THE EX

Justine Hughes moved from Chicago to Charlotte, North Carolina, craving peace and stability. When she meets Jonathan Dice, a white Southern gentleman who’s charming, successful, and attentive; he feels like the breath of fresh air she’s been waiting for. But the honeymoon quickly fades when anonymous texts from a woman claiming to be Jonathan’s lover begin flooding Justine’s phone.

At first, she writes it off as petty jealousy. Then the messages grow increasingly sinister, taunting, possessive, and disturbingly threatening. Soon, Justine is entangled in a dangerous textship with someone who seems to know her every move. As cryptic social media posts, unnerving encounters, and chilling threats pile up, Detective Calvin Rhodes steps in. The deeper Justine digs, the more she learns about Jonathan’s messy history with women; and how dangerous one of them might be.

Meanwhile, Jonathan is forced to confront the consequences of a past filled with short-lived romances and careless entanglements, realizing the hard way that being a lover boy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Tense, fast-paced, and steeped in Charlotte charm, The Ex pulls you into a world where trust unravels, jealousy thrives, and interracial dating can become a matter of life or death.