..".what is it? Can there be anything between me and him; he's only a boy in a man's body?" She laughed contemptuously. A unflinching journey into the life of one woman's turbulent quest for fulfillment, 10,000 Promises is a novel of hope, daring, love, and tragedy. How Erica Hays, hemmed into a loveless marriage, succumbs to her desires and imagines a life passion with a young lover, is the subject of McCoy's moving novel.