Title: Refining fire
Description: Militine Scott, twenty-two, is in training at the Madison School for Brides in Seattle, Washington. Though she has no intention of pursuing marriage -- believing no man will have her -- she has found the school provides the perfect opportunity to hide her unsavory past. Thane Patton, though fun loving and fiercely loyal to his friends, hides a dark secret, as well. He finds himself drawn to Militine, sensing a haunting pain similar to his own. Will they finally allow God to make something new and beautiful from the debris of the past?
Subjects: Social life and customs, Christian, Secrets, Christian life, Fiction, Historical, Large type books, Manners and customs, FICTION, Friendship, FICTION / Christian / Historical, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Seattle (wash.), fiction
Places: Seattle (Wash.), Seattle, Washington (State)
Time periods: 19th century