title: The Perfect Love of God: Becoming the Bride of Christ through His Transforming Love
author:  Helena M. Mariades 
description: Joan Marie attended four colleges and was a credentialed teacher for fifteen years until she retired. After much prayer and preparation, she wrote and taught men and women from various Christian faiths and walks of life about the Perfect Love of God, which continued for over twenty years.
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  “My lord, please be so kind as to release my hand immediately,” said Helena
  with the utmost politeness.
  
  In response, Lord Varington raised his gaze to hers and lifted her hand until
  it was just short of his mouth. Then slowly, carefully, never taking his eyes
  from hers, he touched his lips to the center of her palm. It was as if he had
  touched the very core of her being. A spontaneous gasp escaped her, and she
  found she could not take her eyes from his, could not move, could barely
  breathe.
  
  “My lord, I must protest!” she said in a breathy whisper.
  
  “You are beautiful,” he said, and she sat as if mesmerized, watching his head
  bending toward hers until he was so close that she could examine every detail
  of his face. Helena knew that he was going to kiss her, and, despite the
  knowledge, she did nothing.
  
  “Helena,” he whispered, and her name rolled off his tongue as if it had been
  made to do so. There was a richness to his voice, a sensual ripeness.
  
  She felt her eyelid