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Last Bus Out by Beck McDowell

By • Mar 22nd, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011

LAST BUS OUT tells how Courtney Miles stole a bus, charged past a police roadblock, and argued with a National Guardsman who threatened to lock him in the makeshift jail at the Greyhound Bus Station. Sick with worry about his missing grandmother, he drove his passengers to safety, then went back into the city at midnight to help others.



Ice – A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption – from South Central to Hollywood by Ice T and Douglas Century

By • Mar 22nd, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011

Ice is Ice-T in his own words—raw, uncensored, and unafraid to speak his mind. About his orphan upbringing on the gang-infested streets of South Central Los Angeles. About his four-year stint in the U.S. Army’s famed “Tropic Lightning” outfit. About his successful career as a hustler and thief, the car crash that nearly killed him, and the fateful decision to turn away from a life of crime and forge his own path to international entertainment stardom.



The Strawberry Letter by Shirley Strawberry with Lyah Beth LeFlore

By • Mar 22nd, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011

As a single parent and a woman willing to let Mr. Right find her, Shirley’s been there and done that—and she’s got hard-won lessons to share. In this call to action to help women look at their lives with a candid eye, she tackles the issues her fans want to hear about.



Heartbreak of a Hustler’s Wife by Nikki Turner

By • Mar 2nd, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011

Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate attorney who wants nothing more than for her husband, Des, to renounce his hustlin’ ways and commit to his life as a pastor—especially after someone tries to kill him. But Des isn’t ready to abandon his old habits just yet. He has to find out who is behind the murder attempt, and he wonders if the brazen robbery that took place during one of his church services is related in any way.



Hidden Secrets, Hidden Lives by J. Leon Pridgen

By • Mar 2nd, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011

After escaping a life of running dope by moving to a new city to attend college, Travis Moore has succeeded in hiding the secrets of his life. Now, twelve years later, he believes that he can return to the city of his youth without facing his past.



Drama Queens by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

By • Jan 22nd, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011

High school is coming to a close for the Good Girlz, and it couldn’t end on a better note: Camille, Angel, Alexis, and Jasmine are ecstatic to discover they’ve all been accepted to the same Texas university! Prairie View A&M, watch out: there will be four inseparable friends on campus come September, and between the cute guys, the Greek parties—oh, and the cool classes, of course—their good times will just be beginning.



Before the Truth Set Me Free by Vanessa Murray Yisrael

By • Jan 22nd, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011

When Vanessa copped a gig at a now-defunct record label-a label whose roster included platinum-selling artists-she was certain that money, power, and fame were right around the corner. However, she couldn’t have foreseen the maximum security prison that was waiting around that corner to snatch her up and strip her of the tiny piece of dignity she’d been struggling to keep.



Love’s Desire by Deatri King-Bey

By • Dec 24th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

A short story collection that captures the essence of first love, love lost, love found and love’s passion… Stories range from highly erotic to sweet romance.



Full Circle by Brenda Barrett

By • Dec 10th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

After Diana graduated from university, she had a couple of things to do, she had to return to Jamaica to find her siblings; she had made them a promise that she would always stay in touch a promise she had not managed to keep. Secondly she wanted to take a well-earned vacation on the beautiful island but what she didn’t bank on was that she would meet the handsome, and oh so charming, Robert Cassidy and that both their pasts would be so intertwined that disturbing questions would pop up, just when they were getting close.



Last Temptation by Michelle Stimpson

By • Nov 12th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

Online minister Stimpson (Boaz Brown) harps on the conflict between marital interdependence and a woman’s desire to stand on her own in this frustrating novel. Patricia “Peaches” Miller, a single Christian mother trying to live righteously, thinks everything is finally going according to God’s plan.