The Vicar of Afton Author:Jim Brewster This story is told through the eyes of a very human and humorous priest who enjoys his martinis and is not swayed by what he considers meaningless convention. The Reverend Sam Adams is the Episcopal priest of a rapidly growing parish on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. His Bishop insists he take an assistant who, after some trial and error, t... more »urns out to be a young woman, Rachel, bright and attractive, but with a turbulent emotional background. In love with a man reported missing in Nepal, she is, at the same time, thrown together with a young convict she had befriended years ago. Rachel feels compelled to rehabilitate Ben in the face of the parish's growing displeasure. Sam's support and sympathy sustain Rachel, but can only slow the inevitability of a tragic ending.« less