The Adored - Paperback

-The Adored is a story rich in character, as seven wealthy best-friends come of age. But a problem lingers: one of them committed a murder as a teenager and an innocent young black man is serving time for it.
- Along the way these seven men from the 1% have starkly different lives but remain connected by an umbilical cord stretching back to the privileged life that began in preschool.
-Santa Alba, the beauty queen of Coamo, Puerto Rico has stolen Eddie Wheelwright from Valerie McGuire, the brilliant Wall Street analyst,
-Curtis Strong is innocent of the murder he has been convicted of, Kathy Jackson, the police officer from Stamford is determined to get him free from Auburn Prison.
-Gideon Bridge grew up Catholic, attended a Jewish university, and became a Mormon after a 2 year mission in Uruguay. As he continues learning about life Gideon, a gay man, is contemplating switching sides.
-Sebastian Ball, the billionaire hedge-fund owner's son, wants to solve the energy crisis by buying Trout Solar out from underneath his best friend Winston Trout'.
-Emily Albright just wants to marry Winston Trout. As the wedding day approaches it looks problematic that Winston's six "brothers" will show up as his best men.
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From Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards, November 4, 2020: THE ADORED by T.R. Connolly

"Connolly has created a fully-realized, sweeping epic of a book. The story is intricate, well plotted, and satisfying. This book is BIG - in terms of character cast, setting, time lapse, and commentary. A common way the author set up a chapter was to start with the macro view: a big-scale history or a sweeping shot of a setting. Nearly every time it was brilliantly done.

I loved how the book took on large societal issues like racial equity, the prison system, the overreach of corporations. It was always personal, real, and visceral. The voice and writing style are outstanding!"