Family Business (Miller)

Being married to the son of a gangster wasn't easy, but Angel and Demetrius Shepherd had everlasting love and doubted that anything could tear them apart. But when Don Shepherd, Demetrius' father goes to war with another gangster and destroys a city in the process, the city fights back and Demetrius is arrested along with his father. Angel will do anything to get her husband out of jail, but when she is forced to meet with a man who tormented her years ago, things turn really bad really quick. Angel tries to lean on Demetrius to get through these devastating circumstances, but it's too much for Demetrius to handle so he turns his back on her. Feeling alone, Angel finally turns back to God. It is the power of God that gives her the strength to do what must be done for her children. Demetrius and Angel's love is tested to the point of no return, now the two of them must figure out a way to get back to the love they once knew.

Demetrius Shepherd is out for blood. His wife has been violated and is now pregnant. Demetrius wants that baby destroyed so his family can move to pass the nightmare he hadn't been able to protect Angel from. However, Angel sees this baby as a gift from God. A child who will serve the Lord with all his heart... and she'll do anything to keep her baby safe, even if it means defying her husband. Demetrius and Angel thought their love was everlasting and that nothing could tear them apart. But once Angel's other secret is revealed and Demetrius' cheating comes to light their family is pulled so far apart that they have to fight, forgive and forget the sins of the past in order to get to their happy place again.

Angel and Demetrius Shepherd loved each other with an everlasting love, but their love is soon tested when one attack after the next threatens the safety of their children. Angel must determine if love is enough to keep her and Demetrius together. Demetrius is growing weary of being the son of a gangster. He sees the light in Angel's eyes and the love in her heart and desires that for himself. But no matter how many times Demetrius tries to get out of the life his father inducted him into, some sucka pulls him back in. This time they messed with his children, and Demetrius is going to make them pay. Angel wants Demetrius to trust the Lord, but Demetrius can't figure out how a man with so much vengeance in his heart can ever receive grace from a holy God?

The family has come a long way, Demetrius Shepherd has finally stepped out of his father, Don Shepherd's shadow and is now living for the Lord with his wife and son, Dam. But Don Shepherd has been no angel and with his last days in front of him, he begins to realize that he has a lot to atone. By all accounts, God was showing up and showing out in Dam Shepherd's life. He had just graduated from college, was about to begin his ministry and had met the woman he planned to marry... then his grandfather became deathly ill and one of his brothers overdosed. The dam was left wondering if he had forsaken his family while pursuing his God-given ministry. Had he missed God?

The sixth and final book in the Family Business series brings the Shepherd family and the Walker family from the Rain series together as they struggle to do the work of the Lord in this evil and the confused world they now live in. Dam Shepherd is a full-grown man, married to the love of his life, with a baby on the way. Life is good... until he tries to step into the ministry God has for him. As one obstacle after another takes Dam's focus off of his God-given assignment, he must decide whether he will do the will of man or the will of God. Isaac Walker Jr. had a hard time dealing with the death of his parents. His father had always been such a force in his life, that he didn't know how to move forward in ministry without him. Faced with losing his wife if he didn't make changes, Isaac realizes that life must go on... and the ministry his father started had to continue as well. What Dam and Isaac don't know is that their ministry will usher at the end of times. If they fail to complete the mission God has for them then many souls will be lost. Can Dam and Isaac fight their way through and endure until the end?