loved this book! it had all the areas covered, romance, humor, suspense, and unpredictable mystery.Matthew Knight gets the assignment to go undercover in an LDS singles ward to find the terrorist threat and nix it. He doesn't want to date to get to know all these new people, mostly woman, so he comes up with the "undate." A meeting in section 89, (cafeteria) with some prepared questions to open people up to see if they have something to hide. He meets some unexpected characters,Colt Mangum an ex-marine with a secret behind his purple medal, Hope Winslow, a beautiful girl, who is said to be an angel, who's faith and mission is one that touches everyone, Permilia, an excentric old lady with the best of intentions, Marva Rose, the unsure artist and accepted Velma. Matt has his own issues. His two best friends Robbie and Becca, are this whole world since he doesn't know his father and his mother was murdered just after she met the missionaries and got clean of heroine. Becca marries Robbie and is his unobtainable love. He has resigned himself to being single until this assignment. He finds the man responsible for his mother's murder during this assignment and struggles with his desire to extract revenge.His roommates, Joseph the recluse, doctor to be and extreme runner turns out to be someone different than he suspected. Roger the scientist is the most likely culprit, but his secret are of a wounded heart in lossing his wife and daughter in a freak accident and not wanting to be playing the sympathy card.Many people find solutions to their life struggles through Matt's ability to be straightforward, open and honest. His Bishop and combat trainer, Zack is really surprised at his people skills.Love the ending. This has the experience of Hope's short journey "home,"I loved reading this and hearing and feeling my experience again. Do not pick up this book before going to bed – you’ll lose a lot of sleep when you can’t put it down. This was one of my favorite books of the year and I quite liked the writer’s style and humor.That being said, I think I have to be fair …….If you are not LDS, this book might confuse or irritate you. Matthew Knight does so many un-agent like things, especially in the end, that it was hard to take him seriously as an agent. I wanted him to focus more on the terrorists and act like an agent and that just wasn’t there.I also thought the cervical cancer choice was interesting and wished the author had explained how a particular girl got it. Having had cervical issues myself, I know it is a taboo topic for many girls b/c they fear of being judged, as many people believe contracting it is solely from having multiple intimate partners. I think it might have been good to clarify that is not the case; but then again, maybe those who haven’t had those issues don’t know it’s taboo, or maybe someone else with cervical cancer was blessedly spared that judgment. All in all though, it was fun to read and I found myself really enjoying the book for what it is – and it isn’t what I thought it would be. I really hope to see more fiction from Frank Holdaway. His humor was by far the best part.
What do You think about Undercover Saint (2012)?
This was great LDS fiction, although I'm not sure how realistic parts of it were. Loved the humor!
—monkey_801
We'll written, fun mystery. I enjoyed the characters and the terrorist plot twist.
—immy
I liked this book. It was cheesy, but I still liked it.
—superaceman22
