Monks Norton V2: A Tale of English Country Life (1874)

Michael Donnelly was raised with wealth, privilege, and the expectations of attending Harvard Law School. To his parentsa and close friendsa dismay, Michael gives up his trust fund to become a minister and live on a ministeras salary causing his fiancA©e, Barbara, to leave him although she still loves him. As Michael begins serving his first church as an ordained minister, he meets a spunky ministeras daughter, Sadie Stevens, who catches his attention. Despite her attraction to him, Sadie does not want to be a ministeras wife, and after she experienced a traumatic break up with her last fiancA©, Troy, she swore off dating, leaving her distrustful of men. Michael searches for love and passion with a woman who possesses the three qualities that a ministeras wife needs based on his mentoras teaching: her own strong faith, a willingness to make the needed sacrifices, and to excite him sexually.