The Pastor's Husband

February 15, 2016
Warren's (The Favorite Son, 2015) unique offering in the currently popular pastor genre portrays a female leader. Nya and her husband are building the church she saw in one of her prophecies. Nya is pressed to accept a speaking engagement and urged to produce a prophecy for the crowd. But her gift doesn't work on demand, so she prevaricates, telling a woman named Felicia that good things and relationships are coming suddenly. Suddenly Blessings becomes Nya's trademark and TV show, and book deals follow. Her husband, Greg, keeps their growing church going, but he cares more about truth than money or power. Meanwhile, Felicia encounters one bad situation after another and vows revenge on Nya. She tries to break up the couple with violence that instead brings Nya and Greg back to their Kingdom work together. Some characters are extreme, like Felicia, yet Nya and Greg are richly dimensional and intelligent. Writing in a uniquely inspirational voice, Warren continues to offer thought-provoking and enjoyable reading.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)