The Miserable Wives Club

By E. N. Joy

What should have been a regular get-together between girlfriends turns into something totally unexpected when Cassie shows up ranting about her woes with husband, Karter. Simply looking to keep her misery company, Cassie unknowingly becomes the founder of The Miserable Wives Club; where members don't want anyone to know they belong...especially their husbands!

• Language: English
• Publisher: E. N. Joy
• Release date: Jun 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310871382

E. N. Joy

BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy is the author behind the “New Day Divas,” “Still Divas,” “Always Divas” and “Forever Divas" series, all which have been coined “Soap Operas in Print.” She is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author who wrote secular books under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY. Her title, If I Ruled the World, earned her a book blurb from Grammy Award Winning Artist, Erykah Badu. An All Night Man, an anthology she penned with New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Jackson, earned the Borders bestselling African American romance award. Her Urban Fiction title, Dollar Bill (Triple Crown Publications), appeared in Newsweek and has been translated to Japanese.After thirteen years of being a paralegal in the insurance industry, E. N. Joy divorced her career and married her mistress and her passion; writing. In 2000, she formed her own publishing company where she published her books until landing a book deal with St. Martin's Press. This award winning author has been sharing her literary expertise on conference panels in her home town of Columbus, Ohio as well as cities across the country. She also conducts publishing/writing workshops for aspiring writers.Her children’s book titled The Secret Olivia Told Me, written under the name N. Joy, received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association. The book was also acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies. Elementary and middle school children have fallen in love with reading and creative writing as a result of the readings and workshops E. N. Joy instructs in schools nationwide.In addition, she is the artistic developer for a young girl group named DJHK Gurls. She pens original songs, drama skits and monologues for the group that deal with messages that affect today’s youth, such as bullying.After being the first content development editor for Triple Crown Publications and ten years as the acquisitions editor for Carl Weber's Urban Christian imprint, E. N. Joy now does freelance editing, ghostwriting, write-behinds and literary consulting. Her clients have included New York Times Bestselling authors, entertainers, aspiring authors, as well as first-time authors. Some notable literary consulting clients include actor Christian Keyes, singer Olivia Longott and Reality Television star Shereé M. Whitfield.You can visit BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy at www.enjoywrites.com or email her at [e-mail]. If you want to experience a blast from her past, you can visit www.joylynnjossel.com.

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The Miserable Wives Club

Everybody Needs Joy Shorts Series

By E. N. Joy

Published by End of the Rainbow Projects

P.O. Box 128

Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

Copyright © 2016 by End of the Rainbow Projects

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent of the publisher, excepting brief quotes used in reviews.

This is a work of fiction. Any reference or similarities to actual events, real people, living or dead, or to real locales are intended to give the novel a sense of reality. Any similarity in other names, characters, places, and incidents is entirely coincidental.

OTHER BOOKS BY E. N. JOY:

Me, Myself and Him

She Who Finds a Husband

Been There, Prayed That

Love, Honor or Stray

Trying to Stay Saved

I Can Do Better All By Myself

And You Call Yourself a Christian

The Perfect Christian

The Sunday Only Christian

I Ain’t Me No More

More Than I Can Bear

You Get What You Pray For

When All Is Said and Prayed

One Sunday at a Time

Ordained by the Streets (eBook/Audio only)

A Woman’s Revenge (Anthology: Best Served Cold)

Behind Every Good Woman (eBook/Audio only)

Let’s Do Summer (eBook only)

Flower in My Hair (eBook only)

Even Sinners Have Souls (Edited by E. N. Joy)

Even Sinners Have Souls Too (Edited by E. N. Joy)

Even Sinners Still Have Souls (Edited by E. N. Joy)

The Secret Olivia Told Me (N. Joy)

Operation Get Rid of Mom’s New Boyfriend (N. Joy)

Sabella and the Castle Belonging to the Troll (N. Joy)

I am soooo not one of those wives who, when shopping for an anniversary gift for my husband, purchases a gift based upon that whole year of marriage crap. How does it go anyway? Something like for year one the gift should be paper, year two is cotton, year three is leather, and so on. I buy whatever is on my heart to purchase. I’m always looking for that one thing that moves me or has meaning, ya know? Whether I buy it or make it, the gift has to really speak to me, serve a purpose, or be symbolic of something or a past experience in my husband’s and my life . . . or even just his life. After all, the gift is for him, so there is nothing wrong with it being all about him.

When it comes to gift giving, it’s like an art for me. I’m a giver. I buy gifts for people just because. I never have to get suggestions from anybody or ask a person what they want. I take pride in coming up with the perfect gift all on my own. I pay attention to what people say, do, wear, and post on social media.

If hell freezes over or heaven gets hotter than hell, and the day comes where I do decide to seek assistance, the last gift I’d take any kind of advice on is an anniversary gift for my husband. Nobody tells my husband or me how to get through year one, year two, and year three when it comes to the struggles of being married. So the audacity of someone to conjure up this theme telling us how to reward each other for getting through it. Because, trust and believe, dealing with me ain’t no easy feat.

I’m a firecracker, and not due to my red hair. Besides, that was manufactured in a box. And even though my hair color isn’t natural, I’m one hundred percent real. My Gram Gram used to call me firecracker when I was growing up. She said I was the nicest, sweetest little thing on this side of the river. She said I was passive and let many things slide. Gram Gram said my calm nature would be the cause of a life long lived. If a cousin took my toy right out of my hands, I’d let him or her play with it without whining or tattling. If someone called me a name, I’d brush it off without even trying to muster up a name twice as bad to shoot back at the person. But after taking so much, the unfortunate being who placed that last straw on the camel’s back was in for it. That’s when my Gram Gram said I’d explode. I’d like to think I’ve matured over the years, though, to the point where I truly don’t sweat the small stuff at all, even when it accumulates into something big.

Karter, my hubby, is the total opposite of me.

Reviews for The Miserable Wives Club

[Curley Arrington · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Quick read to make you smile.
But I am also sooooooo thrilled to find an African American Christian fiction writer! Yay!!!