Pegasus Books
January 2019
On Sale: January 8, 2019
352 pages ISBN: 1643130412 EAN: 9781643130415 Kindle: B074D4RMN9 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Set in England in 1907, Impossible Saints is a novel that burns as brightly as the suffrage movement it depicts, with the emotional resonance of Tracy Chevalier and Jennifer Robson.
Escaping the constraints of life as a village schoolmistress, Lilia Brooke bursts into London and into Paul Harrisβs orderly life, shattering his belief that women are gentle creatures who need protection. Lilia wants to change womenβs lives by advocating for the vote, free unions, and contraception. Paul, an Anglican priest, has a big ambition of his own: to become the youngest dean of St. Johnβs Cathedral. Lilia doesnβt believe in God, but sheβs attracted to Paulβs intellect, ethics, and dazzling smile.
As Lilia finds her calling in the militant Womenβs Social and Political Union, Paul is increasingly driven to rise in the church. They canβt deny their attraction, but they know they donβt belong in each otherβs worlds. Lilia would rather destroy property and serve time in prison than see her spirit destroyed and imprisoned by marriage to a clergyman, while Paul wants nothing more than to settle down and keep Lilia out of harmβs way. Paul and Lilia must reach their breaking points before they can decide whether their love is worth fighting for.
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