Total Eclipse of the Heart

So i just finished "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Zane. I really liked it. It was so real and a little different than most of her books. It incorporated her usual erotic segments between characters that drive readers wild, but this book also had a lesson and good story to tote as well. The characters Brooke and Damon and their toxic relationships, that they were in with other people, really impacted me in a way I didn't think it would. Damon's relationship with his wife Carleigh was picture perfect if Carleigh wasn't so demanding and inconsiderate of Damon. Damon is the type of man a woman like me looks for every day, a woman like Brooke wants to love for eternity. Brooke's relationship with Patrick is the typical story of different classes clashing when emotions become involved. I'm not saying that different classes in society can't fall in love and stay that way. I'm saying that it depends on the people that are a part of the relationship and how they take the different classes between them and either confront them head on and just let it be a part of how they met instead of the basis of their relationship that destroys them. As far as Brooke and Patrick went, they fell under the latter category. Brooke and Damon met after a freak tragic accident that changed both their lives. They fell in love, tried to resist because of Damon's marriage and Brooke's baggage, but in the end love won over all. This book really made me think about my life; relationships, my view on love, etc. I've been going through a lot with this certain guy, we'll call him Craig, that I'm in love with and he's in love with me, but he's with someone else. He and I dated for 3 years, it was an amazing relationship. We had talked about marriage, kids, futures, everything. I moved away for a year and it was really hard for the both of us, even more for him I found out later on. He dumped me Valentine's day weekend by saying that he couldn't handle the distance and that he cheated on me. Now I know most of you are like "He cheated, get the hell over it. He doesn't deserve you. etc, etc." However, him cheating didn't bother me. I know that if circumstances were different meaning if I hadn't moved and we weren't so far away from each other that it never would have happened. To continue with the story, he started to date the girl that he cheated on me with(We'll call her Petunia) and they now live together and have been dating for 2 months. They're relationship is toxic like Damon and his wife Carleigh in the book. Petunia doesn't respect Craig nor do they love each other. Craig has said many times that he wants to be with me, but he's afraid of hurting Petunia who has been his friend for a couple of years. Petunia has ruined Craig's relationship with his friends, his son, some of his family, etc. She has belittled, disrespected, and treated him like crap. He's a trophy boyfriend to her; she loves someone there not necessarily him. She loved the manipulative games she got to play to get him, she loved the chase, she loves the idea of winning the "competition" over his exes like me or over all women in his life including his son's mom. She's not interested in him, she's interested in causing drama which she has done all along. He realizes some of this, but he's stuck. Other things he doesn't realize because she hides it well and no one has told him as of yet. Anyway, this book has put a new fire under me with my own personal situation. I really enjoyed this book and encourage anyone to read it. Please come back and let me know what you think. What is your opinion on the novel? Has it impacted you in any way?