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BUSINESS UNUSUAL - Linda F. Beed On Assignment March 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: Unbeknownst to them, the lives of five people cross at a very crucial time. Each individual is faced with a choice that will determine if they will walk the ordained path to fulfilling purpose or detour down the road of self-satisfaction.
INSPIRATIONAL FICTION |4| Marguerite Lemons
REVIEW:
Bernadette and her sisters have never wanted for
anything in their lives. Their parents run a successful ministry,
one sister is a successful stage actress, and the other runs the
Christian production company with Bernadette, who also owns a highly
successful software development company. She comes from a close
knit, highly talented family with strong religious beliefs and
practices. Bernadette and her sisters pledged to remain pure until
they marry, and she wasn’t having a problem with her vow until she met
the intelligent and sexy Hayes Davis. She spends months keeping
him away from the elder members of her family, and avoiding prayer
regarding him, because she doesn’t want anyone telling her that he’s not
the man for her. Hayes is used to having his way with women.
His father taught him early in life that women are to be used for
pleasure and discarded on a whim. This is the mantra that Hayes
has lived by until he meets Bernadette, and discovers that looks, lines,
and expensive gifts don’t work on her as they have other women. He
must appeal to her intellect, but most of all she commands respect.
He fall’s head-over-heels and decides that she is his future wife;
although his best-friend warns that she may not be the “one” for him.
BUSINESS UNUSUAL is based on the biblical principals of how God wants us
to live. It focuses on the foundation of the family and the fact
that it is up to the parents to instill in their children what is right,
and to continue to ensure that they uphold and practice what they have
been taught even as adults. The story starts off a little slow but
it leveled off and continued to move at a steady pace. The
characters are all independent and successful, but they let you know
that they are also human. There are those who are struggling with
their salvation, as is Hayes, and those who are determined to live their
life according to God’s will no matter what the world may say.
Ms.
Beed has done an admirable job in presenting subject matter that society
now seems to believe is “taboo”. This book may come off as too
“preachy” to some, but for me it simply reaffirmed those things that I
was taught as a child, and know in my heart to be correct, even if I
haven’t always done what is right.
I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to
anyone who is struggle with how to handle relationships; whether they
are with family, a significant other, or friends.
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 22nd May 2008