The Cheating Curve

✍ Scribed by Paula T Renfroe

• Publisher: Kensington Pub. Corp
• Year: 2013;2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 130 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

When two friends come clean about infidelity, what they learn will change everything. . .

Every other Sunday, best friends Aminah Anderson and Langston "Lang" Rogers get manicures in trendy downtown Brooklyn and then have brunch. The two share everything with each other--almost. Lang's been keeping a secret from Aminah. She's cheating on her husband. When Aminah learns about the affair, the news hits too close to home. For Aminah's husband has also been unfaithful. She thought Lang understood the hurt and humiliation infidelity causes. She was wrong.

Lang knows Aminah is disappointed in her, but they have different views. Lang only calls it cheating if she gets caught. Her spouse is devoted to her, yet she needs more. Though Aminah doesn't understand, her friend's admission leads her to finally confront her husband. Now their friendship, their marriages, and their self-respect will be put to the ultimate test. . .

"Realistic and entertaining." --*Booklist *

Paula T. Renfroe is the author of The Cheating Curve and the editor-in-chief of Juicy * magazine. She has written for Time Out New York, The Source, Vibe * and XXL magazines. The mother of two is diligently working on balancing life, workouts, and empty nest syndrome.

From Booklist

Langston Rogers and Aminah Anderson have been best friends and usually share everything with one another. That is, until Langston has a secret that she is uneasy about and unwilling to share. Her affair is the one detail that she has been keeping from her best friend while Aminah is struggling with her husband’s infidelity. Aminah thought Langston understood how hurtful and devastating living with her husband’s cheating has been and would never engage in such deceitful behavior. In spite of the devotion that Langston’s husband showers on her, she needs more. Aminah does not understand her friend’s behavior, but it does lead her to finally confront her husband about his behavior. Both women put forth great effort to maintain their marriages and their friendship while struggling to keep their families intact. This steamy and engaging plot explores sex, family, parenting, and infidelity in a story that is realistic and entertaining. --Lillian Lewis