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The Pastor’s Wife

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In: Uncategorized on: February 17, 2010

Have you or your spouse ever put your job or ministry before your marriage? Have either of you ever felt like you couldn’t find your place—and your spouse didn’t fully understand? Have you or your spouse ever held to yourself a hurt that needed to be shared?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions—and my guess is that if you’ve been married more than a few days or weeks, you did—then you will be able to identify with Maura and Nick Shepherd, the main characters in Jennifer AlLee’s novel The Pastor’s Wife. I know I did! My husband and I struggled at the beginning of his career with the balance of work and family.


I met Jennifer over three years ago at an ACFW conference, and now she and I both contribute to the Inkwell Inspirations blog. She is a lovely person and a great writer. And I’m glad I can also call her my friend.
But I have to admit, when I agree to accept a free book before publication, I do it with a bit of trepidation. What if I hate it? What do I do then? Just a few pages into this book, I knew that wouldn’t be a problem!
Real without being raw, this engaging romance warmed my heart. Here’s the back cover blurb:
Maura Sullivan thought she knew what she was getting into when she married son-to-be-pastor Nick Shepherd. But when “the other woman” in her marriage turned out to be her husband’s congregation, she ran.
Six years later, she’s back in the small community of Granger, Ohio, for the reading of a will that names both her and Nick as beneficiaries.
Now Maura must face the husband and the congregation she left behind.
I hope you find as much pleasure in their story as I did!

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  1. Steena Holmes

    February 17, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    As a former pastors wife – I'd totally want to read this book! I've wanted to write about the life of a pastors wife for a few years now but have never had the courage … maybe one day 🙂

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  2. Patti Lacy

    February 18, 2010 at 1:58 pm

    Is this your new site? Love it!!!
    Visit my blog, and perhaps we can become bloggites!

    LOL.

    Patti
    http://www.pattilacy.com/blog

    Reply

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