May God continue to bless you.If you are looking for wholesome historical fiction story that could be enjoyed by the entire family, I can say that I surprisingly found “The Preacher’s Promise” to be a well-written and encompassing story set during a time of great difficulty and struggles. If you had not felt so free to express your discontent over The Preacher’s Promise, I would still be unaware of the high stakes involved here. Your gift of the opportunity to learn how to handle my first negative review has readied me for the others that are sure to follow. So, thank you so very much, my fellow Romance contestant. High numbers will help defeat the bad review–that’s how Amazon works things out. Then, if you feel as if you can and if you have time, please leave a 4 or 5 star review. You can then download the except and and assess for yourself if the race of the characters isn’t readily apparent to you as you read it. To see it, you need an account and a Kindle or Kindle app (even Kindle for PC will do.) Search by my name ( Piper Huguley) or the name of the story–and you have to include the apostrophe: The Preacher’s Promise. The excerpt will be up during the remainder of the contest.

The link to my entry is below or you can click on the cover.

The excerpt for The Preacher’s Promise was posted on Good Friday. When I expressed my gratitude for a new viewpoint, she told me her minister told her that. After a bit of a mini pout on twitter, Kwana Jackson pointed out to me (Twitter is so good for people reaching out to one another): “ I’m sorry to hear you’re getting haters but that must mean you’re doing something right -)”. She is a very educated woman for her time, so she would use long words. Well, it’s too bad that the contest doesn’t let us have covers on our excerpts because if covers were allowed, the first thing my fellow Romance contestant would see is this:Ĭlearly, I’m not hiding anything about Amanda or her race. However, after thinking about it some more, my main sins were using long words and not revealing Amanda’s blackness early enough. It is inevitable that all of the competitors want to review the competition. A co-competitor left a negative review on my Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Entry, The Preacher’s Promise. Well, the event that I’ve long dreaded has happened.

The Preacher's Promise by Piper Huguley