Kindle Edition Amazon Amazon Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: Love Den Media Publishing Type: Fiction Pages: 41 Copyright: Jan 23, 2013 Price: $0.99 (eBook) I have a question for you ladies. What would you do to marry the man of your dreams? Would you be willing to risk everything for love? I did, the day I met my fiancé I knew he was my soul mate. And I was willing to do whatever it took to get him no matter what the cost. My name is Pebbles and this is my story. Excerpt While we were eating dinner I listened to Adrian's vent session about his bosses and crazy ass coworkers before asking me about my day. "So what have you been up too all day?" he asked as he spooned himself up a heaping serving of banana pudding. I laughed "Do you really have to ask? I finally got an appointment with that bakery everybody has been raving about. And I think I have narrowed down my choices of bridesmaid dresses to three." "Did you make that phone call?" he asked looking at me, raising an eyebrow. "Here we fucking go again!" I thought. "Nah... I didn't get a chance." Adrian was immediately pissed. "So you didn't even try and call your cousin? I thought we agreed on that last night Pebbles" he grumbled. "Bae I have been busy all day long, I had to run errands, do laundry, clean up, and the dinner didn't just cook itself you know" I was fuming inside but I tried my best not to show it. He sat stone faced as he listened to my excuse. "You know what? You are full of excuses. Every time we get on the subject of your family it's gotta be a big damn deal. How would you feel if you never met any of my people Pebbles? Shit I was damn near ready to show you off the day I met you. But naw a brotha like me ain't even good enough to meet the little family you do have." With that he got up from the table and headed for the den with me close on his heels. "Baby let me explain...I." Before I could finish he cut me off. "Just drop it!" Adrian didn't make a point of raising his voice at me but his anger had now turned to resentment. I was perfect in every other way but this was the one thing that was hanging over our heads causing drama in our relationship. Adrian was hurt and angry. He was crazy about me and would do anything in the world for me but this was one area when he put his foot down and he wasn't budging. He told me that sometimes he would ask himself why it was so important to meet my family since I said I didn't really deal with them. Why couldn't he just accept that and move on? Part of the reason was despite the fact that he loved and trusted me he said that his gut told him that I was hiding something in that area. No matter how much he tried to shake the feeling he always felt like something wasn't quite right with that whole situation. Another reason was he didn't want any surprises AFTER we got married. He didn't have any intentions on backing out of the wedding but the way I seemed so hell bent on keeping everything about them a secret was starting to make him second guess his decision. Hell we might have to put everything on hold till we get to the bottom of this. I could see that Adrian was hurt and disappointed. He had never raised his voice at me in the whole two years we were together. It was obvious that I couldn't keep feeding him the same lies about not having time to contact anyone. Not only was he stubborn and not bending in this situation it seemed like he was beginning to get more suspicious as the days passed. There was no way that I was about to lose my fiance over this bullshit right here. This called for drastic measures. After letting Adrian cool down for about an hour I went back in the den. "Baby we need to talk" I agonized. Adrian looked at me with knitted brows and maintained his cold disposition. "About what?" he grunted. "About us" I could tell that he wanted very much to carry out his grudge for the rest of the evening and possibly the next day also but upon closer inspection he could tell that I was choked up and it piqued his attention. "What's on your mind?" he asked softening his tone. "I wanna talk about my family..... I don't know how to tell you this so I'm just gonna come right out and say it. My parents aren't really dead." Adrian's mouth fell open; he paused his game, sat up straight and looked at me. "You damn sure got my attention. What you mean your parents ain't dead?"

Secrets. ...smh,
What a surprising secret! ! Great read!! Worth the five star rating.. cant wait for part two.. gotta know whats gonna happen

Hot mess
This was truly a short story. As soon as the first ratchet secret was revealed my jaw hit the floor. It was too much for such a short book. It just lets you know the author has a lot to offer. 5 stars for the author getting all of that in that short story. Good read!!!

Whoa! You don't see it coming!
The twists & turns in this short are sharp! You really feel like Pebbles is telling you a story while tightening your edges. The details make you say, 'hold up - that's a little off'; but the story keeps going, then you're like 'woooowww...' Can't wait for the next one!