"The Mercy Seller", by Vantrease

Vantrease builds a well-woven storyline in "The Mercy Seller". She handles the intrigue and conflict that arose during the birth years of the Reformation with compassion and insight. She has not written a "Christian" book, but she has allowed her characters to be who they are - Catholic, Christian, deists, etc., and I loved it.

It was a "can't put down" book - a rare find. She tangles a Catholic priest, diligent toward his duties of selling indulgences to those in need of forgiveness, with a beautiful scribe intent on sharing the word of God to others in their own language. Their beliefs are shaken, their confidences disturbed, but what separates them eventually binds them with an undeniable passion.