The Voice

In a small New England town, Henry Roberts has heard the Voice of God - and his daughter Philippa has spent her life wondering whether her father is a prophet or a man losing his grip on reality. When she falls for John Fenn, a young minister whose faith is as certain as her father's is unconventional, Philippa finds herself caught between two kinds of devotion. Desperate to win his affection, she uses a charm - a dangerous act of superstition that leaves John fighting for his life. As he hovers near death, Philippa confronts what she's done: weaponized the spiritual to get what she wanted, and now must live with the consequences. Deland writes with psychological precision about what happens when personal desire collides with spiritual conviction. The novel builds toward a reckoning where forgiveness, conversion, and acceptance must collide - and where Philippa must choose between the girl she was and the woman she might become.