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SMALL PACKAGES
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Author:Sydney Molare
It's time for the Somebody Holla! Book Club meeting. See what happens when the club gets ahold of a "hot property" to read. Analisa and Chance's story set them on fire! They reveal things about themselves they have never told any one else. By the end of this novel, you'll have done some self-analyzing of your own.
Retails:$12.00
C&B; Price: $10.00
Paperback: 204 Pages
Publisher:Fishbowl International (April 30, 2004)
ISBN: 0974518824
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MIXED MESSAGES
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Author:Latonya Williams
Retails:$14.95
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GET NO LOVE
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Author:Eric Pete
You won't be able to put this book down:
All Lance wants is to become the man his mother wanted him to be. Unfortunately, with
obstacles around every corner, he finds it hard to follows the path he sets for himself. With a
celebrity for a best friend, an on again off again romance and budding feelings for a female
friend, Lance is rapidly getting caught up in pure drama. But with his best friend Akhart a.k.a.
AK by his side, Lance hope he can finally put all the scramble pieces of his life together before he loses everything he holds dear.
Retails:$12.95
ISBN: 0451213246
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EVERY SISTAH WANTS IT
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Author:Victor McGlothin
Octavia Longbow has a complicated life: A job as a producer at Dallas's top radio station. An international hip-hop star for an ex-boyfriend. A handsome new man without a penny in his pocket. A group of strong-willed girlfriends who aren't afraid to share their opinions about everything under the sun. And a genius for revenge.
Octavia Longbow is a show producer at Hot 100, Dallas's top R&B; radio station, and she wants what every sistah wants. Alphonzo, "The Radio Gigolo," would love to give it to her but she's holding out for I. Rome--a double-platinum superstar who's given her nothing but three years of hot loving and heartache. The last time I. Rome blew into town, he left with Octavia's purse and her self-respect. So when she meets drop-dead-gorgeous Legacy Childs after running him over with her car, she develops second thoughts about what love really means.
Retails:$22.95
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THE PLAYA'S HANDBOOK
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Author:Brenda Jackson
There's not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa's Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include:
*Never give a woman the key to your apartment.
*Playas "have sex"; they don't "make love."
*Don't be afraid not to commit, no matter how hot the sex is.
*A woman can't use you if you use her first.
Retails:$13.95
ISBN: 0312331789
November 2, 2004
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DON'T WANT NO SUGAR
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Author:J.D. Mason
Everyone knew that Eula May had lost her mind over loving a married man. It was what drove her to kill herself and leave her only daughter, Roberta, in the care of the local mid-wife. So it was no wonder that Roberta became obsessed with Charles Harris the very first time she laid eyes on him. And she was willing to do whatever it took to make sure she was the only woman in his life. So when he is forced to marry her because of her unexpected pregnancy, Roberta feels that she has everything she ever wanted.
Women have always come easy to Charles, so he's wondering how he got saddled with a wife he doesn't love, two beautiful children and a longing for something grander. Then he meets the stunning Sara Tate and discovers a love almost as consuming as the one Roberta feels for him. This deadly love triangle will result in deception and murder, leaving a legacy for generations to come.
Retails:$19.95
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RAP SUPERSTAR
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Author:Debra Superstar
What happens when one of the hottest rappers in the hip-hop industry falls in love? When Anthony meets Randi, he stops at nothing to win her heart. Once he has convinced her that it is safe to love him, he has to figure out how to ignore the constant temptations of beautiful, more than willing women, of the lifestyle he has supposedly left behind. Join Anthony and Randi in their tumultuous love affair as they try to figure out this thing called love.
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UNDERCOVER
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Author:Laurinda D. Brown
Nothing is ever what it seems. A "rehabilitated" drag queen, shunned by his lover, marries his best friend from high school. For years the couple has the ideal life until financial problems force the husband to take a second job that ultimately leads back to his old way of life. His wife is oblivious to his activities, but his sister-in-law, when introduced to him at the wedding reception, recalls seeing him at the nightclub performing as "Miss Nay". And that is when the drama begins.
Alternating between Memphis, TN and Paris, France, UnderCover is two stories told in one book from the imagination of a writer who feels the reader should be educated as well as entertained. The reader learns about AIDS, it causes and transmission, how it affects children and how, at its onset, can be confused for other illnesses. Through this story the reader also witnesses the consequences of keeping secrets and living life on the DL (down-low) while peering into the lives of people viewed as real in spite of the fact that they are merely characters in the novel.
Retails:$15.00
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FLIPPIN' THE SCRIPT
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Author:Aisha Ford
Working hard to achieve a promotion in spite of a difficult boss and a budding office romance, talk show producer and Christian Sabrina Bradley accepts an opportunity to produce a television segment involving kept New Year's resolutions, but finds the offer compromised by her own resolution that she would fall in love.
Retails:$23.95
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DARK THIRST
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Author:Various Authors
Writing as The Urban Griot, Omar Tyree sizzles the senses with "Human Heat", the erotic memoir of a darkly handsome Creole in antebellum New Orleans. In Donna Hill's "The Touch", a hypnotically beautiful vampire has the power to seduce any man with a glance, yet yearns for more. One woman's quest for the perfect body has hilarious results in Monica Jackson's "The Perfect Diet", while Linda Addison's "Whispers Between Still Moments" pits a fierce vampire against a powerful vampire hunter determined to end her life. Whether seductive or scary, hilarious or haunting, each story is a groundbreaking collection of all-original vampire stories penned by Black American writers. The perfect read for anyone who wonders what it is that goes bump in the night
Retails:$13.00
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CRACKED DREAMS
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Author:Michael Daniel Baptiste
Presided over by a main character called Michael Banner, known on the streets as Spits, Cracked Dreams takes the reader onto the down-and-dirty streets of the Bronx and into the lives of a drug gang called the Time Bombs. This gang fear that their territory is being threatened by a rival group so they devise a plan to eliminate the competition. However, they are soon consumed by a desire to make a mark beyond the borders of their hometown. Their cash-fuelled dreams carry them far from their poverty-plagued roots and their lives are soon threatened by violence. The Time Bombs also haven't figured on the tenacity of the FBI agents who are following their every move...Careening from the drug-fuelled avenues of the Bronx to Florida and California, Cracked Dreams tells a haunting tale of sin and redemption. Filled with graphic imagery and tragic overtones, this is an electrifying debut by a hugely talented writer.
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WIFEY
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Author:Kiki Swinson
Kira owns a profitable hair and nail salon. She lives in nice home in an exclusive community with her husband Ricky, an infamous, well-known drug dealer from the rough streets of D.C. He is also known to be one of the most feared men in the South.
Because of Ricky's drug-empire, Kira finds herself in the most dangerous situation ever. Ricky forces Kira to believe that he's going to call on his reinforcements, so everything will end in his favor. However, unknown to Ricky, Kira felt the need to devise an escape plan on her own. Will she choose loyalty or her life?
In a world where everyone wants to be "wifey" the question is--can you play your position and handle the drama the streets will throw your way?
Retails:$15.00
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SWINGERS
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Author:Torrian Ferguson
How far should a man go to prove his love for his wife? As Greg and Rena enter counseling as a last ditch effort to salvage a marriage on the rocks, they discover what happens when an unfulfilled fantasy goes beyond curiosity. Will their marriage survive explosive episodes of scandal and sexual escapades, or will they lose the things that mean the most to them?
Join author Torrian Ferguson as he takes us on a journey onto the erotic, mysterious, and taboo lifestyle of Swingers
Retails:$14.95
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PLUM CRAZZZY
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Author:Monique Jewell Anderson
I always wonder why am I the one who continually attracts the misfit man, the dog, if you will. At this point in my life and with all that I have to give, one nagging question remains: Why am I not in a committed relationship with a man who has more than just words to offer, but is a man of his word as well as most importantly a man of the WORD? Everything in me wants a man like my Father in heaven told me I should have. Loving. Dedicated. Sincere. Masculine. A real MAN.
A man like ?
The night I met Mark I had on my favorite designer dress appropriately accessorized with a newly acquired purse and matching shoes. My revealing short skirt, while very attractive, made me feel a little self-conscious in church, but I got over it faster than the several pairs of eyes that kept looking at it? After the conclusion of the new members? class ?.I heard a sound as though straight out of heaven?.
"Excuse me, Miss," he said.
Tiptoeing like a graceful ballerina, I swirled around in slow motion. It was HIM. I hoped and prayed silently, "Please, Lord. Please, Lord. Don't let me look as stupid as I feel."
With his hand outstretched, he introduced himself. "Hi. I'm Mark. Mark Hayes."
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DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO
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Author:Frederick James Preston
Abandoned by his mother at age 9, January Calhoun III is young, athletic, and smart; and burdened by the indiscretions of his street legend turned crack cocaine addicted father, Daddy C, in the hope-deprived 20 blocks of cracked pavement and weed-infested lawns that make up Durkeeville, Florida. At some point, and to different degrees, we all succumb to our environment.
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WILD THANGZ
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Author:Winston Chapman
Jazmyn, Trina and Brea are young & fine with bangin' bodies and are in the midst of their sexual peak.
As they explore different paths towards their own individual goals in life, these drama-magnets learn invaluable lessons from experience and each other.
Lust, temptation and greed test the limits of their friendship bond.
It is what they have in common that leads the trio repeatedly into all kinds of trouble.
Wild Parties, Wild Situations & Wild Nights are always present for these Wild Thangz!
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STILL SHEISTY
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Author:T. N. Baker
Some things change, and then again, some things don't. You can never take the hood out of the homegirl.
In this sequel to T.N. Baker's Sheisty, we find Epiphany, Keisha and Shana still trickin, for dough, still running off at the mouth and still being Sheisty. However, as they will soon see, what goes around will come around, and you can't stay in drama forever. It will all come to a head ? one way or another.
Will death really come knocking on Epiphany's door?
Does Keisha give up her good girl image for good?
Will Shana find herself in a situation that will claim her man and her freedom?
Still Sheisty will live up to its predecessor, all that and then some. So get ready for the drama.
Retails:$15.00
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HOLDING COURT
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Author:Mikell Davis
This is an unforgettable novel of love and desire in he fast world of fashion and the dangerous world of drugs. You see the consequences that spin the lives of those daring characters that brings them to the point of Holding Court on their own.
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NEVER GO HOME AGAIN
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Author:Shannon Holmes
Never Go Home Again is the story of Corey Dixon, a young man whose father tries as best he can to steer him away from the lure of the streets. And yet, like so many others in Corey's neighborhood, he finds the temptations of the lucrative drug trade too great to resist. While he makes fast money for a while, it is inevitable that it is he who has to pay, with his time and maybe even his life: by the age of sixteen Corey is locked up.
Incarcerated in Riker's Island and then in prisons upstate, Corey lives through experiences that threaten to destroy his body, his mind, and eventually his spirit. But in the midst of his horrific imprisonment he discovers new strength to keep himself together and survive. Corey meets a few kind souls who mean him well, including a teacher who encourages him to get out of prison and make something of himself. The teacher also advises Corey to "never go home again." Though the homesick Corey does not immediately understand, he ultimately realizes the wisdom of his mentor's words.
Unflinching and riveting, this story is the firsthand account of the brutal, unforgiving inner-city streets and prison life, as well as a difficult lesson in accepting responsibility and moving on.
Shannon Holmes -- Essence bestselling author of B-More Careful and Bad Girlz, and one of the brightest stars
in urban fiction -- returns with a dramatic must-read novel inspired by his own life.
Read the Review:
I became acquainted with Shannon Holmes' writing with his debut "B-More Careful". At first I thought Shannon was a woman because of the detail about how slick the women were in the book and also there was no picture on the back of the book to show otherwise. When I found out it was a man that wrote that book my respect level went a little bit higher for Mr. Holmes. Since then he has never disappointed me with any of his books. The same holds true with "Never Go Home Again". Shannon is not playing with this writing thing and his skills just keep getting better.
"Never Go Home Again" is not your typical drug story where the male is from a single-parent home with nothing but the streets to take care of him. This book is written from the perspective of what happens to a large majority of our young black men. The main character, Corey, comes from a loving two-parent household but still gets caught up in the drug game. His parents are so busy working trying to provide a good life for him that the lure of the streets and pressure from his friends draw him in. Corey's mom and dad are not on dope, they don't beat him, and yet he still sees the fast money that can be made in the streets. You know that Corey is smart and was raised right but he just makes the wrong choices in life which lead him to an unfortunate end. This is a perfect example of people trying to raise a young black male in the best way that they know how but society says that their child's worth is different because of the color of his skin.
All I have to say is I have much love for Shannon in writing this book and think everyone should read it. This book seems to be semi-autographical of Shannon's life from what I've read about him. The difference is that Shannon chose to make a change after being in the streets and in jail with something that he thought he would never do in a million years. He chose to pick up a pen and write about the circumstances of the inner city, what the characters do to survive, and give a message of how you'll end up if you choose to make the same choices. Keep up the good work Shannon. I'm ready for "B-More Careful 2".
Retails:$23.95
C&B; Price:$16.00
Hardcover:336 Pages
Publisher:Atria (December 28,2004)
ISBN:0743487834
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