When yearning to be happy, loved, accepted, and respected come with significant consequences. This fictional novel is created in New Jersey and New York, involving an attractive group of successful, but mostly flawed individuals, making moves, living life and indulging in selfish activities. Secrets are being exposed, and many lies are being told, and their world, will ultimately crumble at their feet. Going up in Smoke, is an eclectic read, if you are into adult, urban fiction, with copious amounts of drama, lust and foolish decisions.