{"id":290,"date":"2008-10-01T12:03:20","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T17:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2020-05-09T01:44:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:44:08","slug":"how-can-an-angel-take-my-heart-the-positive-side-of-temptation-by-regina-knox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"How Can An Angel Take My Heart: The Positive Side of Temptation by Regina Knox"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 <\/strong>1st Books Library, Mar. 2002
\nGenre(s):<\/strong>\u00a0 Religious, Romance
\nPages:<\/strong>\u00a0 388
\nWebsite:\u00a0<\/strong> http:\/\/www.reginaknox.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

God works in his own time, and lovers Angela Lord and Kennedy Brooks face this complexity as they wrestle with their loyalties to Him in HOW CAN AN ANGEL TAKE MY HEART: THE POSITIVE SIDE OF TEMPTATION<\/em>.<\/strong> The debut novel from Regina Knox chronicles the struggle between religion and homosexuality as Angela and Kennedy fall deeper in love, but at a price that almost cost their souls.<\/p>\n

Angela and Kennedy\u2019s chance meeting is at a time when they both need something more. Angela, a single mother of two, found herself in a dead-end relationship with a stud she\u2019s not in love with. Kennedy is a highly successful businesswoman with several companies under her belt who doesn\u2019t want for anything \u2013 until she encounters Angela on a business trip. The feminine ladies have an immediate attraction, and pretty soon Kennedy\u2019s boyfriend, Robert, and Angela\u2019s live-in lover, Tonya, are forgotten.<\/p>\n

Yet there\u2019s more to their connection than simply falling in love, as Angela and Kennedy soon discover. While Angela had previously come to terms with her sexuality, being with a woman was all new for Kennedy. Not only is it a shock herself, but to her parents \u2013 her father\u2019s a preacher \u2013 and Robert, who had planned to propose to Kennedy upon her return. Everyone weighs their opinions and reminds her of what the Bible speaks of: that homosexuality is an abomination. And armed with everyone\u2019s beliefs, Kennedy is torn between what\u2019s right and what\u2019s in her heart.<\/p>\n

Angela has her own crosses to bear, namely a sinister ex-husband attempting to take her kids because of her lesbian status. Though not very religious, Angela is fighting her own demons about whether their relationship would please the Lord. It leads her to church, finding solace in singing the Lord\u2019s praises and doing what believes will make Him happy.<\/p>\n

Eventually, it doesn\u2019t sit well with Angela or Kennedy that they may be compromising their spirituality, and the lovers have to figure out whether being with the one you love and giving in to temptation is what God truly intended.<\/p>\n

In Angel<\/em>, Knox writes an extremely sensitive portrayal of what a lesbian endures when confronting both her sexuality and religion. Black lesbians especially receive more grief when it comes to being gay, and hear more religious rhetoric that only confounds the issue. It\u2019s great that Knox has put that struggle in a book that is honest and heart-wrenching.<\/p>\n

With the sequel to Angel<\/em> to be published this fall, I would love to see where she takes Angela and Kennedy next.<\/p>\n

Reviewed October 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 1st Books Library, Mar. 2002 Genre(s):\u00a0 Religious, Romance Pages:\u00a0 388 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.reginaknox.com God works in his own time, and lovers Angela Lord and Kennedy Brooks face this complexity as they wrestle with their loyalties to Him in HOW CAN AN ANGEL TAKE MY HEART: THE POSITIVE SIDE OF TEMPTATION. The debut novel from Regina […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[42,382,390,401],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7419,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/7419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}