Taken for Granted
by EARL SEWELL

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Book Review: The exceptional writing enhances this predictable plot.
Summary: 4 Stars

The second main character is Richard Vincent a dentist from an affluent family married to Estelle, a rental car office manager. Their marriage is the result of Estelle being pregnant with their son, Nathan. From the very beginning, Estelle and her always scamming and meddling mother, Rubylee, easily manipulate Richard. Because Estelle is scared to do what's respectfully right for her husband, herself, and their marriage she constantly succumbs to every demand of her mother to stay on her 'good side'. (Rubylee has a wicked past, present and future.) Rubylee also makes Estelle feel guilty by placing the burden that it's her responsibility to take care 'the family'. The family includes Rubylee, Estelle's thieving younger sister Justine and Justine's fast teenage daughter, Keysha. After a series of events that leave Richard 'broke', Estelle suffering from constant 'headaches', their upscale modern deco home for three transformed into a roach infected ghetto deco pad for six (with two more on the way), and finally the police removing Richard from his home he sees where Estelle's loyalty lies. Richard see that after four years of marriage Estelle and her family have always taken him for granted and its time for him to move on.

The story is conveniently designed so Nina and Richard already know each other from aerobics class. Richard's need to get away from it all leads him to vacation in the Bahamas for one month. After being convinced by Nina's best friend, Rose, Nina and Rose head to the Bahamas for one week. In a 'Stella Got Her Groove Back' fashion, Nina and Richard hook up and see how much they have in common with one another.

The mayhem after each person returns from the Bahamas is what makes this story shine. So not to give away the details how this twosome finally become a couple, the story is filled with passion, murder, betrayal, ruthless parenting, bank robbery, larceny, adultery, and so much more.

Summary of Taken for Granted

Nina Epps is a successful accountant who has survived under the umbrella of domination and dictatorship all of her life. Now, after years of submissiveness, she?s arrived at a defining moment and must battle to escape a life that?s threatening to steal what little bit of sanity she has left.

Through an unusual twist of events, Nina and Richard find themselves trapped in the eye of a hurricane with nowhere to hide.

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