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Bishops Daughter
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Item Description...
Overview
Falling for a charismatic religious leader's daughter while on assignment in Atlanta, playboy journalist Darrin hides the truth about how he is writing an expos about the young woman's father's alleged fraudulent activities. Original.
Publishers Description
Darrin Bainbridge is your typical playboy in need of love, but not yet ready. He is a freelance journalist trying to break his big story. After a visit from his mother, Darrin gets an idea. He has heard all kinds of stories about "Hollywood" ministers who hold their church services on television, live in nice houses, drive nice cars, and have lots of money and women. Darrin is disgusted by it all especially when his mother Priscilla starts shouting praises for Atlanta Bishop Kumal Prentiss. Darrin decides to go to Atlanta, become a member of the bishop's church, and expose him for the hustling fraud that he believes he is. He just never planned on falling in love with the Bishop's daughter.
Darrin suddenly finds himself torn between his new found friend and his possible big break.
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Item Specifications...
Pages 298
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 5.5" Height: 8"
Weight: 0.55 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Publisher Warner/Faith Books
ISBN 0446195146
EAN 9780446195140
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 | Great Read! Jan 8, 2010 |
KC Girlfriends Book Club Reviewers use a specific book review template. These are the five elements that we use to help come up with the score for our reviews:
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Book Presentation: 1pt
I thought that the title, cover and synopsis complimented each other perfectly. Very appealing to the eye.
Book Price: 1pt
Price was very comparable to books in the same genre and pages offered.
Character Development: 1pt
I loved all of the characters in the book...even the ones that you loved to hate! Everyone was relative to the storyline and the characters definitely held the reader's attention.
Storyline: 1pt
I really loved the storyline. There was enough drama and believable situations in the book that if I could have been a fly on the wall...that's the only way that this storyline could have been better!
Editing: 1pt
No problems here!
Reviewer's Comments: This is the first book I've read by Tiffany L. Warren and I'm already a newfound fan of hers! This was definitely a book that kept your attention. You know that there's definitely a message in this book but it didn't come across this way. Ms. Warren definitely knows how to tell a story that will capture your attention and keep you wanting to go back for more. I will be going back to purchase the previous books by Ms. Warren and will definitely look forward to reading all of her books in the future!
Book Review Score: 5 Stars
TaNisha Webb
KC Girlfriends Reviewer
KC Girlfriends Book Club President
| | |  | Great book; even though it seemed unrealistic! Sep 13, 2009 |
I read this book in two days because it was very well written. I especially liked the blog entries of Darrin and would have liked more blog entries from him.
I am sure others have summarized the book's contents, so I won't do that. I will just list the positives and negatives:
Positives
1. Well written
2. Positive religious storyline without being too preachy
3. Interesting and flawed characters and not over the top (very realistic)
Negatives
1. Darrin joined the church and got saved very quickly; it was like after 1 church service or something
2. Darrin didn't really seemed changed to me. One woman wouldn't have sex with him so he moved on to the one that would have sex with him; didn't seem that changed to me.
3. It was too easy for the author to make Oscar the villain and homely looking and Darrin the saint and good looking; this was stereotypical and sort of too much.
4. Emoni's instaneous change seems very unrealistic. Emoni went from being celibate, homebound, and santified to flirtatious, outgoing, and a sinner in a span of a week or so; it seemed a bit much.
I thought the book was a good book, almost great, but the quick changes in people were just not realistic. | | |  | Bishop's Daughter Sep 10, 2009 |
Perfect for : Personal reading, book club read (discussion questions included)
In a nutshell: The book is written in three voices: 1. Darin Bainbridge 2. The Diary of a Mad Black Blogger (Darin's online blog personality), 3. Emoni Prentiss (the eldest daughter of Bishop Prentiss, single). Darin learns of Bishop Kumal Prentiss from his current fling, and decides that the Bishop and his 30,000+ followers are worth investigating - there has to be some scandal surrounding the Bishop! He travels from Cleveland to Atlanta to write the story, and as he goes to the church to begin investigating, his life begins to change in ways he least expected! It took quite a few chapters for me to really get hooked, but somewhere around chapter 14 I couldn't put the book down! This is a wonderful story about a pastor and his family, and how God works and touches everyone's lives.
Extended Review: He wants to write an expose about Bishop Prentiss, whom he is determined is cheating his 30,000+ followers somehow - Darin just needs to discover what he is doing! She wants to find a husband, but being the eldest daughter of Bishop Prentiss has made Emoni sort of off-limits so far! Darin is immediately appreciative of Emoni when he sees her in church, but he is determined not to become involved with her because it could compromise his goal of writing an expose on her father. The Bishops family is lovable in a quirky sort-of down-home way. I liked the fact that they were real people trying to make the best choices.
Characters: Darin Bainbridge is the son of a wealthy business owner who has been living off his father with the help of his mother, he is now on a mission to write an expose article about Bishop Prentiss, a very successful preacher with 30,000+ followers. Darin also writes a blog: The Diary of a Mad Black Blogger, where he talks about what is going on in his life/investigations. Then we have the handsome (not pretty) Emoni Prentiss, the single, eldest daughter of Bishop Prentiss.
Story-Line: We get a good look into the Bishop's family - both ups and downs - as Darin joins the church and becomes close to the family during the course of his investigation. Darin too undergoes life changing events, and must ultimately decide whether or not to share what he does learn about the family.
Readability: I struggled with the a little of the blogging dialect, but grew used to it. Otherwise, the book was a fairly easy and quick read.
Overall: I've never really considered what it would be like to be a pastor's daughter. This book presented readers with a nice look into one such family, and how faith and family impacted each person, including friends of the family. In the end, we learn that sometime it is good to leave some skeletons in the closet, while embracing others. I enjoyed the ending of the book and feel that the discussion questions at the end are very thoughtful. | | | | The Bishop's Daughter Aug 14, 2009 |
The Bishops' Daughter was a great read. I really enjoyed the storyline as that related to "Church Folk". It's amazing that as Christians, we are supposed to live holy and lead a sanctified life on a daily basis. But as you and I know, we don't live in a perfect world and "we die daily to our flesh". It appears that as soon as we mess up, Church folk will be the first one to judge us instead of to encourage and support.
This novel also touches on the stereotypes that Pastors may have. I believe that this stems from the fact that some people are truly led to preach and others just go on their own accord for their own personal agenda. I am pretty sure that you may have encountered both types if you have been around the church for any length of time.
Tiffany really articulated her characters in a way that was easy for the reader to understand. I loved the way the author included what dating while trying to live holy should look like. This novel gave a realistic point of view from a man's perspective; I think this is I personally enjoyed The Diary of the Mad Black Blogger .
I would recommend this novel to anyone who interested in being true to you. Struggling with forgiveness and stepping out on faith for what God has planned for you.
Be Encouraged!
Jenelle B.
Women of Character Book Club, Inc. | | | | Ms Warren has done it 3 times!!!!!!! Jul 12, 2009 |
Emoni & Sascha Prentiss' story reminds me a little of the modern day 1st century christian story of Leah & Rachel. The difference is the beau; Darrin Bainbridge in this story only has eyes from Emoni and he won't be marrying Sascha, until he can have Emoni however the self esteem of Emoni matches that of Leah'.
Tiffany Warren writes an honest story that I immensely enjoyed. Darrin is living life on the hog off his father's money. He commits to being single and never being tied down with children. He's also trying to prove to "Big Mathis" his father that he is a writer which would mean he doesn't have to work for dad in his transportation business. Darrin gets an idea after watching his girlfriend enjoying Freedom of Life on TV. He decides to investigate the Bishop of this mega-church. You see Darrin believes that there's something scandalous going on at this ten thousand member church and this story could be his big break. He knows writing a story exposing a "rich black man" pays well so he's off to Atlanta. What Darrin finds in Atlanta is not what he expects in either the Bishop or his church.
Tiffany Warren can truly write believable stories about people struggling with doing the right thing. I enjoyed watching Darrin's character evolve from boy to man then from milk to solid foods. Excellent read just as What A Sista Should do & Farther Than I meant to Go Longer than I meant to Stay.
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