Entertaining and Fast-Paced, Girl Talk is a
collection of four stories about discovery, friendship, infatuation, love and
those school days.
Confession On An Answering Service is about a fly, but shy sixteen year old
girl who has a crush on her classmate as big as Pennsylvania. Will she finally
tell the object of her affection how she really feels? Or will she keep her
feelings on the down low in fear of rejection?
In Kiss And Tell, Essence is sick and tired of her girlfriends constantly
hooking her up with every guy who has a heartbeat and a pair of legs. With the
help of her best friend Sean, she devises a scheme to put an end to their
relentless matchmaking.
Cloud Triple Nine is a humorous tale about three best friends head over heels
in love with the same guy-their English teacher. Which one of them will he
pick for steady after school sessions?
In What A Sista Wants, you meet Yasmine Harley who has everything going for
her. She's smart, funny, beautiful and has more curves on her than a roller
coaster at Great Adventure. But there's one thing she doesn't have-a man. That
is until she meets Jacquese Wilson. He's successful, charming, sexy and
covered in the smoothest darkest of chocolate. Before she can say love; she
finds herself in a relationship with him but realizes like a lot of things,
love isn't perfect.
So grab a bag of potato chips, kick off your shoes, relax your feet and lie
back to enjoy some...Girl Talk.
Tales of the Obeni - Leon Allen
Bryan
$14.95 0-9762710-3-6
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Fans of Octavia Butler's The Kindred will love Tales of the Obeni. What
happens when a man looking for love is drawn into a bizarre world where
conventional wisdom and regular everyday rules do not apply? Tales of the
Obeni is based on a rediscovered myth thought to have originated several
centuries ago and considered all but lost in time. Set in Harlem, it is the
story of Bennie, a successful but lonely entrepreneur who risks his life for
love. During a vacation Bennie stumbles upon the Obeni, an ancient artifact
which alters his perception of reality forever and makes him begin to believe
in and do the unthinkable . Unknown to him however, he is being watched by a
fanatical group of sinister individuals sworn to protect the mystical secrets
of Obeni. Through the Obeni, Bennie is made to realize that African history
goes back further in time than anyone had ever imagined. He is drawn into an
unlikely and dangerous love affair with Whende, the woman of his dreams and
ultimately he is forced into making a daring rescue to save her life
regardless of potentially life-threatening consequences. On her own part
Whende weaves a spell of intrigue to snare Bennie firmly in her grasp.
Following a misinterpretation of affection he loses her but fights
relentlessly to regain her lost love.
She'll Learn - Sybill Barkley
Staples
$14.95 0-9703803-8-0 Paperback
Excerpt She'll Learn teaches the lesson of learning to
love yourself, before you try to love anyone else. Maxine
is business savvy but man stupid, allowing her physical needs take precedent
over her emotional needs. Indira is in an abusive marriage with a man she
loves dearly, letting her own misguided self-worth keep her from leaving him.
Sydney, still pining for the father of her child lives with the hope
that one day he'll return to her and their daughter. In the spirit of family,
the three women bicker and fight at times, but in the end each of them knows
they can depend on one another in times of need.
Threesome: Where Seduction Power and Basketball
Collide
$14.95 0-9703803-1-3 - Paperback
Excerpt Sasha is caught in the middle of the exciting,
sexually charged underbelly of professional basketball, the sadness of suicide
and constant self-destructive behavior. Follow along as the threads of love,
happiness and self-worth are woven together to create the fabric of
Threesome.
Smoking Cigarettes - Reginald L. Hall
$14.95 0-9762710-2-8
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There’s an old saying that one night of passion can lead to a lifetime of
pain. Enter the world of Rashad Smith, a 23-year-old, inner-city gay male who
knows what he wants, but doesn’t know how to get it. After deceiving his
lover, Troy, by engaging in a thrilling sexual escapade with his long-time
crush, Paul, Rashad will stop at nothing for Paul to keep their rendezvous a
secret. But when Rashad turns to his psychotic brother for help, he finds
himself entangled in a horrific web that not even he can escape.
Living in a world of
depression, unprotected sex, fast money, and murder, Rashad will do whatever
it takes to find love and happiness. After meeting Calvin, an 18-year-old high
school student, Rashad begins to pick up the broken pieces of his life not
knowing that the love or at the very least the lust for Calvin is ruining him.
Rashad learns that the man of his dreams has deceived him by partaking in
sexual side dishes – threesomes on Fridays and foursomes for Sunday morning
breakfast.
From heartbreak to plastic
surgery, Rashad will make sure that no matter what, he will come out on top.
But will his dreadful past come to haunt him in the end? Follow this sexy,
fast-paced novel as a young man’s life spirals downward to his doom. From the
first sentence to the shocking conclusion, Smoking Cigarettes will leave you
overwhelmed with nonstop drama.
Memoir: Delaware County Prison - Reginald L. Hall
$12.95 0-9703803-3-X
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Excerpt
After committing credit card fraud at a local department store, 18-year-old
Reginald Hall lands an eight-month sentence at the Delaware County Prison.
What complicates his life as an inmate is his sexual orientation. In life,
being gay is difficult enough; in prison, it can be a horrendous ordeal.
Attempting
suicide, taking drugs, and having illicit sex were only some of the
self-destructive behaviors Reginald dabbled in. His only sanity came from
family visits and frequent phone calls to relatives, especially his mother,
his reaching out to God, and his few genuine friendships formed in jail,
particularly with Lamont. This is not to say Reginald was an angel during his
stay at DCP. He had plenty of jailhouse crushes, some of them inappropriate –
like his infatuation with Teddy Cunningham. Teddy had it all: looks, money,
respect, and a big love muscle that Reginald just lusted for.
Just Between Us - Wyndy J. Adkins
$14.95 0-9703803-9-9
Paperback Excerpt
When friends experience extraordinary life circumstances, will their
friendship be the help that they need or will devastating events tear them
apart?
Through deceit, loss, and
tragic situations, Ebony, Mona, and ShaLisa weather life’s storms sometimes
together, but other times it seems their friendship gets in the way. After a
divorce, Ebony struggles to trust and love again. During a girls’ night out,
she meets single and sexy Jackson. Jackson is every woman’s dream, and he is
crazy about Ebony. However, he won’t put up with her hang-ups forever.
Although Mona is happily
married and owns a successful business with her husband, she is not immune to
life’s happenstances and must deal with her need to control, especially when
it comes to her own destiny. ShaLisa hasn’t finished sowing her wild oats, and
consequently stirs a pot of drama too big for one of her friends to digest.
Just Between Us is a
heartwarming tale that explores the value of friendship, understanding, and
surviving life’s lessons.
Schemin' Confessions of a Gold Digger - Andrea
Blackstone
$15.00 0-9746847-0-8 Paperback
Excerpt Jalita Harrison is a 19-year-old biracial woman
who was born into a dysfunctional environment, but aspired to overcome it.
After raising herself on the streets of Baltimore,
she decides she wants no part of a destructive lifestyle and is accepte4d into
a college in Virginia. During Christmas break, she is left temporarily
homeless and nearly penniless.
As a result, Jalita returns to Baltimore, where people from her past
double-cross her.
Frustrated and desperate,
Jalita decides to start running game in the nearby suburbs, using her good
looks, wit, and street smarts to survive. Schemin’ becomes an addictive
habit that leads her to abandon her college plans and self-imposed morality.
When she and a handsome but engaged NBA basketball star agree to hook up on
the down low,
Jalita becomes a part of a dangerous love triangle. Before it’s all said and
done, the script is flipped on each party involved, and each person is le3frt
to live with the consequences of
behaving badly.
Daddy Big Bucks - Robert Waite
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Since slavery, there has always been a Big
Bucks in every Black neighborhood-desperately conniving, in some cases, to put
two pennies together; owning, in others, a number of profitable businesses. He
(or she) is a character cut from the same cloth as Rockefeller, Carnegie,
Ford, and other giants of American Industry.
The great
tragedy is not that Big Bucks and other Blacks like him are unknown in
mainstream America, but that, to Black Americans, dazzled by lawyers and other
professionals, these entrepreneurs remain invisible.
Whether you
are trapped by a glass ceiling, a slave to the corporation, or are just
looking for a way to "get off the plantation," Daddy Big Bucks will
inspire and motivate you.
Drama Factor - Wanda M. Toby
$14.95 0-9703803-7-2 - PaperbackExcerpt Xavier, a star football player, finds his nigh
starting off badly when his girlfriend's husband charges up a flight of stairs
after him and forces him to climb out onto a fire escape in order to avoid
confrontation. The night is equally bad for Grace when her horrendous date
assaults her, triggering her to make a mad escape. Xavier thinks it's getting
better when they meet, but things only seem to get worse after his night with
her. He finds himself unable to play ball and caught in between his
matchmaking mother and sister, and a paternity suit. In the midst of his
teetering life, Xavier is facing an identity crisis that he continually
ignores by relying on friends and family. With Grace and her ex-convicted
sister in the fray, Xavier soon learns that someone has to be brave enough to
face the shadows of his pain in order to save him from further disaster.
Rich was once your typical drug-dealing street hustler with dreams of the
music industry and chrome rims that keep spinning even when the car stops.
Now he has finally anteed up. He’s acquired a new whip, more technology for
his producing endeavors, and a less visibly active grip on his lucrative drug
empire. He has bigger sights and a more legitimate dream ahead of him. Rich
has grown weary of all the drug doings and bullet dodging. He secretly wants
out of the game and has situated a financial endeavor with his partner, Afta,
that will possibly pull him out of the grind.
Rich’s plan seemed so simple –
continue to produce the hottest beats and drop that album he’s been working on
with the Legacy clique so he can buy that huge, capacious home his woman Leaya
has her sights on. She always gets what she wants. But someone doesn’t want
that to happen. Someone in Rich’s past wants him dead. An old nemesis that’s
just as cagey and smart as he is. Someone who knows Rich just as well as he
knows himself …
Diamond Drought walks you
through a Hip Hop Soap Opera circled around Rich’s filthy existence with an
incredible supporting cast of and host of characters …
The hazel-eyed thug Major
The Prada brat Ann
The black Erika Kane, Shantel
And the enigmatic Pimp Willie Green
Diamond Drought, Book One of
the Diamond Series. Walk with them …
Diamond Dynasty - Brandon McCalla
$14.95
0-97627101-X Paperback Excerpt
The war between Filthy Rich and the enigmatic pimp Willie Green rages on and
drama encompasses everyone involved. Major has deflected from the team,
vowing to kill Afta. He blames Afta for Monique’s death, and he has taken the
dangerous and beautiful Sparkles with him. Dante in turn blames Major for
Monique’s death and wants to see him knocking on heaven’s door. Dante is
Willie’s new Colombian Holla. Will the plan they have brewing up succeed?
Prime’s album is just moments from hitting the shelves. He’s Dynasty Records’
first act, and is expe4cted to go platinum at least, but can he concentrate on
his music career with all the turmoil around him? All of this an a pregnant
Ann; a confused German; the black Erica Kane, Shantel, stalking Leaya;
Willie’s replacement for Sparkles is introduced; and another cameo appearance
by the Dark Man himself ...
The plot thickens with more
twists and turns … the hip hop soap opera is once again within your very
grasp. Diamond Dynasty, book two of the Diamond Series … walk with them once
more. Find out who won’t be walking in book three …
