Secrets and Lies: Urban Christian

In her debut novel, Secrets and Lies, Rhonda McKnight delivers unforgettable characters and page turning drama when a couple whose troubled marriage is pushed to its limits amidst secrets, lies and an enemy set on revenge.



Faith Morgan is struggling with her faith. Years of unhappiness due to poor communication and neglect leave her doubting God will ever fix her marriage. The trust in her husband, Jonah, is shattered deeply when she discovers he's kept the childhood death of his twin brother a secret. When a coworker accuses him of sexual harassment, she begins to wonder if she really knows him at all, and if it's truly in God's will for them to stay married.



Pediatric cardiologist Jonah Morgan is obsessed with one thing, his work. The death of his brother has intensified his desire to heal children at any cost, even his family. When a nurse on the job blindsides him with a sexual harassment charge, Jonah finds himself at a crossroads in his life. He must decide whether he will continue to allow the memories of his brother to haunt him, or find healing and peace in a God he shut out long ago.

Rhonda McKnight is the Atlanta-based author of An Inconvenient Friend, Secrets and Lies, and What Kind of Fool, and the coauthor, with E.N. Joy and Sherri L. Lewis, of A Woman's Revenge. She is the recipient of the 2015 Emma Award for Inspirational Romance of the Year, and was a nominee for the African American Literary Award in 2010. She is a member of the editorial staff at Brown Girls Books, and is the publication manager for their Brown Girls Faith imprint. Visit her online at rhondamcknight.net or at blackchristianreads.com.

About Rhonda McKnight