Kidd is an eloquent writer. I enjoyed each character’s uniqueness and appreciated the care taken to develop them that well. I loved the connectedness of the story and semi-flashbacks strategically placed reminding the reader of small, but important details.

Eva Cavell is a woman with an embarrassing secret. She is sexually frustrated and is convinced that her size and race intimidates men. In an attempt to relieve her sexual tension, every Thursday Eva goes to a local movie theater and allows desperate strangers to fondle her in the dark. She allows no eye contact, no phone numbers-and definitely no names.

It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured hip hop and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world. Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting “It’s bigger than hip hop.”

Erotic City is sex-fest central-a hip, upscale swingers club for grown-folks only, located in the heart of Atlanta. It is a grand, three-story sexual mecca where the uninhibited freaks come out four nights a week to get their ultimate groove on without fear of reprisal or judgment, yet judgment from the outside world threatens all that the club’s owner, Milan Kennedy, has worked so hard to achieve.

After her father was killed and her mother was deported, Sienna grew up in Miami’s prostitution scene in the care of her father’s business partner, Chatman. Beautiful and ambitious, Sienna determines that the best route to the life she wants is to become the most coveted of Chatman’s call girls. When Sienna learns that her mother has been murdered and that Chatman had a role in the murder, she turns to her friend Ryan for comfort, beginning a secret relationship with the boy Chatman is grooming to take over his business.

Paul and Tammy have been in their relationship for thirteen years, since high school. For many years, Paul thought Tammy was his soul mate, that is, until Aquisha steps into the mix with revengeful intentions that she hopes will tarnish the image that Paul has of his fiancee.

After suffering under years of emotional and physical abuse, Syreeta embarks on a search for the identity beyond wife and mother. Now, removed from that destructive relationship, she struggles to find out who she is and what she is capable of. With the help of her psychologist, Syreeta begins to expose the many scars that layer her soul — healing the guilt, hurt, and shame that have alienated her from friends and family for far too long.

Likened to a 48 Laws of Power for young Black men, this book presents Black biographies, history, and current events in a language that the Hip-Hop generation will understand and relate to. Each story or essay is framed within the context of a life lesson, each one being of vital importance to the survival, redemption, and ultimate success of our dying Black generation. Both the positive and negative sides of the Black experience are explored in detail, from the lives of infamous drug dealers and pimps to the exploits of Black revolutionaries and activists.

Are You Interested In Becoming A Multi-Million Dollar Entrepreneur? I Did It My Wayand It Worked! is a comprehensive success story of one womans journey to becoming a multi-million dollar entrepreneur. Colleen J. Payne-Nabors shares her experiences and insights with inspiring and candid detail. Packed with strategies, tactics, and engaging accounts from her business experiences, this book demonstrates principles that will increase your entrepreneurial IQ in a dramatic way!

Joy King represents a new breed of writers producing young, hip and sexy novels that takes readers behind the velvet rope of the glamorous but often shady entertainment industry. She made her debut with Dirty Little Secrets and followed it up with the bestselling sequel Hooker to Housewife. The saga continues with Superstar. A prolific writer Ms. King is also the author of the Bitch series, which she writes under her pseudonym Deja King. For more information visit joykingonline.com myspace.com/joyking