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The Last Ms. Understanding
"RL is probably one of the most descriptive and talented authors America will be reading for a long time. His novel is like a slow song. From the moment you start reading it, you feel invited to compare your own romance to the main characters." - Sam Okello, CEO Sahel Publishing
"A riveting love story that captures the essence of our hearts TRUE desire." - Ann Thomas. Founder of Mind, Body, and Soul Productions
"...promotes real emotions that reveal the power of what a true misunderstanding can unleash" - Shana Jackson, Founder of Serenity Women's Circle
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Rita Clark is a wealthy business executive that has relocated to a new city. She's acquired every luxury a woman could desire. The only thing missing in her life is someone to share it with...
A visit to a local jazz lounge brings her face to face with Lee Johnson. Unfortunate circumstances have forced him out of professional athletics and into a blue collar job. Despite their lifestyle differences an irresistible urge pulls them together...
Lee becomes distant and fights to conceal a mysterious history, while Rita becomes consumed by her flourishing career. Opportunity arises for Lee to reconnect with another special woman and right his past wrongs. All the while a job promotion offers Rita a chance to break through the glass ceiling in her male dominated field of work. But that would mean relocating overseas.
Rita is forced to choose between career and love. The dilemma lies in Lee's secretive life that he's hidden from Rita. Once exposed - How understanding can she be?
Where would you draw the line?
"Great, sophisticated deep insights into relationships" - Paulette,
Michigan
"A riveting love story that captures the essence of our hearts TRUE desire." - Ann Thomas. Founder of Mind, Body, and Soul Productions
"...promotes real emotions that reveal the power of what a true misunderstanding can unleash" - Shana Jackson, Founder of Serenity Women's Circle
Book
Rita Clark is a wealthy business executive that has relocated to a new city. She's acquired every luxury a woman could desire. The only thing missing in her life is someone to share it with...
A visit to a local jazz lounge brings her face to face with Lee Johnson. Unfortunate circumstances have forced him out of professional athletics and into a blue collar job. Despite their lifestyle differences an irresistible urge pulls them together...
Lee becomes distant and fights to conceal a mysterious history, while Rita becomes consumed by her flourishing career. Opportunity arises for Lee to reconnect with another special woman and right his past wrongs. All the while a job promotion offers Rita a chance to break through the glass ceiling in her male dominated field of work. But that would mean relocating overseas.
Rita is forced to choose between career and love. The dilemma lies in Lee's secretive life that he's hidden from Rita. Once exposed - How understanding can she be?
Where would you draw the line?
"Great, sophisticated deep insights into relationships" - Paulette,
Michigan
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About the author
R.L. Taylor
10 books10 followersRL began his journey to become an author in unconventional fashion. Always a story teller, a friend suggested he try his hand at writing. That suggestion ignited a spark inside of him that unleashed a fire which spilled out into a notebook, and into the instant classic debut novel, The Last Ms. Understanding.
RL's journey to become one of the country's best loved authors is just beginning. His debut release has received high praise from every remote corner of the country. In 2009 he sent shockwaves through the literary world by receiving 5 Shades of Romance Magazine Readers Choice Awards including; Romance Book of the Year, Fiction Book of the Year, and New Author of the Year.
In his spare time he enjoys cooking foreign cuisine, listening to smooth jazz, and sipping on a little known microbrew. This man is unafraid to stand out in a crowd full of followers and blaze a new path of literary excellence.
His newest release Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate has been called by some...the beginning of something special.
RL's journey to become one of the country's best loved authors is just beginning. His debut release has received high praise from every remote corner of the country. In 2009 he sent shockwaves through the literary world by receiving 5 Shades of Romance Magazine Readers Choice Awards including; Romance Book of the Year, Fiction Book of the Year, and New Author of the Year.
In his spare time he enjoys cooking foreign cuisine, listening to smooth jazz, and sipping on a little known microbrew. This man is unafraid to stand out in a crowd full of followers and blaze a new path of literary excellence.
His newest release Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate has been called by some...the beginning of something special.
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August 14, 2011
The last Ms. Understanding is about a female named Rita who is very well established in her career and searching for that one true love. Someone to love her for her personality and charisma and not her finances and looks. She runs into Lee, a guy who lives a simple life as a mailroom clerk making $15 an hour and hangs out at his uncles lounge with his best friend Keith. Strangely, these two hit it off and begin dating against everyone's opinions that it wouldn't work between them. Nine months later Rita begins to discover that Lee hasn't been 100% honest with her about his past and the person that he is today.
I rated this novel 3.5 based on book presentation, book price, character development, storyline, and editing. I originally purchased this book based on the cover, price, and synopsis. The title alone let me know that it would be about a woman who would get hurt somehow and would no longer trust a guy or men. When I began reading it I felt like I was forcing myself to stay interested. Rita seemed a little over the top to me but that may be because I don't run into her type on a regular basis but I found that Lee, like most men, just let things escalate for no real reason. Rita has already proven to be understanding and forgiving so why keep lying over minute things? The book used a lot of good verbage but at times I felt that it was too descriptive. For example, "Simone's beauty was breathtaking, it took Lee's breath away from him and threatened to not give it back" I know by "took his breath away" that the breath was being taken from Lee. There are a lot of sentences like this that just took me away from the story. At other times some typo's would force me to read the sentence over a few times to figure out what the author is trying to say. I got to about 80% of the book and that was the nine months of Rita and Lee's involvement and then the last 10%-15% rushed through a marriage of Lee and Simone, adoption of Simone's son Shawn, birth of a new child and all of this was 1 year and 6 months later. I remember reading that Lee told Keith that he was the father of Shawn and only Lee, his mother, and Simone's father knew that truth. Then they bring up Lee signing adoption papers for Shawn, so I'm still confused about this part.
Overall, it was an okay read but nothing I would brag about or probably remember.
I rated this novel 3.5 based on book presentation, book price, character development, storyline, and editing. I originally purchased this book based on the cover, price, and synopsis. The title alone let me know that it would be about a woman who would get hurt somehow and would no longer trust a guy or men. When I began reading it I felt like I was forcing myself to stay interested. Rita seemed a little over the top to me but that may be because I don't run into her type on a regular basis but I found that Lee, like most men, just let things escalate for no real reason. Rita has already proven to be understanding and forgiving so why keep lying over minute things? The book used a lot of good verbage but at times I felt that it was too descriptive. For example, "Simone's beauty was breathtaking, it took Lee's breath away from him and threatened to not give it back" I know by "took his breath away" that the breath was being taken from Lee. There are a lot of sentences like this that just took me away from the story. At other times some typo's would force me to read the sentence over a few times to figure out what the author is trying to say. I got to about 80% of the book and that was the nine months of Rita and Lee's involvement and then the last 10%-15% rushed through a marriage of Lee and Simone, adoption of Simone's son Shawn, birth of a new child and all of this was 1 year and 6 months later. I remember reading that Lee told Keith that he was the father of Shawn and only Lee, his mother, and Simone's father knew that truth. Then they bring up Lee signing adoption papers for Shawn, so I'm still confused about this part.
Overall, it was an okay read but nothing I would brag about or probably remember.
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October 27, 2010
The Last Ms. Understanding by R. L. Taylor is a book that anyone can relate to.
The characters are so real.
Rita is looking to finding true love and companionship. Rita meet Lee and thinks she found the man
of her dreams until the truth begin to unravel. Rita and Lee will take you on a number of emotional rides.
Both are keeping secrets.
This story will keep you guessing of what will happen next.
R.L. Taylor does an excellent job of keeping the story interested. I know you will like this book.
I look forward to reading more from this author.
The characters are so real.
Rita is looking to finding true love and companionship. Rita meet Lee and thinks she found the man
of her dreams until the truth begin to unravel. Rita and Lee will take you on a number of emotional rides.
Both are keeping secrets.
This story will keep you guessing of what will happen next.
R.L. Taylor does an excellent job of keeping the story interested. I know you will like this book.
I look forward to reading more from this author.
June 17, 2011
I thought this book was ok. I really thought Lee and Rita would make it. His decision to get back with Simone was just so out of left field, and it just made no seems to me. I would have like to see Rita and Lee to have much better closure than what they had. It was sad to see thugs end how they did.
While I thought this book was just ok, I highly recommend the Royce Tyler series.
While I thought this book was just ok, I highly recommend the Royce Tyler series.
June 4, 2011
Great read
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July 19, 2011R> L. Taylor what can be said.
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July 22, 2012Very Tyler Perry!
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