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RM Johnson, the Essence bestselling
author of Dating Games and The Million Dollar Divorce,
once again creates a riveting and enthralling new novel that
explores the testing of a bond between two childhood friends
when they both fall in love with the same woman.
Pete and Wayne grew up side by side. After
Pete’s mother abandoned him, Wayne’s family took him in and
treated him as their own son. Through adolescence, college,
medical school, and in their shared orthopedics practice,
Pete and Wayne have lived their entire lives as best friends—as
brothers. And as brothers, they have always been rivals when
it came to women.
The fateful night when Carla walks into
the bar where Pete and Wayne are having drinks brings Wayne
his customary, more fortunate, luck with the ladies. Even
though Pete spotted her first, it is Wayne who seals the deal,
and soon enough, Wayne and Carla are engaged. But Wayne’s
need for one last conquest tempts him into bed with another
woman, and the ensuing guilt leads him to confide in his best
friend—a mistake that will haunt the three of them forever.
Jealous of his friend’s relationship,
Pete tells Carla of Wayne’s infidelity and provides more than
just a friendly shoulder to cry on. As a result, Carla leaves
Wayne and further breaks his heart by accepting Pete’s marriage
proposal only one year later.
Just when old friends seem to be finally
settling down with their choices, old feelings surreptitiously
sneak to the surface, and a rift between husband and wife
leads Pete astray and drives Carla into the most familiar
arms she can find. In the ensuing days, tensions erupt, and
relationships, already tenuous, begin to break down. Finally,
guilt, lust, and redemption come together in a heartbreaking
and tragic love triangle, and Pete, Wayne, and Carla are forced
to face the consequences of decisions that may end up being
their last.
Do You Take This Woman? is a sexy
blend of friendship and romance that will take you on a startlingly
real and emotional roller-coaster ride of betrayal, sex, lies,
and, ultimately, love.
RM Johnson is the author of seven
novels, including bestsellers The Harris Family and
The Million Dollar Divorce. He holds an MFA in creative
writing from Chicago State University and is a native of Chicago,
where he currently resides.
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