Broken Benevolence
In book three, Dr. Naomi Alexander provides trauma counseling to crime victim, Cecily Brooks. Sessions reveal, however, that it’s Cecily’s marriage to Oscar requiring immediate attention, because the trauma in Cecily’s life, begins there …
Victim of a crime years ago, a PTSD attack finds Cecily in counseling once again. Through therapy with Dr. Naomi Alexander, Oscar and Cecily deal with many factors affecting Cecily’s troubles. Oscar, however, proves a challenge every step of the way, but that’s okay; Dr. Alexander thrives on challenges.
Broken and full of shame and despair, Cecily feels she’s heard it all in therapy before. Only this time, the chair is yellow—and the results will be different. Naomi pulls few punches as Cecily’s sessions are exercises in pain and confusion and regret and … revelation.
With Broken Benevolence (BB), S.F. Powell tells a suspenseful story of resilience in the face of mounting adversity. Coming this summer!
BB: Cast of Characters
- Cecily Brooks: Finance consultant and crime victim, she’s suffering trauma on multiple fronts
- Oscar Brooks: Cecily’s second husband, doing his best not to help Cecily
- Janyce Mabry: Cecily and Oscar’s neighbor and friend and … frenemy
- Joshua Hall: Owner of the computer networking business Cecily works for
- Dr. Naomi Alexander: Family therapist providing trauma counseling to Cecily.
- Leslie Alexander: Naomi’s daughter.
- Dr. Kevin Oheneba: Forensic pathologist, Naomi’s significant other.
- plus others!
How Broken Benevolence
came about
The original title was, The Nicest People; Oscar & Cecily Brooks were originally Paul & Wendy Ladson; and the story was originally (and solely) about the betrayal of friendship between neighbors. Huh? Yep. Wild. And, while there’s still that neighborly betrayal, that took more of a backseat, and somehow (as my pen flowed over the pages), the story became about so much more, as Cecily is betrayed on numerous fronts.
Good News at SFPB!
Good stuff at SFPB: the third novel in the Dr. Naomi Alexander series, Broken Benevolence, was judged a finalist for the 2020 RSJ Emma Awards!
Get into the series with book 1, Like Sweet Buttermilk!
