"Evil but Blessed?" is a tale of innocence, both stolen and surrendered. It is a graphic tale of cause and effect, filled with colorful individuals, and demonstrating the consequences of bold action. "Evil but Blessed?" is a true story of a young entrepreneur's real life experiences. Tony gives a meticulous and explicit account of real women and their actions. In "Evil but Blessed?" Paradise, Tony's youngest daughter, provides readers with the events that led to Tony's former lifestyle and offers personal trails and heartaches that attributed to his choices. Some say his choices transformed him into a monster, but is that true? At the onset, Tony is a hopeful young man, attempting to live on the straight and narrow. After overcoming disappointment and failure, he decides to divert his energies in an emotionally defensive and industrious direction. Women such as Gwen, Louise and Vicky, provide both linkage and reasoning to the path taken by Tony. While experiencing Tony's journey, readers will learn about the power of persuasion, youthful naivety, and the value of personal reflection of a lifetime, now through mature eyes. Readers will depart from this narrative feeling the force of loves lost, options weighed and time irrecoverable. In the end, Tony must suffer the harsh reality of regrets materialized during the process of evolving into a fully developed man. The losses are countered by the gains of wisdom accrued from life and its painstaking lessons.