***NOTE; I BELIEVE THIS TITLE IS ABA, BUT IS WRITTEN FROM A CHRISTIAN VIEW.

The Ex Files by Victoria Christopher Murray
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Touchstone (June 19, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416535519
ISBN-13: 978-1416535515

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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In Murray’s powerful testament to Christian fellowship and friendship (after 2006’s A Sin and a Shame), four members of an L.A. prayer group find spiritual growth and heartache as they struggle with broken dreams. Drawn together by Hope Chapel’s Pastor Beverly Ford, these African-American women stand at crossroads in their lives. For Sheridan Hart it’s trying to choose between marrying her lover or going back to the bisexual Ex who left her for a man. Kendall Stewart deals with her rage over her younger sister and Ex falling in love, but must make a life or death choice when her sister becomes seriously ill. Asia Ingram wants revenge on the father of her six-year-old daughter, a retiring, married LA Laker who’s decided to end their decade-long affair. Vanessa Martin copes badly in the aftermath of her husband Reed’s shocking suicide, grappling with a growing depression that threatens her ability to go on. The engrossing transitions the women go through make compelling reading, but some readers might find some of Pastor Ford’s wisdom a little off as she assures Sheridan that Quentin, her bi-sexual Ex, “wasn’t born that way.” Still, Murray’s vivid portrait of how faith can move mountains and heal relationships should inspire her growing conservative fan base.
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Four women who are very different are placed together to bring comfort and solace into one another’s lives. First, there’s Kendall Stewart who holds a grudge against her sister for stealing her husband. This grudge turns into a life-threatening situation.

There’s also Asia Ingram. She’s been the mistress to a pro basketball star (Bobby) for ten years, and she’s mothered Bobby’s child. She now wants to breakup Bobby’s marriage and become his wife, however, her world shatters when he ends their relationship. Asia decides to use their daughter, as well as some vindictive lies to pay Bobby back for the sudden breakup.

Vanessa Martin’s husband recently committed suicide, and she wants to follow in his footsteps. She misses her husband, and grapples to understand the reasons that he ended his life.

Sheridan Hart is still struggling with mixed feelings for her ex, who left her for another man. Her current beau (Brock) wants her to make a decision: him or her ex. Brock knows that Sheridan is still drawn to her ex, and she doesn’t want to have a relationship if Sheridan has feelings for another man.

Pastor Ford brings these four women together so that they can pray and find comfort with each other. Sheridan is recruited as the leader of this group, and a tragic event causes the women to rethink their choices, and to allow God to lead them.

VCM is one of my favorites, and I really enjoyed this novel!

~Cecelia Dowdy~