Ex-Girl to the Next Girl — Daaimah S. Poole

Ever since Shonda stole Malik from his fiancee--at the altar, no less--she's believed that marrying him would be her ticket to happiness. But when he finally steps up and makes it happen, Shonda is in for a rude awakening. From the day he moves his ex-convict brother into their basement, to the day he loses his job, things go downhill. To top it off, Shonda suspects he's playing around. But when Shonda starts breaking the rules at her job as a county prison corrections officer, things go from bad to worse...

Meanwhile, Malik's ex-fiancee, Kim, has had a year to get over the nightmare that was supposed to be her wedding day. On the verge of a breakdown, she gets professional help and manages to pull it together--despite the news that Malik actually married the bitch who spoiled her nuptials. Just as she opens up to the idea of a new life and a new love, Kim meets a new man...who happens to be white. Is he the one she's been looking for? Kim will have to look past her own issues about race to find out.

After two years with her boyfriend Rodney, Nadine Clark is feeling restless. The twenty-five-year-old wants to see what else--meaning who else--is out there. But Nadine soon discovers the single life isn't what she'd imagined. Rodney, on the other hand, is having the time of his life with a new girlfriend. Dejected, Nadine takes up with Malik--a man she believes is single, because that's what he told her. But when his wife, Shonda, confronts her at work, everything hits the fan...and soon everyone involved is coming face-to-face with the shocking truths--and some crazy consequences--that come with getting what they wished for...