Posts Tagged ‘Yasmin Coleman’

Afraid of the Dark by Michelle Devlin

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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.



Married But Still Looking by Travis Hunter

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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.



Heat Seekers by Zane

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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.



Living on the Edge of Respectability by Suzette Harrison

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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.



Journeys of a Tortured Soul by Caesar Brunswick

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 8th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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.



This Side of the Sky by Elyse Singleton

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 7th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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.



That’s the Way Love Goes by Daryl Diggs

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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 by Dwayne Birch

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

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.



First Love by Yolanda Brook Callegari

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

Amani Shephard is saved, seventeen, and the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. However, this special position in the family comes with built-in pressures, especially since her sisters each strayed from their Christian upbringing. Her mother Olivia sees Amani as her last hope.



Bliss by Gabrielle Pina

By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

What happens when three generations of lies come to the surface? Power, deceit, greed, and lust collide—leaving you with sheer Bliss.