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Before We Were Wicked by Eric Jerome Dickey 
Published by Dutton on April 16, 2019
New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey reveals how one chance meeting can change everything in this engrossing, sexy tale of star-crossed lust.
They say the love of money is the root of all evil, but for Ken Swift, it's the love of a woman.
Ken is twenty-one, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What's meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they never could have anticipated.
Passion, infidelity, and raw emotion combine in Eric Jerome Dickey's poignant, erotic portrait of a relationship: the rise, the fall, and the scars--and desire--that never fade.
In this prequel, we learn how and when Ken Swift meets Jimi Lee, and they have a relationship that will forever impact both of their lives. This is both a love story between them, and we follow Ken who works as a bill collector/small-time enforcer for San Bernandino.
Lately, the books EJD as his fans call him, are full of sexual content and for me way too much dialogue between the characters that is not moving the story forward. For me, it is boring and only picks up when he is doing his job for San Bernandino. With this said, there are parts of the book I enjoyed, for example when he is dealing with matters of the heart and his interaction with his child Margaux.
I enjoy the Gideon books and look forward to the day he gets back to writing about that character. In the meantime, I await his next release.
Reviewed by: Linda C.
