October 3, 2010
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The reigning Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, Nikki Turner returns with a fresh and fierce tale sure to satisfy longtime fans and create new ones.
Desember Day is beautiful, confident, and smart. She has more game in the streets than a basketball player does on the court, and her boyfriend, Fame, loves every single inch of her. But unlike her mother, who has been in one bad relationship after another, Desember is not going to wait on a knight in shining armor to save her, and even her love for Fame can’t stand in the way of Desember selling anything and everything — legal or illegal — that can turn a profit, so that she never has to depend on a man. The only thing Desember feels she’s lacking is a father to call her own. And her mother refuses to tell Desember who he is.
When Fame finds himself at the wrong end of a gun, fighting for his life, Desember wants nothing more than to stand by her man, but Fame warns her from his hospital bed that she isn’t safe. Desember wonders if she was the real target. Her mother, concerned for Desember’s safety, arranges for her daughter to travel to Richmond, Virginia, to live with Desember’s father and his wife.And when her father’s identity is finally revealed, Desember learns that she is a Natural Born Hustler.
But are her troubles really over? Or is the worst yet to come?
One World/Ballantine
Available October 5, 2010 in Paperback
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September 6, 2010
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Welcome to the unpredictable world of Washington D.C.’s Sojourner Truth Regional Library where the psychiatric hospital and homeless shelters drop off clients every day. Driven by addictions, obsessions and temptations of all kinds, library staff and patrons alike fill each workday with its share of scandal and drama. Anthony Broadnax, an impulsive young crack-addicted circulation desk technician, is accused of assault and theft at a smaller branch. He must report to Sojourner Truth while his case is being investigated. Assistant regional library manager, Jackie Ramsey, declares all-out war against her underhanded and ambitious rival, Brian Cole. Brian, however, is trapped in a web spun by his irresistible attraction to Jackie’s best friend.
Ursula Swann is an industrious, straight-laced reference librarian who is wearing herself out trying to keep order in a branch spiraling out of control. Will she succeed in saving Sojourner Truth Regional, or will her own secret Dewey demons drive her mad? Check out this fresh urban library adventure that you will never forget!
Published by Xlibris Press Orders@Xlibris.com
ISBN Softcover 978-1-4535-5522-4
ISBN Ebook: 978-1-4535-5523-1
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Author Joyce Fay Fletcher
July 18, 2010
Dutchess (Volume 1)
by Dutchess (Author), Jeremy Drummond (Author), Maurice Hawthorne (Contributor)
CreateSpace
Available March 1, 2010 in Paperback
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Meet Sade “Dutchess” Blackwell. A good girl from a wealthy family. Her mother is a gifted Federal Prosecutor, and her father is a Drug Enforcement Agent who is secretly affiliated with a notorious criminal enterprise. Unlike her parents, Sade chooses to become like the people who her parents have worked hard to keep off the street. Her innocence disintegrates, once she witnesses the assassination of her father right before her very own eyes.
From that day forth, a good girl goes bad. Jay-Z once said that, “Once a good girl has gone bad, she’s gone forever.” This statement holds true for Sade. Her ruthless acts earn her the nickname Dutchess. As Sade rises to the level of Queenpin in the drug business, she faces many obstacles. Will her mother the Federal Prosecutor, unknowingly build a case against her daughter? Or will the man who allegedly had her father killed, Kennytha Baptiste, have her taken out the game first for invading his territory?
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August 22, 2009
Cheating On My Mistress
by S. Dodson
Mahogney Ink
Available 05/01/09
Carmelo Miller is a retired NBA player who has game on and off the court. He has a large appetite for women, and the means to satisfy his hunger. He is often envied by the average man because unlike them he is able to juggle three ladies. (Cynthia) His high school sweet heart. She was the finest girl in school. She had it all 34-26-60 just the way he likes it. (Monique) A young vixen with the dreams of one day making it big and becoming a video girl. She lap danced her way right into his heart. This is how he fell in love with a stripper. (Augustine) An old school cutey. She is a flight attendant who believes a woman should always cater to her man. Her favorite saying is, Whatever you like. If this sounds border line impossible, Carmelo can teach you the game inside Cheating on my Mistress because nothing is out-of-bounds for this baller.
August 6, 2009
Grand Central Publishing
Available 02/10/09
Caleb Peterson has it all-a great job, plenty of money, and a fine fiance in former model Paisley Terrell. They’re all set to get married just as soon as she signs a prenuptial agreement, but there’s just one problem…”Paisley don’t do pre-nups!” As war wages and trusts start to crumble, it turns into an all-out battle of the sexes. Paisley’s best friend, Trina, tries to convince her to “get paid,” while Caleb’s friends try to prevent him from “getting played.” With her relationship in jeopardy, Paisley turns to ex-boyfriend Bobby Trumane, who promises to give her everything her heart desires. Paisley soon realizes that what one man won’t do, another man will…but is that what she wants?
August 1, 2009
I am pleased to announce the publication of Flames of Deception which will be released in September 2009.
Flames of Deception, published by City Stone Publishing, is a fictional based story that involves deception, lust and revenge.
How many women do you know has put up with a man’s infidelities time and time again? If you can relate to someone who has been there, then this is the book for you.
My character, Candice George has been in this situation and has finally had enough of her man’s cheating ways. She decides to put the shoe on the other foot. As she finally takes a walk on the wild side, her man can’t take it and decides to destroy her (like most men can’t…LOL)
My story is based on this reality of men being able to cheat hundreds of times, but when the tables are turned, they lose their minds. Flames of Deception will spark the interest of both men and women alike.
Attached, please find an excerpt of this first, steamy chapter per your review. I am sure you are going to love it.
If you would like to contact me for an interview/completed novel, I can be reached via email at smoothmarmar@comcast.net. Also go on my publishers website at www.citystonepublishing.com.
Peace & Love,
Marcia Woodruff
http://marciawoodruff.webs.com
May 5, 2009
Ghetto Superstar: A Novel (Many Cultures, One World)
by Nikki Turner
Available 4/21/09
The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar.
Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to match, but one heartbreaking setback after another threatens to derail her dreams of a recording deal. To make matters worse, it’s Christmastime, rent is past due, and the cops intend to kick her tight-knit family to the curb — until a small-town gangster comes to the rescue and offers them a place to stay.Years pass, and Fabiola continues to play gigs and travel around the country hoping for another shot at fame. Shea’s long forgotten the gangster named Casino who bailed out her family once upon a time. But when Casino is shot, Fabiola feels that she must help the man who helped her family during their lowest point. As Fabiola climbs the ladder of success, she is pulled between the spotlight and the street, trying to resist industry moguls who find the allure of fresh meat irresistible and the thugs from the shadowy side of the ghetto who threaten to keep her close.
January 11, 2009
P.I.E.C.E.S.: A Booster’s Story
by Tammy Fournier
Release Date: October 28, 2008
With a pimp for a father and a thief for a mother, it has always been a hustler’s life for Tara. While other girls were playing with dolls and learning to jump rope, Tara was learning how to boost the best merchandise from the best boutiques in town.
Now at eighteen, with an advanced degree from the school of hard knocks, Tara is about to inherit the family business. She’s looking forward to having the streets on lock, until she meets Julio, a Dominican kingpin. Now she’s falling in love and losing control.
January 10, 2009
The Hands of Love
by Omar Scott
Available 12/24/08
Lorenzo Love, or Ren as he’s known on the streets, is not your typical veteran detective. He’s a smooth-talking, streetwise brother who is quite cunning. He cleverly juggles his home life, which includes his young son and loving wife, a needy mistress, and a narcotics unit of dirty cops that have been taking money under the table from dangerous drug-dealers. Ren has always been crafty at maneuvering his way out of difficult situations. But now his “bad-boy” ways are finally catching up with him. His relationship with his mistress is unraveling, Internal Affairs is investigating his crew for an illegal shooting, and a string of young ladies are brutally murdered one by one with the evidence pointing directly at Ren. The race is on to cover his tracks, clear his crew, and find a serial killer before it’s too late. Can Ren slip out of another tight squeeze, or will he finally go down? The Hands of Love is a fast paced well-crafted novel weaving its way through the crime infested streets of East Dallas. This intense thriller will have your eyes glued to every page right up to the unbelievable ending.
January 8, 2009
Gunmetal Black
by Daniel Serrano
Available September 2008
As a child, Eddie Santiago grows up on the mean streets of his Puerto Rican neighborhood in Chicago, where he witnesses his father’s murder. Now in his thirties, after serving ten years in a state penitentiary, Eddie is coming home. With prison behind him, Eddie plans to seek refuge in Miami Beach. But new trouble begins when Eddie and his old friend/gangster Little Tony are pulled over by two cops, who rob Eddie of his money belt, which contains his life savings. Convinced it was a set-up, Eddie is determined to recover what is rightfully his, all the while trying to reform his childhood friend. Along the way, Eddie falls for a Mexican beauty with a past she is trying to escape. But his romance is almost cut short when he is dragged into a drug war, becomes a murder suspect, and is forced to participate in an ill-conceived casino heist.
