Promises Beyond Jordan — Vanessa Davis Griggs

"Have you ever loved someone that you never had?" No doubt, this is possible--loving someone you've never had. If not you, then maybe someone you know. In PROMISES BEYOND JORDAN, George Landris speaks these words to Theresa Jordan, his wife-to-be, just as he rushes off to search for Johnnie Mae Taylor (a woman he once loved) after learning she and her family were in a serious car accident. Being that it's nine days before he and Theresa are set to wed, a natural sense of uneasiness starts to loom.

But then, Theresa has a few problems of her own brewing. One of which stems from a promise her father--Richard, now Bishop Jordan--made thirty years ago to Lena Patterson: a twenty-year-old woman critically burned in a fire. As secrets begin to surface, they may prove to be Theresa's (as well as some others') undoing. Add to this mix, a scandal threatening to split--if not destroy--Wings of Grace Faith Ministry Church (along with its unconventional, dreadlocks-wearing, Word-teaching pastor), and you have all the necessary ingredients for a spirited, drama-filled, smorgasbord of a story. Help yourself to the buffet!