It's 1957, and Riley believes in Happily Ever After. She believes she's off to a good start with a love-filled and passionate marriage of two years to Sherman who taught her everything she knows about sex; she finds her dream job working as an office manager for Coral, a female employer; Riley and Sherman develop a strong and fun friendship with neighbors.
Happily Ever After, right? How naïve.
Riley discovers her miscalculations the hard way by experiencing one calamitous event after another. From receiving malicious phone calls from an unknown source who spouts how Riley can't make Sherman happy in bed, to running a work-related errand where she meets an unsavory character who puts her life in danger, to rummaging around in the glove box of Sherman's car and discovering a handkerchief that does not belong to her, and having a threatening letter come to her through the U.S. mail. No, life is not happy especially when Riley expresses her concerns about many of these instances to Sherman who discounts them. Sherman's unsympathetic reaction leads Riley to doubt his dedication to her which fractures their marriage. When her world collapses, Riley turns to the least likely person for consolation ― Coral's husband Fitz, the drop-dead-gorgeous and sexy as hell womanizer who has every intention of getting Riley into his bed. Fitz's overly flirtatious ways and Riley's vulnerability thrust her into the front seat of a lustful, sensual, and thrilling sexual rollercoaster. Learning new techniques in the sexual realm, she does not want this ride to end and tries to justify her unusual behavior. When Riley decides what and who is important to her, she makes choices that will affect her life moving forward. But there is one more reason for her to panic ― her mother's diary ― and she reads it.
Oh, dear.
That was a mistake, because it holds an awful secret that could unravel everything Riley worked hard to accomplish. Now, she must decide what to do with the knowledge about the devastating secret. She prays she does not make the wrong choice...again. Once more, a single choice decides the direction of her future with the man she loves.
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