Marriage isnât easyâespecially without honesty. In this exploration of love, intimacy, guilt, and infidelity, two people learn what happens when their feelings get in the way of the truth.
For Sydney Holmes and Brandon Carter, love is losing its strength. Infidelity is the side effect of both of their broken marriages. Now, struggling to pick up the pieces, each is clinging to the hope that lasting love still waits for them, insideâor outsideâof marriage.
Sydneyâs not happy. Ever since marrying the wrong man, sheâs regretted her decision to marry for the ringânot for her husband. Now, nearly seven years and two kids later, itâs not so easy to walk away. When a man drops into her life who gives her the oomph sheâs been missing, she may be on the verge of making another wrong decision.
Brandonâs hurt. The death of his son was painful enough, but now heâs faced with losing the love of his life. No matter how hard he tries, he canât make his wife love him. But soon the attention of another woman begins to mend his shattered ego. He moves out, and just as his new life grows comfortable, the reason his wife pushed him away surfaces, and Brandon must decide if the love they once shared is worth holding on to.
Love is the muscle of marriage. Both partners have to work to keep it strong and healthy, and without it, a marriage has no chance of survival. In The Last Exhale, Sydney and Brandon uncover the truth of what it really means to loveâfor better or for worse.