Patricia Malemes

Prior Commitments Patricia Malemes

Sloane Reynolds is a new mother who has just moved to the quaint seaside town of San Benedicio with her husband Jack and2 month-old Nicholas. Blessed with beauty, brains, and her ability to move past heartbreak, Sloane feels as though nothing could stir up her near perfect existence. When she runs into Dimitri Karras, a sexy, successful man from her hometown in Michigan whom she was engaged to marry eleven years prior, Sloane¡¯s innermost emotions become charged with confusion, lust, guilt, and hate. As the months pass, the friendship between her ex-love and husband flourishes. Although Jack is in the dark concerning the extent of she and Dimitri¡¯s steamy past, she tells him that they were simply more than friends. As Sloane¡¯s inner passion for Dimitri begins to burn out of control, memories of their romance, their inhibitions, and their inseperable history comstantly floodher mind, driving her insane with desire. The choices that she makes will test her marriage, test her love, and test the stability of her family¡¯s future. The surprises that she encounters will testher strength and courage. The surprising twists of fate will challenge her faith as she faces a day of tears, a time of grief, and an extraordinary chance for love, passion, and staying true to her¡­prior commitments.