Delilah's Revenge

by S. James Guitard

There is Nothing More Dangerous for a Man Than a Woman with a Plan With a level of confidence and style that most women would envy, De'Borah Harriston stood at the church sanctuary doors wearing a stylish designer ensemble so sophisticated and eye-catching that a trustee almost dropped the collection plate and his religion trying to get another glance of her revealing lowcut neckline. De'Borah's breasts were more out than some men in the choir. Clearly the older women in the house of worship were quite offended, but it made no difference to De'Borah. It wasn't their attention or approval she was after. Pastor David Josiah Goodwell had just entered the sanctuary wearing a robe that King Solomon would have wanted to borrow. Prior to his dad, the Honorable Reverend Cecil Douglass Goodwell, passing away, he thought the greatest challenge he would ever face in life would be living up to father’s expectations. Pastor Goodwell now agonize over the daunting task of having to tear down and destroy the bulk of everything his father built, including his family name, as he attempts to preach and teach the truth about Jesus to a congregation that ultimately may prefer to have the sugar water, non-substantive, carefree, no accountability to God gospel that causes for its church membership to grow, but not the people in it. You can’t have an affair with attorney Crystal Champagne Calloway's husband, become pregnant with his child, leave text messages saying Crystal's man is divorcing her, and then turn around and be the one behind releasing sex photos of her on the web--that she didn’t even know existed, causing for Crystal's mother to have a heart attack in church--while simultaneously being the unidentified source in the newspaper that has the police falsely charging her with aiding and abetting a money laundering, prostitution and drug cartel, and think you're going to have Crystal's kids calling you Mommy while she's locked up in the penitentiary for the rest of her life. Who you kidding? Sunday school class member Alexis Benson was scheduled to get married in St. Thomas prior to finding out that her fiancé, Deacon Derrick, had been cheating on her. It was several months later that she found out that during the period they were seeking marriage counseling, her fiancé had been secretly having sex with the associate minister providing their marriage counseling. How does Alexis's faith in God reach new heights in the midst of her church hitting new lows?

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2010

Reviews

[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Hello?" "Yes. Is a Ms. Calloway available?" "This is Attorney Crystal Calloway. How can I help you?" "Attorney Calloway, this Robert Vilcano of Vilcano Investigative and Protection Services. Per your request, I am contacting you as soon as we uncovered any significant leads concerning your case." "Go on." "Well, Attorney Calloway, I have good news to share. Based upon a thorough and exhaustive investigation, we have irrefutable evidence that Evelyn James is not having an affair with your husband as previously suspected."
This is what caught my attention and from there the book went down hill. It was too many characters to keep up with for me. Now I know you are saying "What!" I had to go back and forth to remember who belongs to who. You have the wives,kids,in-laws,pastors,girlfriends,FBI but not the FBI and the members of the church. While trying to keep up with all this took away from the story and too much dialogue. For the book to be 200 plus pages too many characters.

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

As stated when I started reading this book, I was loan this book and had 14 days to read. Despite the fact I was already reading a book I was enjoying, I put that book down, upon receipt of this book and began reading it right away. If not for my busy school schedule, I believe I would have finished it sooner. This is a great read. The book, captivate the reader from the very first page and, keeps the reader turning page after page . This novel in my opinion is worth four stars, for the following reasons; The characters could have been developed a little better and, checked for grammatical errors. This book is full of lies, deceit faith, and delivery all in a church base setting, which is very true in modern churches today. I especially enjoyed some of the biblical references and prayers, a must read.

[*~CONN!3~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dram in the Church, drama outside the Church, and who is ur baby daddy?? Are you sleeping with my husband?? I dont care that ur married...I love U, nothing but Lies, Deceit, scandals, murder, blackmail, and adultery.............this read is like the soaps some of everything diry is being done and it all revolves around the Church. I rate this read 3.5 Stars.

[Michelle Love-Day · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seemed like too much was going on at first, but by the middle of the book, I liked how the author wove the characters, their lives, and dramas together.