When The Bar Is In Hell

Dating after forty was supposed to feel mature. Emotionally evolved. Stable.

Instead, it became a parade of ghosters, emotionally unavailable intellectuals, married men "separated in spirit," fake consultants driving Uber, men intimidated by ambition, and enough fragile egos to qualify as a public health crisis.

After grief, divorce, motherhood, financial survival, and years spent being "the strong one," Nakia reluctantly enters the world of modern dating armed with a husband checklist, dark ...