King's Daughter

At eighteen, Dell Bronson must leave the refined Boston home where she was raised to return to Lewiston and the tavern her father runs. She has spent her adolescence among gentlefolk, but her real citizenship lies elsewhere, she is a daughter of the heavenly King, and she has come home to claim her father for Christ. The coarse tavern, reeking of rum and populated by rough men, is her mission field. What follows is a patient, often heart-wrenching campaign of love: Dell must win the trust of a man who feels abandoned, bridge the gulf between two worlds, and confront the question of whether faith alone can pierce the fog of addiction. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1800s temperance movement, this is a story about the improbable triumphs of persistent grace and the stubborn, holy audacity of believing that no soul is beyond redemption.