Falling Apart

Secrets are easy to keep. The question is, can you handle everything that comes with the truth? All Arizona ever wanted was a real man. She finds him in JR, fresh out of prison after serving a 20 year sentence. They build a relationship, only to have devastating secrets chip away at the foundation they have created. Arizona's secret is so explosive that she's willing to do anything to maintain the lie that is her love life. Would you kill to keep the love of your life?

Arizona and JR. Despite a big age difference, they fall in love while making plans for their future. A future which includes children, marriage, and friendship. Before long, Arizona learns a secret that threatens to tear at the fabric of their relationship. Doing all she can to maintain her life while holding on to the secret sends her into a deep spiral that she struggles to get out of. Feeling backed into a corner, Arizona does all she can to keep her life together. Her love for JR is so strong that she will go to extreme lengths to them together.

Rasheed Jamal hails from Oakland, Ca. He gained an interest in writing while serving a 14 year prison sentence in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to keep himself busy and out of trouble. Falling Apart is his first published novel. He wanted his writings to stand out from other published urban novelists so he broached different and more taboo subject matters. Rasheed plans to further his writing career by releasing all of the works he completed while in prison.