TERRY MCMILLAN'S EX PENS NOVEL

Why is that anyone who has been involved in a scandal gets to write a book?

Terry McMillan's ex-husband Jonathan Plummer's novel drops next month. Yes it's a novel, not a memoir or tell-all.

So because he screwed over Terry McMillan, he gets to be a novelist? Well not exactly, the novel is co-written (read: all-written) by Karen Hunter, who has been the co-author on such titles as PIMPOLOGY and CONFESSIONS OF A VIDEO VIXEN.

But to add insult to injury, the book is called BALANCING ACT (similar to the title of Terry's DISAPPEARING ACTS). If I was Terry, that would push me over the edge.

But you know who should really be mad? All the real writers who have written a great book that they can't get published. Those folks should be IRATE that Plummer landed a book deal.
Here's how his publisher Simon & Schuster describes the book:

Jonathan Plummer made headlines when New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan -- whose novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back is based on their romance -- filed for divorce, claiming that Plummer hid his homosexuality in order to marry her for her money and gain U.S. citizenship. Now, Plummer delivers a sexy and satisfying novel as deliciously racy as the life he lived.

Justin Blakeman is living an ordinary life in Jamaica, when vacationing Tasha Reynolds spots him selling sugar cane on the street. He, of course, has no idea that her modeling agency is fast becoming the hottest in the business. He plans to live the island life set out for him, stepping up to head the family sugar cane enterprise in time.

In the ruthless modeling world, Tasha is a great white shark with an uncanny knack for finding blazing new talent in unusual places. She always gets what she wants and she wants Justin -- whose hazel-green eyes, offset by dark chocolate skin, make her palms sweat, a sign that she is on to something. His perfect body and defiant attitude will make him a mega star.

But soon, a relationship that began as strictly business crosses the line into a complex game of sexual desire and control. Their crazy, volatile bond -- littered with dark influences from their pasts, complicated by ambition, and fueled by insatiable passion -- is as combustible as relationships can get. And when Justin discovers a hidden hunger for a male model, the stakes are higher than ever.

Wow that sounds vaguely familiar.

But what's really funny is Plummer's bio on his publisher's site: Jonathan Plummer is Terry McMillan's ex-husband. Balancing Act is his first novel.

He has no other accomplishments? Damn.