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    The Perfect Marriage
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    The Perfect Marriage

    Written by Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Narrated by Shay Moore

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    ADDICTION. DECEPTION.
    PRETTY PICTURES HIDE UGLY SECRETS.

    THE PERFECT MARRIAGE

    Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple. Happily married for fifteen years, they have a wonderful daughter, Mackenzie, successful careers, and a beautiful house in a posh Chicago suburb. They are attractive, respected . . . and hiding a shocking secret: a dangerous addiction to drugs.

    It started innocently enough. Denise occasionally used prescription drugs to help her deal with the long hours and demanding nature of her job. Derrek, also under pressure at work, began using cocaine socially with some of his colleagues.

    They can quit whenever they want to. At least, that's what Denise would like to believe . . .

    As her job becomes more stressful, Denise can no longer get through the day without a fix. Derrek realizes his harmless habit has become anything but, and desperately wants to get clean. However, his attempts are derailed when there is a sudden family tragedy. Once soul mates, now this husband and wife are quickly losing the immense love that had been the cornerstone of their marriage. With her parents spiraling out of control, Mackenzie makes an unexpected move to take matters into her own hands. Is her sacrifice too late-or is there still hope? Is there a final chance to save the Shaw family?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJan 8, 2013
    ISBN9781619692817
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    The Perfect Marriage
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    Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Kimberla Lawson Robyis the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the Reverend Curtis Black series as well as many other novels and novellas. She lives with her husband in Rockford, Illinois.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent book and narration. keeps you wanting to listen. shows everything is not always what ot seems
    • 4/5
      "Addiction. Deception. Pretty pictures hide ugly secrets"
      The Perfect Marriage was a good read. It shows that no matter what a person has or what it looks like on the outside, you never know what they are struggling with on the inside. Addiction is real but you can't help a person until they want to help themselves. In this story Denise and Derrek Shaw have it all on the outside but they are both functioning drug addicts, both in denial. It takes a tragic act to get them to see the error in their but is it to late before they hit rock bottom? Kimberla Lawson-Roby penned a good read that pulls at your heart strings in different ways. This is definitely a page turner.

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