BOOK DESCRIPTION:Kai’s perfect family life is destroyed by Frank’s nasty secret. His eye-popping video places her right back in the crosshairs of his ex-wife, Tisha, a vindictive schemer who literally gets off on seeing Kai suffer. Through the years, the women have battled for Frank’s affection, and it looks like Tisha has won this time. But looks can be deceiving, especially when Kai discovers a missing piece to the puzzle. When her maternity leave ends, Kai reports to back to work at Channel 5, ready to tackle her unexpected promotion. As she adjusts to her new position, she is also forced to face the man who wanted her dead. During CyberKing’s trial, surprising new evidence is revealed, but the truth leads Kai down a more frightening path than she ever imagined. Life as a single mother proves to be anything but boring as Frank tries to work his way back into the mix, under the guise of being a devoted father to their daughter. He also tries to work his way back between her sheets, declaring that he is a changed man. Meanwhile, Kai’s ex-boyfriend, Deandre, makes his own shocking return. Even though their relationship ended horribly, he begins singing a new tune, and he hopes Kai will make some music with him. As Kai tries to juggle all of the new changes in her job and with her precarious relationships, her daughter is put in danger. She’s convinced that CyberKing will stop at nothing to harm her family. In desperation, Kai turns to a familiar face, someone from her past. Santiago, the handsome Costa Rican bodyguard, has changed professions, and he is willing to do anything to help Kai and her daughter, even if it means breaking the law. Can Kai and her sister, LaNaya, solve the mystery of what really happened and why, before it’s too late? Kai is an investigative reporter, but for the first time in her life, she’s at a loss for words, confused by a web of deceit and missing facts. In this third installment of the "Motor City Drama Series," lust and lies intertwine for an explosive result.EXCERPT:I tossed in the bed for an hour and a half. I thought about Frank’s lies and his parting words. When I finally did fall to sleep, I was awakened a few minutes later by the sound of my phone, dinging to alert me to several new text messages, all from Frank: “I luv U… I miss u already. It’s lonely sleeping without u… I miss Crystina. I’m no good without u, without Crystina. Please take me back, Kai. I swear I didn’t cheat.”I deleted all the messages and turned my phone off. Tears formed in my eyes at the thought that he’d probably texted me from another woman’s bedroom. My anger ran so white hot that I felt a fever coming on. Most of all, I was furious with myself for opening my heart to Frank again. Unfortunately, his athletic body and suave features made me feel powerless to refuse him, not to mention his other very special feature. He was such a gifted seducer but I could never dream of being intimate with him again after what he had done. On my lonely, horny nights, I would just have to make the most of my Rabbit.I was well aware that my daughter would learn at a young age how a woman should be treated, and I didn’t want Crystina to grow up seeing her mother tormented by the man I loved. I deserved better, and so did she. And dating someone new was out of the question, as far as I was concerned; bringing another man into my life would only confuse Crystina. I stuffed a pillow between my legs and tried to make myself comfortable in my huge California king-sized bed. I woke up the next morning to the bright, rising sun peeking through my blinds. I sat up in bed and yawned. I turned on my phone and I noticed a new message from Frank on my phone. I sighed as I clicked it open, curious to see what desperate text he had composed at 3:52 a.m. I read it aloud: “C what U do 2 me?”My eyes popped open at the sight of the image attached to his message.
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