These days he’s seeking solace in drugs even feeding his habit by stealing church offerings. David, Simon’s oldest at twenty seven, has been spiraling downward ever since a knee injury ended a promising football career. His nineteen year old daughter, Rachel, gives new meaning to ‘baby mama drama.’ Crazy in love with her son’s father, she’s wreaking havoc on the man’s life, even though he’s about to marry another woman. But while the good Reverend’s been busy tending his flock, his family’s gone astray.
Reverend Simon Jackson has always felt destined to lead and he’s done a good job of it, transforming his small Houston church into one of the most respected and renowned in the region. Now there's more than their marriage and Tia's survival at stake: Tia is pregnant, and Lance will stop at nothing to keep his troubled wife and unborn daughter safe.In her riveting second novel, ReShonda Tate Billingsley winner of the Gold Pen Award for Best New Author for My Brother’s Keeper crafts a bold and heartwarming story of family and faith that will inspire readers everywhere. and Tia's doctors can't help her if she won't do what they advise. Tia's mother tries to pray the problem away. "Crazy leaves clues," she told him point-blank, and perhaps Lance should have listened.
Or crazy, as Lance's grandmother continually reminds him. That's because Tia never revealed to Lance what she and her family have known since Tia was seventeen-she has an illness that takes over her mind, transforming her into a raging, violent woman hell-bent on destruction. But under the surface, a fierce and frightening storm was brewing. How far will you go to save someone you love and trust when they've kept a dangerous secret for years? That's the question facing Lance Kingston, a successful Houston magazine executive whose recent marriage to beautiful, high-powered attorney Tia Jiles seemed to promise a bright future for both of them. Her novel Say Amen, Again won the NAACP Image Award, proving that ReShonda Tate Billingsley's storytelling "scores a direct hit" ( Publishers Weekly), delighting and inspiring with powerful, soul-searching situations and unforgettable characters. Description National bestseller ReShonda Tate Billingsley spins an irresistible story of romance and faith that will touch every reader's heart.
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