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Ben Burgess

    Ben Burgess Jr. is an award-winning novelist and an active spoken word poetry performer. Through his writing, he aims to inspire and influence youth to pursue their dreams and never give up. His works are utilized in schools, focusing on educational leadership and community development. Burgess Jr. is characterized by his effort to positively impact young people through art.

    Monster
    A Father's Sacrifice
    • Sleeping with and mistreating random women he meets at bars and clubs, he uses sex to forget about his insecurities, his anger, and his sadness. Will Ken learn to let go of his heartbreaks, or will he be consumed by them and continue to be a Monster? Tormented as a child for being dark-skinned and the son of a womanizer who regularly deserts his family, Ken Ferguson longed for that feeling of being loved. He promised himself that he wouldn’t be a manipulating, deceitful man like his father, but after being cheated on and dumped by the girl he thought he would one day marry, he begins his transformation. Fueled by anger and tired of being the “nice guy,” Ken drowns himself in one-night stands, threesomes, and affairs with married women, sleeping with one conquest after another. His philosophy is . . . No commitments, no attachments. He meets his match with Ashley, a girl who makes him want to stop his promiscuous ways. But Ashley turns out to do even more damage to his ego and his heart, wounding him deeply. With his philosophy reinforced, Ken spirals out of control.

      Monster2021
      4.0
    • A Father's Sacrifice

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Can a single father with a challenging past teach his daughter to become a strong, successful woman? Nick Johnson has always been an underachiever and borderline alcoholic. He soon finds himself in over his head when his affair with Vickie, an unhappily married homemaker, results in an accidental pregnancy. Vickie abandons Nick, leaving him to raise their biracial daughter, Lynn, alone. Overwhelmed by the difficulties of single fatherhood and seeking comfort and help for himself in that stressful journey, Nick dates numerous women who will change his life forever. Will raising Lynn force Nick Johnson to mature? And what about Lynn? Will a daddy's girl, raised primarily by her father, leave her destined to fail from a lack of female guidance?

      A Father's Sacrifice2020
      4.3