The national bestselling author of Never Again Once More and Soulmates Dissipates delivers her most emotionally and rewarding work to date, a new novel about a woman's quest for the true meaning of love. Having dated twenty-six men in fifty-two weeks, Fancy Taylor wants to settle down. And after a year of living recklessly, she has enough experience to know that if a man is married, he's bad news. Unfortunately, irresistible Byron Van Lee--who has a big car, big income, big ego, and big you know what--neglects to mention his wife and kids until after Fancy falls for him big time and all the way. Determined to make Byron all hers, Fancy dreams up an outrageous scheme to get him to divorce his wife. Meanwhile, she turns to Desmond Brown for a shoulder to cry on. Desmond, aka Mr. Reliable, has been in Fancy's life for almost three years. He's always there to pick up the pieces or fill an empty Saturday night. Since he's an auto mechanic, he can fix her car too. His blue-collar job, however, means that Fancy is reluctant to let him close enough to even sniff her brown sugar. To Fancy, he's just a friend. To love-struck Desmond, whatever Fancy wants, he'll provide, even if it takes two paychecks. Now, Fancy is about to find out that the best laid plans will not only get her laid but also knocked-up (as in pregnant). Suddenly she has issues. Job issues. Family issues. Love issues. And, haunted by the fear that she's turning out just like her promiscuous mother--the mother who never showed her love or how to love--Fancy has to face the future and some hard choices. Should she reach for yet another falling star--or her best friend Desmond? Seeing her therapist twice a week isn't giving her theanswers she needs. Those she can only find in the depths of her own heart...
Mary B. Morrison, New York Times best-selling author also writes as HoneyB. She has thirteen novels including her newest release, Unconditionally Single.
Writing for both Kensington Publishing Corporation as Mary B. Morrison and Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books) as HoneyB, Mary is at the top of the African-American fiction genre. In her novels, Mary addresses social and sexual issues that impacts relationships. Mary is pro-female empowerment and believes all women are worthy of living free from abuse and states in her novels, "Educate don't Procreate. No teenage girl should become a mother."
Mary received her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Vista (now Berkeley) Community College. She worked 18 years for the government. Earning nearly six-figures, Mary resigned from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development on June 3, 2000, and withdrew her retirement to self-publish her debut novel Soulmates Dissipate.
October 2008, Mary began sponsoring a monthly relationship venue now called Tell It All Thursdays to provide a place where adults can openly dialogue about relationships and sex. Mary created this venue because generations of African-Americans have suffered from physical, emotional, and sexual oppression and it's time to break the cycle. The venue is held at Maxwell's in downtown Oakland every third Thursdays and promoted via KBLX.
In 2006, Mary sponsored an anthology publishing 33 students entitled Diverse Stories: From the Imaginations of Sixth Graders.
Mary currently resides in Oakland, California. Her wonderful son Jesse Byrd, Jr. attends the University of California at Santa Barbara.
To contact Mary visit www.MaryMorrison.com or call 866.469-MARY/6279 or email Mary@MaryMorrison.com.
