Wifey 4 Life (Book Spotlight)

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... 

Wretched Saints by Marc Lacy and Assuanta Howard (Book Spotlight)

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)

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)

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... 

Meet Rita Y. Toews – Founder of Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13, 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... 

The #1 Reason Your Book Marketing Efforts Fail on Facebook

Dee on Twitter Last month I asked a question on my Facebook profile: If you could give up one social media platform– Twitter or Facebook– what would it be? Most respondents chose Facebook, because they didn’t get it. Although the results weren’t shocking, they were problematic. Many of those responders were authors… African-American authors.  But in this “Relationships are Imperative for Survival” age, black authors need to get Twitter. They need to get it like two years ago… Social Media affords us (all writers) the opportunity to communicate with our readership about our stories.... 

Ruler of Perfection by T. Onyx (Book Spotlight)

Chisulo Nkosi wanted Kam Okonkwo from the day she accepted the project to design the museum that would house the priceless artifacts he’d both collected and oversaw for his family’s estate. Unfortunately for Chisulo, the lovely architect was off limits. For centuries, the Nkosi and Okonkwo fought for dominance among the clans of shifters in which they reigned supreme. Now, a new conflict stands before them. It’s rumored that the Okonkwo are developing a serum that can suppress or in some cases obliterate the shifting phenomena. Only one final addition to the formula and the serum... 

Do Unto Others by Marcia Brevard Wynn (Book Spotlight)

Do Unto Others by Marcia Brevard Wynn Paperback: 198 pages Publisher: Enaz (January 20, 2009) ISBN-10: 1592321607 ISBN-13: 978-1592321605 BOOK SYNOPSIS One morning Jasmine Rodgers sends her children off to school, only to have her marriage of ten years turned upside down.  Her husband, Reginald, tells her that he is leaving her and the children for another woman.  Jasmine is devastated.  She had no idea that her marriage was on the brink of disaster, that Reginald had been planning this ambush for months, or that her hectic but happy life was about to come crashing down around her. Jasmine’s... 

Women’s Writes (Book Spotlight)

WOMEN’S WRITES: A MAmm Productions Collaborative Effort Angelia Vernon Menchan decided several years ago she would promote and publish work that spoke to all experiences and age groups. Through her own writing efforts she chose to try; however, now it has been decided that she will allow the voice of other, young women’s voices to be heard. Women’s Writes, A MAmm Productions Collaborative Effort, is her way of trying to give back and to showcase the voices of talented young women, who otherwise may not be heard. Enclosed are two stories by Angelia, two stories by Jennifer Coisierre,... 

Author Showcase – J. D. Mason

J.D. Mason is the author of several bestselling novels including, And On The Eighth Day She Rested, This Fire Down In My Soul, and You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, which has been selected as one of the best books of 2008 by Black Expressions and the RAWSISTAZ Online Book Club, and has been nominated for The Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award in the African American Fiction category. She is the recipient of the Atlanta Choice Award for her novel One Day I Saw A Black King, and her novel Don’t Want No Sugar was also nominated The Romantic Times Magazine award for Best Contemporary Fiction.  Her... 

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