In the second book of this series, we find out what a terrible and despicable man Cyrus Grey really was. Not only was he married to three women but his money was mostly made illegally and it didn't bother him at all if he needed to kill a person who betrayed him. Cyrus was getting stressed over the marital life that he's created for himself - it was getting hard to maintain three homes, three women and a myriad of secrets. How will he cope with the mess that he's gotten himself into and is there a way out of it all?

The three women react very differently when they find out that they are only one of three of his current wives.

-Vanessa continues her affair with her younger soccer coach but leads him on so that he will help her kill Cyrus. She knows that as the first wife, she is the legal wife and she and her children will be well provided for after his death.
-Noelle feels cheated. The marriage hadn't been too great but she stayed because she wanted children. She ends up having an affair with Cyrus's business partner who shares lots of secrets with her about their business. She fears for the lives of the other two wives and tries to warn them but there is no trust between the three of them and each of them have a goal of being the only wife standing at the end.
-Diamond is still in love with Cyrus and would take him back no matter what. She is finally living a life away from her past as a sex worker but ends up in trouble when she contacts her former pimp to find out if he knew who shot Cyrus. Because of her past, Diamond is accused of the shooting and put in jail.

All three of these women are visited by detectives who don't understand how they each had no idea about the other two. I must say that I thought both of the detectives were pretty hateful to these women in their precarious situations but the police were interested in finding out who shot Cyrus and not in playing nice with the wives.

Like the first book, the story is told in alternating chapters by the three wives but this time, there are added chapters from Cyrus. In his chapters, it's apparent what a despicable and manipulative and egotistical person he really was.
Will any of these three women get their happy ending and will they learn that there is no happy ending in staying married to Cyrus?

This book was a page turner life the first one and I ended up reading it in one day. All of the people in both books are easy to dislike because they aren't very nice people. All of the changes that occur to the women in this book make two of them shine because of changes they make but one of them never changes.

I really enjoyed this two book series by Shelly Ellis, a new author for me. I'm going to go back and read some of her earlier books since I enjoyed this series so much. ( )