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In love and harshly separated by church rules, Corinne and Enoch suffer for their love. From teenage love and angst after thirteen years of being apart, the church still rules over Enoch. How they find each other is a touching and sad tale of love and commitments.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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What a wonderful story about two people who have grown up together and faced some challenging times. It made me swoon. It made me think. It made me cry. I loved it.

Thanks for my review copy, St Martin Press. All opinions are my own.

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I truly enjoyed reading "Corrine". I found that it was difficult to put this book down because I was so drawn into the conflict between the two main characters. Corinne and Enoch have a complicated relationship. Both were raised in a fundamentalist church. Enoch's deceased father had been an elder in their church hence, Enoch felt a lot of pressure to live up to the expectations of his family. Corrine's family had moved in with Enoch's family after being evicted from their home. Corrine has always felt like she didn't belong. At the age of 18, while still in high school, Corinne was cast out of the church and had to leave behind her entire way of life. Corrine blames Enoch for the drastic turn her life took. She recognizes that being cast out was the best and worst thing that ever happened to her because she got to lead a secular life but lost out on relationships with her family. Ten years later, Corrine is back and is trying to forge a tentative relationship with her family. The story focuses on the concepts of forgiveness and sacrifice. What are you willing to sacrifice for the person you love? How much are you willing to do in order to obtain forgiveness? Excellent story!!!

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