Archives for the ‘Book Review 2009’ Category

Sittin in the Front Pew by Parry Brown

By Yasmin Coleman • Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2009

As friends and family gather to pay tribute to this pillar of the community, Glynda and her sisters begin to search for answers about who the real Edward Naylor was. Their father was a good man, without question, but he also took a secret to his grave. What happens when his secret shows up for the funeral?



The Doctor’s Private Visit by AlTonya Washington

By Sharel Gordon-Love • Jan 5th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2009

When Capri Timmons trades her chaotic Miami life for suburbia, the reserved photographer doesn’t realize her fantastic new house comes with a gorgeous doctor next door! Sexy, way-too-easy-on-the-eyes Tiberius Evans is just the kind of man Capri has vowed to steer clear of at all costs. Except the more she resists, the more Tiberius wants her….



Rap, Race and Revolution: Solutions for Our Struggle by Supreme Understanding

By Darnetta Frazier • Jan 3rd, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2009

Author Supreme Understanding once again offers an incredible assortment of stories, commentaries, and anecdotes illustrating valuable life lessons and solutions to the problems encountered by urban communities.



Yesterday’s Promise by Vanessa Miller

By Angelia Menchan • Jan 1st, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2009

Can Steven and Melinda set aside past pains, forgive each other, and learn to love again? Or will their opposing positions regarding women preachers keep them forever at odds?



Soul on Fire by Skyy Banks

By APOOO • Dec 31st, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

Not until Dana Montgomery has retreated into the emotional shelter of various unavailable men, ruined a marriage, and jeopardized a friendship does she look inward to find the source of her self-destructive behavior.



Family Pictures by Rachel Berry

By Jennifer Coissiere • Dec 30th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

A saga about two women bonded by blood but tainted by too many secrets. Journey through the lives of young Regal, a single mother; and her older aunt Emma Jean; a woman whose soul is battered. Join these women as they live, learn, and love through their challenges, celebrations, and the relationships of the people they call family.



Forsaken by Vanessa Miller

By Donnica Copeland • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

Since the age of twenty-two, when he prayed for God to keep him out of prison, JT knew he would preach the gospel. Bishop Turner makes it possible; but there are strings attached, and now JT isn’t sure he can stay tied down.



Tender to His Touch by Adrianne Byrd

By Sharel Gordon-Love • Dec 28th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

Hollington Homecoming Queen Beverly Turner is pulling out all the stops for her ten-year reunion. The trendy designer’s first order of business is to let loose and have some fun. And her wish just might come true when she meets Lucius Gray. The hunky, high-powered Atlanta attorney is looking for the same thing she is: a sexy fling with no strings.



Saved and Single by Sheila Copeland

By Donnica Copeland • Dec 27th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

Sheila Copeland’s Saved and Single is a hilarious look into the lives of Tiffany, Shay, and Deborah. Tiffany and Shay are sisters and Deborah is Tiffany’s best friend. Tiffany has done everything the way that a good Christian woman should.



Begonia Brown by Julia Press Simmons

By Angelia Menchan • Dec 27th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

We were named for the flowers in Grandma’s Garden. Begonias, Violets and Daisies, and much like those flowers, we were showered with a love that rivaled sun-rays. We knew nothing of pain, or sorrow, or just how cruel the world could be until the day God saw fit to call Grandma on home.