Tonyasue Carther

Circles: the Trilogy Tonyasue Carther

Although BRYAN and DELAINE RICHARDSON have the same friends, attend the same school, have the same last name, share similar looks and travel in the same circles, they don't know each other. Following the constant prodding of friends and strangers who continually mistake one for the other, or speak of how much they look alike, they meet. Instant friendship leads them to a path of discovery where they find that they share much more than their looks, surname, likes and dislikes, and the abandonment of a father. On a brutal New York winter's day, Delaine is accidentally locked out of her house and is forced to go to Bryan's house for shelter. In the living room, Delaine observes a wall of photos that reveal what they truly have in common - a father. Suddenly a whirlwind of friendship and sisterhood bring them even closer together to form an unbreakable bond as they embark on a journey through life. Exceeding the limitations placed on them as children reared in single parenthood the sisters blossom. Bryan a top-notch health administrator with a promising career but horrid love life and Delaine, an anxious underemployed public relations guru at the end of her rope, receive an invitation to a celebrity studded party. Attending this party will ultimately fulfill each of their individual desires. Delaine, a sizzling career and Bryan, the love affair of a lifetime. The source of their good fortune is one man, MAXIMILAN R. BRIGGS III, a handsome, young entertainment mogul with a heart of gold. Enabling Delaine's dream of a dynamic career and capturing the heart of Bryan encompass Max within the Richardson sisters' circle. Just when things are going well, two unusual suspects threaten their upwardly mobile lives. DEMETRIUS RICHARDSON, missing father and KEIR GILL, Bryan's old love intentionally imperil the sisters' perfect balance. Demetrius appears out of nowhere and shakes the girls up as he attempts to reverse the years of abandonment while continuing to keep secrets from them. Keir subjects Bryan to his psychotic episodes of rage and jealousy and promises to destroy them both if he can't have her. Again the Richardsons battle back against their adversaries only to enter a new cycle filled with discovery, transformation and intrigue...