title: Dirty Money
author: Donikowski, Dawnene
description: It was the anniversary of Walter Petrowski's death; Madelyn's friends thought celebrating was in order. After her husband's de-parting gesture leaves her broke and homeless, devoted wife and mother, Madelyn Petrowski, does the unthinkable: takes a road trip to New Orleans with her friends from high school. One naked garden statue and a champagne-induced kiss sends widower Ray Harris in hopeful search of the sexy redhead. He returns to Arkansas empty-handed, however, prepared to continue with his solitary life until he discovers that Louisiana fox living in his own town. What follows is a humorously poignant tale of one woman's struggle to become free of the bonds of marriage to a dead man, the rebuilding of one man's self-esteem beaten down by a suicidal wife, and their chaotic endeavors to juggle the multifaceted relationships of all the people who love them. Dirty Money is a story of hope for anyone struggling on the other side of perfect.