly love her. It's a good retelling of the book of Hosea from the Bible.