She’s No angel

JANINE A. MORRIS

“What’s done in the dark, comes to light”

“Reminiscent of Waiting to Exhale,” (Booklist), Diva Diaries secured Janine A. Morris’ reputation as one of today’s most exciting novelists. In She’s No Angel, she delivers a moving, unforgettable story about the consequences of keeping secrets from the one you love…
Isaac is living proof that nice guys can finish first. He’s waited a long time for the perfect woman, and now that he’s found her, he is more than ready to start a family. But he has no idea that his fiancé is keeping a few secrets—secrets that could extinguish his dreams…
Young and beautiful, Charlene grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, but she never told Isaac the extent of her demons. For the first time in her life, Charlene knows what it feels like to be happy and truly in love. But the dark past she’s worked so hard to outrun is about to catch up with her in a way that could destroy any chance of a future with Isaac…

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Diva Diaries

Synopsis:

Janine A. Morris bursts onto the fiction scene with a page-turning novel featuring three smart, sexy African American divas: Dakota, Jordan, and Chrasey. Best friends since college, these thirty-something native New Yorkers have seen it all-or so they think. Because as they’re discovering, their wild school days have nothing on the dramas of adulthood…

Do the thrills of youth have to end after a certain age? With her thirty-first birthday around the corner, Dakota doesn’t think so. She may be a successful marketing executive, but she still believes in sex, drugs, and rock and roll. She’s just not sure whether Tony, her on-and-off man, agrees. Tony is successful in his own right, making his money in the music industry. The idea of settling down has come up once or twice between them, but Dakota isn’t sure she’s quite ready for that. And at this rate, will she ever be?

Chrasey has been married to Keith for six years. They have two children, and own a house in Queens. Life has been good, but lately Chrasey senses problems at home. She’s not sure what’s up with keith, but he’s not himself, and she’s feeling neglected. Chrasey is a firm believer in upholding her wedding vows, but after months of temptation from a handsome younger man, she finds herself becoming something she never thought she’d be: married and unfaithful. As much as Chrasey wants her old life back, some messes are easier to get into than out of…

Jordan, the most sensible of the trio, has adopted the mother role. But even good girls have their demons. Jordan lives with her husband and son on Long Island, and has worked hard for her success as a lawyer. But her desire to have it all may cause her to risk everything. With a husband who didn’t sign up for glitz and glamour, Jordan has to walk a fine line to balance her personal and professional lives. Ultimately, she must decide what her priorities are-but the wrong choice could cost more than she wants to pay.

From the sweet to the bittersweet, life’s dramas will play out one way or another. And one way or another, the secrets these women share will strengthen the bonds of sisterhood that help them survive it all…

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An Excerpt of Diva Diaries

She stepped inside of his house, and instantly she felt awkward. She knew that this was not a good idea, even through the disorientated judgment caused by her alcohol intake, she still could sense the wrong in her actions. If she was to go through with this, it would be the end of all that she knew, her fidelity, her vows to Keith, and her innocence. Keith was the only man Chrasey had ever been with, he was all she knew sexually, and lately she didn’t know much of him. She knew she had no business being there, and she knew she should be ashamed of herself for even coming to his house. She also knew that she wouldn’t have been there if Keith had been a better husband to her, and catered to her needs and wants more. She knew that Keith never paid her a bit of attention, and took advantage of his belief that Chrasey would never stray. She also felt that Keith too find was getting pleasure from outside of the marriage, while he just let her suffer in silence. With mixed emotions about her presence in Trevor’s house, for some reason she just went with the flow.

He took her by her hand and walked her around his house. His had a nice home, especially for it to be a bachelor pad. The living room was painted dark gray with black leather furniture. His carpet was both gray and black, with a beautiful silver coffee table right in the middle of the floor. Of course hanging from his plasma television was the wires to his play station two like most men. He had expensive looking paintings on his living room walls, he had professional pictures in frames on the mantle of himself, his parents and his daughter. His dining room was spotless clean with a nice dining set displayed in his china cabinet along with wedding souvenirs and his daughter’s memorabilia. The kitchen was also well kept, excluding some dishes in the sink.

The kitchen seemed to be his temporary destination, once inside he pulled a bottle of champagne from the mini bar that he had well stocked and took two flute glasses from the cabinet. As he set the glasses down and opened the champagne, no words were exchanged. Chrasey’s discomfort must have been obvious, because he asked. “Are you OK?”

“I’m fine,” she replied.

“Listen, Chrasey, I understand if you aren’t. If you want to stay and just sit and talk, I promise you we can do just that, and if you want to go, I will take you home right now. I am perfectly fine with whatever you want to do.”

It was clear all over Chrasey’s face how comforting she found Trevor’s words.

“Thank you Trevor, but I’m fine … this is a little fast for me, and I’m not 100% cool, but I can hang for a bit. Besides, I’m not rushing home to someone.”

He handed Chrasey her glass of champagne.

“Well there is no pressure and no expectations on my part. As much as I would love to make sweet love to you tonight, we can take this whole thing as slow as possible.”

Chrasey just sipped on her Moet.

Keith walked out of the kitchen and towards the stairs leading upstairs with Chrasey behind him to continue the rest of the house tour. There were two guest bedrooms furnished and decorated. The bathroom was a typical man’s bathroom with nothing in it, but a shaver and some toiletries. That was the one room with no scheme or interior design going on. Along the tour, Chrasey made comments and gave compliments on his well kept house. She was also sure to tell him “you forgot about the bathroom.”

“That’s the guest bathroom, my bathroom is a little better looking.”

“Well why you have your stuff all over the guest bathroom?”

“So that I don’t mess up mine as fast,” he replied.

They both laughed as they walked down the hall to the room that he had strategically waited for last.

“Here it is, my master bedroom.”

Chrasey looked around the room and was pleased to see that it was also just as clean and maintained. He had a king size bed, and two night stands on each side. A 42” inch television, with another game system sitting below it along with a DVD player. On the wall was a huge portrait of him and his daughter.

“She is a beautiful little girl,” Chrasey said.

“Thanks, that’s Daddy’s angel face.”

“It really sucks you and her mom couldn’t work it out for her sake.”

“Yeah, I guess… but we were young and we just outgrew one another. Trust me we tried, sometimes it’s just nothing you can do.”

Chrasey didn’t comment, because she knew exactly what he meant. She felt that way from time to time with Keith, they also had outgrown each other. The difference was she was married with two kids, and it wasn’t that easy to just walk away.

He picked up the remote and started to flick through channels. Chrasey sat on the foot of the bed looking at the television as well, both pretending that they were eagerly anticipating a good program to watch. It was damn near 3 in the morning, and they both knew what they were there in his bedroom for. Still they want the motions to get everybody a little more comfortable.

He eventually landed on HBO, where Four Brothers was playing. “You saw this before?’ he asked. “No.” “Good, me neither, and it just started like ten minutes ago..”

Trevor kicked off his shoes and pushed back to the middle of his king size bed. He patted the area beside him telling Chrasey to do the same, and that she did. She lay next to him with her head resting on his chest propped up to see the television. About five minutes into the show, way before either of them could have possibly grasped what was going on with the movie so far, Trevor started to caress Chrasey’s thigh. He slowly made circles up and down her thigh as far he could reach.

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