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Sunday Morning Trilogy #1
Come Sunday Morning
Charismatic young pastor Hezekiah Cleveland and his wife, the beautiful and ambitious Reverend Samantha, certainly have their hands full with managing their less-than-perfect marriage and their drama-prone congregation in this exciting debut! There's Danny St. John, who opens up Hezekiah to the underworld of being "on the down-low." Then there's Samantha's secret lover, Reverend Willie Mitchell, also Hezekiah's biggest nemesis, who's in cahoots with her to take over Hezekiah's New Testament Cathedral. When a shocking turn of events takes place the day Hezekiah decides to come clean about his double life, and catapults Samantha to position of the leader of the flock, how long will she be able to keep up her own charade?
- GenresAfrican American
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Terry E. Hill
11 books14 followersThe Committee is Terry E. Hill's fourth novel. Come Sunday Morning was his first book, followed by When Sunday Comes Again in 2012 and The Last Sunday in 2013. The publisher consolidated Hill's first two books into one and re-released it 2014 as The Come Sunday Morning Saga. Come Sunday Morning was selected as number three of the five best fiction books for 2012 by the Sankofa Literary Society. When Sunday Comes Again was released in the summer of 2012 and made the AALBC (African American Literary Book Club) Urban Fiction Best Seller List. Hill's novels have also been featured on the Bestsellers List of Black Expressions and have been selected as best books of the month and year by various bookstores and book clubs throughout the country. The Sunday Morning Saga has been acquired by more than 10,000 libraries in the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Hill has developed a significant audience who eagerly await each new release. Elev8.com, an online property of Hello Beautiful, profiled the author as the next E. Lynn Harris for his clever storytelling and LGBT subplots. He and his writings have been featured on BET.com's monthly YOU GOTTA HAVE IT column, Crème Magazine, Elev8/Hello Beautiful, Black Literature Magazine and The Literary Network.
Hill has developed a significant audience who eagerly await each new release. Elev8.com, an online property of Hello Beautiful, profiled the author as the next E. Lynn Harris for his clever storytelling and LGBT subplots. He and his writings have been featured on BET.com's monthly YOU GOTTA HAVE IT column, Crème Magazine, Elev8/Hello Beautiful, Black Literature Magazine and The Literary Network.
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April 3, 2013
Hezekiah Cleaveland is the pastor of New Testament Cathedral in California. He's married to the beautiful and ambitious to a fault Samantha Cleaveland; who happens to be the dynamo behind Pastor Cleaveland's television ministry. Samantha's ambitions cause her to often times become so cruel to the ministers and staff members of the church she leaves tears in her wake.
Together they are building a new 20,000 seat, forty-five million dollar mega church while homelessness plagues their city. Advocates for the homeless as well as the homeless themselves are not shy about verbalizing their feelings about the new building. One such mantra which caused even this reader to pause was from an elderly woman "how can you justify spending forty-five million dollars on a building that will only be open on Sunday mornings when you know that every night, of the year, thousands of men, women and children live and die on the streets of this city?" Pastor Cleaveland feels that since his ministry has given to the homeless plight over the last ten years they should be grateful for the handouts and not worry about his new church.
Come Sunday Morning shines the flashlight on greed, resentment and lavish lifestyles lived by this mega couple. But deferred dreams and empty souls present one bad decision after another which leads to murder in the church pulpit come Sunday morning. At times the book was a too little wordy. I felt the author was trying to impress me with how the Cleavelands lived. All in all it was a good read.
Hill's new novel offers a first-hand account of what could go wrong when a pastor isn't called as a shepherd but as a power hungry man.
A complimentary copy of this book was provided by the author for the purpose of this review.
Missy - Readers Paradise
3 book marks
Together they are building a new 20,000 seat, forty-five million dollar mega church while homelessness plagues their city. Advocates for the homeless as well as the homeless themselves are not shy about verbalizing their feelings about the new building. One such mantra which caused even this reader to pause was from an elderly woman "how can you justify spending forty-five million dollars on a building that will only be open on Sunday mornings when you know that every night, of the year, thousands of men, women and children live and die on the streets of this city?" Pastor Cleaveland feels that since his ministry has given to the homeless plight over the last ten years they should be grateful for the handouts and not worry about his new church.
Come Sunday Morning shines the flashlight on greed, resentment and lavish lifestyles lived by this mega couple. But deferred dreams and empty souls present one bad decision after another which leads to murder in the church pulpit come Sunday morning. At times the book was a too little wordy. I felt the author was trying to impress me with how the Cleavelands lived. All in all it was a good read.
Hill's new novel offers a first-hand account of what could go wrong when a pastor isn't called as a shepherd but as a power hungry man.
A complimentary copy of this book was provided by the author for the purpose of this review.
Missy - Readers Paradise
3 book marks
April 24, 2011
Sunday Mornings
Hezekiah and Samantha Cleveland are the prominent pastor and first lady of New Testament Cathedral in the city of Los Angeles. From the outside looking in, the power couple look as happy as can be, but in reality, it’s a thin line between love and hate. A deep dark secret is leaked to the news media and the church that will send its members in an uproar. Will New Testament Cathedral be able to bounce back from the chaos and a fatal demise?
“Come Sunday Morning” is one of those reads you can’t put down until the very end. This book is full of drama and suspense that will have you saying, “What the what?” I wouldn’t be surprise if this is really happening in the churches nowadays; anything is possible. Also, this novel leans toward trusting and believing in the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that you have to try him for yourself. “Come Sunday Morning” is a good read that I would recommend to others.
Reviewed by: Tange
Hezekiah and Samantha Cleveland are the prominent pastor and first lady of New Testament Cathedral in the city of Los Angeles. From the outside looking in, the power couple look as happy as can be, but in reality, it’s a thin line between love and hate. A deep dark secret is leaked to the news media and the church that will send its members in an uproar. Will New Testament Cathedral be able to bounce back from the chaos and a fatal demise?
“Come Sunday Morning” is one of those reads you can’t put down until the very end. This book is full of drama and suspense that will have you saying, “What the what?” I wouldn’t be surprise if this is really happening in the churches nowadays; anything is possible. Also, this novel leans toward trusting and believing in the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that you have to try him for yourself. “Come Sunday Morning” is a good read that I would recommend to others.
Reviewed by: Tange
April 25, 2012
Now and then one comes across a promising writer; one who seems to offer enough promise for one to expend time on reviewing his work. One such writer is Terry E. Hill whose novel, Come Sunday Morning I finished reading the other day.
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January 5, 2013
When you read this book, you will probably think this is loosely based on any number of first families of mega churches. This a fast paced story that will probably cause you to talk and at times, curse the characters but you will enjoy the ride. Hopefully, the follow up book will be just as good!!
May 6, 2013
This was excellent but shocking to read just how cruel and evil the people you least expect can be..The author could have used a better editor because of the grammatical errors..I cant wait to read the sequel to this book - When Sunday Comes Again
September 23, 2014
Really good, nicely paced novel. Samantha was a master manipulator but at least she was honest with herself. Hezekiah wasn't really honest about anything in his lide except for how he felt about Danny. Willie was just foolish. Sure there's a follow up to this saga
April 18, 2013
I wish I could rate tis book a 10. It was very good and quite truthful. So much goes on in the church and against God these days. I am starting the sequel: When Sunday Comes Again.
June 10, 2013
Started reading and realized I read the first book when it came out in 2011... SMH. Well it s hd reas that's for show.
April 22, 2016
Far fetched...
This book was too far-fetched and frankly I've had enough cheating preacher stories and scandals to last me a lifetime...not interested in the sequel
This book was too far-fetched and frankly I've had enough cheating preacher stories and scandals to last me a lifetime...not interested in the sequel
January 14, 2017
Can't wait to read ii and iii
This was a Christmas gift from my wife, and once I began reading I couldn't put it down. Now on to the next one.
This was a Christmas gift from my wife, and once I began reading I couldn't put it down. Now on to the next one.
February 1, 2017
Loved it
A very good read, why was I so a
sad when the Pastor died. so worth your time. Loved it
A very good read, why was I so a
sad when the Pastor died. so worth your time. Loved it
June 9, 2014
What can you say about Church folk? You gotta love them anyway.
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