Edge of Grace needs to be required reading for every church book club out there. Once again Christa Allan tackles a difficult subject, this time homosexuality, with grace, laughter, love, and intelligence. With sometimes chuckle-out-loud humor annd heart-breaking pathos, Allan walks the reader through a horrific hate crime against her lead character, Caryn's gay brother.

Unlocking the past could open the door to a new future. Ever since her parents died of yellow fever when she was two years old, Charlotte LeClerc has lived with her grandparents, who rarely speak of their son and his wife. They are on the verge of negotiating a contract with a suitor, a man Chrlotte loathes, when they discover that she enjoys the comapny of Gabriel Girod, a young Creole man. Charlotte’s future hangs in the balance as her gandparents consider whether to stop keeping secrets and reveal the truth that will make the difference between a life of obligation and a life of choice for Charlotte.

Passed over for promotion and dumped by her boyfriend, Nina O’Malley is further frustrated when her editor assigns her one of the “soft” stories she despises—covering a gala benefit supporting the AIDS Memorial Quilt. More determined than ever to prove she deserves a promotion to the NY office, Nina decides to write a series featuring a local quilting group raising money for AIDs research At the event, she runs into her high school nemesis: Greg is a widower and the adoptive father of Jazarah, an HIV positive girl from Ethiopia. Unlike Nina, Greg has faith in a loving God, and he trusts in God’s plan for his life Greg and Nina grow closer, and as Nina interviews the quilt families, she begins to question the choices she has made and her lack of faith. Nina suddenly finds herself facing two possible dreams, two paths for her life.About the AuthorChrista Allan is a true Southern woman who knows any cook worth her gumbo always starts with a roux and that one never wears white after Labor Day. Christa weaves stories of unscripted grace with threads of hope, humor, and heart. The mother of five and grandmother of three, Christa just retired after more than twenty years as a high school English teacher. She and her husband, Ken, live in Abita Springs, Louisiana, where they play golf, dodge hurricanes, and enjoy retirement. Visit Christa online at ChristaAllan.com.