The Covering
Dana PratolaRomantic suspense
Available from White Rose Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-61116-102-1
August 2011
| Tessa Siliano was a devout Christian woman who was temporarily living with her brother, a police officer. She had quit her job as a lawyer (a career her parents had insisted on) and was praying about what her career move would be. She had been prompted by the Holy Spirit to pray for some person she didn't know -- she knew neither his name nor his circumstances. She was just told to pray. While praying (for it was an on-going burden) a friend of Dominic, her brother, showed up to stay in their home.
Spiritually, Gunnar Mason was the exact opposite of Tessa. He had nightmares and struggled with violence. The first night he stayed under the same roof as Tessa, he threw a table, broke a lamp and a window, and put his gun in his mouth but couldn't pull the trigger. This encounter between the two was not polite. He offered to move out during the storm. He was wounded emotionally but he still found himself attracted to this woman. Ms. Dana Pratola has presented us with a book dissimilar to any other I've read. Her plot was solid. Her descriptions were graphically expressed and emotionally expressed. The powerful intensity of this book was almost unprecedented. The storyline was gripping. The in-depth look at someone facing life and death was fascinating to read. I haven't read anything to date that explored the act of praying God's care around another in quite this way. Pratola's complimentary characters were well discussed. They made the storyline even more special. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has either a strong relationship with God or who wants one. Anyone curious about the Plan of Salvation would be especially blessed, in my opinion, by reading this outstanding book. Kudos, Ms. Pratola! I recommend this book for everyone. Pratola is an author I try to read as often as possible.
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Reviewer: Brenda Talley |
