All That Matters

by A. Rozelle

***This book is classified as "Contemporary African American Fiction" and contains ADULT situations and language.*** Can love, faith and hope defeat lust, betrayal and fear? Spirituality, sexuality, the hunger for revenge, and taking love for granted may cost the members of Calvary Christian Temple more than they ever intended to pay. Keidrich Bradford, minister of music at Calvary Christian Temple–Dallas, Texas’s newest mega-church, wants only to settle down and be the father and man he knows he’s capable of being. The problem with his epiphany is that it may have come too late. Reid Harris, senior pastor of CCT has become obsessed with the church’s expansion, construction and community outreach work, leaving his frustrated and lonely wife to seek comfort elsewhere. Michelle Reese is Reid’s personal assistant. After a chance meeting brings them together, she and the sexy C.J. Evans become friends…and later, much more. They are falling in love and they both know it. The only problem is that C.J. is a woman. Damon Means, the minister of finance at CCT, will not stop until he gets rid of Reid and takes his place as senior pastor, but his one weakness, the sultry and exotic Adriana Cruz, may prove to be the undoing of all his hard work...

197 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2012

About the author

A. Rozelle is a freelance writer and the author of three short-story collections and a recently completed novel. Her work has been featured in The Dallas Morning News, The Dallas Weekly, Rollin' Out Magazine and Eclipse Magazine. She lives in Dallas, TX, where she is hard at work on her second book and a collection of sensual murder mysteries.

Reviews

[Lady Raven RAVE! · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story: GOOD
Intimacy Level: GOOD/ VERY SPICY
enjoyment: GOOD
Length: 5204 kindle

THOUGHTS

Show me a CCT church and I'll show you a sinner. Reading the book summary, I was kind of iffy on the story line/plot. Not that I have anything against christian romances, but this was nothing like what I expected and probably not what you're thinking. The CCT church was like a soap opera with the members of the church. Greed, sex, lust, lies and temptation took hold of some of its members and what a mess it was. There are so many characters that I can't name each of them. The author gave a point of view with each character leading up to the climax of the story. Some of the characters' view points were interesting and for most I wanted to keep on reading, but then it would go into another view point. That was my only irritation, but I understood what the author was doing with the events taking place.

All that matters was interesting,as well as the storyline taking place in a church with its members and in the end, I think the characters in question got what they deserved. To let the reader know, there is an explicit f/f scene, everything else m/f.


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[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is true that even in church people are not what they seem. Case in point a backstabbing deacon's intention to bring about the pastor and the church's downfall, evil people willing to do anything to get what they want by hurting or blackmailing people, and a young woman discovering her sexuality-with another woman. This book was so good I intend to place it on my re-read list.

[Michelle Rawls · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pleasantly Surprised

This was one of the free books on Amazon that had just been sitting on my Kindle. I was looking for a different read from the usual Urban fiction and came across it. I must say I was pleasantly surprised and will definitely be checking for this author in the near future.

Happy Reading,

The Official Dcbookreviewer

[Stacie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just love me a good church drama! I could not put it down. It is sad that this exists in current times. I would read more from this author.

[Brooklyn Donne · Rating 5 out of 5]

fab read.