A professional is placed in a church support group following a heart attack. He is unexpectedly drawn to a female group member; they work near each other, and begin to meet. Soon they discover notable professional and spiritual differences, take a holiday to evaluate the plausibility of their friendship. Both are married, and when he’s selected as a deacon, there are concerns about appearances at church. Things only get worse as they try to decide, and he suffers a sequence of “unusual” events, both positive and negative, before discovering a surprising ally!

The author is a professional counselor, a veteran Christian family therapist from Pennsylvania, a Mennonite (still) and now Presbyterian deacon. He especially likes working with couples and kids. Denlinger has two grown boys and a grandson. He met his wife, a business writer, in NYC, at Doubleday.

He’s a former college baseball player, a diabetic, and loves to ride out into the country, listening to talk radio, music, and baseball!