Jaded
Author
Rhonda Sheree
Publisher
Reason Enterprises
4 Review Copies Left
Syeesha Green knew something wasn’t right the second she entered her office. And within minutes of her arrival, she was back on the street again. Fired. Fine for a wealthy twenty-something with an Ivy League education. Not so fine for a thirty-year-old legal secretary who’s also struggling through law school. To make matters worse, she doesn’t have anyone to lean on for help.
In the midst of a new job hunt, Syeesha meets Christian Chambers, the ambitious younger man she’s never noticed in class before. It isn’t long before the two fall in love. Relationship, one. Career, zilch.
Soon, however, Syeesha lands a job as personal assistant for Jade McCann, a rich politician’s wife. Syeesha looks up to Jade and enjoys working in the glitzy New York penthouse. Finally, the pieces of her life are falling into place again. Until Jade reveals the real job: seduce Jade’s handsome husband. It’s the only way Jade can void her prenup. If Syeesha obliges, she’ll collect a cool quarter million bucks. Or so Jade says. If she doesn’t, Jade has sufficient evidence to frame Syeesha with grand theft-an allegation that could ruin her legal career before it even begins.
Syeesha must decide if the much-needed cash is worth losing her self-respect, and the love of her life. Or maybe she’s learned enough tricks from Jade to devise a financially lucrative scheme of her own . . . .
Reviews
Book Title: Jaded
Author: Rhonda Sheree
Publisher: Reason Enterprises
ASIN: B006IUUWYA
Reviewed by Michele Tater for Review the Book
“jaded: The end result of having a steady flow of negative experiences, disappointment, and unfulfillment fed into a person where they get to the point where their anger circuits just sort of burn out and they accept disillusionment.” Urban Dictionary
After three years of dedicated work at a seemingly prestigious law firm, Syeesha Green is dismissed. To say that she was in a state of shock is an understatement. Syeesha planned on finishing law school and working her way up the firm ladder. Now she must find work else where or be evicted, that is if her room mate from hell hasn’t already done that.
Jade McCann is a congressman’s wife, but she fears he is starting to go back to his cheating ways. She goes to an attorney to find out what her options are and much to her dismay she finds she is bonded to the prenup. One provision stands out though, if Jade can prove her husband is cheating, she will get everything she wants. But how can she prove it? Jade devises a plot to entrap her husband in the arms of another woman and that woman is Syeesha. Syeesha is under the impression she is being hired as Jade’s assistant, but of course Jade has other plans. Will Syeesha give in to the enticement of money or will she stand on her morals?
What a juicy plot, no? I was really intrigued by the web that the author has weaved in this book. Even though it is a story of two women from “different sides of town” they are placed in the same space to work out their personal baggage for all the readers to see. It also shows how, just because someone has it all doesn’t mean they are happy and content. No matter what our background, race or financial situation, we are all women with our share of problems. I would highly recommend this book to all the “sisters” out there. Oh and wait until you read the ending; you won’t believe what happens.
Reviewed on 04/24/2012 by ReviewTheBook.com Member michele tater
