Fire & Brimstone: A Novel

Chris Desmereaux-college graduate, churchgoer, and single mother-is struggling with poverty, coming to terms with her sexuality, and finding love-though she is unaware that her life will change, for better or worse, the day Gayle Evans finds her personal ad in the paper and answers it.

Gayle Evans, toe-tapping, knee-slapping, make-you-wanna-holla Minister of Music with a divine gift from God. "Praise the Lord" is her mantra. Macking women is her game. Destroying every life she touches, Gayle...