Phoenix, a 38-year-old woman who appears eternally youthful with flame-red hair, porcelain skin, curvaceous figure, and piercing emerald eyes; Jereck, Phoenix's mother's enigmatic 23-year-old upstairs neighbor obsessed with uncovering Phoenix's hidden past and seducing her no matter the cost; Rosie, Phoenix's afflicted mother battling chronic fibromyalgia, insulin-dependent diabetes, and encroaching Alzheimer's disease; Dominic, a jovial neighbor who frequents bars with Jereck, sharing wild tales; Joe, a retired elder in the building who mentors Jereck on life and romance; Fred, a portly resident friendly with both Phoenix and Jereck, often mediating disputes; Vicky, Rosie's envious neighbor, twice Jereck's age, harboring secret desires for him she's too proud to admit; Danny, Phoenix's distant Minnesota lover, a platonic and occasional intimate partner she left behind; Shayla and Meri, Phoenix's estranged younger sisters who ghosted Rosie for years. Story premise: Phoenix relocates from Mankato to Westbrook Maine, discovering her mother in a dilapidated low-income complex after losing their family estate. She assumes full caregiving duties alone, her siblings absent until Rosie's terminal decline brings them back-too late, as Rosie passes just as they arrive.
Morgan Ann Bennett never lived life for herself. She always put her older sister, Callie, first.
Loving fast and loose, Morgan always worried about her sister.
Finally, though, Callie settled down. Except months later, when she told her boyfriend of three months she was pregnant, he went to the store... and never returned.
Callie, devastated by her many failed relationships, started hating herself. She gave birth to her daughter Quinn, but still felt she lost everything.
With Callie haven lost her job, Morgan made it her personal mission to give Quinn a better lifestyle - a healthy one. Only, her overbearing boyfriend would only allow her to work at his uncle's diner so she had no other skills.
But one day, a mysterious rich man online offers to change her life. Seeing this as an easy way out, Morgan moves her niece and Callie out to Colorado.
There, she meets Malcolm Jameson.
Away on business often, Malcom appoints his nephew Chris Vaughn to watch his property.
Chris, knowing Malcom's true ways, waves Morgan off as another golddigger.
Constant, childish bickering ensues until Morgan and Chris can no longer keep down their wild attraction to each other.
Malcom, a man of power and great conviction, had only two requests. When Chris goes against them, Morgan finds herself between a rock and a hard place. Does she ignore her aching desire for Chris and stay with the rich Malcom Jameson who is helping her sustain the lifestyle her sister and niece deserve? Or finally live for herself and follow her heart, braving a spontaneous romance with Chris who has a tumultuous past himself?
Malcom always gets what he wants and won't let go that easy.
Wanted For Pleasure (2022) "what a plot twist you were"
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