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Tiona Brown - Ain't No Sunshine - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - Sometimes life doesn’t play us a fair hand. Obstacles, challenges and hardships will follow you on this journey we call life. But it’s all about the choices, knowing right from wrong and taking advantage of the opportunities that come your way. Sunshine was the third of ten children. Growing up in poverty was hard for the entire family. Getting good grades was Sunshine's only light at the end of the tunnel. When Sunshine is assaulted, her life is forever changed. Her father takes matters into his own hands, leaving him to a prison sentence. Drugs, homelessness, despair, and drama, seem to follow Sunshine everywhere she goes. Sunshine is blessed with a gift that could be her ticket out! Will Sunshine be able to stay on track and accomplish all the goals, or will temptation be her downfall? Sandra was the oldest of ten children. Sandra had a tough demeanor and was well known for fighting and gettin...

La Jill Hunt - Say It Ain't So - Available Now! - 4.5 out of 5 books - When video vixen Paisley Lawrence gets into a car with Warren Cobb, also known as the Prince of Praise, people start talking and the gossip starts to fly. Everyone is wondering why Paisley and Warren were together. The one person that is really concerned is Warren's wife. While this is going on, Paisley is trying to figure out who's stalking her. Things start to come up missing, and she feels that someone has been in her home. When her suspicions are confirmed, you will be surprised who the stalker is. Will Paisley and Warren confirm everyone's opinion of them, or will they continue to hide? When Say It Ain't So came out, I was extremely excited. I simply could not wait to read it. I am a huge fan of La Jill Hunt, and this book did not disappoint. It's very difficult to write this review and not give the plot away. I enjoyed how Ms. Hunt gave details of Paisley's life and the t...

Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant - Uptown - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - Avery Lyons has been traveling all over the world for the past twenty years due to her career with the State Department. She's used to dealing with complex daily decisions, but she's not prepared for the drama at home. Avery comes back home to Harlem due to a serious car accident that involves her mother and uncle. She's concerned about her mother, but home is the last place she wants to be. Avery's cousin Dwight is willing to do whatever it takes to bring a luxury high-rise development called Dixon Plaza to life. After years of false starts, Dwight finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel. The only problem is that his cousin Avery has inherited a part of the property. Avery is ready to sell the property to Dwight until a reporter reveals some unsavory dealings about Dixon Plaza. Will Avery and Dwight be able to come together to get this project to move forward? Virginia D...

Carol Taylor - The Ex Chronicles - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - Precious, Bella, Zenobia, and Hope are four friends who excel in their professional lives, but their personal lives are rocky due to their search for Mr. Right. Precious is a struggling freelance writer who hopes to finally finish that novel that she started years ago. Precious is also dealing with still wanting her cheating ex-fiancé Darius. Bella, who is the product of very rich and dysfunction parents, can't seem to shake her alcohol addiction and her leech of a boyfriend Julius. Zenobia had a successful modeling career but gave it all up for her non-supportive boyfriend Malcolm. But did she make the right choice? Hope is a creative director of a fashion magazine that's also dealing with caring for her dementia-ridden mother, and her own depression. Things get complicated when she develops a strong attraction to her driver from the projects name Derrick. The Ex Chronicles is a good story about...

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Endy - In My Hood 3 - Available Now - 3 out of 5 books - In My Hood 3 by Endy is the third installment in this series. Ishmael and Desiree's fifteen-year old son, Nyeem, is sick of being in his father’s shadow so to speak. He is tired of everyone referring to him as "Little Ish." He has his grandfather trying to pull him into the game, but Nyeem is determined to make it out of the hood. All Nyeem wants to do is just play ball. At the age of twelve, Valencia, a.k.a. Black Widow, suffered the loss of her sister and brother by the hand of one man. At the tender age of twelve, she tells her father that she will find the person responsible for the death of her siblings...with or without him. Enter the Black Widow. She will stop at nothing to kill the person that killed her siblings, even if it means killing those closest to her enemy. She will not stop until the deed is carried out. An all out war ensues, and the hood will never be the same. Will Nyeem make it out...

Kimberla Lawson Roby - Be Careful What You Pray For - Available Now! - 5 out of 5 Books - Well, what has Alicia Black gotten herself into now? It has been less than a year after her marriage to Phillip had ended, and she's praying that she would find a man that would love her and give her everything she needs, including the materialistic things she always craved. She thinks she's met the man of her dreams. When her father Reverend Curtis Black takes a preaching invitation at a church in Chicago, Alicia decides to tag along and meet the senior pastor. Within minutes, she knows she has met her new husband. JT Valentine is the senior pastor and founder of New Life Christian Center. He's everything Alicia is looking for in a husband. He's handsome, wealthy, and his church is on its way to becoming a megachurch. But when JT meets Alicia, his mind starts to work on overload on how quickly she can become his wife. JT Valentine is on the fast track of having his own m...