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Alicia Black, the privileged daughter of the charismatic Reverend Curtis Black, has grown into a woman driven by desire and faith. After a failed first marriage, she quickly falls for Pastor JT Valentine, a dynamic and handsome minister with his own large congregation. But Alicia is unaware of Pastor JT’s hidden intentions: her husband has repeatedly moved from one affair to another, and he only married her to get close to her father’s wealth and fame. Reverend Curtis Black warns Alicia that Pastor JT cannot be trusted. Alicia remains blinded by love, unaware that her father’s warning is born from experience in his own necessity to guard his church against such deception. When a massacre of lies, secrets, and betrayals comes to light, Alicia must face many consequential decisions. Will Providence rescue her from those who threaten her love and faith?
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Kimberla Lawson Roby
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