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Beautiful Skin
Johari Clayborn has given everything she has to building her own cosmetics company, Sparkling Gem. But it isn’t enough. The company’s going under, and Johari sees no way out of her current predicament than to sell the company to Schöne Haut, the beauty juggernaut owned by the Vollmer family. Rald Vollmer wants nothing more than to be rid of his wife, Helga. On paper, she looks like the perfect foil for his up-and-coming business persona, but in reality she’s nothing short of psychotic. Sparkling Gem, and the woman who created it, presents him with the perfect chance to break free of his family’s influence. It’s just a business arrangement, he tells himself, carefully calculated to give him what he wants. But the better he gets to know Johari, the less he’s able to stay emotionally aloof, and what began as a calculated plan rapidly turns into something much, much more personal.
341 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 16, 2014
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About the author
Shara Azod
188 books328 followersShara is- well let's just say touched. Born a Marine brat, Shara is a Navy Veteran with a pathological love for men in uniform, chocolate, and heroes that are maybe a touch psychotic. With over seventy-five books in her backlog, Shara has no intention of slowing down any time soon. She's definitely not safe for work, or the kids, or- you know what? She's just not safe.
Also writes as Allie Blocker.
You can drop Shara a line at shara.azod@gmail.com
Also writes as Allie Blocker.
You can drop Shara a line at shara.azod@gmail.com
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May 21, 2018
The premise of this story was a difficult buy-in for me. A CEO (Rald) marries without a pre-nup and in order to get rid of his current wife, he has an orchestrated affair. Johari is purported to be a woman of strong morals but she quickly falls into bed with Rald again and again. Don't forget to throw in the cliche interfering, but well-meaning best friend. I just gotta ask: How was it okay for Rald's mother to use her husband as a pawn in a very dangerous game? That plan was crazy!!!
November 30, 2014
LOVED IT
In one glance, this book was like another cliche interracial romance book. But when you dived deep, you'll know that this deserved 5 stars, at least from me.
Loved how it engaged me from the very first page.
In one glance, this book was like another cliche interracial romance book. But when you dived deep, you'll know that this deserved 5 stars, at least from me.
Loved how it engaged me from the very first page.
May 1, 2018
Don't mess with a momma bear's cub!
Aine Vollmer, Rald's mother was not to be triffled with. Even Barrett Vollmer, her husband, knew when to keep his mouth closed. Even Rald's crazy soulless psychopathic beotch of a wife found out she bit off more than she could handle.
The plan to use Johari Clayborn was selfish on Rald Vollmer's part. He did not consider her feelings in the matter and he definitely did not consider that he would fall head over heels in love with her and she with him. He also did not figure that his mother would have his back and solve his problem better than he ever could.
I just loved this well plotted out tale by Shara Azod. It was full of drama, suspense and mystery that kept me turning page after page. I could not put my Kindle down until I finished this book. This intriguing story was about a young man married to a heartless harpy in a loveless marriage and his determination to end that marriage with his life and family company intact. It also showed a mother's strength and wisdom to do what was necessary to do right by her child even if it meant changing long held beliefs. All she wanted was for her only child to be happy and loved by the perfect woman by his side. The chemistry between Johari and Rald was just electric. I loved them as a couple and was glad to read that they got their HEA. I can also see a future book being written about Jo's best friend Gemma and Karl Rahn, Aine's young attorney. I definitely felt some spark with them.
Aine Vollmer, Rald's mother was not to be triffled with. Even Barrett Vollmer, her husband, knew when to keep his mouth closed. Even Rald's crazy soulless psychopathic beotch of a wife found out she bit off more than she could handle.
The plan to use Johari Clayborn was selfish on Rald Vollmer's part. He did not consider her feelings in the matter and he definitely did not consider that he would fall head over heels in love with her and she with him. He also did not figure that his mother would have his back and solve his problem better than he ever could.
I just loved this well plotted out tale by Shara Azod. It was full of drama, suspense and mystery that kept me turning page after page. I could not put my Kindle down until I finished this book. This intriguing story was about a young man married to a heartless harpy in a loveless marriage and his determination to end that marriage with his life and family company intact. It also showed a mother's strength and wisdom to do what was necessary to do right by her child even if it meant changing long held beliefs. All she wanted was for her only child to be happy and loved by the perfect woman by his side. The chemistry between Johari and Rald was just electric. I loved them as a couple and was glad to read that they got their HEA. I can also see a future book being written about Jo's best friend Gemma and Karl Rahn, Aine's young attorney. I definitely felt some spark with them.
December 15, 2014
Good quick read
I like this book,it was a nice way to spend a Sunday evening. Johari & Rald where to different people from different worlds who ended up finding love with one another. It was a very unique story indeed. Rald needed an out to get away from his sociopathic wife w/o having to give her half of his family company,he put a plan in place to buy a struggling company owned by Johari and seduce her. His plan to use her to get away from his crazy wife goes up in smoke when he falls in love with her. Add in his racist father,his very smart protective mother,her best friend & her ex husband to the mix and you have a recipe for disaster for these two.
Not bad,it had all the elements,hot alpha male,strong female presence,super hot sex,and plenty of drama. I liked how the story flowed and I love a little drama in my books but I have say the one thing that bothered me was how it was repeated that Johari had mortals & would never have sex with her ex b/c he was married however,she had sex with Rald pretty fast and continue to do so unprotected knowing he was married. That to me did not seem like something she would do. That aside the book was pretty good,few typos but still I liked it.
I like this book,it was a nice way to spend a Sunday evening. Johari & Rald where to different people from different worlds who ended up finding love with one another. It was a very unique story indeed. Rald needed an out to get away from his sociopathic wife w/o having to give her half of his family company,he put a plan in place to buy a struggling company owned by Johari and seduce her. His plan to use her to get away from his crazy wife goes up in smoke when he falls in love with her. Add in his racist father,his very smart protective mother,her best friend & her ex husband to the mix and you have a recipe for disaster for these two.
Not bad,it had all the elements,hot alpha male,strong female presence,super hot sex,and plenty of drama. I liked how the story flowed and I love a little drama in my books but I have say the one thing that bothered me was how it was repeated that Johari had mortals & would never have sex with her ex b/c he was married however,she had sex with Rald pretty fast and continue to do so unprotected knowing he was married. That to me did not seem like something she would do. That aside the book was pretty good,few typos but still I liked it.
November 19, 2020
A few missing and incorrect words, but overall not a bad read.
May 17, 2015
I must admit it, I got so excited when I discovered that fairly recent Shara Azod book. I was so elated in fact that I did not fully read the synopsis and that was my downfall lol
I do not and cannot tolerate adultery in any way shape or form in my romance books. That itself marred the story from the beginning and left a very bitter taste in my mouth as I was reading.
Johari the self made owner of a natural cosmetic brand. Unfortunately, being hard on her luck she has to resort to selling her company in order to resolve her financial woes. Enters Rald Volmer of Schöne Haut who is willing to save her business and allows her have full control of Sparkling Gem. But is he as altruistic as he seems? Behind the affable surface lies a calculating man whose only intent is to seduce Johari in order to force his equally cold an calculating but also racist wife to file for a divorce.
Herein lies the problem for me. How can such as cold, calculating and strong character resort to such petty measure. For all his alpha-maleness, and take charge attitude, he is unable to confront a woman and ask for a divorce. Money was obviously not an issue for him so...really why be such a coward? Secondly, no matter how Rald's marriage is described as cold and loveless, it is nonetheless a marriage. Therefore, his attempts at seducing Johari and of course the subsequent illicit relationship had me raising an eyebrow. Not to mention that the wife was made to be a complete psychopath, I feel to justify the affair. pfft!!
Yes, both characters had explosive chemistry, yes the drama was at an all time high...but I could never forget the fact that Rald was married. I guess that makes for flawed characters, but it's just a flaw that I could not tolerate.
I kept reading still, because I had brought the book and I kinda like Johari. Rald, for all his alphaness seem a bit cold unless he was with Johari and I was more or less with him until he From the on, it was wrap for me and I didn't finish it.
Shara Azod, you almost had it but I have to give this a 2.5 stars.
I do not and cannot tolerate adultery in any way shape or form in my romance books. That itself marred the story from the beginning and left a very bitter taste in my mouth as I was reading.
Johari the self made owner of a natural cosmetic brand. Unfortunately, being hard on her luck she has to resort to selling her company in order to resolve her financial woes. Enters Rald Volmer of Schöne Haut who is willing to save her business and allows her have full control of Sparkling Gem. But is he as altruistic as he seems? Behind the affable surface lies a calculating man whose only intent is to seduce Johari in order to force his equally cold an calculating but also racist wife to file for a divorce.
Herein lies the problem for me. How can such as cold, calculating and strong character resort to such petty measure. For all his alpha-maleness, and take charge attitude, he is unable to confront a woman and ask for a divorce. Money was obviously not an issue for him so...really why be such a coward? Secondly, no matter how Rald's marriage is described as cold and loveless, it is nonetheless a marriage. Therefore, his attempts at seducing Johari and of course the subsequent illicit relationship had me raising an eyebrow. Not to mention that the wife was made to be a complete psychopath, I feel to justify the affair. pfft!!
Yes, both characters had explosive chemistry, yes the drama was at an all time high...but I could never forget the fact that Rald was married. I guess that makes for flawed characters, but it's just a flaw that I could not tolerate.
I kept reading still, because I had brought the book and I kinda like Johari. Rald, for all his alphaness seem a bit cold unless he was with Johari and I was more or less with him until he From the on, it was wrap for me and I didn't finish it.
Shara Azod, you almost had it but I have to give this a 2.5 stars.
July 9, 2017
😕 Please
Soooo I'm trying to figure out why all the five stars. Rald was way too alpha male for my tastes. He came off as a arrogant bastard to me. I wanted to say "dude! Your a billionaire, you mean to to tell me that you don't have the resources to figure out how to get rid of your wife"?! If he knew she was batshht cray cray....why not just expose her pass to the press? That probably would have been enough to push her over the edge. But no....he basically ruined Johari's business because he needed her for his nefarious intentions. And I'm sorry but where was the chemistry? Every time they had sex it seemed as if Rald was using it as a manipulative tool...always in the heat of the moment he makes her promise him something...that just ruined the scene for me. And every time they had an argument it was resolved with sex....when she wanted to go to the gynecologist to get her shot...what does he do...because HE wanted a kid...he keeps her in bed with sex for two days to ensure that happens...Smh...Johari was a weakling after finding everything out that he did allegedly in the name of love she forgave him? And his racist VERY racist parents?! Especially his dad...I mean once she had his kid....that made her a little more tolerable.....i don't guys...I just don't like super manipulative alpha males. Ugh....just .....Ugh.
Soooo I'm trying to figure out why all the five stars. Rald was way too alpha male for my tastes. He came off as a arrogant bastard to me. I wanted to say "dude! Your a billionaire, you mean to to tell me that you don't have the resources to figure out how to get rid of your wife"?! If he knew she was batshht cray cray....why not just expose her pass to the press? That probably would have been enough to push her over the edge. But no....he basically ruined Johari's business because he needed her for his nefarious intentions. And I'm sorry but where was the chemistry? Every time they had sex it seemed as if Rald was using it as a manipulative tool...always in the heat of the moment he makes her promise him something...that just ruined the scene for me. And every time they had an argument it was resolved with sex....when she wanted to go to the gynecologist to get her shot...what does he do...because HE wanted a kid...he keeps her in bed with sex for two days to ensure that happens...Smh...Johari was a weakling after finding everything out that he did allegedly in the name of love she forgave him? And his racist VERY racist parents?! Especially his dad...I mean once she had his kid....that made her a little more tolerable.....i don't guys...I just don't like super manipulative alpha males. Ugh....just .....Ugh.
September 20, 2014
OMG THIS BOOK WAS SOOO GOOOD. I LOVED IT. I found the book on her website cheaper than on amazon. If you want a good book pick this book up and read it. This is the first book by this author that I have read, but I will read some more by hers in the future.
May 14, 2018
I downloaded a sample of this before deciding to purchase, believing the writing was solid. The writing for the most part was good. There was some copy editing issues, but besides that there weren't too many grammatical mistakes.
I guess for 300 odd pages I expected more. There was way too much telling and not enough showing. There wasn't enough dialogue between Rald and Johari to make me believe they were madly in love with one another. Madly in lust? Yes. Love? No. Their scenes just really boiled down to adulterous sex. Can't you tell I'm swooning?
Things kicked off with their initial meeting where Rald had plans to buy Johari's cosmetics company as a way to "diversify" his family's business. Johari saw the buy out for what it was: taking something that was created for women of color, watering down the formula so that it becomes useless before re-branding it for white consumers. So that part really drew my interest, however, Rald's plan wasn't just to dismantle what Johari had built, but to also seduce her in order to drive his sociopathic wife out of his life without having to cough up half of his fortune to do so. Rald, of course, upon meeting Johari and being taken with her beauty didn't exactly nix his initial plan to use her, but he surprisingly fell for her in the process.
I can't really say I ever came to like Johari. As her best friend Gemma said, she's the kind of person who would cut off their nose to spite their face. She didn't want to accept help from A-N-Y-B-O-D-Y. It was infuriating. Not wanting her ex-husband to bail her out considering he remarried, I could understand that, but she didn't even want to accept alimony upon their divorce. Who doesn't accept spousal support when there's been no pre-nup? It also might have helped her keep her head above water financially until things turned around. Anyways, Johari made a lot of choices that did not sway me to like her.
Rald, I couldn't like him. He was too manipulative and also naive to believe that he had everything under control, was several steps ahead of his conniving wife. Sorry for the spoiler, but the fact he also deliberately got Johari pregnant without her consent, again just hammered in the nails to his coffin for me.
Rald and Johari together, I wasn't rooting for them to get the HEA. He used her, plain and simple and put her life in real danger knowing how murderous his wife was. I can't overlook that, clasp my hands together and sigh wistfully that those two robots managed to tap into real human feelings when around each other. At one point I started rooting for Johari and her ex-Eli who really had her back during the negotiations of the merger, to reconcile, but nah. She was stuck on Rald, and honestly Eli deserved better.
The only characters I walked away enjoying where Gemma, Eli, and Aine (Rald's mother though I did give her the stink eye until she checked her attitude about race.) Overall this book was okay. If it had given me character development I could have enjoyed it much more.
I guess for 300 odd pages I expected more. There was way too much telling and not enough showing. There wasn't enough dialogue between Rald and Johari to make me believe they were madly in love with one another. Madly in lust? Yes. Love? No. Their scenes just really boiled down to adulterous sex. Can't you tell I'm swooning?
Things kicked off with their initial meeting where Rald had plans to buy Johari's cosmetics company as a way to "diversify" his family's business. Johari saw the buy out for what it was: taking something that was created for women of color, watering down the formula so that it becomes useless before re-branding it for white consumers. So that part really drew my interest, however, Rald's plan wasn't just to dismantle what Johari had built, but to also seduce her in order to drive his sociopathic wife out of his life without having to cough up half of his fortune to do so. Rald, of course, upon meeting Johari and being taken with her beauty didn't exactly nix his initial plan to use her, but he surprisingly fell for her in the process.
I can't really say I ever came to like Johari. As her best friend Gemma said, she's the kind of person who would cut off their nose to spite their face. She didn't want to accept help from A-N-Y-B-O-D-Y. It was infuriating. Not wanting her ex-husband to bail her out considering he remarried, I could understand that, but she didn't even want to accept alimony upon their divorce. Who doesn't accept spousal support when there's been no pre-nup? It also might have helped her keep her head above water financially until things turned around. Anyways, Johari made a lot of choices that did not sway me to like her.
Rald, I couldn't like him. He was too manipulative and also naive to believe that he had everything under control, was several steps ahead of his conniving wife. Sorry for the spoiler, but the fact he also deliberately got Johari pregnant without her consent, again just hammered in the nails to his coffin for me.
Rald and Johari together, I wasn't rooting for them to get the HEA. He used her, plain and simple and put her life in real danger knowing how murderous his wife was. I can't overlook that, clasp my hands together and sigh wistfully that those two robots managed to tap into real human feelings when around each other. At one point I started rooting for Johari and her ex-Eli who really had her back during the negotiations of the merger, to reconcile, but nah. She was stuck on Rald, and honestly Eli deserved better.
The only characters I walked away enjoying where Gemma, Eli, and Aine (Rald's mother though I did give her the stink eye until she checked her attitude about race.) Overall this book was okay. If it had given me character development I could have enjoyed it much more.
March 9, 2025
*****Spoilers*****
More a 2.5. Johari, a black woman, is a divorced small business owner whose beauty business was failing. Johari put her all into the business at the expense of her marriage to Eli which fell apart because she wanted her business more than him. En route to having her business purchased and absorbed into a huge corporation, Johari meets Rald, a white man, who is the son of big corporation's founder and an big deal employee, I can't remember but maybe the CEO or something. In any case, Rald is given free reign to mostly do as he pleases because his father trusts him, so the acquisition of Johari's business isn't really a big deal. However, what IS a big deal are the unprecedented concessions that Rald gives Johari which put all of the benefits in her favor and none of the risks. The deal is that Johari gets to run the business the same as she always has with no way for her to be removed from that role while big corporation essentially provides funds, marketing, etc. to see the business through dark times but now until big corporation's umbrella. The catch? Rald is doing all of this as a scheme to get a divorce from his wife of 12 years who is a sociopath. Rald thinks that if his wife sees him having an affair with a black woman that she will divorce him because his wife is a racist. Rald doesn't want his wife to get half of his company stocks since he married her without entering into a prenup. I got the sense from this book that Rald didn't want to tell his parents about it and was trying to handle the situation his way. However, once Rald meets Johari in person, his planned pretend seduction turns real because he's very much attracted to her.
The book then is mostly about them getting together sexually despite Johari's strong moral compass that would never see her sexing a married man, her deciding to cut things off after a while and run off, Johari using her ex-husband to help her out despite knowing that he's still very much in love with her even though the ex has another wife and kids, and Johari battling racism as she navigates whatever this is with Rald, finding out more about Rald'a wife's crazy, getting a glimpse into Rald'a parent's racism, and some hints at what love mat be in store for their friends. Sighs.
Johari was a disappointment on the one hand because her morality crumpled faster than a paper house of cards. I'm not sure where her resistance to Rand was supposed to have been seen in this book, but a couple of months elapse and the next thing we know, Rald is in her house and her body without a lot in between. Because there isn't much of a buildup besides some blatant moments where their attraction to one another is evident, their eventual physical relationship is unexpected. All in all, it kept the pages turning for me but at the end of the book, I actually wanted to know more about Eli.
More a 2.5. Johari, a black woman, is a divorced small business owner whose beauty business was failing. Johari put her all into the business at the expense of her marriage to Eli which fell apart because she wanted her business more than him. En route to having her business purchased and absorbed into a huge corporation, Johari meets Rald, a white man, who is the son of big corporation's founder and an big deal employee, I can't remember but maybe the CEO or something. In any case, Rald is given free reign to mostly do as he pleases because his father trusts him, so the acquisition of Johari's business isn't really a big deal. However, what IS a big deal are the unprecedented concessions that Rald gives Johari which put all of the benefits in her favor and none of the risks. The deal is that Johari gets to run the business the same as she always has with no way for her to be removed from that role while big corporation essentially provides funds, marketing, etc. to see the business through dark times but now until big corporation's umbrella. The catch? Rald is doing all of this as a scheme to get a divorce from his wife of 12 years who is a sociopath. Rald thinks that if his wife sees him having an affair with a black woman that she will divorce him because his wife is a racist. Rald doesn't want his wife to get half of his company stocks since he married her without entering into a prenup. I got the sense from this book that Rald didn't want to tell his parents about it and was trying to handle the situation his way. However, once Rald meets Johari in person, his planned pretend seduction turns real because he's very much attracted to her.
The book then is mostly about them getting together sexually despite Johari's strong moral compass that would never see her sexing a married man, her deciding to cut things off after a while and run off, Johari using her ex-husband to help her out despite knowing that he's still very much in love with her even though the ex has another wife and kids, and Johari battling racism as she navigates whatever this is with Rald, finding out more about Rald'a wife's crazy, getting a glimpse into Rald'a parent's racism, and some hints at what love mat be in store for their friends. Sighs.
Johari was a disappointment on the one hand because her morality crumpled faster than a paper house of cards. I'm not sure where her resistance to Rand was supposed to have been seen in this book, but a couple of months elapse and the next thing we know, Rald is in her house and her body without a lot in between. Because there isn't much of a buildup besides some blatant moments where their attraction to one another is evident, their eventual physical relationship is unexpected. All in all, it kept the pages turning for me but at the end of the book, I actually wanted to know more about Eli.
December 23, 2017
I have read many books by this author which I have enjoyed. I have had this one on my kindle for a while and I have only just now got around to reading it.
This is Johari and Rald's story. Rald is married in name only and he wants to be free of his loveless marriage. He sees an opportunity involving Johari in his personal life but does not realises the consequences that this action will have on everyone's lives. I enjoyed the story, it had a few twists and turns and kept me fully engaged.
A good read!
This is Johari and Rald's story. Rald is married in name only and he wants to be free of his loveless marriage. He sees an opportunity involving Johari in his personal life but does not realises the consequences that this action will have on everyone's lives. I enjoyed the story, it had a few twists and turns and kept me fully engaged.
A good read!
April 28, 2018
Great story
I brought this book a few years ago and every so often I take it out of my library to read again. The characters are very dimensional as real humans are. This story touches on perceived notions people have about beauty and race. The story was delightful thought provoking and the minor characters really made this a great read. However i was hoping for a follow-up story about the best friend and the lawyer and private investigator?
I brought this book a few years ago and every so often I take it out of my library to read again. The characters are very dimensional as real humans are. This story touches on perceived notions people have about beauty and race. The story was delightful thought provoking and the minor characters really made this a great read. However i was hoping for a follow-up story about the best friend and the lawyer and private investigator?
February 16, 2022
Rald and Johari and baby makes a family
Another book worthy of 5 stars! This book has it all: love, tenderness, hatred, vindictiveness, malicious behavior…stupidity and man blindness! Love and tenderness is Rald and Johari. Stupidity and man blindness is Barret Vollmer. All the other adjectives describe Helga, the soon to be ex-wife, locked in an institution (hopefully for the criminally insane) for life.
Another book worthy of 5 stars! This book has it all: love, tenderness, hatred, vindictiveness, malicious behavior…stupidity and man blindness! Love and tenderness is Rald and Johari. Stupidity and man blindness is Barret Vollmer. All the other adjectives describe Helga, the soon to be ex-wife, locked in an institution (hopefully for the criminally insane) for life.
February 21, 2022
Good story
This story kept me turning the pages until I had the answers I needed to go to sleep. I read this in one day. Raid and Joharia are a power couple who came together through brokenness. Every character was important to the telling of this story. Now I want to know about Eli 👍^_^
This story kept me turning the pages until I had the answers I needed to go to sleep. I read this in one day. Raid and Joharia are a power couple who came together through brokenness. Every character was important to the telling of this story. Now I want to know about Eli 👍^_^
February 21, 2023
Geez..uh...yeah...
You may as well get over your prejudices, because this book will bring it all back up if you read it. Black people are depicted as less than in this book. Rald wasn't blatant, he just wanted to get rid of his wife, who was totally mentally ill. Rald company was all white until he needed her to use. Read for yourself.
You may as well get over your prejudices, because this book will bring it all back up if you read it. Black people are depicted as less than in this book. Rald wasn't blatant, he just wanted to get rid of his wife, who was totally mentally ill. Rald company was all white until he needed her to use. Read for yourself.
April 23, 2018
Lovely story
Who would kill a defenseless dog? A crazy psychotic wife by the name of Helga. I hope Rald learned his lesson when it comes to using people. If I was Johari I don't think I would have forgiven him.
Who would kill a defenseless dog? A crazy psychotic wife by the name of Helga. I hope Rald learned his lesson when it comes to using people. If I was Johari I don't think I would have forgiven him.
April 24, 2018
Yes
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the characters and the storyline. It's a short book but it is packed with everything needed for a great read. I will definitely be recommending this book.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the characters and the storyline. It's a short book but it is packed with everything needed for a great read. I will definitely be recommending this book.
May 17, 2018
Ok
Not much character development. No build up to the relationship between main characters. I did not feel the passion between them, minimal interaction before they were in bed together.
Not much character development. No build up to the relationship between main characters. I did not feel the passion between them, minimal interaction before they were in bed together.
February 9, 2018
Worth the read
I did not like it at first because of how the Rich act. Understanding the reasons made it easier to forgive and allow healing
I did not like it at first because of how the Rich act. Understanding the reasons made it easier to forgive and allow healing
April 14, 2018
Loved this book
It started as a scam from Rald but turned out to be the best scam of his life.Along the way they had to face some drama but love conquers all
It started as a scam from Rald but turned out to be the best scam of his life.Along the way they had to face some drama but love conquers all
April 14, 2021
Truly Enjoyed!
I really enjoyed this book, I read a lot, and like the books I read but, I really enjoyed this book. This author is new to me but she won't be for long.
I really enjoyed this book, I read a lot, and like the books I read but, I really enjoyed this book. This author is new to me but she won't be for long.
April 27, 2021
I liked the story, but I found that there were too many POV, it detracted from the H/h.
September 8, 2015
Great read!
Honestly I didn't know what to expect when I came upon this book, and I was pleasantly surprised as I kept reading. I enjoyed the plot twists and turns, and the story kept me in anticipation. The emotional aspect of Johari and Rald's relationship was very well written, and I liked how Shara Azod didn't excuse or glorify infidelity. They fell in love unintentionally for different yet similar reasons, which turned out to be very deep reasons. Love is powerful, our need for love is powerful, and the things we find ourselves doing to hang onto love may surprise you. This was a wonderful book that explored all of that, with enough drama to have you rooting for Johari and Rald.
Honestly I didn't know what to expect when I came upon this book, and I was pleasantly surprised as I kept reading. I enjoyed the plot twists and turns, and the story kept me in anticipation. The emotional aspect of Johari and Rald's relationship was very well written, and I liked how Shara Azod didn't excuse or glorify infidelity. They fell in love unintentionally for different yet similar reasons, which turned out to be very deep reasons. Love is powerful, our need for love is powerful, and the things we find ourselves doing to hang onto love may surprise you. This was a wonderful book that explored all of that, with enough drama to have you rooting for Johari and Rald.
May 24, 2015
I felt sorry for the hero Raid. Here he was stuck in marriage he thought he couldn't walk away from without losing a chunk of his family's legacy. He went through extensive planning to get rid of his shallow racist wife only to find out thew legacy he was trying to protect was being run by his racist father. Unfortunately, to execute his plan he had to drag in an innocent, Johari, and destroy her dream in the process. What Raid had fail to plan for was the ex-husband trying to safe Johari, his father's whole attitude and ultimately his love for Johari. When Johari walks away she takes his heart and something else he didn't know.
October 3, 2015
This was a very good book. Even though it was only 173 pages, the story was complete and full bodied. That's all a reader ever really asks for. A book doesn't have to be 1000 pages to get its message across and that it did. Real issues came up in this book: Racism, interracial relationships, power, mental illness, what matters most in life, you name it.
Rald Vollmer was dead inside until he met Johari. She gave him life. It was wonderful to see how she melted the coldness of his heart.
Would like to see the story of Gemma and the lawyer in another book, if it's not out already.
Bravo Miss Azod!
Rald Vollmer was dead inside until he met Johari. She gave him life. It was wonderful to see how she melted the coldness of his heart.
Would like to see the story of Gemma and the lawyer in another book, if it's not out already.
Bravo Miss Azod!
November 22, 2016
Right from the beginning this book was captivating. I love the way the main character though and spoke. I love how the female lead was not a wimp and did not automatically believe what someone told her about her man. This was just a great read altogether.
September 26, 2014
It was good read, so crazy people in this book too, but I think their another story in this group.
September 29, 2014
A good story,very well told with strong intelligent female characters an evil villain and a not so heroic hero. Loved it.
September 11, 2015
3.5 stars
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