Pastor Tiana Washington can hold her own in verbal fisticuffs. You'd think that after the first "take down," August Granger would learn his lesson. But church troublemakers like him tend to be thickheaded. Against her gender, her dress, her leadership style, and just against her period, August is determined to drive her from Mt. Salem SAB Church. Unintentionally, Tiana gives him ammunition against her when she sings at HCE, the mega church not far from Mt. Salem. While there, she meets the pastor, Jermaine Billings. They form a friendship, which he's determined to take to a romantic relationship. Tiana has plenty reservations about that with their denominational differences but finds his appeal irresistible. Tiana doesn't know he has a past, a negative one, with the SAB Church. August Granger and his cronies do. Now, it's their intention to use her affiliation with ‘black sheep’ Jermaine to advocate her dismissal. With her job on the line, what will Tiana do?
Brigette has been an avid reader of romantic fiction since her teens. She began penning her own stories in her stay-at-home-mom years. The blessing of her twenty-three (23) years of romance with her husband and her faith find their way into the lives of her characters and their relationships.
She writes contemporary Christian romantic fiction about African American as well as mixed race couples. Christian romantic suspense also intrigues Brigette, and she writes in that category as well. To date she has written twenty-five novels and two inspirational/devotional works.
Her romantic works are divided into five series: Pioneers in the Pulpit, Five Brothers’ Books, Seneca Mountain Romances, Mahogany and Daniel, and The Banning Island Romances (romantic suspense). She has been blessed to have two #1 bestsellers on Amazon’s Kindle. She is currently working on the fifth installment to the Pioneers in the Pulpit series scheduled for debut in October 2015.
I like this author, although I still don't understand the SAB movement - even with the research I did. For the most part her doctrine is good, especially important when you are writing a Christian book. This story about real tension in relationships when people major in the minors was a very good read. The main characters were hot, hot, hot! The background characters richly added to the story line. Be careful of plotting someone else's demise, you may end up with a Haman experience.
Wonderful story of Tiana and Jermaine. Tiana is the new pastor at Mount Salem SAB Church. Elder Granger and Elder Baker is out to get her fired. Jermaine was a Pastor of a SAB church but due to some shady people he was no longer a part of the SAB conference. This story has anger, jealousy, deceit, adultery, and most of all the love of God. When we put God first we can do amazing things. Love this author, cannot wait for the next book in this series.