What happens when a Baptist pastor summons a Vodou lwa?
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, two unlikely souls find themselves rebuilding more than a city.
Sabine Parker is a Haitian manbo devoted to Agwé, lwa of the sea. Elijah Brooks is a Baptist pastor whose calling has always been to help others find hope after devastation.
As New Orleans slowly rises from the floodwaters, a forbidden love grows between them. But when Sabine is called back to her native Haiti, the mystery surrounding her past deepens, forcing them to confront questions of faith, identity, and devotion that neither of them is prepared to answer.
Spanning New Orleans and Jacmel, Haiti, The Manbo's Witness is a sweeping literary novel of forbidden love, spiritual calling, and the invisible currents that shape our lives.
In a world where faith is divided by tradition, they must answer a question neither religion can settle:
Is true devotion found in what we surrender…
or in what we are finally willing to embrace?
The Devotions Quartet is a four-part literary cycle in which love confronts faith through the language of the elements:
Fire. Earth. Water. Wind.
From New Orleans to Jacmel, The Manbo’s Witness is a deeply spiritual romance steeped in Haitian Vodou, Black Christianity, forbidden love, and the mysteries of faith—a story about loving someone without asking them to surrender what they believe.
