Four pastors’ wives, each from different denominations, meet every other week at a café forty miles from their hometown to encourage each other. This time together is the only opportunity they have to be able to talk freely about their unique problems as pastors’ wives.  They feel they have to hide their true feelings from the members of their church.  

Mimi, with three children, prides herself on her self-control yet yearns for peace. Felicia struggles with her often conflicting ambitions as a wife, mother, and career woman. Jennifer’s faith is waning. And Lisa has a secret she’s afraid to reveal. 

In addition to their individual troubles, they also share common problems -- wrong expectations, long hours alone, and feeling that they’re “last in line” for their husbands’ attention. Meeting away from prying eyes, they become committed to each other, pray for one another, and gain the freedom to talk openly about their fears, annoyances, and frustrations. 

When they spot another pastor’s wife with a strange man, suspicions arise.

Ginger Kolbaba is editor of Marriage Partnership magazine and a 2000 Gold Medallion finalist. Christy Scannell is a freelance editor and writer. They’ve combined their skills to portray interesting, believable characters and their relationships, struggles, and victories.

Reviewed by Marie DisBrow for The Road to Romance

August 1, 2007