Recently ordained and more recently divorced, Reverend Esme Browne finds herself at an uncomfortable crossroads when stationed at the Portland Road Chapel. In addition to the seaside town, she also now bears the spiritual responsibility for two count...
This latest in Wilcock’s The Hawk and the Dove series takes readers into the world of a fourteenth-century monastery struggling to forgive an old enemy seeking refuge. The first of three sequels to the celebrated The Hawk and the Dove trilogy ...
In honor of nearly twenty years in print, and in the midst of three new volumes in the series, Crossway is rereleasing this classic trilogy, redesigning the cover and retypesetting the interior. Set in a medieval monastery and following the lives of ...
At St Alcuin's Monastery, in 14th century Yorkshire, Abbot John is in shock after learning of the rape of his sister and murder of his mother. The refugee Father William is discovering his own vulnerability. As they support their leader and thei...
A monk has fallen in love.
A wise widow knows the truth.
And now the finances of the abbey are in jeopardy.
Father William knew something was changing deep within him. He felt it -- from his belly, from his heart, from his soul -- the...
'Even in the darkest moments of the story, hope tarries in the wings. A wonderful writer, a wonderful read.' Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times bestselling author'Wonderfully insightful, with a rich historical storyline. There’s more substantial cont...
In this concluding volume of The Hawk and The Dove trilogy, The Long Fall deals with the slow decline of Peregrine's powers as he slides gradually into dementia.Peregrine, strong and beloved abbot of St. Alcuin’s monastery, suffers a stroke. Now in...
'What a delight a first-time reader of the series has ahead of them!' Donna Fletcher Crow At the end of The Hawk and the Dove Father Peregrine is horribly injured in an attack originating from his previous life as a nobleman, before his calling ...
Madeleine Hazell and William de Bulmer have been married a year. She is a healer, a wise woman, practical, intelligent and blunt. He is not only an ex-monk, but an ex-abbot, a man accustomed to authority, a gifted administrator, at home with fig...
The monastic rhythm of life at St Alcuins means that all is peaceful on the surface, but beneath there are strong currents as each monk contends with his own hopes, fears, challenges, and temptations. Not every monk is settled and secure. Sadnes...
William de Bulmer is, once again, at the outer limits of his strength.Back among the monks of St Alcuins Abbey, frail and damaged, he appreciates their understated friendship. But even men of religion, schooled to obedience, have their limits, and Wi...
Young Brother Cyril is devastated.He's right at the start of his monastic life. Everything looked so promising, but now it's all been ruined by one glib, unthinking remark. He will be a laughing stock forever. What can he do to restore his self-estee...