Erika Alexander goes from Executive Assistant to CEO in a year's time. But was her journey to hell and back worth it? The novel explores and portrays the purest and vilest human emotions and motives. Set in the seething sex-pool that is Atlanta, the novel peeks into the lives of seven people who are all connected to one: Erika. And they all tell their particular version of a very messy story, beginning with Erika herself. With unparalleled restraint and artistry, Tolliver creates a fascinating world of ambition, philandering, borderless sex, evil, suffering, triumph, and redemption. A Hot Mess is urban fiction at its best. Meet the characters: (1) Erika Alexander, (2) Daz Jackson, (3) Miguel Enrique Santiago Sanchez, (4) Jessica Livingston, (5) Sean Miller, (6) Brandy, (7) Reverend Paul, and (8) Tish Patterson.