The New Kid

When an escaped convict, a new pastor's son, and a family of small time crooks converge, there's sure to be interesting times, but when that escaped convict is serving as the church's new associate minister, tasked with casting and directing the kid's christmas musical (which he has no idea how to do)it tends to kick it up a notch.

Professional new kid, Jeremy Roland sees his dad's new job as just another in  a long list of constant moves to new towns. But that changes when he meets "Pastor Todd". From his odd way of talking about being a pastor, to his obvious lack of any skills or training, there's something off about this guy and Jeremy is determined to find out what.

When he determines to keeps Todd's secret, he ends up in a battle of wits over $75,000 in cold hard cash. The money should be going to help prisoner's kids have a great christmas,but outside elements have other plans.

Can Jeremy save Christmas and get back into his distant father's good graces? Or will the criminal element prevail? But most importantly, can a complete rooky pull off a Christmas musical, convince everyone that he is indeed a pastor and avoid going back to jail? It's all in this hilarious new novel.