Secrets of a Kept Woman

Well you have three ladies that known each other as teens. They hung out together and even one of the three moved in with anothers family. Fast forward to adults. Now you have the unhappy wife who cant figure out why her husband doesnt spend more time with her. Doing whatever she can to try and gain back what she thought they had in the beginning. Then you have the battered housewife. So beaten down that it takes an encounter with a past lover to give her the strength to deal with her current situation as opposed to accepting it. Finally the betrayer. She is the main attraction to this book in my opinion. She grows up in her best friends home as a teen just to betray her in one of the worst ways as an adult. The best part is that she doesnt see what is wrong with what she does and to her so-called bestfriend. She makes you feel that enemies can be anyone. Dont trust your friends and dont tell them everything because in the end, they may covet what you have. Jealousy runs deep and the author demonstrated that with the betrayer. Love the play on words with the title of the book. As I kept reading it, made me wonder who really was the kept woman. I would recommend this to a friend because I found it a good read. It held my attention. One of the characters I am not sure what she really brought to the story. She felt a little out of place to me. The storyline with the pool guy was considered unbelievable to some reviewers but I think the author just chose not to elaborate on his part in the unhappy wifes life. Maybe the author felt the other characters were enough for this story. It was explained away later in the end that she kept in touch with him even though the author kept that from readers. Being that this is fiction, I can accept that some things are not explained. Otherwise, I will read a biography and to me those are boring. Take a chance and read it. You may have a different opinion.

What a read! In the end I didnt know if I should scream, cry, shout for joy or get mad. Wow! It was a heavy read. We meet three close friends: Shayla the smart one. Rhonda, the fiery of the bunch and Gladys, the Spanish salsa. They take different roads in life but their sisterhood remains. They have each others backs. Aint that the truth! Or is it? What happens when you throw a man in the mix? Can the invisible line drawn in the sand of sisterhood be crossed to a place of no return? Deep. Titus, a street thug who plays dirty while keeping his hands clean marries the love of his life; Shayla. Oh the bliss. Oh the merriment. Life for the two is perfect. They have all they wanted and more. However, as the years go by Shalay is feeling the distance between her and her husband grow wider. Shed confide in Gladis but she knows that she has enough to worry about what with her marriage barely holding on. She turns to Rhonda. The one with the ears always willing to listening. The one who constantly defends Titus like a brother. Shayla tells her everything. Every fight or disagreement to every intimate detail of their nights of romance. Rhonda never refuses to hear. She is always quick to give advice. What are sisters for? Yet she has her own evil motive. She wants Titus as well as all of what Shayla has. Forget the time Shayla took her in when her own mother kicked her out of the house. Sisterhood doesnt matter in the game of love and war. She is set on ending the marriage with each lingering kiss she plants on Titus skin and with each moment they spend in the adulterous bed filled with sweet roses and their thorns. The secrets of a kept woman is spiced with adultery, betrayal, abuse, and revenge. But in the end a beautiful thing springs forth; strength. The strength to move on and the strength to continue on. When I saw Gladis and Shayla displaying this strength I felt proud having cursed them throughout the read. What can I say, those two were my favourite characters. If anyone deserved some happiness after the smokes cleared it was those two. Dramatastic is how Ill describe Secrets Of A Kept Woman. Trust me it will not leave you bored for a minute. Happy reading! -Chantol Aspinall

Shani Greene-Dowdell has another hit on her hands. An excellent page-turner with absorbing plots and surprise endings. Filled with shocking behavior, lust, romance, deceit and betrayal, all the trimmings that make for a great novel. The author reminds us that no one really knows what goes on behind locked doors in an upscale community, and not all that glitters is necessarily gold.

This book really caught my attention from the first page. Im one that doesnt read for real, but when I started reading this book I couldnt stop. Shani, you did a wonderful job. Keep up the good work and Im ready for more. Great job!!!

I wish this story was longer. This was a good book. I hope the sequel is good as well.. Cant Wait.....

This was a good read full of drama and betrayl. with friends like Rhonda who needs enemies. Shayla and Gladys ended up being strong women. I hope Rhonda scandalous ass gets whats coming to her.

I loved it. It touched a lot of serious topics put still found a way to bundle them all together.

This book was really long and drawn out. Is not worth the time or money I invested. Not sure where the other reviews are coming from but I was very disappointed with this book. Big waste of time.

Marriage is suppose to be to death do us part! When longtime friendships go way left due to jealousy and envy it opens up a whole new set of problems that possibly cant be resolved. Its a game of cat and mouse that shown its ugly head....Good read, that kept me entertained! Real life issues and drama that some people can relate too, setting aside dreams and aspirations to please another can be tricky situation ...Book two is on my radar to get into! This book is recommended by Unique Words, LLC

I just got the book today on kindle and it is skipping pages for some reason. I can not follow the story line just yet but I will keep trying.