I read this book last year for my bookclub(Asthepageturns) and it was horrible. Poorly written, long, drab storylines, little characther development.I am not looking forward to anything else this author has to write. She might want to take a few lessons form J. California Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Karen Quinones Miller, Jill Nelson, whomever!Don't waste your money...pick it up at the library if you have to read it.