The Preacher Wore Black Leather

<p>Matt Maxwell spent a lot of time wondering if he should change his first name to <em>Former</em>: Former Marine. Former minister. Former husband. Former son and sibling. Because one by one he'd lost them all. After losing his wife to his church deacon he'd filled his battered military duffel with a few meager possessions gassed up the ancient motorcycle willed to him by his beloved grandfather and put Baltimore in the Harley's rearview mirrors. </p><p>He's been on the road more than a year when on an uncharacteristically cold and snowy Texas night the Sportster breaks down along the Interstate. Out of luck and nearly broke he's lured by a spinning bright-yellow sign that says SUNDOWN DINER. Inside he's welcomed by the owners the town's three-man sheriff's department and a mechanic who thinks he can fix the old bike. </p><p>Icy weather and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday make that impossible though and Matt finds himself stranded in Reliable a place that seems to live up to its name until escaped prisoners an ailing pastor and a newspaper job to pay for lodging at the All Tuckered Out Inn seem determined to keep him from his destination-anywhere that <em>isn't </em>Baltimore. </p><p>Once the Harley is roadworthy will he put Reliable behind him<span style=color: rgba(255 0 0 1)></span> too? </p><p>Or does God have other plans for the down-on-his-luck pastor? </p>