Family, friends, culture, and expectation clash in this heart–wrenching story of a broken marriage – and the battle to repair it. Gabriella Vitadini thought she had the perfect marriage until her husband Tony stopped wanting her, and started wanting other women instead. Throwing him out of the house was the only thing she could do – how does she throw him out of her heart? When a much younger man reminds her that she is still a desirable woman, Gabriella reminds herself that turnabout is fair play. But even a naughty fling can't eject Tony from her thoughts. What happened to their happy marriage? Why did Tony turn away from her? And is there any hope that they can find true love again?

"Often we confuse love with lust in order to feel loved, wanted, appreciated and most of all human. We tend to settle for the first person who smiles at us and think we are wonderful. To our surprise they have an agenda that we don't even know about. Now it's up to us to figure out our worth. Will we allow ourselves to be disrespected or mistreated for any reason?"--Publisher's description.

Damon and Octavia's marriage is further tested, as Kelly's desire for Octavia grows and Lena, believing Damin should be her man, schemes to put Octavia out of the way.

Born into a poor immigrant family, Charles works diligently to rise out of poverty. Because of this determination, he graduates from a university. While he is attending there, he meets the love of his life, Joann, who is from the opposite end of the social and economic spectrum.After graduation, Charles and Joann are married. They purchase Joann's dreamhouse, an idyllic home in the neighborhood where she grew up. The happy couple has two wonderful children, Elizabeth and Edward. Joann becomes a professor at her alma mater while Charles is a traveling salesman achieving his childhood goal of living an affluent lifestyle. Their lives cannot get any better than this! But can things get worse? After the children grow up and move away, Joann commits an "indiscretion" which causes the couple's model marriage to crumble. Charles is diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease. Will Joann be able to make the necessary amends for Charles to be willing to restore their marriage? Will Charles beat the doctor's diagnosis and go back to living the American Dream?The American Dream: Love, Lust, and Lies is a vivid, thought-provoking story that challenges the notion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence! But even if it is, what will it require to keep it that way?

Lust, Lies and Two Wives While out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday, on Black Friday, Denise Garner listened to the words on the other end of the phone. It was Lennys cousin. Listen, Denise, you need to come home. Lenny died of a heart attack yesterday." Denise immediately smelled a rat named Carolyn Monroe. She had never trusted that trollop her husband had been shacked up with for the past fourteen years. Did Lenny indeed have a heart attack or did his bitch Carolyn have a smart attack? After all, he was worth a lot more to that wench dead than alive, so Denise estimated. In this fiction caper, through author Adrienne Bellamy, the character Denise Garner will dazzle you. She will erupt your emotions, all of them. She has infused this book with mystery, facts, humor and intrigue, thus causing you to laugh out loud or seethe with anger. Her sheer energy alone in the investigation of the case will fascinate you. Bellamy navigates Denise step by step and blow by blow as she interrogates funeral directors, insurance claims adjusters, city officials, detectives, forensic experts, hospital personnel, pharmacists, paramedics, attorneys. You name them, she was there with her files determined to uncover facts proving that her husband was murdered. Denise, a dynamically clever trained paralegal, a thorough researcher and a true bloodhound is a one-woman show, hell bent on going after the bitch Carolyn and teaching her the following lessons, more specifically: If hes got a wife, dont make him your life; A marriage license holds a lot of weight; Not with my husbandyou wont; Dont be the mistressthat could hurt; The married mandont bank on him; Hes not yourshes married; Disasterhook up with my husband; What the mistress gets in the end is a catastrophe; Do the wrong thingand bring on your dilemma; So you want my husbands bodytake your best shot before I crush you; Theres a thin line between love and stupidity; The Turkey and the marriage license; How NOT to steal a womans husband; and; Let the court sayI winCheckmate! This Novel Was Formerly Published as The Bitch Tried To Steal My Husbands Body and is the identical story

A Look Inside My Heart presents a collection of poetry offering a glimpse into one woman's perspective on many of life's vital experiences. It is a powerful and joyous volume of poetry inspired by everyday struggles regarding relationships, sex, family, and self-worth. Author Essence Hunter has been writing poetry since her teen years. Each poem in this collection is preceded by a quote that sets the tone for the poem to come. Every person has a voice, everyone has something to say, and there are many ways in which to express those emotions. With A Look Inside My Heart, Hunter offers others a glimpse of herself to enjoy, to empathize with, and to help them find their true voices the voices of honesty and raw emotion. -- Forever we will be he said Forever till the end of time Who have thought he start pulling away from me Who have thought we start to lose our bind Sitting in silence every night As if we were running out of things to say Knowing it was time to let go Knowing he was slowly slipping away No more I love you's I guess he ran out Maybe I should have left a long time ago I guess I really didn't know how