Carl Weber aka the King of Drama didn’t disappoint in this novel as he
weaves a story of lust, lies, and love. This book is written from three
perspectives: James (a successful businessman and a womanizing father who can’t
commit to anyone), Darnel (his crazy in love son), and Jamie (his spoiled
daughter who has severe trust issues in her relationship).
The story unfolds when Darnel finds out that Keisha, the love of his
life has cheated on him with his best friend the day before their wedding. With
the wedding being cancelled and dealing with betrayal, Darnel starts drinking
heavily and spiraling out of control as he concocts various ways to disparage
Keisha.
In the midst of it all, James tries to support his son allowing him to
stay at his house until his womanizing ways get in the way. Jamie wants her
brother to get over Keisha and tries to set him up with her friend Sandra but
Sandra ends up falling for James. Quite a complicated web that continues to trap
everyone up until the very end.
Overall, this book delivers on the drama although there were times when
I thought it was a bit over the top. Anyway, it shows how love can make you do
very crazy things to the point of no return and how trust issues can create
more damage even before finding out the truth. Nevertheless, I loved how James did
the right thing by recognizing Sandra was nothing more than a gold-digger and
kicks her out of his life. And ultimately, he realizes all that matters is
family.
Solid writing, realistic dialogue, and lots of twists and turns that
make this a good page-turner!
Some of my favorite lines:
The funny
thing was, the truth got me much further than the lies I’d heard some men tell.
Sure, some women walked away once they figured out I wasn’t going to get on the
husband track, but many others seemed to welcome the challenge. This waitress
was in that group.
“Oh, and why don’t I want to go there?” She hadn’t
moved to get my sugar. “Maybe it’s the other way around and you don’t want to
go there with me.”
“Is that right?” I flirted back. If a woman didn’t
turn and run once I set out my rules, then I figured it was game on.
Rating: 4 stars
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