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Killing Them SoftlyKilling Them Softly, An Erotic Tale of Murder
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By Roy Glenn

Paperback: 270 pages
Publisher: Escapism Entertainment (November 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0982731612
ISBN-13: 978-0982731611

Killing Them Softly, An Erotic tale of Murder. It is a wild ride from cover to cover. The story centers around Devin James, Avonte Petrocelli and Qianna Patterson and the events that draw these three very different people together. After Devin and his wife Taye lose their second baby, Taye slips into a deep depression. At that point Devin realizes that nights that were once filled with great sexual experiences shared by two people who were desperately in love with each other, were now a distant memory. The doctor told them that Taye’s condition is not simply postpartum depression. She was suffering with a bipolar disorder. Over time and with the help of therapy, she began showing some improvement and Taye’s doctor suggested that they take a trip...

 

"Some place romantic, is what she said, but I don’t know about all that," Taye said to Devin that day.

"Why not?" Devin asked excitedly. He thought it was about time Taye’s doctor suggested something constructive, as much money as they were paying her. "I think that’s a great idea. I’ll even do the research for it."

A day later, Devin came home with pamphlets of Puerto Rico.

"Puerto Rico?" Taye asked. "I’ve never been to Puerto Rico."

"Then let’s go." Devin got down on his knees and pleaded. "Let’s do something spontaneous. Something we’ll both remember for the rest of our lives together."

"All right, I guess," she unenthusiastically responded.

Things didn’t go well and Devin took a moment to marvel at the fact that things had played out exactly the way he hoped they wouldn’t. As soon as they got to the hotel and checked into our room, Taye’s mood started swing. Devin had resolved himself not to let Taye’s mood swings ruin his much needed vacation, and he was going to have a good time regardless of what was going on with her.

Devin meets Avonte Petrocelli, a married woman with issues of her own. Her rich husband Tyrone came home one day and said they needed to talk. "What do you want to talk about?" Avonte asked.

"I want a divorce."

"What? What did you just say?" she asked, as the tears began to well in the corners of her eyes.

"I want a divorce." Then Tyrone told her that he had met somebody, and that he was in love with her. "Well, I didn’t just meet her. She’s an executive with the company we just acquired. We’ve been working very closely on the deal, and it just happened." Avonte couldn’t believe her ears.

"I know this is sudden, and I’m sorry," Tyrone said, and walked away.

"That’s it?" Avonte yelled though her tears. "You waltz in here and tell me that you met somebody and you want a divorce. What about me? What about how I feel?"

"If it’s money you’re worried about, you know you’ll be taken care of. You’ll never have to worry about that," Tyrone said coldly, and left the house.

They meet one night at pool and it doesn’t take too long before the two begin a very steamy affair. While out one night with Devin, Avonte meets Qianna Patterson; a very beautiful, but unstable woman, fresh out of prison with a history of violence. After Avonte introduced Qianna to Devin, she leaned closer to Avonte and whispered. "He’s kinda cute. You should see if he wanna play with us."

"I don’t remember saying that I wanted to play."

"Oh, you wanna play with me, brown sugar," Qianna said, and eased her hand between Avonte thighs. It felt like a current of electricity had shot through her body. Avonte had promised herself that she would start experiencing everything that life had to offer. "Go ahead. Ask him. I bet he’ll be down for it."

Qianna was right; about both of them. Avonte wanted to play with her, and Devin was definitely down for it and the trio become involved sexually. When Taye makes Devin’s life a living hell, Qianna makes a suggestion: "If you kill her ass and then you’ll have some peace."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

"If it’s so easy, then why don’t you kill her for me?"

"How much you gonna pay me?"

"How much you want?"

Qianna knew Devin didn’t think she was serious, but she was. Dead serious. I knew sooner or later that crazy bitch would start fuckin’ wit’ my dick and my money. Either one was unacceptable. That bitch had to go. So Qianna gave him a number. High enough that he would know she was serious, but low enough for him to think about it.

Once the deadly deed is done, their real intentions come to the forefront, and the drama and murders begin. And just because I know you love him, Mike Black will make an appearance in this book. Killing Them Softly is exactly what the sub-title says, an erotic tale of murder. It contains plenty of sex and murderous drama presented for your entertainment.

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