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THE STAINED GLASS MUSTANG

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What if your shot at redemption came painted across the hood of a car?

John Williams had it all—until one drunk drive left his career and reputation in ruins. Now the once-celebrated Charleston adman is down to a single client: a sleazy hustler who thrives on scandal. Just when John thinks he’s hit bottom, he inherits a vintage sports car covered in vivid, hand-painted scenes from the life of Christ. To his client, it’s the perfect PR stunt. To a fiery single mother with a strong south-of-the-border accent and unshakable faith, using the car this way is a sin. Torn between exploitation and reverence, John must navigate temptation, truth, and his own battered conscience to discover whether salvation is something he can sell—or something he has to earn.

What if your shot at redemption came painted across the hood of a car?

John Williams had it all—until one drunk drive left his career and reputation in ruins. Now the once-celebrated Charleston adman is down to a single client: a sleazy hustler who thrives on scandal. Just when John thinks he’s hit bottom, he inherits a vintage sports car covered in vivid, hand-painted scenes from the life of Christ. To his client, it’s the perfect PR stunt. To a fiery single mother with a strong south-of-the-border accent and unshakable faith, using the car this way is a sin. Torn between exploitation and reverence, John must navigate temptation, truth, and his own battered conscience to discover whether salvation is something he can sell—or something he has to earn.

Praise for THE STAINED GLASS MUSTANG

A powerful, gritty Cinderella story that's transcendent in all the right ways. It's a love story about love in all of its various forms. It's an underdog story, a transformation story, a story that boldly channels both the heights and depths of the human experience. I'd love to see this made into a movie and I'm looking forward to reading more of Tim Bryant's work!

—Liz Kellebrew, Cloistered


Bryant’s new novel, The Stained Glass Mustang, is a captivating tale of wrong actions leading to unimaginable loss and the bumpy road to redemption. The accident happens, irreversibly, in an alcohol-blurred moment. From there we’re with the guilty driver John, a once successful PR and marketing specialist, as he struggles to reconcile his old life with the new, disgraced version of himself. The contest unfolds against vivid imagery of Charleston and surrounding areas, a place Bryant knows well, using threads of various colors to weave a tapestry of light and shadow, good and evil, and multifaceted love when viewed from a distance. 

—Ron Yates, Ben Stempton’s Boy

…sad, fun, thought-provoking, strange, and enlightening. Tim Bryant's The Stained Glass Mustang is a real Southern charmer, full of wit and wisdom—and a warm, pulsing heart.

—Mickey Corrigan, The Physics of Grief

The Stained Glass Mustang is an absolute delight. Just when I thought Tim Bryant couldn't top his last book, he delivers a new level of complexity and characterization along with even more beautiful writing than he did in the very beautiful The Bird in Your Heart: A Carolina Sea Island Story.

—Chuck Sandy, Walking into the Light: 28-Day Pilgrimage for Advent or Anytime

A tour de force in the spirit of Jack Kerouac...

The Stained Glass Mustang is the story of one man's journey from addiction to redemption following a life-altering accident. Bryant's rich characterizations and beautiful prose take you along on a literary ride that is both heart-wrenching and uplifting. This is the kind of book that stays with you long after the last page is turned. I encourage you to come along for the ride!

—L.K. Johnson, Finding Angus: A Novel of a Woman, a Dog, and the Titanic

 

About TIM BRYANT

Tim Bryant enjoyed sailing and jobs in arts administration and marketing communications until a life-altering injury threw him into a wheel chair and the world of writing. The Stained Glass Mustang is his third published work. Although not part of a series, it shares people and places with Blue Rubber Pool and The Bird in Your Heart, while similarly exploring Southern culture, mid-life crisis, and redemption. At his “beach house in a cow pasture” in South Carolina, he keeps a small vineyard and fruit trees. His wife Crystal teaches reading in their rural, underfunded public school system.

 

  • Genre: FICTION

    ISBN: 978-1-963115-72-7

    Publication Date: May 12, 2026