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Keith Thomas Walker -  The Finley Sisters' Oath of Romance -  Available Now! -  4 out of 5 books -  Three friends rekindle their friendship from high school at their 10-year class reunion. Mona Pratt has done well for herself since high school. She is the owner of her own real estate company.  Rene Packard has done pretty well for herself as a sale executive for a major corporation. The last member of the trio, Dawn Wright, has not done as well as her other sisters. She works for minimum wage at the local dry cleaners in Overbrook Meadows, TX, the town that the trio group up in. The one thing that the three have in common is their issues with men. Mona has the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" without feelings getting involved. On the other hand, Rene has been hurt by love, and wants no part of it even though she has had an "agreement" with the same guy for over 2 years. Dawn is staying in an abusive relationship because she feels like no...

J. Leon Pridgen II -  Color of Justice -  Available Now! -  5 out of 5 books -  James Pruitt had no questions about being adopted. His bond with his parents was tight, and he never felt the need to search for his biological mother and father. He realized early on how lucky he was to even have parents like William and Mamie Pruitt. However, on his death bed, James' father used his last breathe to tell James that he loved him but what came next set the tone for the entire book: “have…brother, help him.” The author didn't put much into this scene; you could almost pass right by it. James has much more on his mind at this time then to realize the magnitude of what his father has just said. While going through his dad’s things, James finds a box filled with newspaper clipping, photos and several different articles, all about Warren Johnson...the same Warren Johnson that was in the newspaper on Friday, the same paper James never had a chance to read. After pon...

Dell Banks -  Shady -  Available Now! -  3.5 out of 5 books -  Giselle Whitfield has found love that she yearned for as a child while she was abused by her malicious mother, Greta. She has put her dreams of acting on the back burner because of her fiance’s desire to take care of her. Penning her innermost thoughts and feelings proves to be therapeutic but could also prove to be destructive. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer proves to be an understatement in Shady. Shady is a common tale of sheisty people victimizing one gullible individual for no apparent reason but pure greed and vindictiveness. The storyline had a choppy flow and poor editing that was a bit distracting. Shady did have potentially good scenes but failed with the delivery. There were too many open subplots and poor character development, ultimately hindering a potentially good read. Reviewed by Tazzyt2bossye for Urban Reviews Order your copy of Shady today!

Best Reviewed Books of 2011 Below is a listing of books reviewed on the UrbanReviewsOnline.com website that we noted as being the best of the best! *Search our site using the Search Field on the right side to find the corresponding review on our site. 5 out of 5 'Top Shelf Rating' = 'Classic' (This is a comprehensive list of those titles...in no particular order.)   Ice-T - ICE: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood Dwayne S. Joseph - Eye For An Eye   Monique D. Mensah - Smoke Screen   L.S. Childers - A Love Built to Last Moses Miller - The Trifecta Cairo - Deep Throat Diva K'wan - Eviction Notice Fabiola Joseph - The Art of Deceit   Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley - Sinners & Saints   Vanessa Davis Griggs - Redeeming Waters Pat Simmons - Guilty By Association Gwyneth Bolton - Ready Fo...

Roze -  Body Snatchers -  Available Now! -  2 of the 5 books -  After escaping their native land of Haiti after a robbery gone horribly wrong, twin brothers David and Jerry flee to the United States to live with their aunt in New York. The boys continue to go to school during the day, but at night, they are known as Major and King. They quickly get into the drug game but soon realize that there is another more lucrative way to make money... kidnapping. They dub themselves as the Body Snatchers. Major and King are surrounded by a loyal group of Haitian men who are willing to do anything to get the job done. When they kidnap a man that they think has a lot of money, they soon realize that the man they kidnapped is the son of the Governor of New York. Not only that, but their past is about to catch up with Major and King. Not only do they have the FBI after them, but they also have someone from Haiti that wants them dead. Body Snatchers by Roze is a story ...

Christopher Herz -  Pharmacology -  Available Now! -  4 out of 5 books -  Sarah Striker is a young woman that moved to San Francisco from Kansas City in order to live out her dreams. She also was looking for some steady income. Sarah is soon recruited by an advertising agency who wants to target a new drug to her own demographic. She loves the money, but Sarah is leery about what this drug actually does to people. Sarah decides to publish an underground magazine to expose what this pharmaceutical company was doing. But Sarah has to make sure that she’s not getting sucked into this world that she’s writing about. Christopher Herz brought us an interesting look into the pharmaceutical industry with Pharmacology. This book has an interesting storyline with an entertaining protagonist in Sarah Striker. You see how Sarah gets deeper and deeper into the life that her new job creates. There are also some strange secondary characters in Sarah’s life that makes...

Jae Henderson -  Someday -  Available Now! -  3 out of 5 books -  Someday by Jae Henderson is the story of Tina "Tee" Long, one of the best event planners in Memphis, TN. Instead of a search for Mr. Right, she prays for a righteous man to come into her life...a man that will understand the fact that she chooses to remain celibate until she is married. The problem is that most of the men she dates proclaims to understand her views on sex before marriage, but they fail to go the distance and stick around. Tee is beyond hurt with her latest beau. After a knee injury that ended his career as a NFL superstar, Michael Stokes is hired as a motivational speaker at one of the events that Tee is throwing. Once the two meet, sparks fly. The chemistry between Michael and Tee is evident. Michael seems like he is willing to take things slow and really get to know one another. Unfortunately, they may have to put their budding relationship on hold because a woman from Mi...

Tyora Moody -  When Rain Falls -  Available Now! -  4 out of 5 books -  At a young age, Candace Johnson witnessed her mother being murdered. As time passed, she learned how to deal with her grief. She met and married Detective Frank Johnson. With their two children, Candace thought she had finally put her nightmares behind her. That was until her husband was killed in the line of duty. Now widowed, Candace leaned on her children, and best friend, Pamela Coleman, for support. Right when Candace was picking up the pieces and trying to get her life back on track after her husband's death, her best friend, Pamela, was killed. Throughout all the tragedies that have occurred in Candace's life, will she be able to move on? Recently divorced Detective Darnell Jackson recently relocated from California and was in need of a new start. He partnered up with Frank Johnson's former partner, Steven Brunson, to handle the murder investigation of Pamela Coleman. He soon f...