In this last novel of the Tug and Amber trilogy, Tug (40), a conservative White Baptist minister from rural North Carolina and Amber (37), a liberal Black minister born in New England -- who left the Methodist denomination ten years earlier because she did not feel she could answer God's call to preach under the restraints of an incompetent superior -- continue to face the realities of living as an interracial couple with two biracial children in a small southern town. In his current memoir, Tug raises questions and provides answers about some of the joys and concerns of his life with Amber, their son and daughter, and their extended family.
Will Amber prevail in her continuing struggle for parity in Karville?
Will Tug survive the conflict with the 'enemy inside'?
Will the dreams of Sarah Anne, their eleven-year-old daughter, become an integral part of her life?
What will happen when Sarah Anne wears the polished stone earrings given to her by the medicine woman?
How does their eight-year-old son, Timmy, cope with the bullying he receives at school, especially when he is called the 'N word'?
How does Tug react when his counseling ministry opens him to the seedy side of sin?
Will Tug realize his future when Maggie jiggles into his life?
Can Tug help Margaret solve the mystery of her lost time?
Will politics within Tug's denomination raise its ugly head against him?
How will divorce change Tug and Amber's lives?
Will Tug see his Maker's presence within the dreams that haunt him?