John. Get. Out. Of. The. Spices.
Really! He writes one Viet Nam book and has to go do more "research."
I write C-fic but I'm kickin' the sides outta the box. Silly box was getting limp walls anyway. My current project, LOVE ONLY KNOWS, is going indie as soon as I get edits, some formatting chops, and a cover. It won't be CBA perfect. I like it like that.
Truly, I tried to make them "good Christians" but the characters simply refused to go there. They're a lot more colorful IMO. They're believers, but they make lots of mistakes, get hammered once or twice, cuss when they're really at the limit, and, and, and. In other words, they act like real people and not cardboard cutouts.
I like this book. I hope my small and deeply questionable group of followers like it, too.