Ghetto Dreams

"His thoughts were of Nadine.
Later as he drove in to work Maximillian remembered a curious incident only a week before. He remembered making himself a promise.that the next time an opportunity for happiness came his way, he would accept it. Then the very next day Nadine walked into his salon."

Maximillian Scott The reluctant adulterer. Despite his intelligence, he falls prey to women who may destroy him.

Nadine The girlfriend. She views Maximillian as her ticket out of the gripping poverty of East New York.

Beverly Scott The wife. Her marriage agenda did not include love, but greed.

When Maximillian and Beverly's marriage begins to unravel, Maximillian meets and woos the sexy and mysterious Nadine. But Nadine's intentions are anything but pure. She seeks to escape her life of welfare and depression-and Maximillian is her way out.

But Beverly is determined to destroy Max's life. She turns their daughter, Celia, against him, and Max's loneliness increases. When Nadine turns to the arms of a former lover, Max must come to terms with his life. He travels across oceans to find the answers, never dreaming where they will take him.