title: Lunch with Cassie
author: Henderson, Janet M.
description:           Twenty-seven-year-old photographer Cassandra Reynolds marries famed cardiologist Jeffery Gordon, son of a preacher, and is happier than she ever dreamed. But Jeff's new promotion, long hours at work, and the reemergence of his ex-girlfriend, Angela, cause the African-American couple many problems. Cassie's loneliness makes her vulnerable to other men, including Philippe Curat, the Haitian artist/photographer with the sexy French accent and bad boy Jonathan Hunter, a Scotch-Irish billionaire with more money than he can spend in a lifetime.
            Phillippe, an old flame, is persistent but married with three children. However, Jonathan, a filthy rich, twice-widowed womanizer, with a passion for strong liquor and romance needs someone to care for his young son and to fill up his grieving heart and empty life.
            Cassie fills both positions better than expected.
            In love with both her husband and her lover, she wrestles with guilt, shame, and remorse until fate intervenes. Is anyone ever who we think they are? Why can't life be as we expect it to be? Forced to flee for her life, Cassie fears nothing will ever be the same. Can she ever go home again? What will happen to her children?
            This romantic thriller, set primarily in the Chicago area also takes us to Paris, Las Vegas, Houston, Canada, Australia, Scotland and more. Jam-packed with roller-coaster excitement, it explodes from start to finish, and the steamy, sexual aura and bittersweet love story at its center-make it a real page-turner!