“The Amen Sisters” by Angela Benson has a suicide, a trip to a mental health clinic, and a cheating husband all before chapter one is over. This drama centers around two sisters, their church, and its parishioners with a tough issue to deal with – infidelity.
Five years ago, Francine Amen turned her back on her family and friends to follow a minister of the Temple Church. She gave everything, including all her money. When an act so unthinkable happens, she ends up a resident of a psychiatric facility.
Three months later, she’s released. Having no money now, she must go live with her sister, Dawn, and husband, Sly.
Dawn Amen has troubles of her own too. Her husband, who is also Francine’s ex-boyfriend, has been unfaithful in their marriage. To the world though, she puts on a happy face. She doesn’t want her friends to know she couldn’t keep her husband satisfied. But behind closed doors, the couple sleeps in separate beds. She refuses to trust her husband again.
As the Amen sisters stop running from their problems and begin to understanding the true meaning of forgiveness, they find they’re not the only church members with secrets. Angela Benson doesn’t hold anything back as she deals with these real-life issues. To read the prologue and first chapter, go to Walk Worthy Press.
J. Kaye’s Book Blog is Angela Benson first stop on her virtual tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion so be sure to leave her a comment. Also there will be several other drawings, including this book, at the end of this month. Drop by Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s blog for details.
To visit this author’s other tour stops, follow the guide below. She’ll be giving interviews and talking more about her book. You can also stop by her website at http://bensonink.com/.
Dec 4 - The Writer’s Life
Dec 5 - Paperback Writer
Dec 6 - My Christian Fiction Blog
Dec 7 - Girls Write Out
Dec 10 - Leicester Review of Books
Dec 10 - The Writer’s Life Author Talks
Dec 11 - Edgy Inspirational Author Blog
Dec 12 - Storycrafters
Dec 13 - Buzz the Book
Dec 14 - Fallen Angel Reviews
Dec 14 - Independent Book Report
Dec 17 - APOOO Book Club In the Limelight
Dec 17 - APOOO Connections on MySpace
Dec 18 - Inspired Author
Dec 19 - You Don’t Know Jack
Dec 20 - A Christian Writer’s World
Dec 21 - Inspired Author
Dec 26 - The Book Connection
Dec 27 - Dude, Where’s My Muse?
Dec 28 - A Book Blogger’s Diary
Dec 31 - Giveaway Day
Jan 8 - You Don’t Know Jack BlogTalkRadio
Jan 9 - Amber Miller
Until the next book review,
Happy Reading!
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15 comments:
Sounds like a really good book. I'm adding it to my "must read" list!
Deborah
www.therhythmofwrite.
Thanks for hosting me today, J.Kaye. You have a great place here.
Deborah, I hope you enjoy The Amen Sisters. After you read it, do drop by my blog/website and let me know your impressions.
Have a great day, everybody. I'll check in later to respond to any questions or comments.
Angela
Sounds like an awesome book Angela. I've got a few more ahead of it, but I can't wait to read it. Such is the life of the book reviewer--a never ending list in that to be read pile. LOL!
Best of luck with your virtual book tour. See you down the line.
Cheryl M.
"Happy December,Angela!" Best wishes on your new book. It sounds like a very fascinating book to read! Have fun on your virtual tour. Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I like the way this sounds. I'll have to look for it
Wow...thanks for the great review and posting Angela's stops, J. Kaye! Looks fantastic!
Angela, I've been working with you on your book trailer (which I'm going to try to download to YouTube AGAIN) and I've really gotten to know your book upfront and personal. I love it! Love the cover and the title, too...great decision on your marketing team and you!
Hi, Angela. Good luck on the tour! I'm also touring the Web today on my own Virtual Book Tour for "The Ultimate Passage." Let's pump up our books!
Good luck Angela,
I've added your tour information to my blog; the RSS feed sent it to my Amazon blog, so it will also be added to the general blog feed. Good luck on your tour. Mine also started today for Awakening the Dragon-Book One of the Dragon Clan Trilogy.
This sounds like a great read!! and J. Kaye, I just want to say it's so exciting watching how much the readership of your blog has grown (I'm sure it's more exciting for you than for me.) Anyways, this book does sound really interesting, I'll have to add it to my TBR pile! Thanks for stopping by Angela!
Thanks everyone for such a warm and supportive start to the first day of my first ever blog tour. I don't think my tour could have had a better launch, especially given J.Kaye's review. I hope we keep in touch. You're all always welcome at angelabenson.com.
To my fellow December touring authors, thanks for stopping by. I'll be sure to check out your tours as well.
Again, thanks, everybody.
Angela
I just wanted to stop by and thank you for reading my blog! I am slow on uptake and didn't notice anyone had posted for quite some time. I really appreciate it. I have seen your blog before (I think a link from Anobii) and really enjoy it. :)
Thanks, Judith, for giving us the chance to read some exciting new books. THE AMEN SISTERS sounds like a wonderful read.
Keep up the good work.
Betty
www.jmbpub.com/betty.htm
Great Review J.Kaye. Sounds like a really great book so now I have another one I want to read!
a good read.
battery - thank you for stopping by J. Kaye's Book Blog! Yep, this was a really well done book!
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