A Sounding Brass — Shelley Bates

CLAIRE MONTOYA'S LIFE DOESN'T FIT HER ANYMORE. Brought up in a strict church in the small town of Hamilton Falls, Claire has seen disgrace fall on the leaders she trusted and watched her friends reject their faith.

When Luke Fisher is invited to preach at one of their gatherings, Claire finds herself drawn to the handsome radio evangelist. She joins his radio station staff as a bookkeeper and, although she initially enjoys taking part in Luke's vision for the community, she begins to realize that certain things about this powerful personality don't add up. Complicating matters, investigator Ray Harper is hanging around the studio asking disturbing questions-and making an impression of his own on young Claire.

Who is right: the nationally known evangelist or the suspicious cop? And more important, to whom can Claire trust her heart? In A SOUNDING BRASS, questions require answers of total honesty and an eye for eternal consequences. Will Claire find these answers-and love?