Archive for June, 2008

Soldier Boys by Edwina Martin-Arnold

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Soldier Boys is a wonderful book of short stories that pays great tribute to our servicemen, and lightens the heart with a story of romance and love. Particularly, each story addresses how hard it can be to transition to civilian life after spending time at war. The emotional state can be fragile, but it in [...]



Trading Dreams at Midnight by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Trading Dreams at Midnight by Diane McKinney-Whetstone is a full frontal view of the dynamics of female, family relationships. The family is headed by matriarch, Nan. Nan has spent her life as a stern, disciplined, churchgoing woman, who always lived by the rules. The one time she decides to step outside of character is when [...]



Air Between Us by Deborah Johnson

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Deborah Johnson, also known as Deborah Johns, presents a fascinating tale of two doctors, one black and one white in her novel, The Air Between Us. The town of Revere, Mississippi is home to two well-respected doctors: Dr. Cooper Connelly, a white man from a rags-to-riches family, and Dr. Reese Jackson, a black man who [...]



Gaming for Love by Nancy Weaver

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Tessa Morrison, a thirty-seven year old widow, is the main character in Nancy Weaver’s latest novel, Gaming For Love. After ten years of being lonely and raising her teen-aged daughter, Tessa decides to get back into the dating game. But she finds that the rules of dating have changed and she is out of her [...]



Keep Your Enemies Closer by Sharon Oliver

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

In Keep Your Enemies Closer, Charlotte spends a summer in Turtle Island, South Carolina with her grandparents, Edmund and Mattie Mae Morley. Charlotte’s twin cousins, Tina and Terry, also come down for some “summer fun.” They are known for competing against each other and always getting into trouble. Since she was little, Charlotte had a [...]



Guarding His Body by A.C. Arthur

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Romance on the Run is the new series of books by A.C. Arthur. In the first novel, Guarding His Body, Arthur introduces readers to the Bennett Family. The Bennett family, owners of Bennett Industries, was on the verge of one of the biggest mergers the country had ever seen. However, someone was threatening members of [...]



Against All Odds Tour–Launch Party Winners

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Against All Odds Book Tour, Virtual Book Tours

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Against All Odds Virtual Book Party and who helped kick off the first leg of the tour during the month of April. As many of you are aware, if you stopped by Niambi’s blog and left a comment during the month of April, you were entered into a drawing to win PRIZES including the coveted Ayo’s Beach Bag.



Every Ending Is Also a Beginning

By • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Motivational Monday

June 30th – wow, not only the end of another month, but the half-way point for the year! It’s a day that begs for reflection, review and recommitment. How are you doing with the goals you set for 2008? How did you do with the month of June? Where are you headed? What’s still left [...]



Against All Odds Tour Schedule

By • Jun 29th, 2008 • Category: Against All Odds Book Tour

If you would like to host a Virtual Book Tour or have APOOO coordinate your tour…then you have come to the right place. Currently, APOOO is travelling the cyberworld with debut author, Niambi Brown Davis. A copy of her itineary is provided below and it will be updated on a regular basis so check back [...]



Tune in to Hear Niambi Brown Davis on the Rapturous Reader

By • Jun 29th, 2008 • Category: Against All Odds Book Tour

Tune in to the Rapturous Reader Radio Show this evening, Sunday, June 29th, 2008 at 6:00 PM EST to listen to Niambi Brown Davis discuss her debut novel, From Dusk to Dawn, with host, Lisa Diane, and the Rapturous Reader listeners.