The subject matter alone…an educated, African-American nanny, from an upper-middle class family…was enough of a reason to make me want to read this book. As an aside, I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett which I did not particularly care for…and Substitute Me sounded like a similar storyline but with a modern day twist. I prayed and hoped that this storyline would be better; and it was.
Delightful EPO (Entertainment Purposes Only) read; sometimes I read to be enlightened. Other times I need a good book that entertains and allows me to escape for a few hours. Hard to Find a Good Man delivered on the latter and I appreciated that.
Afraid of the Dark is a riveting account of a woman on the edge. Ali Connery’s attempts to escape her emotional turmoil provide an unflinching look at the harrowing effects of childhood sexual abuse. Memories of sexual demands, dirty whispers, and rough hands set Ali on a path of self-destruction.
Women have flocked to Genesis Styles ever since he was a teenager. He’s a good-looking, smooth-talking former pro-basketball player, but he has a problem: He has never been satisfied with just one woman. Then he meets Terri and everything changes. Sort of.
The Heat Seekers is a wonderfully engrossing novel about friendship, love pain, and ultimately the ability to step up to the plate by being a responsible father and partner. A certifiable page-turner, this story delivers all the dramatic goods as it takes readers through a romantic journey in search of total satisfaction and self-knowledge.
Three friends are currently “Living on the Edge of Respectability” as they deal with serious and sensitive issues of obesity, abandonment and secrets regarding a parent’s death.
Brunswick’s gritty tale details the high school and college careers of an African-American teen as he wrestles with his sexual identity, struggles with academics and fights to provide for his young son.
In her funny, moving, and ambitious debut, Elyse Singleton introduces us to two inseparable and hard-minded idealists. Young Lilian endures the tribulations of Nadir, Mississippi, on the purity of her faith in people and her growing belief in herself. Her best friend, Myraleen, gets by on her sharp tongue and her unwillingness to give in-and perhaps because Lilian is always with her.
In his uproariously funny debut novel, Daryl C. Diggs tells a fresh story about two young lovers who just can’t get it together. Peppered with snappy dialogue, memorable characters, and true-to-life situations, That’s the Way Love Goes is a hilarious and poignant look at love today.
Shattered Souls tells the story of four friends who are bonded by unconditional love and repressed childhood memories that creep back into their lives to haunt them, control them, and unfortunately remind them of the hurt and pain they were forced to endure at the hands of people they trusted.
