About the Book
Dark passions, family secrets, twisted love, polyamory, betrayal, and pansexuality weave their way into a new novel by Canadian-American author Douglas Roff in his new novel Five Years in Her World: Betrayal and Deceit.
This second book of a three novel arc opens the story with James McKenzie, Maria Castellano and her sister Conchita Castellano off to the Greek Island of Crete for a one year hiatus from the events of the past five years in Merida, Mexico. The plan is for James to continue to write his novels in seclusion with his two Spanish muses, but things go wrong right away. This leads to a new series of catastrophic events engineered by Diego and Luna Castellano; Conchita winds up in a hospital as her mental state begins to decline.
Their world is rocked, and the sisters and James part ways. James later reconnects with his old friend and lover, now a famous actress, Mirabella "Mira" Montoya. He journeys to New York City where she now lives and visits his agent who has now brought him to a publisher and many new opportunities. With Mira is a new figure, Kimberly Aronson, with whom James is instantly connected.
Mira has shocking news as her world reconnects with the Castellano sisters, setting off new challenges.
James has a new project in the Yucatan near Progreso on the coast. He may have partners in the venture, but can newcomers Geoffrey and Santana Byrne be trusted. Can the Castellanos? Old nemesis Shawna Fraser reasserts herself and her influence as the mental health of Maria Castellano spirals downwards after her separation from James. Conchita is now herself in mental pain and anguish.
James wants no part of the women, but his obsession with them is stronger than his desire for peace and quiet. An agreement is reached between James and Luna Castellano to manage the two sisters, but is James the solution to the sisters' mental health declines?
Darkness becomes the norm as richly twisted fantasy worlds are revealed, woven into the final dramatic moments Five Years In Her World: Betrayal and Deceit .