Broken Promises: When Shattered Dreams Become Reality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781733154819)

In this rewrite from its first printing in April 2015, Arlene Simone Jacobs had it all beauty, brains, money, any man she wanted, a thriving business, a best friend for over four decades, and the most supporting and loving family in the Simmons but one dark night changed her life forever.The hit-and-run that happened on the night of her best friend brother's wedding changed the course of all their lives. Finding out who hated her enough to want her dead wasn't an easy feat since men from her past and enemies from her present were standing in line to do her harm. Had she really brought all of this on herself or were there missing pieces to this puzzle?

Her best friend Emily Ann Simmons-Blackstone refused to give up hope that Arlene wouldn't live to help them find out who wanted her dead. Emily was on a one woman crusade to seek justice. Shocked and disappointed at finding out her best friend had been hiding so much of her sordid past from her didn't stop Emily from finding out the identity of Arlene's attacker.

Then the unthinkable happened, Emily disappears, so Arlene and the Simmons had to not only worry about Arlene's safety, but how to find Emily. Through the twists and turns of trying to solve these mysteries of what happen to Arlene and Emily, facts come to life that promises to either bring the Simmons family closer together or tear them apart forever. Not knowing what life had in store for them, will they be able to come full circle and live though the reality of a life filled with broken promises and shattered dreams?