The Age of Innocence is the first book of the Nia Trilogy novel series. An urban classic street lit that foretells a saga of love, passion, hood life, street gangs, sex, violence, money, and power which weaves a web of deception.

Drug Lord, Q, has his eyes on his beautiful stepdaughter, Nia. Nia’s beauty and innocence is was what made Q want to draw her into his sinister world of human trafficking. Rachel, Nia’s crack addict mother gets entangled into Q’s illegal activities. Rachael witnesses a high profile murder spree; she vanishes with out a trace.

Nia finds the courage to run away and leave the dysfunctional home, but unfortunately she was placed back into the same dilemma by a social services system that failed.

Nia get some support from her high school sweet heart, Clay, but is he really there for her in the long run? Will peer pressure and gun violence ruin Nia and Clay’s lives? Will Nia be able to handle these problems that are beyond her age of innocence?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kimberly Purpoz has been a professional writer and author for over 12 years. Kimberly currently writes under the following pseudonyms: Kimberly Purpoz and Purpoz. She is the author of “Age of Innocence”, “Foreshadowers: The Seeker of Legends, and the upcoming motivational book, “Purpose Lies Within: A Motivational Book for the Heart and Soul.” Purpoz is a graduate of Georgia State University. She is a motivational speaker and speaks for Great Black Speakers Bureau.

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Damien rescinds his baseball scholarship offer from USC and decides to attend the University of Miami instead. After a disappointing college baseball career, Damien’s best friend Mookie convinces him to relocate to Atlanta. Mookie schools Damien on the “starting five concept” and Damien never looks back. While in Atlanta, Damien is involved with a plethora of beautiful black women and never can seem to get enough. After many years, love eventually prevails. Damien finds himself trying to make the ultimate choice.

First, Crystal resurfaces when she relocates her medical practice from L.A. to Atlanta. She desperately wants to rekindle her love interest with Damien. Secondly, Diamond springs back into Damien’s life and has the ultimate surprise for him. Then there’s Nicole, who is married and miserable but wants Damien all to herself. She stops at nothing to accomplish this task. But Katrina, the sophisticated high profile corporate attorney, has other plans for Damien. She’s has everything in life, except a man, and now wants him as her “boy toy.” Finally, Tameka who is Diamond’s fake friend has a trick up her sleeve to combat them all.

Does love conquer all or will Damien continue to be just another ladies’ man?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Frederick Germaine has always been fascinated how writing could be so intriguing. It takes dedication and an imaginable thought process to capture an audience within a good novel. After writing leisurely for years, Frederick Germaine decided to pen his first novel. Ladies’ Man is an entertaining love novel from a male-perspective. He wrote the novel because he felt almost everyone has previously been in love, is currently in love or simply seeking love. Thus, we all can relate to it. After the release of Ladies’ Man, Frederick Germaine was featured in Xtra Magazine.

Besides being an author, Frederick Germaine is an advocate for mentorship programs. He currently serves as a mentor to the youth and young adults. Additionally, he is a motivational speaker compelling individuals to make the right “choices” in life.

Frederick Germaine graduated from Jacksonville State University where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business. He currently resides in Atlanta where he continues to write and promises to deliver another hot novel.

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Osguards: Guardians of the Universe is a detailed space odyssey, framed in American History, peppered with intrigue, filled with adventure and coated with technical wizardry.

It is the third generation and the fourth age of mankind. Earth has become an unwitting pawn in the Kulusk Empire’s thirst for revenge, against the Universal Science, Security and Trade Associations of Planets—USSTAP. Maxum Ritchen, the leader of the Kulusk Empire, has set into motion the destruction of USSTAP and with it the destruction of Earth. Michael David Genesis, the First Osguard, and his family are the leaders of USSTAP. He and his family are descendants of twin princesses from the planet Chaktun who fled their war ravaged world, escaped to Earth and lived in the antebellum South as slaves. USSTAP is the Osguards’ inheritance. They facilitate scientific advancement, assure universal security and promote fair trade amongst the sixty known galaxies. Michael and the other Osguards use diplomatic, economic and military tools of power to keep the peace. But like most peacekeeping organizations, there are always challenges. For Michael the challenges are the Kulusk – the dogmatic empire that has waged war with Chaktun for centuries; the Tuits – a warrior race bent on revenge; and the Moslecks – universal nomads terrorizing the universe. Can the Osguards save USSTAP…can they save themselves?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Malcolm Dylan Petteway is a senior military analyst, a retired military officer and a twenty-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He flew B-52′s as an Electronic Warfare Officer and has 3,000 flight hours and 300 combat hours. In his distinguished career, Malcolm has used his knowledge in the art of war, military weapons and combat defenses in planning over 400 combat sorties. Besides his Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters and numerous other awards, Malcolm is the recipient of the U.S. Air Force Air Medal and the U.S. Air Force Air Achievement Medal for his actions during Operation Enduring Freedom. Malcolm Petteway is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and California State University.

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The Diva of Peddler’s Creek by Ava Bleu
The Wild Rose Press,  October 2010
ISBN 13: 9781601548375
318 pages, $14.99 (Print) or $7.00 (E-book)

Book Description
Romance novelist Taylor Beir will stop at nothing to get her mother off her back, including relocating to teach a little boy she’s never met how to read.  But Christopher Doubleday doesn’t want to learn. Handsome older brother, Boyd, has an invisible stick up his backside.  And she suspects sweet Mary and Jesse are trying transform her into the mythical “good girl” she’s never been; either by power of suggestion or bribing her with endless goodies from Mary’s kitchen.

Taylor may be down—and stuffed—but she’s not out.  Someday the townspeople of Peddler’s Creek, West Virginia will realize their hostility is misplaced and recognize her for the gentle, misunderstood soul she really is.  And they will admit that Taylor Beir truly is the best thing to ever happen to their tiny, dirt road, middle-of-nowhere, backwater town of Peddler’s Creek, West Virginia … if they know what’s good for them.

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Website: http://www.booksbyava.com

Crossing Color Lines by d. E. Rogers

Is your America separate, but not equal?

Segregation of races can have a powerful impact that defeats the will to fight if you’re on the wrong side. But what if YOU had a chance to choose your race? Would you stay in your own skin, or choose the race with the best benefits?

In Crossing Color Lines, Chase Cain chooses which side to live on. After seeing the brutal hanging of his father as a child and having features and skin light enough to ‘pass’, Chase Cain decides to create his own fate: Leading the life of a white man. With just a small ‘white lie’, Chase gambles with his family, friends and love, while claiming wealth, fame and fortune. Not understanding the game or knowing the players, his choice becomes a living hell and his world begins to crumble. But, just as he attempts to rebuild his life, enemies from his past resurface to remind him that certain lines should never be crossed!

Website – http://www.theworldofdavid.com
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Their attraction is instant and tense; both resolve to focus on the case. But when Camille receives an encrypted memory stick from a murdered co-worker Marc may be the only person she can trust.

Black Diamond is the eagerly anticipated debut novel by Ja’Nese Dixon. True love, like black diamonds, is rare and precious but when murder and a persistent criminal threaten a frail relationship, will love triumph?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ja’Nese Dixon writes fiction novels for readers yearning to escape and disappear into a good book. Ja’Nese’s debut novel, Black Diamond is scheduled for release in June 2010. She resides in Houston, Texas, with her husband and their two children. For more information visit http://www.janesedixon.com.

Stripped by Marcia Collette

Book Description:
Someone wants their perfect weapon back, only she’s not coming quietly.

Alexa Wells wants her life back. She’s just not sure what that life was. The memories inside her head—a stripper’s—aren’t hers, and before she humiliates herself onstage one more time, she sets out to collect the scattered pieces of her mind. The trail leads to Boston, charges of identity theft and murder, and the real bombshell: a forgotten werewolf lover who insists she’s a werewolf hybrid.

Matt York doesn’t care that she looks at him like he’s been smoking crack between court cases. Now that he has her back he’s not about to let her go it alone, even if she can easily kick ass and take names all by herself. Amnesia only scratches the surface of her problems, and like it or not, she’s stuck with him.

She’s also stuck with Robert Gamboldt, a venture capitalist who’s not above murdering his way to the top. He’s not about to lose his prize possession without playing dirty. It’s a simple enough offer. Be his personal assassin, or go to jail.

With options like that, it’s enough to make a hybrid go full-blood.

Website: www.marciacolette.com

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

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Twenty-five women, including Bunny Debarge, Sharon Ewell Foster, Stanice Anderson, Claudia Mair Burney and Marilynn Griffith, tell their stories of coming full circle from tragedy to triumph. Each contributor keeps it holy, keeping it real in these raw, relevant tales of redemption and restoration. Think of it as Prozac for the Christian Woman’s Soul!

A twelve week study is included for churches and book clubs. Instructions provided on gathering your own SistahFaith circle.

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SISTAHFAITH CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

• MARILYNN GRIFFITH (Editor)
• STANICE ANDERSON
• TANYA R. BATES
• CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY
• WANDA J. BURNSIDE
• ROBIN CALDWELL
• SHELETTE CARLISLE
• LADY CATHERINE
• ETTERLENE “BUNNY” DEBARGE”
• DEE EAST
• SHARON EWELL FOSTER
• DORIEN HAGE
• GAIL M. HAYES
• DR. NAIMA JOHNSTON
• DELORES M. JONES, MSW, LMSW
• STEPHANIE L. JONES
• CARMITA MCCALL
• LAVONN NEIL
• CARLEAN SMITH
• DAVIDAE “DEE” STEWART
• SONYA VISOR
• LITTLE SALLY WALKER
• ROSALYN “ROS” WEBB
• ROBIN R. WISE
• KISHA WOODS

Her relationships with men, although few and far between, has been tainted by “the thing she cannot say” and her faith has been weakened by the emotional and spiritual blows her life has taken.

This dynamic story of deliverance keeps readers, page by page, on the edge of their proverbial seats, wondering if CJ will simply succumb to the darkness that has chased her soul for as long as she could remember or if she will be the one to finally put an end to the generational curse that has tried to consume her family. Ultimately, will she ever find true love, joy, and peace?

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AUTHOR’S WEBSITE: http://www.traceymlewis.com

Black Jack by Jean Holloway

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Lead Homicide Detective Shevaughn Robinson has gone from the cop everyone, including herself, doubted to the “golden child” of the Portsborough Police Department with a record of sensational arrests and closed cases.

But when Helene Elliott is found dead from an apparent suicide, her family insists it was murder and pressures the Portsborough Police Department to take on the investigation. Detective Robinson is assigned to the case at a time when she is struggling to strike a balance between her personal and professional life following the death of Tony O’Brien, the love of her life. Elliott’s case awakens a complicated relationship with Terri Becker who harbors resentment towards Shevaughn for the death of Eric Becker, the serial killer dubbed Ace of Hearts.

Was the Elliott death a suicide or the work of a cold-blooded predator?  Will life throw Shevaughn another unexpected blow?  And will Shevaughn’s attempts to move forward inadvertently lead death to her front door yet again?

Black Jack is the sequel to Jean Holloway’s acclaimed debut novel, Ace of Hearts. Buckle up and follow Shevaughn as she moves closer to solving the Elliott murder, unknowingly rekindling old grudges and awakening a sinister spirit.  Get ready, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Author’s Website: http://www.deckofcardz.com

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The Carpenter’s Princess by Tanya Marie Lewis

“Daddy’s not coming home again. Before I heard those words, we were the fabulous four from Ft. Knoxville, Mississippi. That’s what daddy use to call us. Now, we’re just three, not the fabulous three, just three: Momma, my older brother Mitch, and me. Or is it Mitch and I? Daddy would correct me, but he’s not coming home again.  I’m Malena. I just turned eight yesterday so I don’t know a whole bunch of stuff yet. Except them telling me today, Daddy’s not coming home again.”

This begins the heart wrenching story of Malena Dawson a daddy’s girl, who internalizes the loss of her daddy but thrives on the love of God her parents instilled in her through out her youth. However, when  Malena goes off to college she becomes someone she no longer recognizes, filling her mind with shallow misconceptions of life, love and success.

When Grant Carpenter, a young man from her childhood resurfaces in her life, Malena, battles with their age difference and still in denial concerning her daddy’s death, yo-yo’s between wanting and denying the love Grant has too offer until she finally pushes him away.

It is only when she finds her life spinning helplessly out of control that she realizes  the only person who may be able to help her is the secret lover she met as a little girl in the backfield of her father’s house.

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The famed characters from The Ultimate NO NO are back and still searching for love. The scam Nitrah and Dahlia created was just the beginning of their heartaches. Now time has past, and the ladies are back for round two.

Nitrah has decided to move on with her life and even took a new step in her career, but as soon as she moves on, Troy comes back to Fort Worth. Not only does Nitrah face him, but she also faces the past when Michael comes back to start a committed relationship with her. She is now torn between the two, and you won’t believe who she chooses.

Jazzaray and Tim are now married and should be living their happily ever after, but they aren’t. Both face turmoil that will test them in some of the most difficult ways. Now, Monica who turns out to be a predator for married men will make it her mission to make Tim all hers. Will Tim and Jazzaray’s relationship survive?

Finally, will Dahlia find true love with the man who got away? Can she finally let go of the past with Troy? Things for her becomes worse before they get better, and as you expect for her to finally get her prince charming, her life takes a unexpected twist that will leave you shocked.
Are all her Dahlia’s sisters’ secrets really out of the closet? Can these women finally find true love and stop playing with people’s hearts? They will all come face to face with their problems in their final moments, and in the end they must make a choice and have No Regrets. It’s now or never!

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Tamika Newhouse is the Best Selling author of The Ultimate No No. She is also known as the creator and President of African Americans on the Move Book Club, which is an online book club catering to avid readers across the nation. She is currently the Editor of Step Up Sista Magazine and literary consultant. In March 2009 Tamika was announced the Women of the Year by Alive Magazine, nominated as Self Published Author of the year by African American Literary Awards, and nominated as Best Radio Personality by the Black Book Clubs Rock Awards. She is currently living in San Antonio with her husband son, and daughter. She plans to release her second book The Ultimate Moment in September 2009 and is currently working on her third novel Cookie: A Fort Worth Story.

WEBSITE:

http://www.tamikanewhouse.com

Just because you say ‘I do,’ doesn’t mean you won’t. Cheat that is. Especially when the devil is tap dancing on your doorstep!

What happens when a famous trial attorney and his even more famous gospel singer wife face the biggest test of their lives?

Matthew and Gloriana McCrae have been dubbed by a famous magazine, as one of the most beautiful couples in the world. They have it all: wealth, fame, respect and an unshakeable love for one another. Or do they?

…If He brings you to it, He’ll bring you through it!

That is what Gloriana has always believed. That is, until she must face her fear of losing her best friend and husband, to a woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. When Aston Montgomery sets her sights on something or someone, she usually gets it, by any means necessary. With a heart that has long been turned cold, is she willing to commit murder to get what she wants?

Pride. Greed. Envy. Wrath. Lust. With five of the seven deadly sins swirling around them, can love and the Word of God help this couple hold on to what matters most or will the devil, disguised as a beautiful woman, tear them apart?

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REVENGE…LUST…HOLY MATRIMONY

What would you do for a million dollars???

Texas businessman Jacob “Jake” Banks is about to lose his business and everything else he’s worked for until his uncle dies and leaves him as the executor of his estate–only catch is, he has to marry and marry a specific woman in order to cash in on the inheritance. Big problem, since Jake has vowed to be a bachelor for life.

Brianna Mayfield is at her last rope. Her father lost his business due to Jake’s uncle turning down a loan. She’s convinced this caused her father to fall into a deep depression. She blames the Banks and vows to pay them back one day. When she sees an ad in the paper for a job at her self-proclaimed enemy’s company, she feels her luck is turning around. She applies and is later approached by Jake with a proposition she can’t turn down.

Release Date: July 2009/Urban Books

Author’s Website: http://www.sheliagoss.com

 

 

Praise Your Way Through is a Christian Fiction novel detailing the lives of four characters from very different backgrounds and the challenges they encounter from day to day. From adultery, hidden secrets, abandonment issues, wavering faith and everything in between. When all hell breaks loose the crucial question is will they have the courage and faith to listen to God’s direction or will they simply continue to take matters into their own hands? 

To read an excerpt or order a copy of the book visit her website at www.irisceleste.com.  Iris can also be found writing her weekly column As a Woman Thinketh for Big Time Publishing Magazine, as well as, being a contributing writer for Victorious Magazine.

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Never What it Seems

Author’s Website: – http://dimartin01.books.officelive.com

After trials and a series of mistakes, the light bulb finally comes on. She understands that being a victim as a child should not make her live life being victimized. It should make her a survivor. She learns she has two choices in life; she could either sink under the weight of despair, or she could swim to shore and start over.

She chooses to swim. She looks back to her past to understand the present, determined to break the cycles that threaten her and her children’s future.

Whatever she decides to do in life, she knows one thing is certain; understanding who she is and where she wants to be brings placidity that is unsurpassed by anything – including fairy tale images of love. Understanding is serene. It is calming and full of bliss. For the first time in her life, understanding is mellow.

Author’s Website: http://www.mmdavis.com

But selling sex is never easy. Insatiable clients, mob extortion, and a federal government that wants to ban sex between unmarried people are just a few of the problems that threaten to take down A Sister’s Spa on Martha’s Vineyard.

Smart, sizzling, and wickedly funny, Let’s Get It On is an outrageous tale of three women who push traditional envelopes in pursuit of empowerment, and a witty, forthright look at what women really want.

Release Date: June 2009

Author’s Website: http://www.jillnelson.com/

Fast forward sixteen years, and Breanne Phillips is back in his life. These days, she’s a businesswoman, who goes by the name of Anne. She’s dragging a sixteen-year-old hoodlum behind her, claiming Alec is the boy’s father and demanding that he straighten out their son. And as if dealing with an unwelcome ghost from his past isn’t enough, his son is mixed up in the kind of foolishness Alec is all too familiar with, which means he’ll have to step in and rearrange some things. A door opens, and Smoke is suddenly back on the scene, ready to put some heads to bed, including Anne’s. After that, he’ll deal with the son he never knew he had.

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Author’s Website: http://www.terralittle.com