* “Disappearing Acts premieres on HBO on Saturday at 9 p.m. Rated TV-MA (may not be suitable for children younger than 17 with special advisories for adult language, adult content and brief nudity).

Disappearing Acts Novelist Terry McMillan ("Waiting to Exhale," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back") has become the culture's primary purveyor of middle-class African-American romances.

Most of us have had to deal with those oh so lovely disappearing acts in our dating past. You know, that is when someone is in hot and heavy pursuit for you for a smooth month, then suddenly stops ...