TITLE – Love and
Happiness
SERIES – N/A
AUTHOR – Ben Burgess Jr.
GENRE – African American Fiction/ Urban
Fiction
PUBLICATION DATE – April 24th
2015
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 240 Pages
PUBLISHER – Self Published
(CreateSpace/IngramSpark)
COVER ARTIST – Leah Friday
Karen has it all: a handsome husband, beautiful
twin daughters, a lovely home and a great job. Karen also has a secret; she’s
cheating on her husband, with not one man, but two. On the outside her life
seems perfect, but on the inside Karen feels neglected, bored and
unappreciated. Yearning for affection and excitement, she falls into the arms
of first Raheem and then Tyrell. Out of fear of losing her husband and breaking
up her family, Karen ends the affairs but things don’t turn out how she
planned. When Karen’s dirty secrets are revealed she must fight to keep her
family together. Chris is doing all he can to hold his marriage together. He
loves Karen but she grows more distant every day. When she starts coming home
later and later, he suspects she is being unfaithful. When Chris accidentally
takes her cell phone what he finds changes their lives forever. When tragedy
strikes, Karen must decide if she should sacrifice her happiness for her
husband’s love, and Chris wonders if he should stay with Karen because he still
loves her despite her infidelity. But if they do stay together, will they ever
find love and happiness again? Sexy and relatable, insightful and inspiring,
Love and Happiness shows us both sides of Chris and Karen's story, and reminds
us that sometimes to have it all, you must first lose it all.
When we got home, I decided to put all our bickering aside
and make love to my husband. While Chris pleased me sexually, our busy work
schedules had reduced our lovemaking to mundane quickies. I knew if I was
bored, he must be too.
To spice things up, I’d read magazines, watched porn, and
gathered tips from my friends. He loves lacy lingerie, so I wore my black
bustier, black French-cut panties, and fishnet stockings. I lit scented candles
and put on soft jazz to set the ambiance in the bedroom. Chris walked in.
“Damn!” he said.
He tugged on my lingerie to take it off. I couldn’t hide my
smile. His hands hungrily roamed my body.
“Easy, baby. Enjoy what you’re looking at.”
I felt self-conscious as he groped me because his earlier
comment about me looking chunky, kept replaying in my mind.
We made love. I used a lot of the new ideas I learned to
spice things up, but he didn’t seem to notice. Chris always has the decency to
make sure I cum, but again we ended up having another quickie because he had to
wake up early the next morning. He rolled over on his side and went to sleep
almost immediately after. I frowned, shook my head and stared at the ceiling.
Was it me? Is this how marriage was supposed to be? Had we both gotten too
comfortable?
I decided I’d start going to the gym and
get a personal trainer. I hoped working with a trainer would change me enough
that even Chris would have to say something positive about it. I didn’t imagine
how much it would
change me.
Ben Burgess Jr is the author of the award winning novels
"Monster", "Wounded", the poetry book "Times Have
Changed and Life is Strange" and the new novel "Love and
Happiness" He is an active performer of spoken word poetry. Ben Burgess Jr
uses his love of writing to inspire and influence youths to strive for what
they believe in, and to never give up on their dreams. His poetry book
"Times Have Changed and Life is Strange" and his novel
"Monster" are currently used in schools on the lower east side of
Manhattan. Ben Burgess has a BA degree in Business Management, and a MA degree
in Educational Leadership. He is the proud father of his daughter Jaelynn and
is active in trying to improve urban neighborhoods and communities.
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