Shedding My Scarlet Letter, Thank You.
Okay, FINE! Entangled has reached an acceptable level of success, so I’ll be honest: This series was totally a vengeance thing. Yes it’s messy. But it’s also one helluva “f**k you.” The storyline and writing are excellent, so why not turn my very real, extra sour, Eureka lemons into Victorian lemonade?
In 2022, life peaked. I was 28, engaged to the man of my dreams, and had my world in the palm of my hands. I’ll never reduce my ex-fiance to a sugar daddy, but we’ll say that being his future wife had its perks. We were best friends in love, I had no financial worries, and life seemed to finally “begin.”
Then I met “Mo.”
You’re going to have to cop the book to understand why my fidelity didn’t stand a chance against him. The real life Mo is everything Entangled describes him as.
Everything.
I don’t blame anyone, not even him, for having to face the consequences of my actions. I’m a terrible liar (Seriously. In the 6th grade, this boy named Alex gifted me a pretty expensive bracelet for my 11th birthday. He came to my house to ask my parents if he could give it to me, and they firmly rejected his request. They had a strict rule against my having a boyfriend, and wouldn’t allow me to accept gifts from boys. At school the next day, I accepted the bracelet anyway. My mom asked me who gave it to me, and after moments of deep thought, I finally stuttered, “ALEXIS!” My lying skills are still that of 6th grade Megan).
I always had a feeling that one day my behavior would catch up to my relationship. When it did, I just couldn’t lie my way into getting my fiance to stay with me. We tried. The damage was too deep. Again, you’ll have to read Entangled to find out how this was no ordinary affair that counseling could possibly repair.
Although a brilliantly entertaining read, I will admit that Entangled is truthfully a byproduct of my bitterness. Transforming what transpired in my life in 2022 into a Contemporary Romance novel was cathartic. It was a therapy supplement. Mo got to move on with his life with his family unscathed. I’m left alone having to start from scratch. Consider this novel step one to my restart. My mistakes have been plentiful, but I will no longer bear the shame of wearing a scarlet letter because of them.
I’ll never understand why the aftermath of the affair played out the way it did for me. But I will say the Universe has a funny way of completing full circles. Since I was 14 years old, I’ve had a jarring story to tell about the first love of my life- my first “Mo.” I just never had the right motivation to tell it until Entangled garnered so much success. It’s even crazier than Mattelyn and Mo’s love story! That crazy story will now be perfectly segued from Entangled Book 1 into Entangled Books 2 & 3.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, right?
2/14/2024
