I Stumbled But I Didn't Fall

Denise - An educated woman who is looking for love but seems to find love in the wrong men. Denise can hold it down for herself. She's sweet and a strong woman. She just simply wants to share her life with someone who can return her love. Unfortunately, in the relationship department Denise meets up with the wrong men who disappoints her, lies and cheats. Shattered and hurt by her past relationships, Denise meditates on why she chooses the men she chooses in her life. Moving forward, Denise comes to terms that the only man who can truly love her is the Man above and decides to turn her life over to Him. Michael - A banker from New York City. Michael graduated from one of the top universities in New York. Michael Meets Denise at the bank. He becomes involved with her. Michael seems to be honest and down-to-earth, but his double-life catches up with him when Denise becomes pregnant. Through all of the deceptions and lies surrounding Michael about the so called gang bangers being after him and his undercover marriage to another woman, Denise realizes that she is caught up in a crazy situation and has no direction in which way she should go and confused as to what decision she needs to make surrounding her pregnancy. Eddie - Was smooth and charming to the ladies. He takes care of the women he becomes involved with. When Eddie meets Denise, he sweeps her off of her feet with his smooth and charming personality. Eddie romances Denise and takes her on a different level she never thought she would dream of. He treats her like a queen. Under all of the smoothness, the charm and the romancing, Eddie shows Denise a different side of him, steals her joy and breaks her down mentally when he abruptly leaves her for another woman and marries her. Jamal - Is just someone in the passing. Jamal is from Atlanta. Denise meets Jamal one day while taking out the trash. Jamal is cool, calm and collective. He is handsome and sexy. Denise likes his style. They begin dating and a brief relationship forms. When Denise gets laid off from her downtown Atlanta job, she turns to Jamal for support only to realize Jamal offers no support. During Denise's financial crunch, she realizes that Jamal is lazy, lied about working, have no dreams or goals for himself. In fact, the only dreams and goals Jamal have is to live off of each and every woman he meets. This book is filled with joys, sorrows and pain endured from three different relationships, including mental abuse that started in the early years.