Who Is My Shelter?

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Who is My Shelter Thomas Nelson (March 1, 2011) by Neta Jackson






About the Author:

Neta Jackson is the author of the popular novel series, *The Yada Yada Prayer Group*, and a spin-off series called *The Yada Yada House of Hope.* These novels were inspired by a real women's Bible study and prayer group that, as Neta says, "God has used to turn my life upside down and rightside up." Neta and her husband, Dave, are also an award-winning writing team, best known for the Trailblazer books--a forty-book series of historical fiction for young people about great Christian heroes (see www.trailblazerbooks.com). The Jacksons are members of a multi-cultural church in the Chicago area, and the parents of three grown children, including a Cambodian foster daughter, all with families of their own.




About the Book:

In Jackson's fourth Yada Yada House of Hope Christian evangelical novel, Gabby Fairbanks is now settled in her new apartment at the House of Hope. But she is being pulled in several directions at once and has some hard decisions to make.



Philip, her estranged husband, is in a lot of trouble with a rogue cop from whom he borrowed money and also with his partner at the commercial development firm after he takes company money to cover his gambling losses. Lee Boyer, the Legal Aid lawyer who has become a friend to Gabby, now wants to be more. Gabby must decide whether to give Philip another chance, as their sons, Paul and PJ, hope, and she turns to the folks at Manna House, where she works, and the Yada Yada Prayer Group to help her discern God's plan for her.



If you would like to read the first chapter of Who is My Shelter, go here.

My Review:
I enjoyed this final book (which I received free from the publisher for my Kindle) in Neta Jackson's Yada Yada House of Hope series. I read all of the Yada Yada Prayer Group books as well, and this was a satisfying conclusion to Gabby's story. I like Jackson's characters and am glad that the Baxters and other familiar Yada Yada faces still play a significant role in the spin-off books. I wasn't sure when the House of Hope series began how it would all play out, and though the ending of Who Is My Shelter? didn't surprise me, it also wasn't what I was expecting. Some elements of the plot seemed unrealistic, but not so far-fetched as to be unbelievable. As with her other books, Jackson's shares her faith and wisdom throughout the book without being overly didactic or preachy. I look forward to her future projects!