Back at One: The Novel

By Beverly N. Vercher

Back at One is the sensual story of Renee and Shemar, two people with separate lives and separate loves whose destinies collide in an explosion of heartbreak and desire. Thirty-two and single,Renee is a sassy African American woman, confident about who she is, and aware of the raging tide of emotional and physical needs that only a good man can fulfill. Just at the right moment, she meets Marcus, who gives her a meaningful relationship full of respect and love. Shemar is tall, dark, and handsome. Women are drawn to him like flies to honey, but he carries a torch for Kym, a woman who belongs to a group of friends hes known since high school. When he discovers that the feeling is mutual, he and Kym fall head over heels in love. But Renees engagement to Marcus, and Shemars engagement to Kym both end in heartbreak. Renee and Shemar each move on with their separate lives, and try to find happiness with new partners. But each of them is caught in a marriage that starts to fail ... and at that crucial moment, Renee and Shemar meet through work. Many phone calls and stolen glances later, the two find themselves caught up in a torrid affair. Torn between their intense love and their loyalty to their marriages, they decide to break off their relationship and never meet again. But many years and two divorces later, they fatefully encounter one another again in Las Vegas, and find themselves back at the beginning ... Back at One.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432735225
• ISBN13: 9781432735227
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Outskirts Pr
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.4" x 6.1"