Preacher in a Kente Cloth Tie Hardcover – June 14, 2025

SynopsisIn Preacher in a Kente Cloth Tie, Ava Shabazz—a fiercely independent woman haunted by childhood trauma and a compulsive need for intimacy—breaks into St. Jude’s Church to steal Pastor Silas’s treasured Kente cloth tie. Drawn together by the theft, they embark on a forbidden, clandestine bond that forces both to confront deep-seated wounds: Ava’s cycle of self-destruction and Silas’s own hidden longings. As scandal spreads through their tight-knit New Orleans congregation, they must decide whether their burgeoning love can transcend the rigid confines of faith and community judgment—or if their secret will destroy them both. Read more