The Wager: Romantic Comedy as Christian Allegory

By Mike Brister

Sarah Morgan Leigh Dumont is rich, successful and famous. Matthew Ezra Shepherd is none of those things. Sarah, raised in Connecticut, is the oldest child in a prominent family. Matt, raised in Mississippi, is the youngest child in a farming family. Sarah is a winner in life's lottery and has a home in Malibu. Matt, a former Marine, is putting the pieces of his life back together. Sarah is driven, focused, difficult, and intimidating. Matt is friendly and smiles easily. Sarah is full of herself. Matt is full of mischief. They meet under false pretenses in New Orleans, the city built on false pretenses. She sees him only as the object of a wager; he sees her as an object to be avoided-and yet.What happens when love is uninvited, inconvenient, and demanding? When it keeps you up at night and distracts you during the day. When it counsels unreason, folly, and ruin. When it can breach any locked door, scale any high wall, or whisper above any noise. Fortunately, when it happens to someone else, it can be very funny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541380398
• ISBN13: 9781541380394
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"