The Unexpected Door

At thirty years old, Cynthia Junior wants nothing to do with her family, God, or the church. Cynthia turns her back on everything she knows, denying her family and God's help and comfort, even when her life spirals out of control. She ignores all their attempts to reach out to her, and soon her sisters Diamond and Adrienne are caught up in their own tumultuous lives. Left to her own devices, she slips into life on the streets, and her dark path leaves her in an abandoned alley trying to escape the thugs she stumbles upon. Beaten almost to death, she barely gets away. With her consciousness wavering, she remembers being rushed to the emergency room and the hospital staff working on her ... but she isn't just remembering it. She is seeing it. Fading into darkness, she finds herself before a building-one that looks eerily like a place she'd promised she would never step foot in again: the church. With nowhere to go, she steps inside and is surrounded by five doors. They stand guard like colorful sentries, lining the hallway and waiting for her to come. Her life no longer recognizable, Cynthia faces a lifetime of possibilities, each shaped by the choices she's made and the rage she holds in her heart. With nowhere to go but up, Cynthia turns her eyes toward heaven, praying that she has not waited too long. The Unexpected Door is about faith, hope, and one woman's struggle to look toward the light when everything in her world is cast in shadows.