Jezebel

Known for delivering “African American Christian romance that will surprise readers” (Midwest Book Review), Jacquelin Thomas now re-imagines the Biblical story of Jezebel as a compelling modern drama of inveterate sin and one woman’s struggle for salvation. All her life, small-town Georgia girl Jessie Belle Holt has known how to use men. Now it’s time to really put her talent to work. Her ticket out of Mayville is Traynor Deveraux. A trusting pastor with a brilliant career ahead, Traynor doesn’t realize that his cunning new bride isn’t just dreaming of a new life, but running from an old one—and from an irredeemable reputation that could destroy their futures. Seduced by the material possessions that come with position and power, Jessie soon uses her wiles to move her unwitting husband to the forefront of the country’s leading ministry. She’s prepared to do it by any means possible—including sex, lives, betrayal, and blackmail—all the while building nothing more secure than her own private hell. And when the walls come tumbling down, Jessie Belle will pay a price she never imagined, and discover one last chance at redemption and forgiveness she never expected.