Local author Terri Nighswonger will be signing copies of her new book this weekend in Chester Township. More information from a news release: 

WHEN: 3/16/13

TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

WHERE: Arabica Coffee House, 12626 Chillicothe Road, Chesterland, Ohio 44026

WHAT: Nighswonger, a resident of Novelty, OH, will be available to sign copies of her book, The Grace Assignment.

CJ Dennis is an ineffective, mediocre Christian until God begins to work in ways he doesn't understand. As a journalist, he begins to write a story on homelessness in Cleveland, where he lives and works.

While interviewing for the story, he meets Mary Ann and her three children and feels a strong pull to get them off the streets. When his story hits the presses though, he unwittingly provides Mary Ann's ex-husband with just the clue he needs. Mary Ann is murdered and her children are left without a mother. Is it God or guilt that leaves CJ with a desire to take the children in as his own? Either way, his world is turned upside down as he goes from young and single to a father of three overnight.

CJ struggles to find peace and understand God's will, but will his budding faith survive the test of learning to love three children and the threat of having them taken away from him? Will The Grace Assignment be his toughest assignment yet?