Dalila

by Fleur Philips

In a small bar in Studio City, Joe meets the woman of his dreams. Allison is beautiful and sweet, charming. He knows without a doubt, from the moment their eyes meet, that she’s it. The one. When his friends take him to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, however, Joe meets Dalila, and he forgets the meaning of commitment, loyalty, honesty. Dalila is an exotic dancer with a broken past. Lonely and isolated, she shies away from everything—drugs, booze, men. But then she sees Joe in her audience, and something strange happens. One night. Hot and passionate, unexpected. Unspeakable. Joe leaves behind a single lasting memory of love felt, a coat, and a gift. Eleven years later, Dalila is facing death at the hands of stage 4 ovarian cancer, and in the chaos of dealing with her fate, her son discovers a card in the front pocket of a man’s coat she’d kept hidden. In a letter he writes to Joe, the truth of his existence is revealed, and with it, the unraveling of a secret that could destroy Joe’s family.

405 pages, ebook

Published November 16, 2019

About the author

Fleur Philips is an award-winning author who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Montana. Her first novel, I Am Lucky Bird, was selected as a General Fiction Finalist for the 2011 Book of the Year Award from ForeWord Reviews. Her second novel, Crumble, was named Young Adult Winner from the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival and was selected as a Young Adult Fiction Finalist by the 2013 International Book Awards. Additionally, Crumble is a Silver Medalist in the 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards in the category of Young Adult, Mature Issues. Most recently, it was named a YA Fiction Finalist in the USA Best Book Awards from USA Book News. Her most recent novel, Beautiful Girl, was a YA Fiction Finalist in the 2015 USA Best Book Awards from USA Book News. Fleur lives in The Woodlands, Texas.