Good Enough - Lisa Smith - Bog

Claire Moretti is the daughter of a mob boss, but has long since moved away from the family to work as a Catholic special education teacher and is about to become a nun. However, these plans unravel when her father is murdered and she must go home to confront the family, attend the funeral, and deal with her alcoholic mother. But the return home also brings up other elements of her past, the unwanted attentions of a psychotic ex-boyfriend, and a challenge to her core beliefs through a lustful attraction to one of her father's men. No longer able to insulate herself from these challenges, she faces the ultimate test. Will she achieve her dream to enter the convent, or will she succumb to the temptations of her father's world? And is she good enough for true love because of her tainted past? While this book has Christian themes, it is not a Pollyanna story. It contains sexual assault, intimate scenes, and some profanity. These elements will challenge readers of faith about whether they should isolate themselves from the world and those of differing beliefs, or if they can enter it and maintain their goodness.