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Zora and Nicky by Claudia Mair Burney

By • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

One does not know when or where love can be found. Nor does one have control over who they will fall in love with. Nicholas (Nicky) Parker was minding his own business, certainly not looking to fall in love, when he walked into a Bible class held at his boss’ home. Looking for a deeper [...]



Jealousy by Marsha Jenkins-Sanders

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

Author Marsha Jenkins stated her sophomoric novel, Jealousy, is a fictional account of a true story. She also stated jealousy can make people do strange things and thanks to a jealous cousin who made her life miserable for many years, she was able to write a novel that will intrigue many readers. Dakota North lived [...]



Too Little, Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray

By • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Book Review

There are very few sequels that I really enjoy. There are even fewer three- peats that I enjoy, but author Victoria Christopher Murray pulled out all stops with Too Little,Too Late. Jasmine Larson Bush is back and is still trying to help God with all her schemes and lies. Only, this time Jasmine’s schemes and [...]



Ex-Terminator by Suzetta Perkins

By • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Sylvia St. James’ husband told her she was fat and he did not want to be married to her anymore. He left and reunited with his ex-wife. After several months of nightmares about their final conversation, she began to make steps to heal and rejoice in her newly single status. Sylvia gathered together several other [...]



You Gotta Sin to Get Saved by J.D. Mason

By • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Book Review

You Gotta Sin to Get Saved is the third of a trilogy by J .D. Mason. The characters from One Day I Saw A Black King and Don’t Want No Sugar make appearances in this novel. Some thirty years ago, Charlotte walked out on her two pre-teen daughters leaving them to fend for themselves in [...]



Jezebel by Jacquelin Thomas

By • Mar 1st, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Jessie Belle Holt grew up in rural Mayville GA, with her preacher father and her unassuming, but conniving mother. Bored with life in Mayville, and feeling she was destined for greater things, Jessie Belle seeks a way out. When a young preacher, in the person of Traynor Deveraux, comes to town to run a revival [...]



That Mean Old Yesterday by Stacey Patton

By • Mar 1st, 2008 • Category: Book Review

In slavery times, the master would beat slaves into submission. Their whippings discouraged slaves from running, rebelling and slothful. In turn, slaves beat their own children so the master would not have to. Whippings and beatings are a learned behavior. One that should have ended with slavery, but someone became the punishment of choice for [...]



Whatever Gets You Through the Night by Teri Denine

By • Feb 25th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Bari Jordan is the definition of the old adage Love is Blind. In Terri Denine’s debut novel, Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Bari Jordan turns a blind eye to all the problems existing in marriage and household. Bari met her husband Earl, while she was still in high school when they attended a “hooky [...]



Something on the Side by Carl Weber

By • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

The master of drama, Carl Weber, is back with a new novel, Something on the Side. This time he takes us into the lives of the women of the Big Girls Book Club, better knows as BGBC. These women not only read and discuss books, but they live their lives to the fullest, regardless of [...]



In Between Men by San Culberson

By • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

In Between Men is the sophomore novel for San Culberson. After reading this book and her first novel, In The Nick of Time, I have become a fan. Culberson writing style demands that she not be pigeonholed into one genre. In Between Men is a more serious and dramatic story. Hope Williams seems to have [...]