![]() ![]() And an inexplicably attractive one to boot. Sara: *eyes sparkle* Oh of course, everyone is so nice, what could possibly be unsafe about walking down dark alleyways in 19th century London by myself? *sparkle sparkle*ĭerek: You're a moron. Sara: Anachronistic Twit to the rescue! *kills thug* The Rub: He quickly comes to love Sara, but pushes her away because he believes he has nothing to offer her - nothing but piles of money, stunning good looks, and the anatomical blessings of a bull.ĭerek: Ah! My pretty Alpha Male face is threatened by thugs! He knows first hand that the slums of London are no place for a naive country girl. ![]() He brought himself up from the gutter to become the richest man in England. Too bad he wants nothing to do with her!ĭream Casting: North and South's Daniela Denby-Ashe. ![]() The Rub: She'd rather do a little more intimate "research" on the criminal "underbelly" - as long as that criminal is Derek. Fielding." A novelist famous for writing about the underprivileged of London, she accidentally rescues the owner of a gambling hell from thugs, and sees a grand opportunity to guilt him into helping her research for her latest book. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She wants to be just as proud of her man as he is of her. With an open heart and an open mind, she continues her journey to find love.Īs a young doctor from the hood, Mercedes set minimum standards for the men she is willing to date, as she wants a man to build with, not a selfish, needy, leeching, money sucking dependent. Finding that special someone proves to be more difficult than she could have ever imagined. She is unsure about marriage and children, although she wants someone with which to share her world. She believes, with all of her heart, that there is a special man in this world who is her life-mate, her soulmate. Moore has loved and lost, yet she has not given up on loving again. She enjoys shopping and spa treatments adores fashion and couture and thoroughly appreciates travel and luxury accommodations. She works hard for her money and treats herself as often as she can, schedule permitting. She has grown accustomed to the finer things in life. Her best friends for life are her first cousins, Dana and Tina-Marie, each successful in her own right. Her grandmother helped her parents raise her. Moore is a young African-American doctor who focused on her goals, followed her dreams, and made it out of the ghetto of North Philly, against all odds. She is a woman over 30: sophisticated, sassy, sexy, and successful. ![]() ![]() ![]() What does any of that mean when I can’t have the most basic needs met? It means nothing. I don’t care about my stupid massive house, I don’t care about my new car, I don’t care about my diamonds. Why did he self-sabotage? And who sends nudies? Doesn’t everyone know better than this in 2019? What drives someone to self-destruct in such a way? I saw the texts – each one represents his decision to throw our marriage in the trash. So what is so broken in him to propel him to do this to me? To us? It wasn’t one mistake, one lapse in judgement. ![]() I did nothing except be pregnant with our twins and try to have a healthy pregnancy. ![]() I did nothing wrong, I don’t deserve this. ![]() A relationship takes two but it doesn’t take two to cheat. Marriage is hard, we’ve been through our ups and downs, I’ve talked about it openly. I’m as loyal as they come and I wanted the vows we made when we exchanged our rings to be acted upon. Physical or not, he still had an affair and he admits this to me. He paid her off to protect me so I’d never find out.ĭo I believe him? I don’t know. I called Jimmy and he confessed to me that he had exchanged lewd photos with this woman over the course of several months and a physical relationship never existed. I never left a voicemail for the other woman. I found out the same way you guys did: in the tabloids. Now and US Weekly can get those quotes they want and you guys can get the truth. I don’t want to write this but here I am, writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through a kaleidoscope of women-a mother, a sister, a homicide detective-we learn the story of Ansel’s life. But Ansel doesn’t want to die he wants to be celebrated, understood. ![]() He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life-from the bestselling author of Girl in Snow.Īnsel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. Recommended by New York Times Book Review Compassionate and thought-provoking." –BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half "A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.” -Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice) beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity. NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR.WINNER OF THE 2023 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL. ![]() |