cover image The Visionary

The Visionary

Pamela S. Thibodeaux. Five Star, $25.95 (276p) ISBN 978-1-4328-2549-2

A brother and sister share a business—and a dark secret—in this novel about violence and redemption. Relatively new to Louisiana, Taylor and Trevor Forrestier own a successful architecture and interior design firm together. Enduring some horrific childhood pain that neither of them is willing to discuss, the brother and sister struggle to work together, but can’t stand to be apart. But when Taylor is late to work one day, Trevor becomes livid, endangering his life—and the secrets of their buried past. Thibodeaux (The Inheritance) produces a melodramatic novel about family and Christian healing. While the story is somewhat plausible, the sensationalized details that drive the novel’s mawkish romances weaken rather than strengthen the book’s religious message. (Nov.)