Book excerpt: One look at Marlena Porter reignites in Pastor Noah Phillips the passion to live life to its fullest. Not since the death of Colleen has Noah so deeply desired to capture the love of a woman. How can he get her to understand that race is not an issue in the eyes of God? Marlena Porter cannot understand her attraction to Pastor Noah Phillips. After all, Caucasian men have never appealed to her, and to make matters worse, he pastors a prominent, all-white suburban church. She would have to be a glutton for rejection or foolishly in love to allow him to court her. Either way, there is a threatening storm brewing on the horizon.