Black Book Chat with Niobia Bryant (Book: Heated)
March 11, 2010
Four Genres…Three Publishers…One Writer. Yep, FOUR genres. LOL. Today we’re chatting with Niobia Bryant about her book, Heated. It was our main Book of the Month selection for February 2010. Please feel free to jump in!! Hopefully we’ll also get an inside look into her other books, the various genres she writes in and what’s coming out in 2010. *This year marks her 10th Anniversary as a published writer.* HEATED by Niobia Bryant Kensington, June 2009 304 Pages, Paperback, $6.99 ISBN-10: 075821460X ISBN-13: 978-0758214607 BOOK DESCRIPTION SHE’S SEXY...
Wifey 4 Life (Book Spotlight)
March 9, 2010
Wifey 4 Life by Kiki Swinson ISBN: 1934157619 PUB DATE: MARCH 10 SYNOPSIS Kira’s quiet life in the islands is interrupted when she’s called back to Virginia to attend her cousin Nikki’s funeral. Reluctantly, Kira plans a short, incognito trip to do just that. However, her plans are derailed when news of her arrival spreads. Now there’s a bounty on her head, and several snakes are ready to cash in. Behind enemy lines in her own hometown, Kira is faced with yet another battle to stay alive as she finds out once again, that she’s living on borrowed time. Will she be able to cheat death...
And the Truth Shall Set You Free by Rosiland Crossland (Book Trailer)
March 9, 2010
And the Truth Shall Set You Free by Rosiland Crossland And the Truth Shall Set You Free is a fiction novelette, and it reminds us that sin is expensive. It is about the sinful engagements of four adults. One of the adults is a well-known Chicago star ball player. Their sinful engagements seem fun; but, they quickly learn that there is a high price to pay for sin. And the price is very expensive. A basketball player quickly learns that sin is one debt; that money can’t get you out of. Author’s Website: http://www.aandrpublishing.com BOOK TRAILER And the Truth Shall Set You Free is...
Wretched Saints by Marc Lacy and Assuanta Howard (Book Spotlight)
March 9, 2010
Poet/Author Marc Lacy and Assuanta Fay Howard Release a Jarring Collection of Fiction Short Stories…Wretched Saints Contact: AVO Publishing P.O. Box 2250 Huntsville, AL 35804 (256) 721-1600 avo@hiwaay.net http://www.avopublishing.com Wretched Saints – When the Righteous Path Leads to Hell’s Doorstep ISBN – 978-0-9749712-3-0 What are Best-selling Authors Saying About Wretched Saints? “Powerful, gripping, and eye-opening! Walk into the pages of the Wretches Saints and immerse yourself in the captivating stories that lie within. A well-written, thought provoking work...
Her Husband Made Her Do Him (Book Spotlight)
March 9, 2010
Her Husband Made Her Do Him by Ms. Downlow **rated 5 stars on Amazon.com** Suicide or an affair? When stunning, conservative, 24 year old, black law student, Katlynne LaSalle discovers that her husband is cheating she nearly flunks out of law school, and begins to have suicidal thoughts. Her husband won’t admit he’s cheating, and she fears that if she keeps pressuring him, he’ll divorce her. She chooses to live life to the fullest and have her own affair with a married Hip Hop and R&B artist who’s a lover, not a thug. Together they fulfill naughty sexual fantasies Kat...
Weepin’ Willa: A Collection of Short Stories (Book Spotlight)
March 9, 2010
Weepin’ Willa: A Collection of Short Stories by Nariscia Lott This is a journey of life-altering surgeries, a few romantic disappointments and the death of a caring mother. The latter tragic event pervades each line of these pages of autobiographical elements written from the heart–a heart that forgives life without realizing it needs to forgive itself first. BOOK SYNOPSIS Weepin Willa: A Collection of Short Stories is stained with tears of love…not girl-meets-boy love (no, Mr. Right does not make his grand appearance)…but the kind of love born of courage, endurance and...
Take Off the Mask Blog Tour with Sonya Visor
March 9, 2010
Who I’ve Become is NOT who I AM is Sonya Visor’s first non-fiction book. Her passion is to minister to the people who hide behind masks. Sonya’s calling is to break and destroy the yokes of bondage, releasing the power of God into the lives of others by the preached Word and prayers of deliverance. When you can find the strength, to step into who you truly are; you can find the strength to BE THE (Tru U). TruU Ministries is the women’s ministry that God has charged her with to help other’s become free. Sonya shares her heart with her husband, Pastor Tony Visor, who she calls her better...
Black Book Chat with Brenda Jackson (Book: Wrapped in Pleasure)
March 9, 2010
Today we will be chatting with Brenda Jackson about her book Wrapped in Pleasure, one of our February BOM Selections. WRAPPED IN PLEASURE by Brenda Jackson Mass Market Paperback, 368 pages Publisher: Kimani Press, January 1, 2010 ISBN-10: 0373831773 ISBN-13: 978-0373831777 Two Westmoreland novels—one classic and one new—from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Brenda Jackson “Delaney’s Desert Sheikh” A mix-up in Delaney Westmoreland’s vacation plans forces her to share a cabin with a tall, dark and oh-so-handsome sheikh who is bent on her seduction. Jamal...
Meet Rita Y. Toews – Founder of Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13, 2010)
March 7, 2010
For those following along on Twitter, please use hashtag #ebookweek for REBW 2010. History – Read an E-Book Week (REBW) was first registered with Chase’s Calendar of Events in 2004 by founder, Rita Y. Toews. By having the week officially recognized, e-book authors and publishers acquired a certain extra “legitimacy” during that week to promote the new technology of e-books. The public and media were initially wary of e-books and many doors were closed to promotion. With the week officially recognized by Chase’s, authors reported they now...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07
March 7, 2010
LIT NEWS: Straightening the Record – Dorothy Jane Mills at home in Naples, Fla. Baseball researchers had honored o… http://ow.ly/16JJf0 # LIT NEWS: ‘Mad as a Hatter’: The History of a Simile – Pity Lewis Carroll’s poor Hatter. Why not “mad as a shoemake… http://ow.ly/16JJf3 # LIT NEWS: Sunday Routine | Rebecca Stead: Pen Down, Brain Off http://ow.ly/16JJf6 # LIT NEWS: Soldiers’ Stories – A philosopher and psychoanalyst documents the stories of veterans and brings a dual p… http://ow.ly/16Jrd9 # LIT NEWS: Library Science – An exploration of the...
