Love Don't Live Here Anymore

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Summary: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WIT IT!!!
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK!! THE CHARACTERS WERE SO REAL AND THE SITUATION WAS SCARY REAL. I LIKE THE WAY THE CHAPTERS ALTERNATED BETWEEN HE AND SHE AND I LOVED THE REALNESS OF THE CHARACTERS. THE REALNESS WAS WHAT MADE THE BOOK REAL...THIS BOOK WAS TRULY REAL ON UP TO THE WAY MEN AND WOMEN READ EACH OTHER INCORRECTLY, ASSUME AND THINK THAT THEY KNOW EACH OTHERS WANTS AND NEEDS. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN TOO MANY TIMES - A WOMAN THINKS HER MAN SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY KNOW WHAT SHE NEEDS AND VICE VERSA.

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Summary: Too Much Work for a Predictible Ending
Review: Love Don't Live Here Anymore was an interesting read that made you want to slap the piss out of Randy and Mikki, the main characters in this entertaining novel. Randy is a successful ad executive who opts to go to Paris to expand his professional horizons, leaving behind Mikki--his bitter wife who is as self-centered as they come.

With thousands of miles of emotional and physical distance between them, there's very little communication, and a whole lot of room to roam. And the one thing that becomes clear to both Randy and Mikki--there's definitely trouble in Paradise. The problem is neither one of them knows how to salvage things, or if what they've shared is even worth saving. Unfortunately, both Mikki and Randy have allowed lusty thoughts and sexual indiscretions to become a part of the equation. And as a result, their marriage becomes wrapped in lies, and accusations that neither are willing to openly admit.

The story is told in alternating voices. And although Mikki's character is sassy, bold and even witty, she can make you want to smack her silly with her righteous, self-serving attitude. And as the saying goes, when the cats away, the mice will play. But when Mikki becomes entangled in a torrid love affair with her husband's best friend, she's the one who gets played in the end.

I like how the authors Denene Millner and Nick Chiles give readers a look at how infidelity, mistrust and a lack of communication can destroy the best relationships.

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Summary: Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Review: The Book, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", is a story that tells what happens to a marriage when infideility and distance, both physical and emotional enter the equation. i will scale this 9.5 because it is easy to understand and the author use simple sentences but describe the story clearly. I like this book because it's about the marriage and their have the third person in the middle. That's make me excited to continue to read this book. Randy Murphy is an ads executive who has temporarity relocated to Paris to pursue a prestigious account. Mikki Chance-Murphy is a fashion designer living in Brooklin. If you like "Bittersweet" and "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow", you will like this book.
Canh Dang

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Summary: Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Review: The Book, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", is a story that tells what happens to a marriage when infideility and distance, both physical and emotional enter the equation. i will scale this 9.5 because it is easy to understand and the author use simple sentences but describe the story clearly. I like this book because it's about the marriage and their have the third person in the middle. That's make me excited to continue to read this book. Randy Murphy is an ads executive who has temporarity relocated to Paris to pursue a prestigious account. Mikki Chance-Murphy is a fashion designer living in Brooklin. If you like "Bittersweet" and "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow", you will like this book.
Canh Dang

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Summary: SMART NOVEL!!
Review: The character development was outstanding! You either loved or hated Mikki, pitied or loathed Randy. The descriptions of Brooklyn were phenomenal and consistent, thumbs up from this Brooklyn native!
I thought that the ability to touch emotions and provoke heated discussions about the ins and outs of relationships, with your partner/spouse and friends were this novels strongest points.
A sharp, realistic, wonderful novel! This one is a great choice for some poolside/afternoon on the beach reading! Just be prepared to start arguing with SOMEONE when you are literally forced to take sides!

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Summary: A REAL PAGE-TURNER............
Review: The reader of this novel will simply not be able to put it down. Mikki and Randy seem to have the idea marriage; she owns her own bridal design boutique, and Randy is a successful marketing exec. But a lucrative marketing account and the opportunity to further his career beckons Randy to Paris...leaving Mikki to fend for herself in their Brooklyn brownstone. Randy, feeling slightly guilty, enlists the help of best friend Marcus to keep an eye out for his wife. And Marcus does his job well--too well, as Mikki and Marcus find themselves involved in a steamy love affair.

The abrupt return of Randy from Europe throws a monkey wrench into their shenanigans....and the drama heats up when Randy finds out exactly what's been going on while he was away.

Despite the slow beginning, the book picks up dramatically, making it difficult to put down. The only thing saving the novel from being given 5 stars, in my opinion, was its lackluster ending. It was abrupt, unexpected, and left the reader yearning for more. Is it possible that the authors are positioning for a sequel? We can only hope......

DYB

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Summary: interesting ...yet lacked originality
Review: The story of Mikhi and Randy Murphy raises the question of whether or not marriage can survive infidelity. It's story that holds your interest just long enough to reveal how the adulters will be found out. Then becomes very predictable afterward. Toward the end of the story I found the book stale. I was simply reading to found out how everything would be put back in it's place. The ending was never questionable. I knew Mikhi would mend her friendship and be reunited with her husband.

There were loose ends that needed closure. Why didn't Mikhi or Randy ever really have a conversation with Marcus to understand his actions? What was Randy's relationship with Eliza after the bathroom deal? How realistic was it that all of the couple's family and friends felt that the marriage could or should be salvaged given the details of what happened.

This story was intersting and at times humorous. The character's were a little to "plastic" for my taste. So many contemperary novels by and about African-Americans center around character's that are top executives at Fortune 500 companies and driving luxury cars while wearing designer dudes. Although that's a nice contrast from the stories of "life in the hood" it's become a predicable setting for so many characters we read about. I wanted to feel something for these characters and the constant "buppie" references and label dropping wasn't impressive. Even while Randy hid in the closet at the high point of the story he mentioned the fact that he was standing on his expensive shoes.I found the constant references to their belongings a distraction right on up to the final chapter.

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Summary: Can you believe he/she did/said that?
Review: This is a delightful novel about the trials of marriage. Mehki (mikki) Chance-Murphy and Randy Murphy are a couple on the brink. Niether persons seems to know exactly when and where things started going wrong in their three year marriage.

Mikki's in Brooklyn running her bridal boutique blaming Randy for deserting her and leaving her alone, although he's in Paris on Business. Randy is in Paris (climbing the corporate ladder) thinking he's pushed his wife to the edge with his desire to start a family.

Each member of the couple has some marital indescretions while trying to figure out what happened to their love. Each chapter gives you either Mikki or Randy's view of what's going on. The story line is engaging and you can't put it down until you find out exactly what is going to happen in the Chance-Murphy marriage. The authors are very skilled in their ability to get you to empathize with both characters. At times you have to question who's side you're on and then find yourself wondering why you are choosing sides and not rooting for the marriage.

This book is an eye-opener for newly married or engaged couples because it shows you that even after you find the one, you have to work to keep the love alive.

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Summary: He said, she said
Review: This novel gives the account of a couple different viewpoints on their marriage. The big question is whether or not their marriage can survive a long distance relationship when Randy is sent to Paris by the ad agency he works for. This leaves Mikki at home thousands of miles away. She's scared and she's lonely and she needs comforting. Now, add infidelity into the mix, then what happens?

Both characters have different viewpoints on what is happening to their marriage, which has been shaky, even before the separation. I think the authors did a great job of getting the reader into the heads of the characters and letting the readers in on the thought process of both characters.

Not only are Mikki and Randy interesting characters. They have some good secondary characters with Angelou and Zaria. Mikki's parents have their own interesting story. Altogether these people will keep you interested and wanting to know more in this thought provoking book.

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Summary: It was ok
Review: This was a book about marriage, and the problems that can come up. I didn't really care for Mikki, the wife's characther at all, I don't think being able to compromise was in her at all, not saying that Randy was the perfect husband, but at least he tried. I don't think Mikki got what got what she deserved, but it was an ok read.