Southern Belle

Rudy Rae is her name. She also goes by Minnie. She's a Southern girl, born and raised in Albany, Georgia. Strong women raised her, although some might challenge that statement and view the women who raised her as weak because of how they allowed their husbands to treat them. At the tender age of thirteen years old, she was taught how to sit up straight, fix a man's plate, and be the submissive wife that she needed to be. In her teenage years, Rudy wasn't interested in these teachings. Instead, she had her head in her books and was determined to be the complete opposite of the women in her family. She wanted to go to college, graduate, and work in a promising career field where she could take care of herself. In this thing called life, things don't always go the way we plan. Years go by, and Rudy is officially a woman. Her dreams and desires have fallen by and been replaced by the duties of a proper southern wife and mother. She's now married to Zacardi Marshall, the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Zacardi is the perfect husband and father from the outside looking in, but he can be a monster behind closed doors. This book will take you on a journey of lessons. The seeds planted in Rudy's head as a child played a significant role in how she bloomed as an adult. The same women she vowed to be nothing like might be the women she holds the most in common with.

They say that after every storm comes a rainbow. We've all witnessed what Rudy's storm consisted of. Childhood trauma, verbal and physical abuse from her husband, along with family secrets that just emerged from the dark after years of her life being one complete lie. Rudy has been in the eye of the storm from the moment she was brought into this world. She deserves to have her rainbow in the end. With five children and a marriage that she's been in for the past fourteen years of her life, can Rudy even survive without Zacardi? The best thing would be for Rudy to leave her marriage, but when you're married to a monster like Zacardi, how do you plan your escape? Who will be her protection? Because we all know that her momma and Mimi will never be in support of her giving up on her marriage. The finale of this book will take you through the last phases of the storm. Not every secret has been revealed. Not every tear has finished falling from Rudy's beautiful face. In order for Rudy to get that beautiful rainbow that she deserves, she will need to stand up, break those chains that she's so determined to break, and use the strength that God gave her to be the new woman that she's set out to be.