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    It Should've Been Me
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    It Should've Been Me

    Written by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray

    Narrated by Mia Ellis

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    Tamara Collins is poised to become the next great American actress. The only problem is that Hollywood doesn't know it yet... Since her bills aren't paying themselves though, Tamara decides to sign on to star in the new stage play, It Should've Been Me. Tamara wants to just get in, get out, and get paid, but her co-stars-including Donovan Dobbs, her ex that left her at the altar, and Camille Woods, a young starlet with a serious grudge-could make this the worst decision Tamara's ever made. Gwen Tanner Weinstein, playwright and producer, has decided that if her neglectful husband can't give her love, she'll take his money-and use it to make her stage-play dreams come true. She's put together an amazing cast and sold out shows across the country, so she's ready to take her rightful reign as one of the top play producers in the country. The only problem is that she needs to keep the drama contained to the stage-and that sexy young merchandising guy out of her bed...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJun 6, 2017
    ISBN9781520077307
    Author

    ReShonda Tate Billingsley

    ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s #1 nationally bestselling novels include Let the Church Say Amen, I Know I’ve Been Changed, and Say Amen, Again, winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Her collaboration with Victoria Christopher Murray has produced four hit novels, Sinners & Saints, Friends & Foes, A Blessing & a Curse, and Fortune & Fame. BET released a movie in 2013 based on ReShonda’s book Let the Church Say Amen in which she had a minor role. She also had a role in the made-for-TV movie The Secret She Kept based on her book of the same title. Visit ReShondaTateBillingsley.com, meet the author on Facebook at ReShondaTateBillingsley, or follow her on Twitter @ReShondaT.

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    • 3/5
      OMG!!! WHY DID IT END LIKE THAT???!!!!! IT JUST LEFT ME HANGING WITH SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS!!!!
    • 5/5
      Although a good read, I must write"It Should've Been Me" by Reshonda Tate Billingsley is brutal and full of hate. It put me in a somber mood. Reading how far beyond civilized thought the might can go is frightening. It's about a sister's love for her brother and her parents. When June Bug is rejected by one woman, it hurts so badly that he doesn't wish to go on living. His sister sees his pain in this situation and in other situations where he doesn't fit in or is afraid to make it in the big city. His mother feels the pain so deeply that she dies. There are clouds all around this man. He thinks there is no one who can release him from these awful, painful situations.Although his pain is great, it's not unrecognizable. Most of us have known someone who has been seemingly rejected by the girl or woman they love or the boy or man. Who is to blame? Perhaps, no one intentionally meant to cause hurt in a life. However, the ugliness of heart pain is that it lingers and moves about until finally, there is one who is found who wants to take revenge.It's a sad novel. There is a background of theater, actors and actresses. People manipulate the innocent, the weak ones. These are the other ones who also can't find love and want to experience it so badly. I am thinking of Randy and Justin, two very weak men. I am thinking of a strong woman named Gwen.The book "It Should've Been Me" by Reshonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray is a heart breaker. It is also a look at the flip side of human nature. The side we keep hidden. The side that is greedy, the side that would cheat if given the chance and the side which loves God after we've gone and done what we wish to do. Because we are fully aware of His everlasting mercies. He's waiting there to forgive no matter our motives. Boy, do we know it.It's an easy novel to read about marriage, the second time around and men not knowing how to read a woman's signals. The characters tell their stories in alternate voices. However, the novel is disturbing. Real life is traumatizing too. So read this one while your feeling strong not at your weakest moment and learn that life isn't about purposely setting out to make others pay for what has caused you pain. Your life and my life is fragile. Handle it with God care.

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