B Lisa

Addictions B Lisa

When Alicia first laid eyes on handsome Leon Coles, the new manager in the licensing department for the City of Chicago, she knew he was the "one". God had finally smiled upon her giving her a feeling she had never felt before; love at first sight. For Leon, all it took was one look into the pretty hazel eyes of Alicia Miller, a payment specialist for the City of Chicago, followed by a friendly smile, a flirtatious conversation and a lunch date that developed into the relationship of "the century". But after a year of being in a "fairytale" relationship where everything seems so perfect and so right, Alicia's life came crashing down when she finds out about a secret in Leon's past. Devastated that she had been living a lie and even more distraught after learning that she is pregnant with Leon's child, Alicia is now faced with a difficult decision to leave or stay. Influenced by her heart and her emotions, she chooses to stay. But with that decision comes one hell of a price to pay. In this heart-felt, tear-jerker fictional novel, Alicia Coles tells her personal story about her fifteen year battle with her husband's drug addiction and the havoc and shame it caused her that lead her into her own addiction. After so many years of broken promises, heartaches and embarrassments made by her husband along with the many relapses from his drug addiction, Alicia finally decides enough is enough as she takes matters into her own hands only to fall weak into her own addiction. And her drug of choice is Keenan...her husband's best friend.