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Shattered
Happily ever after doesn’t always come easily… Juggling busy careers and family life is hectic.
So when Brian’s boss offers a weekend at the company beach house for Brian and Ebony’s fifth anniversary, the couple jumps at the opportunity, inviting their married friends to join them.
When the six couples arrive in sunny Miami Beach, they vow to place life troubles on hold and enjoy a child-free weekend. But even paradise can’t whisk away problems… The realities of life after saying I do come to light. Unresolved issues from the past surface. The bonds of matrimony shatter.
And one couple may never have a chance to make things right.
Fans of the Butterfly Memoirs will enjoy seeing where their beloved friends are long after their Happily Ever Afters… and find themselves flipping the pages fast to find out whether their favorite couple comes home together or ends up Shattered.
So when Brian’s boss offers a weekend at the company beach house for Brian and Ebony’s fifth anniversary, the couple jumps at the opportunity, inviting their married friends to join them.
When the six couples arrive in sunny Miami Beach, they vow to place life troubles on hold and enjoy a child-free weekend. But even paradise can’t whisk away problems… The realities of life after saying I do come to light. Unresolved issues from the past surface. The bonds of matrimony shatter.
And one couple may never have a chance to make things right.
Fans of the Butterfly Memoirs will enjoy seeing where their beloved friends are long after their Happily Ever Afters… and find themselves flipping the pages fast to find out whether their favorite couple comes home together or ends up Shattered.
261 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 17, 2020
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About the author
M.J. Kane
9 books140 followersM.J. Kane stumbled into writing. An avid reader, this stay at home mom never lost the overactive imagination of an only child. As an adult she made up stories, though never shared them, to keep herself entertained. It wasn’t until surviving a traumatic medical incident in 2006 that she found a reason to let the characters inhabiting her imagination free. Upon the suggestion of her husband, she commandeered his laptop and allowed the characters to take life. It was that, or look over her shoulder for men caring a purple strait jacket. And the rest, as they say, is history.
No longer a television addict, if M.J. isn’t reading a book by one of her favorite authors, she’s battling with her creative muse to balance writing and being a wife and mother. She resides in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia with her high school sweetheart, four wonderful children, and four pit bulls.
MJ’s debut novel, A Heart Not Easily Broken, Book one of the Butterfly Memoirs, became an instant Amazon Bestseller in Multicultural Romance and African-American Literature and Fiction within hours of publication. It has also spent time on the African-American Women’s Fiction and African-American Romance Bestsellers lists.
In addition to writing, MJ is the director of a writer’s group which meets at Barnes & Nobel, is the Newsletter Editor for the Romance Novels in Color website, and shares writing tips, introduces her followers to new authors, and shares her personal experiences on her blog, This Writer’s Life. Other activities she enjoys include: creating custom floral arrangements, assisting her children in their creative pursuits of music and art, and supporting her husband’s music production business, 3D Sounds.
Learn more about the author by visiting these online interviews:
• SORMAG Magazine Feature- Jan/Feb Issue, page 36
• Read You Later with Lasheera Lee- Blog Talk Radio Interview- September 2013
• Television Interview with DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Watson on The Stan Watson Show – October 2013
MJ can be found online connecting with readers and other authors sharing her writing, talking about music, life, and family. She’s always excited to meet new people.
No longer a television addict, if M.J. isn’t reading a book by one of her favorite authors, she’s battling with her creative muse to balance writing and being a wife and mother. She resides in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia with her high school sweetheart, four wonderful children, and four pit bulls.
MJ’s debut novel, A Heart Not Easily Broken, Book one of the Butterfly Memoirs, became an instant Amazon Bestseller in Multicultural Romance and African-American Literature and Fiction within hours of publication. It has also spent time on the African-American Women’s Fiction and African-American Romance Bestsellers lists.
In addition to writing, MJ is the director of a writer’s group which meets at Barnes & Nobel, is the Newsletter Editor for the Romance Novels in Color website, and shares writing tips, introduces her followers to new authors, and shares her personal experiences on her blog, This Writer’s Life. Other activities she enjoys include: creating custom floral arrangements, assisting her children in their creative pursuits of music and art, and supporting her husband’s music production business, 3D Sounds.
Learn more about the author by visiting these online interviews:
• SORMAG Magazine Feature- Jan/Feb Issue, page 36
• Read You Later with Lasheera Lee- Blog Talk Radio Interview- September 2013
• Television Interview with DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Watson on The Stan Watson Show – October 2013
MJ can be found online connecting with readers and other authors sharing her writing, talking about music, life, and family. She’s always excited to meet new people.
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June 17, 2022
Pieces are good!
When I finished this story,which signals the end of the series or the collection of stories I was a little hesitant about leaving a review. The story overall was good,it was nice to get a look at all the couples in one place,but I kept waiting for the chemistry to kick in and it never does. The story in so.e parts reads like this is a group of people in the same place being nice to one another.I was expecting more from the ladies especially Ebony,Yasmine and Kaitlyn. It was refreshing to see couples owning up to what was really going on,you know "putting it all on the table". But there is still something missing,and think chemistry and connection. Overall it was enjoyable, just not spectacular.
When I finished this story,which signals the end of the series or the collection of stories I was a little hesitant about leaving a review. The story overall was good,it was nice to get a look at all the couples in one place,but I kept waiting for the chemistry to kick in and it never does. The story in so.e parts reads like this is a group of people in the same place being nice to one another.I was expecting more from the ladies especially Ebony,Yasmine and Kaitlyn. It was refreshing to see couples owning up to what was really going on,you know "putting it all on the table". But there is still something missing,and think chemistry and connection. Overall it was enjoyable, just not spectacular.
August 23, 2021
Follow up
Great read, you must do a follow up on all couple and especially Zach and Yaz. Unfortunately their experience in the hospital is common for us Africa Americans. Treatment is delayed because healthcare providers don't value our opinion or assume we are drug addicts. We have to demand and fight for adequate, compassionate care every time we access the healthcare system. So many of us die every year because of health inequality, aka racism.
Great read, you must do a follow up on all couple and especially Zach and Yaz. Unfortunately their experience in the hospital is common for us Africa Americans. Treatment is delayed because healthcare providers don't value our opinion or assume we are drug addicts. We have to demand and fight for adequate, compassionate care every time we access the healthcare system. So many of us die every year because of health inequality, aka racism.
May 22, 2022
Intense!
This story reminded me of the problems couples often face, but do not deal with them in a healthy or mature manner. We tend to ignore uncomfortable conversations or confrontations. Too bad in real life, many of us are unable to resolve our issues so easily. This was an intense and heartwarming story.
This story reminded me of the problems couples often face, but do not deal with them in a healthy or mature manner. We tend to ignore uncomfortable conversations or confrontations. Too bad in real life, many of us are unable to resolve our issues so easily. This was an intense and heartwarming story.
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