The Thrill Is Gone

The Thrill Is Gone is a continuation of the novel Dangerous Conversations. The primary character, Paula Jackson, is an African American attorney who is accustomed to getting what she wants and having control, but she learns that she can't control love. Situations of life and death, baby-moma drama, domestic violence and black-male create a thin line between sanity and insanity as Jackie, Paula's arch rival and Alex's ex-wife, returns to make Paula's life a living hell. Faced with ghosts from the past, estranged from friends and her only daughter, Bianca, while unable to choose her heart or her mind as she s betrayed by the man she loves and her best friend, who is in love with her, Paula snaps. Filled with anger and consumed with resentment she loses more than just her control. It appeared everyone Paula believed in had died, while others were consumed with money, sex, and mischief; people became manikins, fake, hollow and heartless, as if their thrill was gone. Through the gift of unconditional love these characters get a chance to live again. Paula learns the distance between choosing to give up and choosing to live again are the same. Sometimes it takes losing to know that you want to win.