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Sex was a way to stop the crying, the powerlessness of not feeling beautiful. She
always felt beautiful under lustful hands. Lustful hands can't lie. The want, greed, and
emptiness is real. That type of emptiness can't be imagined. And she trusted it because
she understood it. The magic that disillusioned others about loving was what she liked
most -- the emptiness always comes back. She could count on that. And as long as it did,
she could keep believing that she didn't need promises of forever.
-- from Selah's Bed
Selah Wells takes on lovers to deal with the stresses in her life. She feels most alive
under the touch of new hands. But she's married to a minister in the church, and as the
old adage goes, secrets done in the dark will come to the light.
With this sensual, heartrending second novel, bestselling author Jenoyne Adams further
establishes herself as a stunning young talent. This probing and engaging work explores
how a woman can use sex to gain acceptance, escape her past, and eventually endanger her
very soul.
Selah and Parker met in college when love and sexual exploration were fresh for both of
them. After the loss of their only child challenges their marriage, Parker turns away from
their sexual passion and immerses himself in the work of God. Selah, who was young and
felt unequipped to make decisions about the daughter she lost, now harbors bitterness
toward her husband, her grandmother, and God. She looks for salvation through sex and in
her photography of nude black men.
Interweaving scenes from Selah's adult life and moments from her childhood -- spent in
a lively housing project where she learned things beyond her years -- Adams deftly depicts
Selah's journey. As her grandmother succumbs to a prescription-drug addiction and
Alzheimer's disease, Selah's latest lover, Peter, tries to get her to confront her fear
and anger during their lovemaking. Unable to give up the regrets that have fueled her
behavior all these years, Selah resists Peter's efforts. But when she is pushed to the
emotional brink by an unexpected turn of events, she must finally face her past and begin
to make peace with God, Parker, herself, and the little girl she lost.
With fluid, poetic prose, fearless truth telling, and deep insight into the human
condition, Adams offers a story about the resilience of the human spirit and how love can
triumph over loss and regret.
Billy Beede, the teenage daughter of the fast-running, no-account, and six-years-dead
Willa Mae, comes home one day to find a fateful letter waiting for her: Willa Mae’s
burial spot in LaJunta, Arizona, is about to be plowed up to make way for a supermarket.
As Willa Mae’s only daughter, Billy is heiress to her mother’s substantial but
unconfirmed fortune—a cache of jewels that Willa Mae’s lover, Dill Smiles, is
said to have buried with her. Dirt poor, living in a trailer with her Aunt June and Uncle
Roosevelt behind a gas station in a tumbleweedy Texas town, and pregnant with an
illegitimate child, Billy knows that treasure could mean salvation. So she steals
Dill’s pickup truck and, with her aunt and uncle in tow, heads for Arizona with Dill
in hot pursuit. While everyone agrees it’s only polite to speak of getting
mother’s body and moving her to a proper resting place, it’s well understood
that digging up Willa Mae’s diamonds and pearls will make the whole trip a lot more
worthwhile.
The enormously accomplished fiction debut from Suzan-Lori Parks, the 2002 winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Getting Mother’s Body takes its place in the company of the
classic works of Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. But when it comes to an ingenious,
uproarious knack for depicting the trifling, hard-luck, down-and-out souls who need a
little singing and laughing and lying and praying to get through the day, Suzan-Lori Parks
shares the stage with no one.
The award-winning author of Perfect Timing has crafted a dramatic,
heartwarming, and emotionally resonant story of one woman's struggle to gain the strength
to love again. Filled with profound passion and sensuality, witty dialogue and rich
characters, Perfect Fit is Brenda Jackson's most stunning novel to date.
In the sprawling homes and upscale townhouses of the exclusive, largely African
American Prince George’s County, the lives of five women intersect–and the
secrets, scandals, loves, and losses that ensue are par for the course where power,
beauty, and wealth reside.
Barbara is the most influential woman in this swanky neighborhood, but she’s
got her hands full–one hand is busy dealing with her husband’s wandering eye,
while the other always needs a cocktail glass. Jolene is half of P.G. County’s
number-two couple–and she desperately wants what she doesn’t have: namely
Barbara’s husband. Pearl owns a hair salon and lives on the outskirts of the
posh community with her son, Kenyatta. She’s not only juggling a growing business and
a bad divorce, but now she’s has to cope with Kenyatta’s less-than-ideal
girlfriend. Candice is white and liberal, but her daughter’s new beau tests
her beliefs–and opens a can of worms she never knew existed. Lee is a runaway
teen, a girl whose only connection to her father is an old photo and the belief that
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Come on along and take a roller coaster ride with two sistahgurls and two homeboys all
looking for the same exact thing; satisfaction.
Tempest is sick and tired of being sick and tired. She has looked for love in all of
the so-called right places only to end up with the short end of the stick every single
time. She has basically given up on love and vowed herself to a life of celibacy. She has
dedicated her life and career to making sure that young teenage girls don't make the same
mistakes she made in the past.
Janessa has a predilection for thugs and playas. She is destined to find out the hard
way that love and hellified sex are not always interchangeable. She would consider herself
lucky if she could just land a man who wasn't doing fifteen to life in the state pen.
Geren has it all. Wealth, success and good looks. Yet and still, all he has to show in
the romance department is an entourage of gold-digging women with one common goal; hooking
his ass and getting him to the altar with a quickness.
Dvontè is a canine and proud of it. His reasoning is as long as he is clocking enough
dollars to get by and making women scream out his name in bed, his life is complete. He
makes no excuses for his behavior. In fact, he lets women know from jump street that he is
all about the booty calls.
One fateful, summer evening the four of them cross paths and discover things about
themselves and each other that will forever change their lives. Secrets are revealed,
friendships are dismantled and the old adage "If you can't stand the heat, stay out
of the kitchen" takes on an entirely new meaning.
Book Review: 12-16-02 Heatseeker by Zane I loved this book. I like how she took a
different approch in this. I kind of love she wrote about in this is the kind of love must
women dream about. I highly recommend this book. chinaeyedoll@aol.com
Book Review: 9-11-02 The Heat Seekers- I really liked this book. It was different from
other stories but all of her stories have been vastly diffrenet from each other. I thought
that this was a nice story about love and relationships. I recommend this book
highly.Sharon SCStarza@aol.com
Book Review: heat seekers ... the book had its down sides. it was nothing
like what i expected from Zane. addicted and Shame on it All was WAY better than this.
this book was your average friendship love story and it could have been better. black097@aol.com
Nina Lander is a recent college grad, struggling to be independent, who has moved back
home with her parents as she tries to start a career in sports broadcasting. But
she’s increasingly frustrated with both her father’s treatment of her mother and
her mother’s acceptance of her own unhappy life.
Though Nina is wracked with uncertainty, the one thing she thinks she can hold on to is
her budding relationship with Maurice, a charming, handsome rookie NBA player. Nina
rationalizes his silence as strength and his jealousy as love. When there is evidence of
his infidelity, Nina is hurt but not surprised. Her father has cheated on her mother, and
her brother has cheated on his girlfriends. All men cheat, Nina believes.
But then Maurice abruptly ends the relationship, sending Nina into an emotional tailspin.
After she recovers and is on the brink of falling in love with Leo LJ Love, an
up-and-coming rapper who has had a crush on her since high school, Maurice reenters her
life, claiming to be a changed man. Will she take him back?
2002 Gold Pen award winner for Best Christian Fiction
Marley Shepherd should be on top of the world—she’s a lawyer at a prestigious
law firm and engaged to marry the crown prince of Atlanta black society. But soon she
begins to see that her life—and her fiancé—are not as perfect as she thought.
Marley seeks comfort in her mother and grandmother, but they are too consumed with anger
at each other, and too blinded by their past, to save Marley from the disaster that will
turn her life—and theirs—upside down. Then Marley has a spiritual awakening . .
.
FROM THE AUTHOR: "I wrote this book for the ordinary person who struggles to
overcome the extraordinary challenges of life--I think that includes us all. If you've
faced situations on your job or in your relationships and wondered how you'd overcome
them, God has a word for you. Through the lives of Marley Shepherd, a distressed lawyer
who has doubts about her impending marriage; her mother, Pamela, who struggles to find
happiness as a divorced woman; and Pamela's mother, Ma Grand, who can't figure out how to
admit the mistakes she's made in life, That Faith, That Trust, That Love shows how God's
faithfulness is a refuge--even when we don't realize or welcome it. For those of us who've
tried to navigate life's storms on our own, we see through the lives of Marley, Pam, and
Ma Grand that God is waiting and longing to carry us through those storms. When Marley,
Pam, and Ma Grand are able to push aside the corrupt ministers and the hypocritical
churches and open their hearts to God, they find peace and triumph awaiting them. I pray
that this book entertains, uplifts, and inspires you. God bless!"
An African American Breakfast at Tiffany’s–a hip, refreshingly candid
tale of identity and self—discovery from the critically acclaimed author of The
View from Here and Walking Through Mirrors.
Mason Randolph, a black preppie of impeccable Southern pedigree, is bound for Stanford Law
School after graduating from college. Before embarking on the path to his golden future,
however, he takes a detour through Harlem, where he intends to live
"authentically" with "real black people."
Mason takes the name "Malik" and moves into the orbit of the ever—fabulous
Carmen, uptown diva and doyenne of Harlem. Carmen, always ready to have a handsome young
man at her fabulous soirees and to add to her devoted entourage, happily takes him under
her wing. Fueled by his parents' money and dodging the people who remember him as Mason
Randolph, "Malik" masquerades as a "ghettonian," exploring the wonders
and pleasures of a Harlem in the midst of a second Renaissance. But his odyssey takes a
different turn when he meets Kyra, whose world mirrors the one he has abandoned. As he
contemplates the choices Kyra has made, and begins to reexamine his own presumptions about
identity and authenticity, Mason realizes that everyone has something to hide and that to
get what we want, we have to be willing to let go of our secrets.
People compared Brian Keith Jackson's remarkable first novel, The View from Here,
to the works of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, and Publishers Weekly called it
"an extraordinary debut...[by] a formidable craftsman and exceptionally gifted
storyteller." A novel rich in humor and insight, The Queen of Harlem will earn
Jackson a much—deserved place in the center of today’s literary landscape.
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Jacquelin Thomas' inspiring story of a gospel singer's rise to prominence and her
spiritual awakening is now in trade paperback. Deborah Anne Peterson knows that her
amazing singing voice is a gift from God and fully realizes that when He gives you a gift
He means for you to use it. And she fully intends to take that gift to new heights, even
though she has never been outside Georgia. Then, one miraculous Sunday, Triage Blue,
hometown rapper and movie star, becomes mesmerized by her beautiful solo in his
grandmother's church choir. He introduces Deborah Anne to the "right" people,
and suddenly she is on tour singing backup for one of the country's top R & B artists.
She believes her prayers have finally been answered. But that success exacts a steep
price, and with every one of her beliefs challenged, she will come to realize the true
purpose of her gift.
In this richly-textured, thought-provoking new novel, the author of Singsation
and The Prodigal Husband crafts a story that will resonate with African-American
women everywhere, as well as those who enjoy fiction with a Christian sensibility.
As she has done in the past, Jacquelin Thomas tells a story people with
complex characters who confront some of today's most challenging issues, and through their
spiritual commitment, find peace and renewal.
Bethesda Barnes has reached a point in life where she at last feels comfortable. She
loves her family, despite a stormy relationship with her mother. For romance, there’s
Lloyd Bounds, a devoted postal clerk. Although, cards on the table, Beth wouldn’t
mind a ring. Ask Beth what part of her life is truly fulfilling and she just might answer
“my beautiful career.”
After landing a plum teaching position at an Ivy League college, Dr. Barnes focuses her
energies on her students, even the obnoxious ones, encouraging them all to “always
strive for more.” Though driven and dedicated, Beth is fairly detached from her
faculty colleagues, well aware that she is one of the only black faces in a sea of white.
Despite the disparity, she loves her job and pursues it with gusto. Until an incident on
campus rocks her world—and forces her to confront society’s uglier side.
Late one night, four African American sorority sisters are called vile names and assailed
with garbage. The students decide to charge the boys with assault and racial insensitivity
for violating the university’s harassment code. They ask Beth to be their faculty
advisor for the case.
When Beth accepts, she walks into a racially charged firestorm of heated protest and
dangerous threats. It turns out that one of the boys is a skinhead who seems to have
sympathizers in high places. When the case goes national, even the editorial boards of
presumably liberal newspapers criticize the victims and their cause. Though some of girls
drop out of the case, and her personal life is blindsided by tragedy, Beth perseveres with
the cause, believing some things are worth fighting for . . . especially in the name of
justice.
A powerful novel that boldly takes on large, important themes while telling an intimate
story of a courageous woman, Breaking Away is Kristin Lattany’s most
persuasive and searing novel to date.
With the help of new employees Cedric, Bobby, and Horus—three ex-cons trying to
forge a new life—Lester Baines’s Horizon Realty is bringing Harlem back to its
renaissance. Fate seems to be working in Lester’s favor when Harlem’s
undesirable tenants begin to get clumsy and meet early deaths by accident. A deadbeat dad
electrocutes himself in the bathtub. A drug dealer takes flight from his fire escape. A
pimp is shot dead by police when they mistake his wallet for a handgun. That’s where
Horizon steps in. Block by block, Lester and his crew clear out the rubble and the rabble,
filling once dilapidated brownstones with black professionals handpicked for their shared
vision of Harlem as a shining icon for the race.
Rumors of the Chupacabra, a mythical monster claiming the lives of Harlem’s
unfortunate, run rampant with Harlem’s youth. But it isn’t until an ambitious
reporter begins to investigate the extraordinarily high accident rate in Harlem that
Lester starts to get a little nervous about Horizon’s future. For Lester, no cost is
too high in protecting Horizon and his vision for restoration. The battle for
gentrification and for the souls and very lives of the ex-cons plays out on the streets of
Harlem and against a backdrop of beautiful Manhattan brownstones.
Mat Johnson has created vividly memorable characters and a story that stands out as one
of the most controversial and explosive in years. As sure to ignite debate as it is to
entertain, Hunting in Harlem is an old-fashioned page-turner with a fresh and brave voice.
Mat Johnson is the author of the novel Drop. He received his MFA from
Columbia, where he studied under Michael Cunningham and Maureen Howard. He spent several
years living in Harlem and now lives in his native Philadelphia with his wife and
daughter.
Praise for Hunting in Harlem
‘Mat Johnson’s
breathless thriller cuts to the heart of gentrification. Hunting in Harlem shakes
up the issues of urban blight and asks, How far do you go to set it right? Implausibly
humorous, righteously terrifying, Johnson has written a contemporary cautionary tale for
our time.’ —Walter Mosley
Book Review: Hunting
in Harlem... A Mystery Thriller about Horizon Realty, a fictional Harlem real estate
company that plans to restore the land mark neighborhood. "By any means
necessary!" they kill the people who don't fit into their little plan. The book
leaves you thinking about the current renovations taking place in Harlem now and sparks
some issues about Gentrification,Black on Black crime, the pishing out of the poor who
can't afford the new and improved prices.
A nosy reporter who looks a little to hard at the "accidents" that seem to
keep happening. Three ex con's recruited to the Horizon Realty each trying to out do the
other for the " ultimate prise". A failed novelist who can't get anyone to read
his book, until his death. A thug who lives by any means necessary. And a regular guy who
struggles with the good vs. evil of what Horizon is doing. This was a modern mystery that
taps into the here and now, A thought provoking novel that will leave many questions
running through your mind. (Mahogany Book Club essence@surferez.net
Jervey Tervalon delivered "a marvelous read" (USA Today) in Dead Above
Ground, his national bestselling novel of a troubled Southern family. Now his literary
landscape shifts to the West Coast, in this compelling portrayal of a young black
university professor living life on his own terms -- a life entangled in the complex
relationships with the women who desire him.
All Jordan Davis wants is a smooth ride, speeding his Triumph along the 101, living the
beautiful life among the beautiful people of Santa Barbara. But trouble seems to find him
at every turn in the road. There's Trisha, the seductive twenty-two-year-old virgin from
the glamorous foothills...Mary, the angry white girl whose defiance is a definite
turn-on...and Daphne, an exotic, forbidden student, and keeper of shadowy secrets. They
all want to define him, limit him, turn him into what they want him to be. But for Jordan,
the ultimate question is what does he want out of life -- and can a man truly create a
destiny that isn't defined by his race or his past?
With stories in The New Yorker's debut fiction issue and in The Best American Short
Stories, 2000, and as the winner of a Whiting Writers' Award and a Rona Jaffe Foundation
Writers' Award, ZZ Packer has already achieved what most writers only dream about-all
prior to publication of her first book.
Now, in Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, her impressive range and talent are abundantly
evident. Packer dazzles with her command of language-surprising and delighting us with
unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the
periphery, unsure of where they belong. With penetrating insight that belies her youth-she
was only nineteen years old when Seventeen magazine printed her first published
story-Packer takes us to a Girl Scout camp, where a troupe of black girls are confronted
with a group of white girls, whose defining feature turns out to be not their race but
their disabilities; to the Million Man March on Washington, where a young man must decide
where his allegiance to his father lies; to Japan, where an international group of
drifters find themselves starving, unable to find work.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking debut-fresh, versatile, and captivating. It
introduces us to an arresting and unforgettable new American voice
The luminous, uplifting story of a woman who cooks up a plan to bring her family back
together and discovers that love, sharing, and a dash of daring are the secret ingredients
that can turn dreams into reality.
Camille Broussard can remember a time when she had more pep in her stride and her
single-story house was one of the nicest homes in the cozy, well-kept neighborhood of
Watts. Her kitchen overflowed with the fragrant aromas of Creole cooking, and the taste of
her divine crawfish, rich gumbos, and delicious pralines had family and friends begging
for seconds and thirds. The devastation of the Watts riots and the ravages of Reaganomics,
however, changed everything. Her neighbors have fled, the church pews are nearly empty at
Sunday mass, and her own children have turned their backs on Watts and on the pride and
values Camille instilled in them.
Her grandson Nicholas has just finished serving time for a crime he knew better than to
commit; her politically active lesbian daughter, Grace, is struggling with an identity
crisis; and Yvette, her naïve, sexually cloistered daughter, has a husband whose secrets
threaten to destroy the bond between mother and daughter. But despite how far they have
strayed, Camille is not ready to give up on the family who has nourished her as she has
nourished them. So she decides to combine her love of family and her love of cooking into
one great enterprise. She opens Camille’s Creole Kitchen and recruits her family to
help her get the restaurant on its feet. As the business gradually grows, Camille not only
restores her family’s spirit and sense of purpose, she also recovers her own lost
dreams.
Written with grace and vitality, Crawfish Dreams is a generous novel about
responsibility, community, family loyalty, and the pursuit of personal happiness. From its
heartwarming messages to the recipes sprinkled throughout its pages, it is an irresistible
treat from start to finish.
Justin Peters is a Harvard-educated professor of British and classic literature who
reads Shakespeare to his four-year-old daughter, Giselle. A native of Trinidad and the
product of a strict, English-style education, Justin and his focus on the works of
“Dead White Men” receive little professional respect at the public Brooklyn
college where he teaches. But whatever troubles he might have at work are eclipsed when he
realizes his wife, Sally, has begun to pull away from him, both physically and
emotionally.
Harlem-born Sally Peters, a mother on the verge of turning forty, is a primary school
teacher who believes that joy is a learned skill, and that it takes strength to be happy.
After a life of tragic losses, Sally thought she had finally found that strength when she
met Justin.
But now, Sally wants something more. And Justin is angered by her uncertainty about their
life and frightened by the thought that perhaps Sally never stopped loving the
ex-boyfriend for whom she wrote fierce poems. Is he, Justin wonders, responsible for
helping Sally find meaning in her life—a life that seems to him most fortunate? If
Sally and Justin’s union is to survive, both must face the crippling echoes of their
own pasts before those memories forever cloud and alter their future.
Set in a snow-covered Brooklyn, Grace is a thoughtful and lovely meditation on
trust, redemption, and family. Elizabeth Nunez’s delicate prose brings the struggles,
aches, and tender moments of this contemporary urban love story into vivid focus.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Elizabeth Nunez is the author of four novels, including Discretion,
Beyond the Limbo Silence, and Bruised Hibiscus, winner of an American Book
Award. She was born in Trinidad and emigrated to the United States after secondary school.
She is a Distinguished Professor of English at Medgar Evers College of the City University
of New York. The Director of the National Black Writers Conference sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Humanities for seventeen years, Nunez also chairs the PEN
American Open Book Committee. A recipient of numerous awards and professional honors,
Nunez lives in Amityville, New York.
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After serving ten years for armed robbery, Jonathan “JC” Cole is about to get
out of the joint, and he has one thing on his mind: revenge against the three
men—former childhood friends, now powerful crime lords—who betrayed him to save
their own skins. Richard “Richkid” Kidman is a Playa with a capital P, at one
time controlling a stable of twelve women. Alonzo “Zo” Johnson is one of the
richest drug dealers in the Windy City. And Eugene “Lil G” Pierce ranks among
the most successful con men on the East Coast.
JC feels that the time has come for him to claim what is rightfully his. His misfortune
was his ex-friends’ stepping-stone, and now it is time for them to pay up—in
spades. He doesn’t want to kill them, he just wants to take everything away.
He does this with the help of his woman, Champagne; his best friend, Rat; and Rat’s
girlfriend, Shaunna. They form a family of sorts, with JC as the leader and Champagne as
the fierce mother hen, together embarking on an exciting journey into the underworld of
Chicago.
Author Biography: Y. Blak Moore is a poet, social worker, and former gang member who
grew up in the Chicago housing projects. He has three children and lives in Chicago. This
is his first novel.
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What happens after the abuse ends?
This is the question fueling one African American woman's journey on the road to
self-discovery. Ruth Johnson has finally left her abusive husband of 14 years and jumped
feet first into "What the hell do I do now?" oblivion. As much as she'd like to,
Ruth finds that letting go of the past is easier said than done. Over the years, dodging
the bullets of her husbands anger has become second nature and Ruth soon realizes that
long after the physical scars disappear, the emotional scars have lingered on and shaped
her into the woman she has become. But is this the woman she truly is? It's not easy
learning to love yourself when you've been taught to believe you aren't worth loving.
However, Ruth quickly begins to see the truth buried deep beneath the lies. The truth that
little treasures are sometimes where you least expect to find them; in the company of good
friends, winning the battle in fighting for a worthy cause, spending a quiet night alone
sipping on a cup of hot tea, listening to some good jazz, and finally...falling in love.
Ultimately, the return of her ex-husband and another of his vicious attacks is no longer
powerful enough to break Ruth and her new foundation.
Book Description: Meet 16-year-old Eric Brown Jr., who's about to
learn the joys and heartaches of love when his family goes to North Carolina on
vacation. As Alex Hairston's compelling new novel follows Eric through his teens, he
falls in love again and again, always with disastrous results that leave his heart bruised
and scarred. His escape from the pain of shattered romance lies in the poetry he
writes and recites.
Now in his 20s, Eric is a player, residing in Baltimore, working as a trauma nurse,
living the high life with a luxury bachelor apartment and expensive cars. He
carefully guards his emotions, using the excuses of his career and hobbies to avoid
settling down. But then, he finds himself falling completely head-over-heels for a
beautiful woman named Candie.
Admired as a storyteller of rare power, award-winning national bestselling author
Gwynne Forster has won reader's hearts and challenged their minds and emotions. Her
second novel for Dafina, Blues from Down Deep, is her most multi-layered,
fully-realized work to date, an exploration of the meaning of family, of roots, and of
love.
The year in 1995. The place is the hills of western Pennsyvania. The issue is
trespassing. But who would have thought that a black couple, simply in the wrong place at
the wrong time, would end up running for their lives from an angry white mob in the
1990's?
Riding the waves of her national bestseller, Black Coffee, Tracy Price-Thompson keeps
the rhythm rolling with this page-turning tale of sexuality and self-identity that puts a
startling spin on the bonds of friendship and the devastating consequences of keeping
secrets, telling lies, and betraying those you love.
Juanita Lucas is a young woman living in a housing project in Brooklyn. Although she has a
very light complexion, she is proud of her blackness, even as she takes a beating from the
very sistahs she tries so hard to emulate. Her only friend, Scooter Morrison, is an
upwardly mobile brother who also happens to be young, gifted, and . . . gay. While Juanita
spends her time finding ways to fit in with the girls in the ’hood, Scooter’s
frustration over his sexuality makes him an easy target, and in his tough inner-city
neighborhood he finds himself catching hell coming and going.
A chance encounter with two fine Puerto Rican men changes Juanita’s and
Scooter’s lives in ways they could never have imagined. There is Conan, a hardworking
man who wrestles with both his love for Juanita and his guilt over his brother’s
death, and Jorge, an unscrupulous bad-boy thug who has no problem using what he’s got
to get what he wants, until he comes dangerously close to getting scorched by his own
flames.
Fast-paced, suspenseful, and unpredictable, Chocolate Sangria explores the hearts of two
lovers who get caught in a great cultural divide, and the trials they face when black love
and Hispanic love spill across racial boundaries.
FROM THE BACK COVER: Advance praise for Tracy Price-Thompson’s
Chocolate Sangria
“Chocolate Sangria is a wonderfully written novel that demands attention from page
one. Tracy Price-Thompson delivers a powerful sophomore effort, proving she has a literary
talent that will entertain readers for generations to come.” —Zane,
bestselling author of Addicted and The Heat Seekers
“Vivid, striking prose, heartfelt and authentic. Chocolate Sangria is a
thought-provoking book that examines sensitive issues among people of color.” —Marcus
Major, author of 4 Guys and Trouble
A BOSTON AREA AUTHOR!!! In spare, elegant stories reminiscent of the writings of Harlem Renaissance writer
Dorothy West, Anika Nailah illuminates the emotional, spiritual, and social realities that
shape–and sometimes destroy–the lives and dreams of ordinary African Americans.
The stories in Free offer a moving, strikingly original perspective on how cultural
experiences and social assumptions impact our lives. The characters include young children
trying to cope with the mysteries of adult behavior, adults striving to define themselves
in a society unwilling to accept who and what they are, and elderly people looking back on
the often difficult choices they have made. They all share a yearning to be free of the
ties imposed by others, ties that bind their bodies, minds, or spirits.
"Trudy" depicts a battle of wills between a black salesclerk and a white
customer, shining a harsh light on the bigotry of the 1950s. In "My Side of the
Story," a little boy struggles to understand why his mother has abandoned him despite
her claims that she loves him. “All These Years” is a touching vignette about a
couple married for fifty-four years who reminisce about the attraction they felt at their
very first meeting and realize that the magic still remains. In the aptly titled
"Inside Out," a man who has adopted all the trappings of the white
world–the hair, the clothes, the speech, the attitudes–finds himself still
ostracized in his office and gently mocked at home by a wife who embraces her blackness
with pride.
In probing the interior landscapes behind the everyday faces her characters assume, Anika
Nailah brilliantly exposes the injustices and struggles African Americans confront, the
skills they develop in order to survive, and the psychological and spiritual costs of
survival.
Acclaimed author Anita Doreen Diggs—whose work has
been hailed as “groundbreaking” (Book Page)—examines how a
devastating tragedy forever changes the dynamics of a marriage in this profoundly moving
new novel…
Mel and Adrienne Jordan had the kind of marriage most couples only dream about. Mel had
abandoned his womanizing ways to settle down with the smartest, sexiest woman he’d
ever met—and had absolutely no regrets. Neither did his wife. Between caring for
their infant daughter and tending to their small but lovely home in New York City,
Adrienne didn’t have time to think about the singing career she’d pursued and
then abandoned years ago. Landing a recording contract had once been her greatest
ambition—but she hardly ever thought about it anymore. Life was that good. But then
one day a fire sweeps through their home, killing their beloved daughter—and nearly
destroying their marriage. Convinced that he is to blame for the tragedy, Mel returns to
the mean streets of his youth—and indulges in the drugs, drink, and women he finds
there. Adrienne works long hours at a tedious job, desperate to get ahead—even though
she’s not really sure where she’s going. As they drift further into their
grief—and away from each other—Mel and Adrienne start to wonder if they can ever
reclaim what they had. And they soon realize that their greatest challenge will be trying
to save the one thing they had always taken for granted: their love.
Anita Doreen Diggs is a Senior Editor and Director of
Ballantine’s One World Books, a Random House imprint. She lives in New York City. To
learn more about Anita Doreen Diggs, write to her at GlamourWins@aol.com
or visit her Web site at www.anitadoreendiggs.com.
Atlanta Live is a popular talk radio show hosted by friends Jasmine, Evelyn, and
Malone. All is well with the show, their friendship and their lives until one
life-altering phone call changes everything.
Jasmine, the host of the show, grew up in poverty and vowed to never go back. She is
overly ambitious and has an obsession with acquiring material wealth. After being
insensitive and uncompassionate with a suicidal caller, Jasmine finds her job is on the
line. She seeks solace in an unlikely place and discovers everything that she has worked
hard for- her job, her friendships, and even her life are in jeopardy.
Evelyn grew up in a home lacking love. Her father was a prominent pastor with many
skeletons in his closet. When Evelyn mistakenly leaked out some of the family secrets, her
parents shut her out. Evelyn now finds herself engaged to a preacher more so to please her
parents than because she is in love. The suicidal caller takes Evelyn back in time to her
past and haunts her with secrets that she had tucked in the corner of her mind.
Malone is an ex-football player, trying to make a comeback. He is also fighting to gain
custody of his son from his crazy, estranged wife. His handling of the call places him
back in the spotlight and gives him another chance at his dream of playing football again.
In Atlanta Live, Carmen Green allows the reader to explore the world of talk radio. The
book is well written and has a nice flow. It is an enjoyable, quick read that I highly
recommend. I look forward to more works from Ms. Green in the future and would love to see
sequel to this novel.
Reviewed by Latoya Carter-Qawiyy
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (Posted on Amazon.com)
The first section of this unconventional love story belongs to Campbell. Despite being
born to a broken-hearted mother and a faithless father, Campbell still believes in the
power of love...if she can ever find it. Living in the same neighborhood, but unknown to
Campbell until a chance meeting brings them together, is Donovan, the "little
man" of a shattered home-a family torn apart by anger and bitterness. In the face of
these daunting obstacles, Donovan dreams of someday marrying, raising a family, and
playing for the NBA. But, deep inside, Campbell and Donovan live with the histories that
have shaped their lives. What they discover-together and apart-forms the basis of this
compelling, sensual, and surprising novel.
A deeply thoughtful novel about hope, forgiveness, and the cost of loving Donovan, this is
certain to be another bestseller from a supremely gifted author.
Book Review: Loving Donovan by Bernice l. McFadden ; She has done it again.
This book made me life, cry and mad. She will have you hooked from the first page. A must
read. chinaeyedoll chinaeyedoll@aol.com
Denene Millner and Nick Chiles made waves with Love Don't Live Here Anymore, their
debut novel hailed by critics for its "insightful look at modern marriage"
(Publisher's Weekly) and its "humor, compassion and honesty" (Booklist).
In Love and War takes us into the lives of Zaria Chance, sister of Mikki
Chance-Murphy, the female protagonist of Love Don't Live Here Anymore, and Kenneth
Roman, a teacher and basketball coach. When Zaria walks into Kenneth's classroom to
discuss her son's unruly behavior, there is instant conflict as these two strong
personalities go head-to-head-but there is also a powerful physical attraction. Though
they see the world in completely different ways, it soon becomes clear they can't live
without each other. But when Kenneth gets caught in a colossal lie, Zaria must decide
whether she can overcome her pain and outrage to take him back.
Told in alternating viewpoints, this warm-hearted, sensual novel gives us an intimate
perspective on each of the main characters' thoughts and feelings-the suspicions of the
single mom and the panic of the wary bachelor. Peopled by a cast of complex and appealing
characters drawn from real life and imbued with the candor, compassion, and humor that
made their first novel a success, this Millner-Chiles tale is for anyone who has ever
loved, lusted, and struggled to make a relationship work in the face of irrepressible
drama and intense emotional baggage.
Dr. Richard Vincent had a five year plan that was picture perfect. Then, in the blink
of an eye everything was altered. Treacherous relatives invaded his comfortable existence
armed with greed, deceit and a plot designed to destroy him.
Nina Epps is a successful accountant who has survived under the umbrella of domination
and dictatorship all of her life. Now, after years of submissiveness, she’s arrived
at a defining moment and must battle to escape a life that’s threatening to steal
what little bit of sanity she has left.
Through an unusual twist of events, Nina and Richard find themselves trapped in the eye
of a hurricane with nowhere to hide.
Book Review: Taken for Granted 5 Stars!*****
This book had me going all the way through it. I could not believe how manipulating his
mother in law RubyLee was! She was a street hustler from the word go, she used her
daughter endlessly, she didn't care one bit if she ruined her happiness. I felt for
Estelle, she always felt no matter what she had to do for her mother, all the while she
was complaing of a severe headache. Her mother, her sister and her daughter moved in to
their home and wrecked havoc.
Richard takes a trip to the Bahama's where he runs into Nina who also thought it would
be good to get away and clear her head.So happy that they ran into eachother again, they
spend time getting to know eachother more, sharing a knowing, they find comfort in
eachother and eventually love like they never knew before.. Richard returns home to find
Estelle dead, she had a blood clot in her brain . And to find that RubyLee had used his
Social Security number to draw out his bank account. Nina returns home to a place of her
own. After all the smoke clears..they start to build a life together... This was a page
turner....very realistic... Dawn - Mahogany Book Club essence@surferez.net
IF THE FIST BROWN SUGAR LEFT YOU WANTING MORE, THEN FEAST YOUR SENSES ON BROWN
SUGAR 2 AS 18 BESTSELLING BLACK WRITERS CELEBRATE A GREAT ONE-NIGHT-STAND
Brown Sugar: The first, bestselling Brown Sugar anthology was a literary and
commercial success, winning the Gold Pen Award for Best Short Story Collection. Brown
Sugar 2 brings you more smart, sexy, and original stories written by bestselling black
writers you know and love writing about characters you'll recognize in places you'll know.
These stories set the stage for seduction with a distinctly new flavor, and they are as
insightful as they are sexy. Here are the real souls of black folk, and each story will
take you there in more ways than one. Just be careful — you might get more than your
mind blown. Sexy and stimulating, playful and romantic, seductive and inspiring, Brown
Sugar 2 is a must-have collection for every lover, as well as every lover of good
fiction.
TANANARIVE DUE ZANE NELSON GEORGE JENOYNE ADAMS SHAY YOUNGBLOOD SANDRA
KITT BERNICE McFADDEN TIMMOTHY B. McCANN YOLANDA JOE MICHAEL A. GONZALES PRESTON L. ALLEN
LEONE ROSS SHAWNE JOHNSON REGINALD HARRIS KATHLEEN E. MORRIS WILLIE PERDOMO NICOLE
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After three years together, Mia can't help wondering if she's got a real future with
Miles -- who's all that and then some, as long as the words "love" and
"commitment" don't creep into the conversation. But the lady's willing to put
her doubts aside until after the vacation they've planned together with a group of their
closest friends: a luxurious Caribbean cruise on the maiden voyage of the Chocolate Ship.
The brainchild of billionaire black entrepreneur Delmonte Harrison, it's the "Love
Boat" with a soulful spin.
En route to Paradise, anything can happen and anything goes. Wings are sprouted, taboos
are tolerated, truths are revealed, hearts are broken and reassembled -- and lovin' is
served up as hot as Caribbean spice. All of a sudden Miles has a new crew of admirers. And
Mia, who has caught the roving eye of the very fine Delmonte Harrison himself, is well on
her way to discovering that temptation fever does not discriminate.
From Marissa Monteilh, the acclaimed author of May December Souls, comes a
sizzling, sexy, fabulous, funny, and wonderfully romantic adventure of personal
discoveries and glorious reawakenings on the unpredictable sea of love. SIGN OUR GUEST BOOK / WRITE A BOOK REVIEW
From Publishers Weekly: Fans of Mosley's Easy Rawlins
mysteries received a bonus when Washington Square recently reissued in trade paper the six
novels that preceded the latest one, Bad Boy Brawly Brown (2002). Each reprint contained
an original short story featuring Easy. Now, those stories and a seventh never before
published have been gathered together in a volume that's something of a patchwork but
still vintage Mosley. In his mid-forties, with a makeshift but tight family and a
respectable and responsible job, Easy no longer needs to depend on trading favors to earn
a living. But these stories reflect a more restless and reckless man-one who finds himself
being drawn to the street life he thought he had left behind. Energized and unsettled by
rumors that the dangerous and unpredictable Raymond Alexander, better known as Mouse,
might still be alive, Easy undertakes to determine the truth. That extended search also
finds Easy undertaking a number of jobs that recall his forte of being a black man more
capable than most of dealing with the volatile intersection of blacks and whites in Los
Angeles. In short order he investigates arson, murder, a missing person and other crimes.
The linked stories form an extended search not only for Mouse but also for answers as Easy
confronts the familiar demons of mid-life crisis. Easy occupies center stage, surrounded
by a stellar cast of both new and familiar characters, while the spirit of Mouse hovers
enticingly nearby. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Review: Opulent quality! These few stories were great with Easy Rawlins once
again. This book displayed strong quality with Easy Rawlins and the character did not die
out from these stories. Very good book and recommended to Easy Rawlins fans and to the
African American reader who likes to be satisfied. Erika e.r.marshall@worldnet.att
Kimberla Lawson Roby, the #1 Blackboard Bestselling Author of CASTING THE FIRST STONE
and IT'S A THIN LINE, returns with another moving and triumphant novel about a woman who
against all odds, almost single-handedly battles the most blatant kind of workplace
discrimination--while dealing with a crumbling marriage and a trusted friend's betrayal.
On the surface, Anise seems to have it all: a successful career, a solid marriage, and
good friends. But when she applies for a promotion at work, she loses out to a white
colleague who isn't nearly as qualified for the job. However, the problem at work is only
the beginning of Anise's troubles. After being married for four seemingly blissful years,
she discovers that her husband is having an affair. And to make matters worse, her best
friend at work is keeping dangerous secrets.
But Anise is no quitter. As brave as she is determined, she reaches deep inside her
soul to find the strength and courage to overcome heartbreak and stay her course.
Ultimately, she will discover that what is worth having is worth fighting for--in her
career, and most importantly in her heart.
With a compelling plot and writing that captures every emotion, A TASTE OF REALITY, is
a deeply poignant and unforgettable story.
Book Review: a taste of reality---- valarie is an awesome novelist...this book is sure
to please. Ohyeah j844smith@aol.com
Husband leaves, wife gets a life. Without knowing exactly how it happened, sexy
photographer and college rebel Ina Eleazar became a suburban, car-pooling, Prozac-popping
housewife and mother of three. No wonder her husband Jay found himself a new love. A
high-earning real estate salesman, he's apparently surrounded by glamorous, well-dressed
women and simply has to pick one. Ina thinks back to her youthful days at Howard
University and her passionate affair with David, who raised her consciousness before he
went off to Ghana with the Peace Corps. Son of a distinguished family-his mother was a
successful Washington, D.C., lawyer and world-renowned child advocate-David wasn't ready
to do the family thing, though he and Ina did love each other. Much scattershot musing:
Could it be that Ina settled for Jay, a handsome fraternity brotha with ambition, because
she needed security? Not that her Momma ever encouraged her to do anything but follow her
dream, as did her cousin and lifelong best friend Zackie, a drag queen. Trite insights:
"So much of life is about letting go of illusions." Ina has to scramble to
manage the three children alone, though Jay comes through with adequate support and even
takes them off her hands every other weekend, leaving Ina free to have affairs, stay out
late, and think it all over. Girlfriend Kayreen commiserates: her brother Jimmy just left
his wife of 20 years for a Texas deb who collects diamonds. Ina may have to sell her
roomy, sun-filled house and downscale her buppie lifestyle. In fact, she's actually
terrified about money. Good thing Jay isn't too thrilled about this either, because the
two of them end up in a therapist's office after an unexpected encounter with Jay's new
love. Rambling treatment of a very familiar theme, from second-novelist Little (Good Hair,
1996), whose highly personal style gives it some flava. Kirkus Reviews
With his critically acclaimed first novel, Bittersweet, Freddie Lee Johnson III
defied the stereotype that black men are willingly detached from their families. This
debut also heralded the arrival of a powerful and passionate new voice in fiction. Now
this talented author has written A Man Finds His Way, in which a college professor
sets out to rebuild his world after a series of bitter blows and shattering events.
Lately, Professor Darius Collins’s life has been as tumultuous as the history he
teaches in his university class. His girlfriend left him for another dude, his
ex-wife’s screwing the mayor and going down in political flames along with him, and
his son Jarrod has been accused of a vicious crime. And adding insult to the injury,
several of his black colleagues are calling him an Uncle Tom for opposing a university
visit by the controversial black activist and anti-semite Osmani Bornu.
But if history has taught Darius anything, it’s that bringing down one minority group
at the expense of another is no solution–and he won’t be bullied into
submission. Nor will he let the system take down yet another innocent black youth. But
he’s got more than a small battle ahead of him, for his son Jarrod, he soon realizes,
is a pawn in a dirty game of politics linked to his ex-wife. Can Darius fight the system
and win–but even more importantly, can he salvage the spirit of the son who’s
learning just what life can deal a black American man?
A gripping novel that plunges into the depths of conflicts within the black community and
the system that fuels them, A Man Finds His Way brings home real issues under the
guise of a genuinely heartfelt story: a family struggling to keep itself intact despite
all that rails against it.
Rising, a suspense thriller based in Northern Michigan, reveals the cryptic tale of
Symone Huston, a young woman forced to spend Thanksgiving Day with the man who raped her
years ago. As the evening wears on, violent flashbacks reduce Symone from guest to savage
and what would have been just another Thanksgiving dinner winds up making history as The
Last Supper.
Book Review: Rising by Darnella Ford: This book ia amazing. The author takes you into
the mind of a child that seen everything that life as to offer (good and bad). If you grow
up during the time that crack was rising in the black community then this the book for
you. Or if you have inner demon in you the you must read this book. I highly recommend
this book (well writing). shavonne chinaeyedoll@aol.com
Ever since Good Peoples, his bestselling debut novel, Marcus Major has proven himself a
master of lively, fast-moving, sensual stories about modern relationships. In A Man Most
Worthy, he gives us the irresistible tale of a man who has everything-except the one woman
he can't forget.
At thirty-six, self-made millionaire John Sebastian has achieved the kind of success that
most men only dream of. His up-from-the-ground security systems business is booming, his
home is a palace, and his gorgeous young girlfriend worships the ground he walks on. But
seven years ago, John did something he has regretted ever since: He allowed the woman he
loved to walk out of his life. Now, four years away from the big four-oh, he has come up
with a plan for the rest of his life. He's going to win back Josephine Flowers, no matter
what it takes-even moving back to his New Jersey hometown and overcoming the fact that she
is now married to another. But his greatest challenge still lies ahead: to prove himself
deserving of this special woman's love.
A story about reconnecting with the past and risking everything you have-most of all your
heart-A Man Most Worthy is another sexy, witty, and wise offering from one of today's most
gifted talents-an author most worthy of the kind of success this wonderful new novel is
certain to bring.
Eden is a fearless and wildly original debut, a powerhouse of a novel that explodes on
the first page and sustains a tightrope intensity until the last. When fourteen-year-old
Maddy Dangerfield draws a naked woman on the pages of Genesis in fire-engine-red lipstick
during Sunday school, the rural black community of Pyke County, Mississippi, is
scandalized. Her mother, mortified by the small-town gossip and determined to teach Maddy
the perils of her youthful intelligence, forces her from then on to spend weekends caring
for her estranged Aunt Pip, an outcast who lives on the wrong side of town and is dying of
cancer. The lessons Maddy learns are ones that could not be taught in any church.
Shuttling between the home she shares with her parents -- endlessly locked in a cycle of
resentment, violence, and only sporadic tenderness -- and the house of tough,
strong-minded Aunt Pip out on Commitment Road, Maddy feels her eyes gradually opening
to the complicated dynamics that inform her world. As the once self-possessed, fiery Pip
wastes away in body and spirit, Maddy is forced to confront the brutal finality of death
and to contend with the ghosts that hover over Pyke County -- the violated body of Laurel
Pillar, a young white girl raped in the field years before; Uncle Sugar, the black man
said to have Laurel's blood on his hands, in prison for life; Justice Bates, Sugar's
alleged accomplice, his broken body strung up and hanging from a tree; and the community
of dead and dying women who have been ravaged by disease, in whom Maddy finds a terrible
sort of comfort. In lush, vivid brush strokes, Olympia Vernon conjures a world that is
both intoxicating and cruel, and illuminates the bittersweet transformation of the young
girl who must bear the burden and blessing of its secrets too soon. Eden is a haunting,
memorable novel propelled by the poetry and power of a voice that is complex, lyrical, and
utterly true.
Everyone who’s anyone in the Harlem music scene has heard of Honeybee McColor and
the famous Friday night gathers that fill her brownstone to bursting. In the early 1960s,
nowhere but “The Big House” attracts so many renowned jazz and blues
musicians--and no one but Miss Honeybee attracts such talented lost souls as Forestine
Bent and Viola Bembrey.
The two women come from opposite worlds: one from the Brooklyn projects, the other from
the Baptist, rural South. Both know that they belong elsewhere. A rare and extraordinary
singer, Forestine aims to be a star. And Viola, stifled by her religious upbringing,
strains to find freedom. But Forestine’s single-mindedness endangers the one person
she really loves, while Viola blindly finds comfort in a man whose wild ways threaten to
consume her.
With the help of Miss Honeybee and her remarkable friends--Willa, known for her talent
both in the kitchen and on the piano, and the outrageous Vernon, who looks more elegant in
a gown than any woman--Forestine and Viola struggle to find the balancing point where
music doesn’t overpower love.
How these women fight their private wars, separately and together, is the emotional core
of Andrea Smith’s eloquent and vibrant debut.With a cast of characters as
compassionate as they are unique, this unforgettable novel overflows with energy, heart,
and humanity.
“With finely-tuned characters, Freddie Lee Johnson III effectively
harmonizes the varied strains of an African American family and proves that, when it comes
to the Black male voice, he’s got perfect pitch.” –CHRIS BENSON Author of
Special Interest
Clifford imagines his life as picture-perfect: two wonderful young sons, a fast-track
career, a loving wife. But his marriage is about to hit the skids. Victor is a
street-smart man with a tried and true philosophy for women: Get out before things get too
deep. Words to live by–until he meets a woman who turns his world upside-down.
Surviving a tragic, troubled past, Nathan is a minister with a solid family and an adoring
congregation. But he will soon find temptation where he least expects it. Three brothers
as different as they come. Three lives that veer unexpectedly off course. One bond that
heals them all. . . . SIGN OUR GUEST BOOK / WRITE A BOOK REVIEW
Troi finds her loyalty to her best friend Carla on the line when an
inappropriate attraction to her friend's husband spins their world out of control. Nina is
married to the man she loves but will ghosts from his past come and uproot their sensative
future? Sam is a family man who fears he may have married the wrong woman, but will a
secret that his wife's been hiding be the demise of his second marriage.
About The Author: Linda Dominique Grosvenor was born and raised in New
York by a parent of Caribbean descent and has been writing for over a decade. She resigned
from her 8-4 to write full time. She has cornered success and an attentive audience with
her sophomore novel Like Boogie On Tuesday, which has won her a legion of new fans with
its believable premise.
Some of her favorite authors are Margaret Johnson Hodge, Lolita Files, JD Mason, Nancy
Flowers Wilson, Earl Sewell and Carl Weber She is currently fine-tuning her fourth novel
and seeking publication of her collection of poems titled Love Lingers.
Older sister Jasmine, a postal worker in Richmond, Virginia, is working
hard, saving money, and waiting for the right man to walk into her life. And in
fine-dressing, smooth-talking attorney Derrick, she thinks she’s found him. Derrick
is generous, gorgeous, and oh-so-sexy. But all it takes is some pointed questions from
Jasmine’s shrewd granny Big Momma to expose her man as nothing more than a lying,
drug-dealing hustler. Refusing to admit she’s been played, Jasmine chooses to remain
faithful to Derrick while he’s doing time. That is, until she finds him in a clinch
on visiting day with his baby’s momma, Wendy. Derrick’s big mistake with Wendy
pushes Jasmine even further toward the arms of good friend—and good man—Dylan.
But when yet another baby momma comes into the picture, Jasmine will have to decide
whether the right love is worth the complications that come with it…
Little sister Stephanie is looking for a good time, not a good man, although she finds
both in sweet, loyal Travis. Before she knows it, a one-night fling has turned into a
three-year relationship. But then, Malek, Stephanie’s sexy high school sweetheart and
the father of her adorable son, swings back into town…and that wild part of her wants
another taste of the one that got away. Right in the middle of wedding planning, Stephanie
falls into a crazy affair with Malek—one that could destroy the best thing that ever
happened to her. Big Momma tries to keep Stephanie’s little family together, but a
woman has to take care of her own life…and for Stephanie, part of keeping things real
will be learning how to lie in the bed she made for herself. Now that she’s the
momma, maybe it’s time to start acting like a grownup…
The crazier things get, the more Jasmine and Stephanie realize how much they actually
have in common—and how much they have to learn from one another. Because when it
comes to sorting out life and love, no sister is perfect, but real sisters are
forever…
Carl Weber graduated from Virginia State University with a B.S. in accounting and has
an MBA in marketing from the University of Virginia. He is the author of Lookin’
for Luv and Married Men. He lives in Long Island, New York with his family.
Book Review: Baby Momma Dramma was an excellent book. This book kept me on edge
throughout. I would love to read more by Carl Weber. PJaclynLNoel@aol.com
Savvy, smart Kyle runs a booming African-American beauty supply business, but his main
job is hiding his wife from the sistahs who would skin him alive for marrying a woman like
her. Easy-going Allen can please his bossy Mama and his gold-digging fiancée—just
not at the same time. Big-hearted Wil's got a wife with a mouth so big she should consider
a career in broadcasting. And smooth and sexy Jay's "the man"—not only for
his wife, but for all the other lovely ladies he can't resist.
Lifelong friends Kyle, Allen, Wil, and Jay are finding out that marriage means more
than acting like the Huxtables. When each one is shown the door by his furious woman, the
result is a rowdy romp through sleazy hotels, divorce court, jail, and Viagra—all in
the arms of old flames, young things, and cutie pies. As the friends fend off strippers,
trippers, psycho ex-football players, and stuff too freaky to mention, they know there's
one thing they can always count on...each other.
Sassy, spirited, and smart-tongued, Married Men takes the battle of the sexes to
a whole new playing field, where the goal is staying true to your own game and still doing
right by the woman you love.
Book Review: MARRIED MEN by CARL WEBER . I enjoyed the book, it was different, it
caught my attention and i just wanted to read more about the characters in the book. i
wasnt a person who would read novels,but MR. WEBER had my attention. thank you for the
books. sisterc351@aol.com
Book Review: Married Men; I could not stop reading this book. This book climaxed and
never came down. It is definitely a good read. I passed the book along to my friend and
she is reading it at work and everywhere else. I definitely recommend this book.
Tina urban.elegance@verizon.net
Book Review: Married Men. Very good read. Drama, drama, drama. This book is filled with
drama until the very end. Try it and you won't be able to put it down. pnuttrey@aol.com
Book Review: Married Men - Excellent read. Carl Weber has surpassed his first novel.
Very believable with unexpected turn. The plot thinkens and just when you think you have
it figured out, you don't. A must read to find out why. by Michelle
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stories” that move the CD’s off the racks. He’s good at this, but what
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