The Forthcoming - Shelia Dansby Harvey - Illegal Affairs

Shelia Dansby Harvey
Illegal Affairs (reissue)
March 6, 2007

When a group of thirtysomething professionals begin their studies at the historically black Monroe Law School in Texas, affairs commence. Raven Hollaway is a beautiful, confident, and untrustworthy woman. She sets her sights on a Texas senator and employs ruthless tactics to entice him. Callie Stephens, daughter of a respected judge who kills himself, is carefree, smart, and a great legal researcher. She gains the trust and respect of her peers and professors. Keith Dawson left a family in Atlanta to pursue a new life after an affair destroyed his marriage. His past hurts and doubts force him to remain platonic with the woman he really desires. Omar Faxton is a former football player. His good looks and enormous ego cause him to choose pride over ethics and revenge over forgiveness. When he finally chooses to do what is right, he discovers his change of heart has come too late. In the end, these students are very different than when they arrived, and their law careers are in question. And the reader has enjoyed a compelling read.

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The Forthcoming - Jacqueline M. Smith - I Am Your Fool

Jacqueline M. Smith
I Am Your Fool
March 6, 2007

Jayla, Karen, Latoya, and Jasmine are best friends. Jayla deceives her friends when she uses Latoya and Jasmine as an excuse to spend a week with her lover. Jayla and Karen have been friends since the first grade, and when Jayla starts seeing another man outside of her marriage Karen tries to talk Jayla out of cheating on her husband. But Jayla feels that her lover is providing her with all the affection and romance that her husband Carl doesn't. Jayla confides in Karen, all the details of her passionate affair, and when Karen tries to get her to see the harm that she is doing to her marriage, Jayla thinks that Karen is jealous and that causes the two friends to fall apart. But a traumatic event happens to bring them back together.

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The Forthcoming - Kimberly T. Matthews - The Perfect Shoe

Kimberly T. Matthews
The Perfect Shoe
March 7, 2006

December Elliot has it all together. She’s successful in her role as an account manager for a staffing company, is supported by the best of girlfriends, and has a wardrobe to die for . . . with matching shoes that are just right for every outfit. The shoes always have to be just right, so much so that December has a full-fledged shoe fetish. December’s love for shoes seems to govern her life and her rational. A sucker for the latest and most unique fashions, it’s not long before she finds herself in financial trouble, constantly spending money on not just footwear but anything that she believes will keep the perception of her image prestigious.

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The Forthcoming: Kenji Jasper - Snow (Vibe Lit)

 
Kenji Jasper
Snow

Available March 7, 2007

 

>From acclaimed author Kenji Jasper comes an edgy, gripping new novel that asks if family life turns a hustler soft—or just hardens his heart…

He Killed For Hate.

Life on the darker streets of D.C. can turn a clean kid grimy. Snow was one of those good kids—until a gang killed his next door neighbor and he decided to settle the score. But doing what he thought was right only plunged him deeper in a deadly game. Now he’s a killer for hire, a grown man who’s willing—and able—to do anything necessary to survive. But even a cold-blooded hit man has a heart…

Now He May Die For Love.

When Snow falls in love and becomes a father, he’s more willing than ever to do what it takes to support his woman and his baby girl. But what that means for a hit man and what it means for a family man are two very different things. When the clash between his home life and his street life threatens to explode, Snow decides to make one last score to put his family on easy street, and get out of the game. But as much as he wants to break out, there’s someone just as dangerous, and just as determined to keep Snow right where he is…

“A poignant look at love and family complexity.”—Booklist on The House on Childress Street

“A taut, visceral tale of desperation and desire.” —Booklist

“Impressive…loaded with strong characterizations and telling insights into hip-hop culture.” --Publisher Weekly on Dakota Grand

Kenji Jasper is a regular contributor to National Public Radio. His journalism has appeared in Essence®, Vibe, The Source, and many other publications. He is also the author of The House on Childress Street, Seeking Salamanca Mitchell, Dakota Grand, and Dark. A native of Washington, D.C. and a graduate of Morehouse College, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

 

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The Forthcoming: Pam Ward - Want Some, Get Some

 

Pam Ward

Want Some, Get More

Available Feb. 27, 2007

 

A Gritty Street Tale Bristling With The Muscle And Teeth Of Iceberg Slim And Donald Goines
 

Trudy, a.k.a. “Trudy with the Booty,” knows what she wants and how to get it. But a better life far away from the jacked-up streets of South Central L.A. needs to be financed, and she can’t think about leaving without handing some sweet payback to Lil’ Steve, her slick talking ex. Ever since he started selling nude videos of her to the neighborhood men, Trudy can barely walk the streets. His demise would be the icing on the cake. But Trudy’s plan to get even and escape the ghetto is more than risky—it may be the worst mistake of her life. Having recruited a crew of hustlers, car-jackers, and homewreckers who hang out at the seedy nightclub, Dee’s Parlor, where she sings nights after working days as a bank teller, Trudy is ready to put her scheme into action—a heist that can make them all rich. There’s just one problem: Jimmy, a stone-cold killer who doesn’t like being ripped off. And while the best laid plans often do go awry, no one could have guessed where this wild, crazy ride takes this cast of bumbling lawbreakers and heartbreakers as they scramble over and under each other to get what they want.

 

A fast-paced, exhilarating drama with sharply drawn characters, sultry writing, and a fierce intensity of emotion, Want Some, Get Some is a brilliantly assured debut. A promising new talent, Pam Ward brings a woman’s sense of bravado to a boy’s game.

 

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The Forthcoming: Mike G - Young Assassin

Mike G
Young Assassin
Available Feb. 27, 2007

Young Assassin is a raw street tale that will have you watching your back. When Young Maurice Patterson, who idolizes his older drug-dealing brother Lemar, has to choose between right and wrong, all hell breaks loose. In a matter of days he goes buck wild and is implicated for a string of murders in the Washington, D.C. area. Somehow, Maurice gets hooked up with a fierce gang of hoodlums; and the moment they turn on him, he has to run for his life! BEWARE- because the streets have never seen anybody as ruthless as Maurice.

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The Forthcoming: Tia McCollors - A Heart of Devotion

Tia McCollors
A Heart of Devotion
Available Feb. 27, 2007

For two friends who are "sisters for life," finding a guy who's great and a good Christian takes a whole lot of faith.

Anisha Blake and her best friend Sherri Dawson are running on empty in the dating scene until Anisha meets the handsome and charming Tyson Randall at her local church. He is everything she could ever want: honest, ambitious, easy on the eyes, and religiously devout -- and he even has a good-looking friend for Sherri, too. But soon Anisha risks losing Tyson to a conniving woman from his past. And it certainly doesn’t help that Sherri has found out that Tyson’s friend Xavier is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. With so much drama in their love lives, can Anisha and Sherri stay focused on their commitment to their faith?

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The Forthcoming: Erika J. Kendrick - Confessions of a Rookie Cheerleader

Erika J. Kendrick

Confessions of A Rookie Cheerleader

Available Feb. 27, 2007

 

 

A savvy young music exec for Rockstar Records, Hannah Love has a glamorous apartment and a tight pack of equally fine friends. But luxury and loyalty can’t protect her from a broken heart, courtesy of her super-rich fiancé.

To recover, Hannah accelerates her already high-octane life by pursuing a fantasy she’s had since childhood: to become an NBA cheerleader for the Chicago Diamonds. As she juggles promoting the hottest singer on the rise, dodges advances from Rockstar’s ultra-slick VP, and puts her body and her will to the test during cut-throat tryouts for a spot on the Diamond Dolls squad, she receives the full attention of the team’s star player, Max Knight.

Though the Dolls are strictly forbidden to date players, the heat between Hannah and Max builds on the sidelines. But as catty cheerleaders plot against her, and her boss at the record company secretly negotiates a merger that could leave her jobless, Hannah discovers that it may take much more than the lust for a hot man to hold her steady. It may take his love.

 

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The Forthcoming: Cole Riley - Guilty As Sin

Cole Riley
Guilty As Sin
Available Feb. 27, 2007

Desperate Times Lead To Desperate Measure. After a failed bank robbery attempt and a shootout with the cops, the heat is on! The robbers are forced to take a white woman hostage to make their get away. With her life on the line, the woman takes the desperate robbers to her house. Now with four hostages: the woman, her former judge husband, and their two children, the bandits are set to lay low in suburbs.

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CONFESSIONS OF A ROOKIE CHEERLEADER Release Party

CONFESSIONS OF A ROOKIE CHEERLEADER A NOVEL      Book  Launch  Party

FABULOUS ROOKIE RELEASE @ OPUS 22 ~ CHEERLEADERS   MODELS & MARTINIS opus22nyc.com ~ WEDNESDAY FEB 28th 559 w. 22nd @ 11th Ave 6-10PM   SPINS DJ JON QUICK ~ RSVP: E-Listed@erikakendrick.com DOOR DISCRETION  HOSTED BY E-LISTED! & EPIPHANY BLUE Get On the List @  E-Listed@erikakendrick.com ~ GENIUS BOOK BUZZ ~ "I LOVED CONFESSIONS OF A ROOKIE CHEERLEADER!! As an ex-wife of an NBA player, it gave me insight into the lives of the 'OTHER' players on the team; as a woman, I appreciated the fantasy of true love with a smart, handsome, talented and wealthy prince charming, and as co-owner of the Hue-Man Bookstore, I can count on a great read for my customers!!" --Rita Ewing, Author, Co-Owner, Hue-Man Bookstore                             "After reading Erika Kendrick's irresistably juicy expose into the life of a professional cheerleader, I'm tempted to invest in a pair of poms and breakout in a herky.  Chock full of backstabbing divas, to-die-for couture and sizzling sex, CONFESSIONS OF A ROOKE CHEERLEADER is chick lit's newest must-have read.  Three cheers for Hannah!" --Tia Williams, Author of THE ACCIDENTAL DIVA & IT CHICKS   "Erika Kendrick brings her A game to Confessions of a Rookie Cheerleader! This funny,sexy story is a delicious dish on the life of a record label marketing exec, making her own mark on the Diamond Doll's half time court - and finding a real gem on the home team. This one is a winner!" - Emily Giffin, Author of Something Borrowed, Something Blue and Baby Proof "Former Chicago Bulls cheerleader Erika J. Kendrick covers friendship, romance and undergarment sabotage in this fun, scandalous, behind-the-scenes tale that rings delightfully true." -- Upscale Magazine                           "I LOVED THIS BOOK. CONFESSIONS OF A ROOKIE CHEERLEADER is a fascinating page-turner!"  -- Black Beat Magazine "Confessions of a Rookie Cheerleader's snappy dialogue and steamy love scenes fuel the buildup to a bombastic ending that will satisfy romance fans." -- Publisher's Weekly Review "Confessions of a Rookie Cheerleader is a novel with a marvelously unique storyline that is both enjoyable and exciting. This is the perfect start to Erica J. Kendrick’s writing career." -- Urban-Reviews.com ~  E-LISTED! TOUR ~               CALIFORNIA 2/15 - Stanford University Author Night NEW YORK 2/28 - Rookie Release Party, OPUS 22   6-10PM DETROIT 3/7 - Borders Express Renaissance Center 3/7 - Shrine of the Black Madonna  CHICAGO 3/8 - Barnes & Noble DePaul University 12:30PM 3/8 - Spoken Word Cafe 6-9PM 3/8 -  Book Launch Party ATLANTA 3/9  - Shrine of the Black Madonna  3/10 -  Medu Bookstore                                 NEW YORK 3/14 - Black Diamonds Author Night - TBA  3/15 - Hue Man Bookstore             PREORDER @ www.randomhouse.com IN STORES NATIONWIDE February 27th ROOKIE Release Party February 28th OPUS 22 NYC         ERIKA J. KENDRICK *Author*  randomhouse.com *RadioGirl * GIRLTALK: "WHERE DIVAS DISH" www.newradiohits.com *E-Listed! Emcee  for  Women Who Jam!*          womenwhojam.com                                                                                               *NABFEME NY President*                                                                                                                 nabfeme.org                                                   www.erikakendrick.com                                                 www.myspace.com/erikabenjamin

The Forthcoming: Tony Lindsay - One Dead Preacher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Lindsay

One Dead Preacher

Available February 27, 2007

 

Smooth operator and security CEO David Price sets out to protect the sexy, smart, and saucy Sugar Owens from her husband, who happens to be a powerful religious leader. Sugar isn't as sweet as she appears, however, and in a twisted turn of events, the preacher man turns up dead and Price becomes the prime suspect.

 

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