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    Jackie and the Preacher
    Jackie and the Preacher
    Jackie and the Preacher
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    Jackie and the Preacher

    By Janet M. Henderson

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    Jacquelyn Taylor, a freelance writer from Chicago, joins the House of Prayer Church in Harlem to write an expose` on the youth pastor. Though the New York Times calls Dr. Malcolm Irving Gods hope for Americas troubled youth, Real Life magazine wants to know if he preaches the gospel or promotes his own agenda.

    Jackie doesnt care one way or the other. A former call girl, fleeing an escort service, she feels the story about the preacher will hide her past, get her a promotion at the magazine, or a byline at the Times. She doesnt know it will change her life.

    When she meets Malcolm, there is an instant attraction. He is handsome, single, magnetic, and persistent. Can he help her with a missing brother, a murdered client, and an angry pimp who stalks her, eager for revenge?

    Malcolm Irving has an unusual gift and can help more than Jackie realizes. He also has secrets that would shock the church. A lethally attractive, eloquent speaker, hounded by the media and in demand all over the world, he wants a wife more than anything else, and Jackie, with her provocative questions and guilty secrets, appeals to him at first sight.

    Could she be the woman for him? How can he get her to trust him? While ministering to gangsters, the homeless, and the bereaved, he sees the trouble ahead. Can he protect her from danger too? Set in Chicago, New York, Toronto, Pennsylvania, and Rio de Janeiro, and Europe, this heartwarming tale of a phenomenal preacher who falls for a fallen woman will delight you and inspire you from start to finish. Jackie and the Preacher is not like any novel youve read before. The characters are real and so is the message.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateAug 26, 2011
    ISBN9781449723637
    Jackie and the Preacher
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    Janet M. Henderson

    Janet M. Henderson teaches English in the City Colleges of Chicago. She has an M.A.in English Composition and a PhD. in Biblical Studies. A world-traveler, art lover, and U.S. Army veteran, she often writes about people and places she loves. Her other novels include Lunch With Cassie, Jackie and the Preacher, and The Prenuptial. Visit her on facebook.com/janethenderson, janethenderson.net, and twitter.com/@janethenderson.

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