Bella is 17 and in a relationship with Edward. He's very attracted to her - and the feeling is mutual. Almost. One of the things that attracts Edward is the scent of Bella's blood. He's a vampire, she's a human and they both feature in the "Twilight" series: blockbuster in both book and film format.

The apple on the book's cover represents the forbidden fruit from the book of Genesis in the Bible. It symbolizes Bella and Edward's forbidden love.

Love, mystery and the supernatural combine in this story in a way that is hugely attractive to many people. There's a hunger to find that dangerously powerful relationship that will transform us forever.

Love, mystery, and supernatural power combine in the fullest way imaginable in the story of God's love for us.

How can God's vast love for mankind be returned, when the two - God and humanity - are so totally separated? When their natures are so different? He is all-pure and we are so soiled in selfishness? How can the terrible problem of such separation be resolved?

In answer to this - as foretold through hints and prophecies through the ages - enters into human history the mysterious figure of the God-Man.

Into the tragic tale of a death-bound human race comes the saviour, Jesus. His mission is to bridge the divide, bringing the breath of eternal life to hell-bound humans, transfusing His life into their corrupted veins, bringing wholeness to their fractured beings and transforming them utterly.

The impossible is made possible. Those He saves live forever with Him - in a love that never dies.

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