Maurice Reynolds

Heaven's Child Maurice Reynolds

Tameka (Meka) Jackson has lived a horrible life. On her own since the age of thirteen, she's seen it all, prostitution, drugs, alcohol. She knows not love nor knows how to love. Just surviving until the next day is all that's on her mind-and that overpowering hunger for alcohol. The constant years of drinking has damaged her liver and what's almost worse, her reputation for being "easy" for a drink follows her like a drug addict follows the drugs. At just the tender age of 24, she's done almost all there is to do on the streets. She sees no hope and feels her life is useless. That is until she meets Douglass (Doug) Banks, a 21-year-old college student from Michigan attending Atlanta University majoring in Finance. Doug is the all-around handsome, intelligent, well-mannered, spiritual young man that any woman would be proud to be seen with. Tameka can't help but fall for him, but his purpose is to lead her to Christ, not to be involved with her. He does want to be married one day, but never would he think of being married to someone who doesn't even seem to care what happens to herself, let alone being united to an unbeliever. But, what will happen once Tameka does accept Christ as her Lord and Savior? When He cleans her up and shapes her into the beautiful inner and outer woman that she really is? Can they form a bond or will the shadow of Tameka's past always overshadow them?