Book Blurb
Life has never been worth living for
Charisse before her father died. After three attempts to kill herself were
unsuccessful, she makes a deal for release from hell on earth, with one of the
people who made her life what it was.
It wasn't until Chyna finds out that
her husband, Parker Mills, was having an affair with her twin sister, Cheyenne,
that she realizes she's losing the best thing she's ever had. Feeling the
ultimate betrayal by her own sibling, Chyna knows she has to do whatever it
takes to keep her husband and give him what he longs for - a baby. Knowing that
she's unable to have children and Cheyenne is afflicted with the same
condition, she decides to go to the only person that can help her save her
marriage - her younger sister, Charisse.
In the end, one sister will die, another
will lose everything and one will get everything that she wants.
Book Excerpt
“Spending fifty thousand dollars to produce off
spring is crazy. Do you know what I could have done with that money? By this
time, I’d have hundred college funds set up for you to donate to some third world
child you could have adopted.”
Frustrated, Parker sunk down in the chair in
front of Jaelen’s desk. “Yeah, but it’s not the same and you know it, Jae. Look
at you. Five kids. Five damn kids.”
“Two are from my wife’s first dead husband.”
“But you’re still a family. You have off spring.
You have someone to carry on your bloodline and you’re sharing these moments
with the woman you first fell in love with and married. I want that. I want to
be you… well not all ornery and mean, but you know what I mean. I’ve been
married ten years to Chyna and you weren’t even married to Kim before you were
bopping out twins.”
“Well, she raped me to get mine.”
“Let’s not even go into that. I think you just
harbor that over her just so you can take advantage of her.”
Jaelen smirked wickedly. “It does make the
mundane marriage very exciting when you can tie up your wife and make her beg
for you. You should try it sometime.”
“Chyna says it might mess up her hair and
hands.”
“If you can spend fifty on a baby, you can spend
a couple of hundred– “
“Let’s not go into this.” Parker really didn’t
want to expand upon his wife’s shallow behavior.
Jaelen took the hint, understanding in advance
this was a sore subject for Parker. “So, this crazy sister-in-law, what’s her
story?”
“Nothing I haven’t already told you. Chyna says
her sister is so pathetic she can’t even kill herself.”
“How many times has she tried?”
“This last time makes three.”
Jaelen stopped what he was doing and frowned.
“I’m not religious and all that, but she ever thought that it just wasn’t her
time, and that she had a purpose in life.”
“You ever thought you’re just saying that shit
because you’re an ass and you’re trying to find some hilarity out of a bad
situation?” He stood up.
“So I take it you haven’t told Chyna about the
boat?”
Parker didn’t answer because he knew Jaelen
already knew the answer. He was saving it for the moment when Chyna announced
that they were going to have a baby. Knowing that they were going to dedicate
eighteen more years together deserved an award and “the boat” was the key.
Yet that moment hadn’t come and he was starting
to think it never would. The majority of Parker’s friends were married and
those that were had children, vibrant healthy off spring. Their blood running
through small versions of themselves.
About The Author
Sylvia Hubbard
knew she’d wanted to be a writer of romance long before she knew there were
black writers in the world. Weaving stories magically as a summer past time to
writing stories to get through the humdrum of school, she was able to create
something from nothing.
Today, she has
independently published over 28 books, is the founder of Motown Writers Network
and The AA Electronic Literary Network, CEO of HubBooks Literary Services, runs
over five blogs on a variety of subjects, host The Michigan Literary Network
Radio Show and is a happily divorced mother of three children in Detroit,
Michigan.
“I’m no
superwoman,” she states with a smile that seems infinite on her lips. “I’m just
being an asset in the world instead of a liability.”
Considered an
addicted blogger by HoneyTechblog.com, nominated and recognized for her
literary work in the Metro Detroit area, referred to as “A Literary Diva” by
Detroit City Council and donned “Cliffhanger Queen” by her readers, she finds
solace in speaking and educating on a variety of topics.
.jpg)
