The Novelist by Angela Hunt

Genre: Inspirational

This week’s pick is a wonderful story of family struggles and faith.  Jordan Kerrigan is a best-selling author of popular spy novels, a professor, and a mother of three grown children.  While her older daughters grew into successful people, her 21-year-old son Zack struggles with alcoholism, self-esteem issues, and periods of alternating intense highs and lows.  Jordan believes she has done all she can do for her son, when one of her students challenges her to write something with a little more heart and soul.  Her pride stung, Jordan accepts the challenge, and begins a story about temptation and redemption that she hopes will be her son’s salvation. 

Hunt alternates between Jordan’s life and the story she’s writing for her son, enabling the reader to feel the intensity of Kerrigan’s—and Zack’s—heart-wrenching emotions.  With intriguing characters and thought-provoking drama, this week’s pick is sure to crawl right up into your heart!