Jia James
About the AuthorJia James is an unapologetically bold storyteller whose work dives deep into the intersections of faith, desire, identity, and power. With a voice that is raw, cinematic, and emotionally charged, Jia crafts characters who are unapologetically flawed, beautifully human, and spiritually complex.Her debut novel—told through layered points of view and infused with both sensuality and spiritual tension—dissects the politics of church culture while honoring the power of authentic love. She explores what it means to be faithful to one’s calling, even when it disrupts tradition or expectation.Through rich prose, unfiltered dialogue, and a fearless examination of sacred and forbidden spaces, Jia invites readers into worlds where passion meets conviction and truth breaks through silence.She writes for those who want their fiction honest, provocative, and drenched in emotional and spiritual complexity. If you're ready to read something that challenges, awakens, and stirs—you're in the right place.
Novi & Nolen is a searing, soul-deep story about forbidden love, faith, and the high cost of pretending.Novi Thorne-Jaxson was raised on hymns, heartbreak, and the healing power of worship. To the congregation of Devotion Heights Church, she’s a vessel of purity — the Worship Leader with an angelic voice who ushers others into God’s presence. But behind the harmonies and rehearsed smiles is a woman suffocating inside a marriage bound by doctrine, misplaced submission, and pretenses. A woman who’s forgotten what it feels like to be truly seen.Then there’s Nolen Jahlil — the church’s gifted drummer, a man trapped in a loveless marriage and a legacy he never asked to inherit. Week after week, he sat behind her, playing in rhythm to her worship — until one day, he felt her. Something in her voice broken open a space inside him that he didn’t know existed. It wasn’t lust. It was recognition — spiritual, magnetic, and dangerous.What begins as an unspoken connection becomes a force that neither can contain. Their love is revelation — something that feels holy, even as the world calls it sin. In the secrecy of their moments, they find peace, purpose, and the courage to breathe again. But in a church built on image and judgment, love like theirs is a scandal waiting to ignite.As worship turns into warfare and devotion blurs into desire, Novi and Nolen must choose between what they’ve been taught to honor and what their souls can no longer deny.Raw, passionate, and unapologetically human, Novi & Nolen pulls back the curtain on church politics, spiritual manipulation, and the hypocrisy of appearances. It’s a story of sacred reckoning and unrepentant love — where two souls collide in the wrong place, at the right time, and discover that some connections were never meant to stay secret.
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