Paul H. Davis takes off the gloves in this hard-hitting tale exposing the sordid side of religion. The story blazes a suspenseful trail through the sensual, the gruesome, the hilarious and the horrifying, pausing for moments of pathos and tenderness. A teenage girl is doing her best to navigate the life she's been handed: a stepfather tortured with guilt and bound in paranoia who rants about "The Devil," and a mother disempowered by their pastor's sermons and the Bible's injunctions to be obedient. Deception is her only choice when her newfound love collides with her stepfather's rules. The...