When everything you are trying to escape, is the only thing that makes life worth living... Just when Nikki, an African American marketing executive who is quickly climbing the corporate ladder in a male dominant industry, thinks she finally has it all, her past smacks her dead in the face with a vengeance so powerful it threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to build...a loving relationship, a lifelong friendship and a prominent career. As her life comes full circle through anger, self-revelation, laughter and tears, Nikki loses sight of her future because she is finally remembering the past she fought desperately to escape. Growing up in the projects, with parents she always thought were beneath her, Nikki soon learns the valuable lesson that you should never forget where you come from. Learning to love, heal and forgive sounds a lot easier than it actually is... When love and lust crosses paths with insecurity and infidelity, the realms of Nikki's reality will be changed forever Funny, compelling and witty, with the perfect twist of sarcasm, Nikki and her inner circle of family and friends serves up every sassy bit of themselves on a silver platter...eat your heart out This urban fiction novel combines the witty, savvy of Carl Webber's, "The Maintenance Man," infused with a harmonious cast of characters like we witnessed in Terry McMillian's, "Waiting To Exhale," ignited by the same sensual passions we experienced in Zane's, "Nervous..".to create a dramatic urban tale of love, lust and lies.