Desiree Edwards is torn between three men – each with a grip on her way of living. Derrik captures her heart the moment they share a long, passionate kiss. Thoughts of her marriage and friendships leave her mind, but she has to be discreet because she is married to Jamal. When Desiree runs into her former lover, Troy, the entanglement begins.
Desiree Edwards is torn between three men – each with a grip on her way of living. Derrik captures her heart the moment they share a long, passionate kiss. Thoughts of her marriage and friendships leave her mind, but she has to be discreet because she is married to Jamal. When Desiree runs into her former lover, Troy, the entanglement begins.
Desiree?” Troy whispered.
“Yes,” she moaned.
“Are you ready?”
“Uh-huh.”
“How you want it?”
“That’s it, baby!” she cried out.
“No. Tell me how you want it,” he commanded, grinding his hips into her pelvis.
“From the back,” she responded, looking into his eyes and biting her bottom lip.
Troy smiled and flipped her over in a swift movement. Desiree was on all fours, then she lowered and quickly arched her back, pushing her ass closer to his groin. He positioned himself between her thighs and slid deep inside her walls. He began thrusting hard and fast.
“Right there, Troy! Yes!” she exclaimed, moving her hips to meet his strokes.
“That’s it! Right there, baby! Yes! I want it right there! Harder!”
Troy grabbed her slim waist tightly and pulled her closer.
“Smack my ass!”
A loud cracking noise filled the room as Troy’s palm connected with Desiree’s right ass cheek.
“Oooh shit! Give me another one!” she cried out.
Troy delivered a slap to her left ass cheek.
“Harder, Troy! Harder!”
Troy grabbed a handful of Desiree’s hair and pulled it hard as he said, “I want to see your face when you come.”
“Okay,” she whispered.
He spread her ass cheeks and began thrusting deeper.
“Harder, baby! Harder!”
He obeyed.
“Yes! Give it to me, Troy! I want it all!”
“Oh shit! I’m ready to come,” he grunted.
“Come for me,” she whispered seductively, looking over her shoulder at him.
“Where do you want it?”
“Mmmm,” she moaned. “Your dick feels so good, baby.”
He delivered another long, hard stroke, “Where, Desi? I can’t hear you.”
“Troy!”
“Yes!” he hissed, increasing his speed in strokes. “Tell me!”
“Come in me!”
“Ohhhh fuck! Shhhhhhit!” he exclaimed, tightening his ass and burying himself deep inside her walls until he released everything.
Desiree’s knees buckled, and she lay flat on her belly with Troy on top. Then he rolled over onto his back, breathing heavily. A few minutes later he started snoring lightly but then sat up quickly, looking down at his watch.
“Damn! I got to get my ass up. I’m supposed to be meeting up with Mark and Derrik.”
He was heading to the bathroom when she threw a pillow at this head. “Troy!”
“What the fuck!” he yelled, knocking the pillow to the floor.
“Uhh, hello? We just finished making love. How are you just going to get out of bed talking about you have to go?”
“Don’t start this bullshit with me right now, Desi,” he said, giving her a stern look before turning back towards the bathroom. “I don’t have time to cuddle. You know I have other things to take care of.”
She held back the tears stinging her eyes as she watched him go into the bathroom and heard the door lock. Lately she noticed him ruining the beautiful moments between them within minutes. She’d dealt with Troy’s arrogant attitude for the umpteenth time. This was supposed to be about them having the lives they’d always wanted, but it was becoming evident his plans were changing.
Troy Harris was about to become a pro football player in the NFL. The season would be starting in a few months, and the attention surrounding the young athlete was ramping up. His net worth had increased by millions thanks to the endorsements landing in his lap week after week. Unlike the groupies she’d seen gawking over her man, Desiree Thompson was an educated business executive moving up the ranks at her company. They’d officially become a couple last year—before he signed his contract, so she knew it was never about the money for her. But his attitude toward her had changed in recent weeks, which caused her to rethink the status of their relationship. He’d become cold and distant until it was time for them to have sex, but even that was beginning to feel cumbersome between them. This change in him was something she couldn’t ignore and refused to put up with. She remembered when everyone else gave up on him and she was one of the few people who remained at his side. She couldn’t understand how he could change after all they’d been through together.
They’d met at his best friend, Derrik Carter’s launch party for his company, BlakBeatz Entertainment. She’d never intended to get involved with any guy in entertainment or sports because they had enough groupies in their faces. She knew the reputation athletes had, and she still fell for him. Troy was six foot three, tattooed, and fine as hell, but it wasn’t just his looks that Desiree was attracted to. It wasn’t his swagger, or that he could deliver back-breaking sex with multiple orgasms. He was goofy, funny, and down to earth. He’d won her over by being sensitive and completely vulnerable. Despite the good times they’d had in the past year, she wasn’t about to be played if Troy had begun to let being in the NFL go to his head. Something was up with him, and she was going to get to the bottom of it.
My advice to anyone going to read One ain't enough - buckle up because you are in for a hell of a ride !!!!
This book had SOOO much going on- from the abuse, bullying, friends to lovers', cheating, homophobia, murder- it was a lot to take in.
Let's start with our main character- Desiree- she starts off as all women do- ignorant to the wrongs of men and learns the hard way just how deceitful they can be. While I would like to say she learned her lesson- she instead focused on becoming the best in her career and marrying a perfectly respectable man.
Here's where it starts to get murky as the lines of fidelity are crossed by multiple parties. The non-stop drama is very reminiscent of the chaos commonly found in "Madea" movies and makes for good reading. There is a full cast of characters that keeps you on your toes with their antics and wanting more. I was quite entertained throughout and never really knew how outlandish the scenes would get.
I can see what the author aimed to accomplish by highlighting the ills of abuse both physically and mentally while bringing the fickle nature of the sanctity of marriage to question.
While the core story is oozing with potential, I will say that I think it needs a bit of a polish. The dialogue was hard to swallow at times almost to the point of crude. While broken dialect is great for conversation, reading an entire book in this style was rough. Lastly, I know the sex scenes are meant to be rough and to the point but possibly some finesse for future books? Some descriptions of the play or the act itself instead of wham bam thank you maam might be nice.
Also just a warning to my fellow readers- read the trigger warnings as it contains harsh language (they are not joking about this one- its crass), murder and domestic violence.
Thank you to the author and Reedsy Discovery for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review.