Sunday, September 30, 2007

The Forthcoming: Zoe & Yusuf T. Woods - Blood Of My Brother


Zoe & Yusuf T. Woods
Blood Of My Brother

September 30, 2007


In the rough streets of Philly, money is like air. You can’t live without it but you can die trying to get it. Zoe & Yusuf T. Woods present Blood of My Brother which is a high energy suspense novel, full of drama that puts you right in the middle of the street life. Many have lost themselves by not using the rules that are laid out in this story. Zoe & Yusuf T. Woods introduce you to Roc and his right hand man Boggy. Roc is a boss that makes noise with his hands and not with his mouth as a true Don does.


Together, Roc and Boggy have come a long way. From having their ribs touch due to not having enough to eat, to sitting side by side on a G4 overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. However, it’s hard to stay at the top when so many people want your spot. Roc has seen the jealousy, disrespect, and betrayal that come along with being the top dog but the devastating move that comes his way is one that takes things to a new level.


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Cheryl Robinson Newsletter - October 2007


October 2007 Vol 3, Issue 3
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Greetings!
 
With just three months until the release of my next novel, Sweet Georgia Brown, January 2, 2007, this issue and contest will be geared toward obtaining  reader's feedback.
 
I am very excited to launch the book trailer for Sweet Georgia Brown, which you can access by clicking on the Sweet Georgia Brown book cover.  Let me know what you think!  And please forward to your friends and family.
 
Sincerely,
 
Cheryl Robinson
In This Issue
View The Sweet Georgia Brown Book Trailer
Book Club Profile
What I'm Reading Next
Author Spotlight
What I'm Listening to
This Christmas
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Sweet Georgia Brown available January 2, 2008 in bookstores nationwide and online
  Meet Georgia Brown-a humble housewife determined to become a household name....

Exclusive to my online subscribers the premier of my teaser book trailer for Sweet Georgia Brown. The trailer was produced by independent filmmaker Brett Haley of Let It Play Productions, New York. He also produced the book trailer for the novel Then We Came To The End. I emailed the author because I really liked his trailer and he gave me Brett's information. So please double click on my book cover to be directed to YOUTUBE to view the trailer. It opens in the radio station with Georgia's husband Marvlous Marvin, a nationally syndicated radio show host. Leave a comment on Youtube either about your thoughts on the trailer or on how feel about Marvin using his national radio format to talk about his wife of eleven years and then email me at newfictionwriter@msn.com letting me know you have done so and you'll be automatically entered into my drawing for a $100 giftcard to Amazon.com.
Book Club Spotlight
SST initially started out to meet monthly to share their passion for reading. They soon had a vision that their book club was destined to be more than just a social reading group. There are currently thirteen wonderful diverse ladies between the ages of 30 - 50...To learn more click on their logo to go directly to their myspace page.
What I'm Reading Next: Reposition Yourself by T.D. Jakes 
                                In his latest book, Reposition Yourself, bestselling author T.D. Jakes shares insights that will help readers adjust to the many changes that life brings. This is a shrill wake-up call to take charge of your life now. Not only does it confront areas where subtle passivity or even poor choices may have stifled the reader's creativity, but it also instructs how to manage change and maximize life now. Using wisdom collected from his more than thirty years of counseling and working with everyday and high-profile people, Jakes covers financial, relational, and spiritual creativity and shows how adapting to transitional moments in your life is the path to an enriched existence filled with contentment at every stage
Eric Pete, Author of Blow Your Mind in bookstores November 2, 2007
                          In addition to his numerous television and radio appearances, Eric and has been featured in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Louisiana Weekly, the American Press, the Baton Rouge Weekly Press, and online sites such as AOL Black Voices, Book-Remarks, the Romer Review, the Literary World, BlackTexas.com, and DimeMind.com.

Eric was born in Seattle, WA. Having lived there as well as Louisiana and briefly in Los Angeles, he now resides in Texas where he is working on his next book.He is a graduate of McNeese State University and a member of Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity.
What I'm Listening to...Jill Scott: The Real Thing Words and Sounds Volume 3
                               
All I have to say is mmm....mmm...mmm. If you haven't purchased this CD yet, I highly recommend it and you can check out her over one hundred reviews on Amazon who feel the same way I do. My friends know that I am a little impatient. I ordered this CD on Amazon about a month before it was released after hearing the single, Hate On Me, and because I adore Jill Scott. Well, Tuesday came and a friend had purchased it and told me that she couldn't get past Jill's CD to listen to Common's new one or Keisha Cole's. Amazon sent me an email saying it wouldn't arrive until Friday due to some delay, but I couldn't wait. I purchased the CD on that Wednesday the day after the release and when I received the one from Amazon I mailed it to a close friend who just thinks Jill is okay. This CD should change his mind!
Another movie I can't wait to see...This Christmas
                                                               
 Click on the photo to view the trailer.  
THIS CHRISTMAS Sharon Leal as Kelli Whitfield and Regina King as Lisa Whitfield star in a story about the Whitfields family that meets up for Christmas. As the siblings come home for the first time in years with plenty of baggage and as the Christmas tree is trimmed and lights are hung, secrets are revealed and the Whitfields joins together to discover the true meaning of family.
A special thank you to those of you who forwarded my newsletter to your email contacts and copied me on the email. I was so pleased. Be sure to continue to forward my newsletter to your friends, book club members, and other avid readers so they can stay connected with me and my fellow authors. As many of you already know, nothing sells books better than word of mouth so please spread the word!
 
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Cheryl Robinson


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Now, a new month and a new giveway. My giftcard giveways get larger each month as I grow more and more excited about my upcoming release, Sweet Georgia Brown.  This month the grand prize is a $100 Amazon.com, Borders.com or Barnesandnoble.com Gift Certificate. In order to qualify, simply view my book trailer and post a comment on YouTube then email me saying that you have so that I can enter you into the contest.  In addition, two people will receive a copy of T.D. Jakes book, Reposition Yourself just for signing my guestbook with your comments of my book trailer.   
Offer Expires: October 30, 2007. Prizes announced November 2, 2007 and awarded November 5, 2007.

 

Saturday, September 29, 2007

The Forthcoming: Angie Daniels, Kimberly Kaye Terry, Lisa G. Riley - Big Spankable Asses

 
Angie Daniels, Kimberly Kaye Terry, Lisa G. Riley
Big Spankable Asses
September 25, 2007

Fienin'
Angie Daniels
Nightclub owner Simone Thomas has given up on love. She wants S-E-X only, and with a man who can fulfill her every fantasy. Architect Shaun Dutton can't wait to fly her to Florida, where he can strip off her clothes--and uncover the steamy secret fantasies even Simone has never admitted to...
 
 
Just Lay Down
Kimberly Kaye Terry

After she left her husband, Lilliana Michaels never expected to want a man again. But rock-hard Josh Ellis is far too fine to pass up. He's got plenty to teach her about pleasure--and he's so good with his hands that Lilly wants them all over her...

 

 

Caught
Lisa G. Riley

Melinda Carlisle is shocked when gorgeous Dr. Nick Pantino answers her personal ad. Dating a co-worker is a bad idea, especially when what she wants involves getting naked. But Nick's deliciously sexy suggestions change her mind--and his passionate attention to her curves makes her hot all over...

 


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Friday, September 28, 2007

The Forthcoming: Blaine Martin - Hustle Hard

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Blaine Martin
Hustle Hard
October 1, 2007
 
 
After his dreams are destroyed, one man must drastically rework his life in this tale of survival on the rough streets of Harlem. The hardworking and determined Jaden is already the most celebrated athlete in the Northeast, with a successful career in professional football—his ticket to a better life—right around the corner. But after his opportunities are ruined by a friend’s envious actions, Jaden must turn to a life of robbery and drug dealing to pay the bills and support his ailing mother. As his morals decay, his family comes apart at the seams and the love of his life grows distant. Only after Jaden realizes what he has lost and what he has left does he learn how to navigate the hard life of the hood.
 
 
 
 

Thursday, September 27, 2007

The Forthcoming: Laurinda D. Brown - Strapped


Laurinda D. Brown
Strapped
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Seeking escape from the pain that become her life, Monique Cummings finds refuge the only way she knows how. Like the clothes shoved in the bottom of her duffle bag when she flees her mother’s house, she packs away the naiveté of her lovely, pigtailed young girl she used to be and replaces it with a newfound masculine boldness. Seeking refuge in a lesbian existence, Monique morphs into a street thug with the soul of a woman. Inside the world of Strapped, life is on real – edgy, unnerving, passionate, and true. Without the ones in your life who care, Strapped could be you. Strapped: it proves that sometimes life just happens. Continuing where the short story “Mon” left off in her 2006 best-selling novel, Walk Like A Man, author Laurinda D. Brown again weaves a tale in Strapped that will have pages turning and tongues wagging.
 
 
 

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The Forthcoming: Darrien Lee - The Last Chance


Darrien Lee
The Last Chance
September 25, 2007
 
 
Running their Los Angeles casino has been rewarding for Luke Chance and his three brothers, Malachi, Roman, and Genesis. But recently it seems like everyone is trying to get a piece of the pie. Word on the streets alert the Chance brothers of an impending hostile takeover of their casino, which could leave Luke and his brothers, penniless and possibly dead.
 
That is until their twenty-five year old sister Keilah Chance, who lives in D.C., comes home for a short visit. Keilah is not only beautiful but she also can be lethal if necessary. Being a woman who is a weapons and martial arts expert, she is often underestimated. Luke and his family decide that they must do whatever it takes to make sure their casino stays honest and successful.
 
Will the Chance family be able to protect their family dynasty and come out unscathed or will Keilah find herself proving to the world that blood is thicker than water?
 
 
 

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

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Lost & Found, the highly anticipated new album from critically-acclaimed soul vocalist Ledisi, features 16 original songs that take a poignant look at life and love in all its phases. The album showcases Ledisi's exceptional talent as a vocalist and songwriter, seamlessly blending classic R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel in order to create a piece of art.


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The Forthcoming: Rechella - Players Got Played


Rechella
Players Got Played
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A Tale Of Southern Erotica

Five pissed-off wives become fed-up with their cheating husbands and decide to get revenge. They began their own journey of Sex, Lies, and Deceit. Now that they are the Players, will they get Played? Their illicit affairs soon rise to a level so Hot-n-Erotic it gets downright shameful. It all boils down to one question. Just how much scandalous mayhem can five women create? A lot. So much that something tragic soon happens. Life as they once knew may be destroyed in the aftermath.
 
 
 
 

Monday, September 24, 2007

The Forthcoming: Danette Majette - Deep


Danette Majette
Deep
September 27, 2007
 
 
Money, Power, and Respect were the only things that mattered to Trae Keal. He was one of D.C.'s most notorious gangsters and loved the fact that there was nothing anyone could do to stop him from ruling the streets. The FBI knows taking Trae down won t be an easy task so they enlist the help of Carmen, an undercover agent sent to infiltrate Trae s crew by any means necessary. Caught up in the drama with his new love Karina, Trae doesn t see his life unfolding in front of him. Unknowingly, he gives Carmen information about his operation that could send him away for years. Once Carmen stumbles across a mysterious secret the FBI withheld connecting her to Trae, she finds herself in an uncompromising position that may turn the entire case cold.
 
 
 
 

Sunday, September 23, 2007

The Forthcoming: Keith Lee Johnson - Hell Has No Fury

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Keith Lee Johnson
Hell Has No Fury
September 25, 2007

 
A suspense thriller by the best selling author of The Little Black Girl Lost series.


After stepping away from his thriller-suspense novels to write the phenomenally successful Little Black Girl Lost series, author Keith Lee Johnson has returned with some new flavor, along with some old friends, in his latest novel, Hell Has No Fury. In This suspense laden tale, Johnson brings back Phoenix Perry, the beautiful yet fearless FBI agent from his earlier novels, Sugar and Spice and Pretenses.
 

After a long stint at desk duty, Phoenix Perry is dragged back into the limelight when a family member is found beaten and near death. To complicate matters, there are two dead bodies at the scene, and Phoenix's cousin is the prime suspect. Can Phoenix find her cousin's attackers and prove her innocence before the body count becomes astronomical? A nationwide chase ensues, involving shady editors, crooked literary agents and host of others. If you're into suspense thrillers, this one is not to be missed.
 
 
 

Saturday, September 22, 2007

The Forthcoming: Montre Bible - Heaven Bound


Montre Bible
Heaven Bound
September 25, 2007
 
 
In Heaven Bound, we meet Andrea Turner, the mother of Andrew Turner. After her death, Andrea journals her final words to her son, telling him of her discovery that she is Nephilim (half-human and half-angel). The story goes black to when Andrea meets several college friends who are helping her find her personal spiritual path. When she stumbles on the fact that she has supernatural powers, her reason for being at the college becomes all but coincidental as she learns she devised by a fallen angel and her true father, Dony El. Andrea must decide whether she will use her powers for God, or if she will she give up her very soul to gain the world.
 
 
 
 

Friday, September 21, 2007

The Forthcoming: Cynthia White - Queen

Cynthia White
Queen
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Queen is young, beautiful and extremely intelligent. Born and raised as Princess of The Black Mafia, an organization founded by her father, she wants for nothing except the love of her cruel, cold-hearted mother. When the police arrest Queen's father for her mother's murder, Queen's perfect life is shattered. Holding a dark secret, Queen must decide if she can reveal the true identity of the killer in order to spare her father's life. With her father gone, she searches for security in the arms of a series of lovers, who all have their own agendas. Just as her life seems to be spinning out of control, she learns to face her own demons and take control of her destiny. But when Queen finally realizes that she is so much more than the criminals and thugs who surround her, it may already be too late.
 
 
 

Thursday, September 20, 2007

The Forthcoming: Janine A. Morris - She's No Angel

 
Janine A. Morris
She's No Angel
September 25, 2007
 
 
Diva Diaries secured Janine A. Morris’ reputation as one of today’s most exciting novelists. In She’s No Angel she delivers a moving, unforgettable story about the consequences of not honoring the ‘honesty is the best policy’ code with the one you love…
 
 
Isaac is living proof that nice guys can finish first. He’s waited a long time for the perfect woman, and now that he’s found her, he is more than ready to start a family. But he has no idea that his fiancée is keeping a few secrets—secrets that could extinguish his dreams…
 
 

Young and beautiful, Charlene grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, but she never told Isaac the extent of her demons. For the first time in her life, Charlene knows what it feels like to be happy and truly in love. But the dark past she’s worked so hard to outrun is about to catch up with her in a way that could destroy any chance of a future with Isaac…


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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The Forthcoming: Victor McGlothin - Ms. Etta's Fast House

 
Victor McGlothin
Ms. Etta's Fast House
September 25, 2007
 
 
Essence® bestselling author Victor McGlothin delivers a stirring novel about a player who’s down on his luck only to receive help from the most unlikely source—the very women whose hearts he broke...
 
 
The year is 1947, and Ms. Etta’s Fast House is the hottest nightclub this side of Chicago. The city’s fastest-talking street hustlers rub elbows here with the rich and famous, and anyone with enough cash in their wallet can drink like a king and dance the night away. Life is good—until a stranger named Baltimore Floyd strolls into town…
 
 

Handsome and charming, Baltimore is a hustler with a penchant for stirring up trouble. Everyone adores him, including Etta Adams, the matron of Ms. Etta’s Fast House. But before he can imagine settling down with one woman, Baltimore is up for a little action, which is how he hooks up with a corrupt cop’s wife. In the blink of an eye, Baltimore finds himself on trial for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, to keep him from hanging, the patrons of Ms. Etta’s Fast House will need to heal their heartache and come together before the world beyond the Ville’s borders tears them apart…

 
 

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Forthcoming: Monique Miller - Secret Sisterhood


Monique Miller
Secret Sisterhood
September 25, 2007


In Secret Sisterhood, Shelby Tomlilnson's job, working as a registered nurse in an infertility clinic adds to her inner struggle of not being able to conceive a child.  Shelby turns her attention to God, praying for guidance and hoping His word is true-that He will not give her more than she can bear.

 
Crystal Shaw has two dreams; one is to open her own daycare center and the other is to have a child of her own.  Currently working in a daycare center caring for other people's children, she often becomes frustrated and finds herself judging people and wondering why God would bless them with children and not her. Will Crystal learn how to trust God in all the areas of her life, even when things seem at their worst?
 
Vivian Parker is rich, has the man of her dreams and has planned her life to a tee; Even down to when she'll get married and have children.  Vivian learns that sometimes plans have to be altered.  Feelings of not being able to have the one thing she wants most in the world causes memories of the past to surface and she is forced to re-evaluate her faith in God.