There’s a funny story I like to relate off and on at times. I was dating the man who would eventually become my husband. During the first eight months of our relationship, I was insecure about myself (not that I’ve improved much) and I had this fixation that my boyfriend was only with me because I was his first black (or African American, colored, Negro – choose your flavor) girlfriend. I would say to him, “I’m not an experiment.” Or, “Just because I’m black (fill in blank).” He would take me in his arms and murmur sweet nothings about caring about me but I refused to believe him. So in the eighth month, I stood on my soap box next to his chair and began, “Just because I’m—” when he turned and screamed at me, “Look! I know you’re black!” I kinda stared at him with this owl-like expression. Then it hit me. The only person who had a problem with me was me. I used the color thing to mask my insecurities and somehow pushed them onto him. Ten years later, with seven years of wedded bliss and hiss, I find myself, an ordinary woman, feeling extraordinarily loved. 

Many Strange Women
Book One of the Sins of the Flesh Series
by
Parker J. Cole

Solomon Greene made a deal with God–If He’d send him an unattractive woman, he’d marry her on sight and do what was spiritually right by God. After all, he needed an ugly wife to help him escape from his sordid past.

Celeste Martin made a deal with Solomon. She’d be his ugly wife. All she wanted in return was his name. She was in love with her sister’s fiance and he would be the only man she’d ever love.

Solomon had no idea that he’d find his wife fascinating. Celeste didn’t know that one taste from her husband’s lips would have her wanting more. Yet many strange women were between them. Could Solomon ever escape from his past? Could Celeste ever love her husband?

Author Bio
Parker J. Cole is a writer and radio show host who spends most of her time reading, knitting, writing, cooking, and concocting new ideas for stories. Her first novel, Dark Cherub, won Best of Spring Reading 2013 from eMediaCampaigns. She lives in Michigan with her husband and their beloved dog, Sarah.

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email: parker@parkerjcole.com