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Burnt Bridges
2025
First Published
4.63
Average Rating
177
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After seven years of marriage, Xavier and Rhonda Curry are getting divorced. Like so many divorces, the Curry’s divorce gets messy because Xavier refuses to agree to give Rhonda partial ownership of the multi-million dollar company he built prior to their marriage. Before the presiding judge renders a verdict, he requires the Curry’s to go through a mediation session to see if they can come to an amicable resolution. Accompanied by their feisty attorneys, the Curry’s enter the mediation session ready for war. Once the mediation session starts, and Xavier and Rhonda tell their sides of the story, it becomes clear that the Curry’s don’t have a money problem or an infidelity problem or even an intimacy problem. What they have is a “Sierra” problem. Who is Sierra? Sierra is Rhonda’s manipulative, irresponsible, and entitled daughter. Sierra’s poor decisions, manipulative ways, and ulterior motives, push her stepfather, Xavier, over the edge and puts Rhonda in the unenviable position of having to defend her only child from Xavier’s wrath. Things get even messier when Rhonda makes one final request of Xavier. The request is so jaw-dropping that the Curry’s agree to not tell their respective attorneys or the mediator while Xavier decides if he’s going to grant Rhonda’s wish. Award winning, best-selling author, Brian W. Smith, has returned with another intense, thought-provoking novel that will have readers debating about which character is at fault. Although this story shows how the path to family harmony can sometimes be challenging and unclear, the one thing that will be crystal clear to all who read this novel is why you should never burn a bridge you may have to cross again.

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