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here to hide the feedback button. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly An African-American woman gets more and less than she bargains for as she falls for a man with a child in the latest romantic drama from Johnson-Hodge (Some Sunday; Butterscotch Blues). When accountant Dajah Moore meets corrections officer Rick Trimmons, the attraction is instant. There's just one problem: Gina Alexander, the mother of Rick's four-year-old daughter, Kanisha. For Kanisha's sake, Rick still lives with irresponsible, hard-partying Gina, who is several years his junior. His feelings for Dajah spur him to end the relationship, but things don't exactly go smoothly from there. Dajah and Rick argue constantly, and unemployed Gina is a relentless irritant manipulating, blackmailing and stealing from Rick, using Kanisha as her trump card against him. Then he devises a scheme to purchase a two-family home so that he can be closer to his daughter; of course, once they move in (Rick downstairs, Gina and Kanisha up), it's a complete disaster, and Dajah finds herself running out of ways to "deflect the drama." When Gina gets arrested and loses custody of Kenisha, she resolves to better herself, but her renewal could be what finally forces Rick and Dajah apart. Despite clichd prose, much of it devoted to the woes of supporting characters, Johnson-Hodge moves easily and realistically between the middle-class world of Rick and Dajah and the seedier realm in which Gina operates. More importantly, she has created characters that, despite their flaws, readers will actually care about. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Dajah Moore is an average woman in an average coffee shop moments away from an extraordinary encounter. When she meets Rick Trimmons, she knows this could be the start of something special. For Rick, the feeling is mutual. The catch? Rick's number one love is his four-year-old daughter, and his number one complication is her mother, Gina, who isn't about to let Rick just walk out the door. Johnson-Hodge offers a poignant and lyrical tale of dreams lost, dreams deferred, and dreams reborn. Dajah,... .gif){kind=small} read
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rick(although his intentions were good)is on the verge of messing up a good thing he has w/dajah while trying to deal with his child's mother. he is to be applauded for stepping up to the plate and being more than just a check-writer to his child. dajah's character displayed what it truly means to love yourself more than you love someone else. the story centers on whether rick and dajah can manage to make their relationship work despite all of gina's(his daughter's mother) tactics to keep them apart. to avoid giving away the ending, i'll just say READ THE BOOK! in defense of ms. gina...i will say that she was really too young to have had a baby and rick should have known that before getting involved with her. gina's a good-time, live-for-the-moment-girl and it shows in ALL her actions. dajah is what rick and his daughter need in their lives, but when are we truly honest with ourselves? because we all know that somewhere within the truth, there is always a
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As with all of MJH's book that I have read, she drew me into the story by making me feel for the characters. I was emotionally invested in Rick and Dajah. Even though I was determined to dislike Gina at the beginning of the book, I found myself pulling for her in the end. I was even interested in the outcome of the minor characters whose stories were just as compelling but not overpowering. In this book, there are no easy answers. The characters are forced to make some hard decisions that are believable to the reader. While reading Butterscotch Blues and Some Sunday, I shed some tears. Even though this did not happen with True Lies, the emotions that it sparked were just as intense. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read a good book because this one had me guessing the outcome until the surprising realistic end. Reviewed by Nicole All Customer Reviews Average Customer Review: 
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Dajah thinks she's found in Rick exactly what the doctor ordered; a handsome, hardworking brother with goals and dreams--and a child. Ordinarily, Dajah would not consider dating a man with a child but....she'll make an exception this time. Unfortunately, Rick is still living with Gina, his baby's mother; but Dajah is just the catalyst that Rick needs to move on and find what he thinks is real happiness. But what real happiness constitutes for Rick is being ever-present in
his daughter Kanisha's life. Rick wants the best of both worlds--Dajah as
his steady girlfriend, and Kanisha. Gina, however, has plans of her own.
She is not finished with Rick, and is determined to make his life as
difficult as possible. This is a book about real life, where things are not always as they
seem and everything is not always in black and white...but often shades of
gray.
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