No Sweeter Heaven

Kingsley has written a remarkable novel mainly about spirituality, but the main theme is about trust and allowing love to "set you free". Pascal is a wonderful hero. He has a secret that boarders on the occult but it is positive because he helps things heal from people to plants and the one he helps heal the most is the heroine Lily. At first Lily comes across as a very spoiled child, very similiar to the character Kate from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Through a misunderstanding on Lily's part, Pascal and Lily get married mainly because of her tyrannical father. Lily truly has had no love in her life. Her mother left when she was a young girl, her half-brother is an immature lout and her father allows their priest to disipline his daughter in ways you wouldn't want to imagine. Lily and Pascal have much to work on and to figure out who each other is. They have no trust with each other in the beginning of their relationship but slowly they reach out to each other and learn to trust and love. Lily has an anger against God and faith in general. Pascal has alot of faith and is so nice at times it is hard to believe. There is an old mystery to be solved and the reader learns who Pascal really is and why Lily's mother left. The love scenes are not just sweet, but very hot and touching at the same time. FYI- Pascal is not experienced at all for fans of that type of hero! This is definitely a winner from Kingsley. Katiebabs

This was a book that I could not put down; I cried at thebeauty of Pascal's faith and his ability to transform Lily from aspoiled shrew to a woman awakening to her sexual and spiritual desires. I am always impressed by Katherine Kingsley's ability to bring religion into her novels without portraying it in an evangelical or obsessive way. This is a novel that deals with more than just the heart. It deals with violation of Lily's body when she was molested by her priest. But Kingsley shows that one person's sickness does not affect the whole church; that violation does not stop Lily from being able to love. Furthermore, Kingsley proves that family is not only flesh and blood, but also adopted. The disparity of Lily's family which is her flesh and blood and the love lacking there is evident when compared with Pascal's adopted family. This novel is highly recommended!