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The Second Coming
He will Rise Again…
Julie Chen, an uptight lawyer from Washington, D.C., is sent to the unremarkable town of Pothos, Georgia to prosecute a voting rights case. Time has forgotten Pothos, though there was not much to remember of it anyway.
What starts as a straightforward case quickly descends into chaos. The courthouse burns down, disrupting the simple judicial process, and the townspeople believe it is the work of the ghost of a Confederate general, disturbed by Ms. Chen’s attempts to bring equality to Pothos. Julie Chen is having none of this, and wants to find the truth of the matter. The only person that may have witnessed the living criminal who burned the courthouse is Ms. Honeypaw, an alleged psychic with her own deep ties to the darkness within Pothos.
As Julie navigates the complications of small town life, she discovers that her own simple ambitions are not as fulfilling as she once thought they were. Things get even more complicated when she develops an interest in two men: Josh, a mechanic, who is attractive, gentle and accessible, and Ri’Chard, the unavailable but lip-bitingly handsome, quiet and calculating tow-truck driver.
“The Second Coming” is about an awakening of both the past and Julie, as she discovers that coming to Pothos would change her life forever.
An audacious novel that features a sharp wit and an even sharper view of American politics.
Julie Chen, an uptight lawyer from Washington, D.C., is sent to the unremarkable town of Pothos, Georgia to prosecute a voting rights case. Time has forgotten Pothos, though there was not much to remember of it anyway.
What starts as a straightforward case quickly descends into chaos. The courthouse burns down, disrupting the simple judicial process, and the townspeople believe it is the work of the ghost of a Confederate general, disturbed by Ms. Chen’s attempts to bring equality to Pothos. Julie Chen is having none of this, and wants to find the truth of the matter. The only person that may have witnessed the living criminal who burned the courthouse is Ms. Honeypaw, an alleged psychic with her own deep ties to the darkness within Pothos.
As Julie navigates the complications of small town life, she discovers that her own simple ambitions are not as fulfilling as she once thought they were. Things get even more complicated when she develops an interest in two men: Josh, a mechanic, who is attractive, gentle and accessible, and Ri’Chard, the unavailable but lip-bitingly handsome, quiet and calculating tow-truck driver.
“The Second Coming” is about an awakening of both the past and Julie, as she discovers that coming to Pothos would change her life forever.
An audacious novel that features a sharp wit and an even sharper view of American politics.
353 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 30, 2026
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April 9, 2026
This book was... interesting. It had its ups and downs, but sadly more downs than ups. The writing was pretty easy to read and I enjoyed the characters as they were pretty well-written. But the plot. Oh, the plot. This book could have, and should have, been at least two books instead of one. I'm not sure what the two "sides" had to do with each other. Also, all of the real life social issues made to feel abstract and complicated were actually very basic things that I'd think most people know/know of. In other words, I am not sure what the point of this book was in the end.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
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