Book guide
Lila
A woman with no home steps into a church and finds a life she never expected.
Genre and trope pairingsContemporary FictionSmall townContemporary FictionSelf-discoveryContemporary FictionRedemptionContemporary FictionTrauma recoveryLiterarySmall townLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryRedemptionLiteraryTrauma recovery
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About Lila
After years of loneliness and wandering, Lila takes shelter from the rain in a small-town Iowa church and encounters Reverend Ames. Their unlikely romance becomes a searching story of trust, faith, belonging and the hard-won possibility of hope.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Slow
Series
Gilead · Book 3 of 4
Content warnings
- abandonment
- child neglect
- child abuse
- poverty
- grief
- sexual assault
- kidnapping
- child death
- pregnancy
- violence
- murder
- sex work references
