New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey once again “pushes romance and deceit to the next level” ( USA Weekend ) in this tantalizing tale of a high-profile marriage rocked by scandal, obsession, and murder. Screenwriter James Thicke is a man whose mysterious past runs as deep as his violent streak. Now he and his volatile movie star wife, Regina Baptiste, have channeled their passions into an electrifying new project: a film rumored to cross the boundaries of on-screen sexuality. But it’s James’s limits that are about to be tested—by a surreptitiously filmed video of his wife with her co-star Johnny Bergs, in the most comprising of situations. Within hours, it goes viral. Regina claims she is innocent. But the humiliation and rage leave James with only one recourse—an act of violence that sends him on the run and into hiding. Seething with bitter betrayal, and a still-consuming love for his troubled wife, he nurses a slow-boiling desire for something more permanent: revenge. His need for vengeance takes James and Regina on a headlong odyssey of obsession, sexual impulse, blackmail, and murder. And getting back will be hell. Praise for An Accidental Affair “Once again, Eric Jerome Dickey has written a genre bending…story that is chalk full of danger, intrigue, mysterious characters with shady motives, murder, intrigue…and obsession. Oh, and there's sex. Lots of graphic, erotic, steamy, sweaty, climactic earth-quaking sex…the reader is forewarned: you are in for a hardboiled, fast ride.”— Seattle-Post Intelligencer “The pace is fast, to be sure…A mix of erotica and noir…an ardent thriller.”— Kirkus Reviews. “A melodrama of infidelity among Hollywood’s glittering stars…quirky and vivid.”— Publishers Weekly More Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey  “Dickey taps the intimate emotions of a woman.”— Entertainment Weekly “No one does it like Eric Jerome Dickey.”— Black Expressions “[O]ne of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century.”— The New York Times “Eric Jerome Dickey’s work is a master class in Black joy....[his] characters—bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability—navigate interpersonal conflicts using dialogue that crackles with authenticity.”— The Atlantic Eric Jerome Dickey  (1961–2021) was the award-winning and  New York Times  bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm ( X-Men ) and the Black Panther. His novel  Sister, Sister  was honored as one of  Essence ’s “50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years,” and  A Wanted Woman  won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include  The Blackbirds ,  Finding Gideon ,  Bad Men and Wicked Women ,  Before We Were Wicked ,  The Business of Lovers , and  The Son of Mr. Suleman .