Description
Heather has reached the pinnacle of the publishing world through weaving
suspenseful plots in romantic novels featuring vampires. She's the
toast of the town to most, but to David her fiction threatens to toast a
whole generation of readers in the broiler of Hell. He writes his own
book to enlighten the world about the dangers and evil of vampire
glorification. He and Heather appear to be perfect candidates for a
fierce war of words, but the ardor for battle is diminished by their
mutual attraction. Despite their attempts to squelch the magnetic pull,
their chemistry causes romance to bubble under the surface through all
of the twists and turns of their adversarial relationship. While
Heather's mother schemes to get the two together, an old gentleman at
the nursing home attempts to set David up with Cindy, a nurse at the
home. Cindy's beauty falls short of Heather's, but her spiritual beauty
surpasses and grows as she places her love for David on the alter and
focuses on worshipping God rather than one of His creatures. As David's
life of service to God poses continual challenges, he struggles to deal
with the romantic tug of war which threatens to paralyze him and unravel
the tapestry of his ministry. As a man who communes with God on a daily
basis, he receives the word from the Lord that he needs to trust that
all will be well. He does trust when faced with a dangerous situation on
the streets, but finds that allowing God to safeguard his heart proves
to be a tougher assignment.
Praise and Reviews
When Heather Culebra becomes the toast of the literary world with her
bestselling vampire romance tales, it spurs David Justice - a devout
Christian - into action. Determined not to let Heather's seductive,
vampire-worshipping fiction condemn an unsuspecting world to hell, David
pens his own book, designed to enlighten humanity to the dangers and
foreboding evil of praising her works. Strangely enough, the passion of
their respective endeavors soon pours over into a downright magnetic
attraction between the two diametrically-opposed authors - despite their
efforts to fight it. The only problem? David's growing love and
affection for Cindy, a God-fearing nurse who offers the grounded
spiritual substance he lacks in his fleshly pursuit of Heather...in the
resultant romantic tug-of-war, which spiritual force will ultimately be
the winner of David's mind and heart?
In Against The Twilight, prolific author Donald James Parker has
crafted a clever, multi-layered romance tale that readers from all
backgrounds can appreciate. On one level, the unfolding drama, intrigue,
and suspense of David's love-triangle entertain is sure to entertain,
while on another level Parker addresses the much-hyped hold that vampire
mania has recently established over modern pop culture. In what has
become his signature fashion, Parker dissects the relative strengths and
weaknesses of the phenomenon, incisively dicing them into a fine dust
with the sharp blades of logic and reason. Supported by biblical
scripture and conventional wisdom, Against The Twilight puts up a
convincing fight in highlighting the flaws of idolizing anything rooted
in - and masked by - deception and ambiguity.
The latest enlightening offering from a standout literary talent,
Against The Twilight is sure to warm the heart - as well as unnerve the
weak-minded and easily swayed.
Latonya Franklin
Apex Reviews