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Trouble Loves Company

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Have you ever heard the statement; "Friends to the end?" Well for Kayla Johnson, Renee Moore, and Danielle Brooks, that statement is a fact.

For erotic author Renee Moore, love is a fantasy and only exists in the books she writes. She has a husband that worships the ground she walks on and will do whatever it takes to make her happy...even if that means finding other men to fulfill all of her sexual fantasies. Renee will soon have to confront the problems in her marriage and her life. Everything comes crashing down all at once, and it is getting to be too much to deal with. Is she ready to confront those problems or will she just continue to ignore them?

Kayla Johnson is an administrative assistant who dreams of finding a man that will love her unconditionally. She's looking for a man that will not use her for money, sex or a place to lay their head. She thought she had found that in Rev. Leroy Brown. He was everything she needed. He was attentive, sensitive, and very passionate. It's too bad that he had a wife and kids that he was not willing to give up. Kayla soon finds out that her knight in shining armor was nothing more than a dog in a suit. She finally realizes that Rev. Brown was not going to leave his wife for her anytime soon, especially since he was spending "quality time" with more than just her. When she finally decides to leave him and go on with her life, she realizes that the "Good Reverend" has a stronger hold over her than she thought.

Licensed Practical Nurse Danielle Brooks has always liked her men young and thugged out. That's until her latest ruffneck Ron puts her through more drama than she can handle. Unfortunately for her, he's not her only problem. She has a daughter named Portia who has cried wolf one too many times, and her latest dilemma is over the top. Portia becomes pregnant, and guess who she says is her baby daddy? Who will Danielle believe? Will it be the right decision?

Angie Daniels has done it again with Trouble Loves Company. She catches your attention the moment you open the book. Once you start reading it, it'll be hard for you to put it down. Ms. Daniels has done a good job connecting all of the characters and giving just the right amount of detail about each person. If you are someone with a good imagination, then this book is for you. I recommend that when you finish reading Trouble Loves Compamy, call your girl and tell her to read it. There's so many details that you won't stop talking about it for awhile.

Reviewed by Jackie
for Urban Reviews

This book is very interesting. It will make you laugh and cry. Once you start reading it, it is hard to put down. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is addicted to drama and excitement.

This is a great book, it's part of a 3 part series, you won't be disapointed.

Angie Daniels has created an erotic, compelling, story. Kayla,Danielle & Renee find out that they all have their own troubled lives that entwine into others. Messing around is common ground and even when you know better - the tables turn because of the company that you keep. Kayla has low self esteem and not enough fight in her to warn off the great Pastor Leroy Brown, but hanging around church folk ain't always spirit filled. She learns quickly that her choice in fellowship leads her into a life changing experience for her and all involved with her. Danielle likes 'em young and fun and full of themselves. Well, while robbing the cradle, she finds out that the cycle flows from generation to generation and she has to deal with her young thug, along with a fast teenage daughter. But is blood thicker than pleasure?? Renee ooooh weeeeeee Renee is a trip, she learns that her squeaky clean husband is not squeaky clean and he may not make her head spin but he provides to her satisfaction, when he adds some spice in their lives, she gets more than she bargained for...looks like ol' John knows how to work it after all, atleast when you talk to Sasha & Shemar. This book is not for the sexually weak, because Ms. Daniels is very explicit, raw and literally in your face. We may also in the future see the saga continue, because some of these characters can't possibly be done yet.

Although her husband adores her, romance author Renee Moore does not return his affection. Instead she believes that true love only exists in fairy tales or her novels. Her spouse fails to satiate her needs so Renee seeks other lovers, but her mate is willing to go kinky to satisfy Renee.

Practical Nurse Danielle Brooks cherishes young thugs. However her latest lover Ron is too far out for even her; he wants to be her baby while she is his mama. As she reconsiders the men in her life, her teenage daughter becomes pregnant accusing a young hunk as the father; a stud that Danielle desires; he denies he had sex with her daughter.

Administrative assistant Kayla Johnson is having an affair with the man she loves, Reverend Leroy Brown. She expects him to soon leave his wife and children for her. However, she revises her opinion of her beloved when she finds him cheating on her.

Friends Renee, Danielle and Kayla form a sisterhood as they depend on each other to help them through relationship crisis with the opposite sex.

Rotating perspective between each of the lead female trio; this is a deep look at three women whose respective self destructive behavior is deeply rooted from long time internalized demons. Each begins to overcome their detrimental makeup when they meet one another and form a support group. Readers who appreciate this well written tale that at times is difficult to read because realism is often not pretty. Angie Daniels takes the audience inside the heart of low esteem people who bond because troubled souls love miserable self-loathing company; yet finding one another brings self searching and the first flicker of optimism.

Harriet Klausner

In life everything we do somehow or another ties into something that has happened to us in our past. Almost all the choices we make in our adult life has to do with lessons learned as a child, some may be positive, and others, well you already know. After completing Trouble Loves Company by Angie Daniels, I realize how true this really is. Angie Daniels penned a work of fiction depicting the lives of three friends who would do anything for the other, but when life is always throwing them curve balls, how many of them will land on top?

Renee is a woman people from the outside looking in would say has got it all. No one except for her friends knew that her life had been nothing but trouble. From the abandonment of her drug-addicted mother, and the rejection from her step-father, to the abusive marriage she had with her children's father that led her into her current marriage to John. He is sweet and willing to give her anything that she needs, except for the one thing that Renee really desires, the bedroom skills that she craves and writes about in her erotica novels. When her husband flips the script on her, by introducing her to a new type of love, she is far from okay with this new found territory.

Kayla, a woman insecure about her weight, who never truly felt loved by anyone thought she found it. When she realized that the married Reverend Leroy Brown was never going to leave his wife and had more women than she was aware of, she had to summon all her faith to cut off whatever ties she had with him. But for Reverend Brown she belonged to him and he would make sure she knew it, even if it cost a hefty price.

Attracted to young thugs, Danielle has to deal with her daughter, Portia, constantly making up stories to get her attention. Since Portia is always crying wolf, Danielle just never knew when to believe her and when to tell her to stop telling stories. Then the unmentionable happened and Danielle finds herself questioning if Portia was telling the truth or was it just another cry for attention. Can mother and daughter ever really have a good relationship or will Portia finally cause her mother to turn her back on her?

Trouble Loves Company is filled with a lot of drama. There is a bit of mystery in the storyline keeping the readers wanting to know what will happen next. This book does need a little more work, even though I had the uncorrected proof, there should not have been the issues with the two different voices. Renee's chapters were written in first person, while Kayla and Danielle's chapters were written in third. With proper editing this book will definitely be a better read. Looking past that error, I would still recommend this book.

Jennifer Coissiere
APOOO BookClub

TROUBLE LOVES COMPANY picks up where In the Company of My Sistahs leaves off, providing an intimate look into the lives of main characters Renee, Danielle and Kayla. Renee is married to a man she doesn't love for financial security and she is miserable because he's horrible in bed and hard on the eyes. Danielle is struggling to raise a fifteen-year-old daughter who is both promiscuous and a habitual liar, while she tries to keep from being driven crazy by the antics of her boyfriend. And Kayla is involved with a married preacher who also turns out to be physically abusive. In no time at all, Renee's husband decides to jump-start their love life by checking out the swinger's scene; Danielle's daughter becomes pregnant and shakes everybody up; and just when Kayla finally finds a good man, she is hauled off to jail for a crime she didn't commit. While dealing with their own personal chaos, Renee and Danielle join forces to uncover the true criminal and free Kayla. The result is a fast-paced novel where drama in the church, relationship confusion and the oft talked about phenomenon of down-low men clash with sista-girl solidarity.

Daniels has penned an entertaining read, though I found myself questioning the strength of the friendship between the women at various points throughout the book. And I was frequently frustrated with the characters' shenanigans. Drama on top of more drama, the occasional laugh, a few sighs and several headshakes; they're all between the covers of this book. If you like nonstop calamity with strong soap opera undertones, this is the book for you. Before venturing into this book, I hadn't read its predecessor but Daniels does a good job of bringing the reader up to speed, for which I'm glad, because she also leaves the door open for the possibility of a third installment to the saga. Though not my usual speed, I enjoyed this book.

Reviewed by T. Shelly B.
for the RAWSISTAZ Reviewers