Roni Jarrett was once in love with a high-rolling strip club owner who used her and abused her. He caused her to lose the job of her dreams, and also her self-respect. With nothing left but her newfound faith in Christ and her old BMW, she hits the road and ends up where she started, in her old hometown. With a new job in an upscale beauty salon, and a position as music director for her church, she’s doing all she can to live a life that is pleasing in the eyes of God. Unfortunately, other people’s drama has a way of following Roni Jarrett. When her best friend from childhood turns up dead in the streets, the local police behave as if she may have had a hand in that death, and everything changes. Roni fi nds herself caught up in a dangerous maze of gossip and lies that could lead to her own destruction. The only man willing to help her, Police Chief Don Gillette, is a gorgeous hunk of a human being who makes Roni’s heart pound, but his own reputation causes even more drama to enter her life. Roni is tested time and again as she struggles to understand what is happening around her. Her budding relationship with Don Gillette, a relationship that seems sent from God, may get caught in the wreckage too. Will Roni’s newfound faith be able to withstand so many trials?

After a night of passion with Dino Cochran, a bad-boy Detroit nightclub owner, Nikki Lucas fInds herself pregnant and deeply in love. But when she discovers that the man of her dreams is married, she is devastated beyond words and leaves Detroit without looking back. Sixteen years later, Nikki fi nds herself living—or more like struggling to live—in Monroe, Florida. Although her friends urge her to give her life to Christ, she is too steeped in bitterness over the harsh hand life has dealt her to believe that salvation will make any difference. Dino Cochran, who suffered through his own horrors when Nikki left Detroit, arrives in town, not as the bad boy he used to be, but as the Christian head of the National Council of Churches. When he and Nikki meet by chance for the fi rst time in sixteen years, Nikki’s world turns upside down. Will this turn of events force Nikki to let go of her anger and realize the depth of God’s love for her? Teresa McClain-Watson is the award-winning author of five contemporary fiction novels. Her works have received favorable reviews in the New York Times and Publisher’s Weekly. A life-long resident of Florida, McClain-Watson has a master’s degree in history and education.