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Whitewash (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)

Alex Kava

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

A Perfect Evil left you looking over your shoulder . . .

The Sequel, A Necessary Evil, grabbed you by the throat . . .

Now New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava lures you into the deadly and labyrinthine world of corporate corruption, greed and government conspiracy.

Sabrina Galloway is the top scientist at EcoEnergy, leading the company's research team to a successful breakthrough in the quest for an alternative fuel. The promise of a cleaner tomorrow and the economic impact on world markets could be staggering. Then she makes an alarming discovery: someone has tampered with the production process, resulting in toxic waste leaking into the Florida waterways and the Gulf of Mexico.

Fighting mounting terror fueled by too many accidents and ultimately deaths, Sabrina pieces together the grim puzzle. The evidence points to a cover-up orchestrated by the chief executives of EcoEnergy. Now her determination to expose the company's secret has placed her in the crosshairs of a conspiracy that researchers further than she could ever imagine -- America's biggest traitors are lurking behind the doors of one of the highest offices in the land.

Desperate, Sabrina flees the company with damning evidence, aware that an enemy with eyes and ears everywhere makes each move a gamble. Running for her life with nowhere to hide and no one to trust, Sabrina knows her next step could be her last . . .

Gods In Alabama

Joshilyn Jackson

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Total reviews: 124 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Very enjoyable and memorable writing 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

As with all of Jackson's books, this is very entertaining and the characters have depth and renter your thinking long after you have read the book.

You can run but you can't hide! 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Arlene made a promise to God. If she didn't get caught for the murder of Jim Beverly, she promises to not sleep with any more men and to never ever go back to her hometown in Alabama. Even if her aunt and mom call her up every week begging.

Her boyfriend, Burr, thinks she won't go down there and introduce him to her family because she is embarrassed of him. They get into a tiff about it.

Rose-Pop shows up at the college where Arlene works and wants to know what she knows about Jim Beverly missing. Arlene avoids Rose so Rose leaves a note saying she will just ask Clarice, Arlene's cousin. Afraid Clarice will spill the beans about Jim, Arlene finally decides to go home after 10 years.

What did happen that night with Jim Beverly and why would Arlene hate him so much? How will Arlene's family feel about Burr being a different race?

Read this fast paced book and find out the mystery!

Editorial Review:

When Arlene Fleet heads up north for college, she makes three promises to God: She will never again lie, never fornicate, and never, ever go back to tiny Possett, Alabama. All He had to do in exchange was to just make sure that the body is never found . . .

Secret Love (Arabesque)

Brenda Jackson

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Total reviews: 40 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Brenda Jackson out did her self 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Such a wonderful read. I can honestly say that I read this book in one sitting. The words flowed off the page, a peice of literary art. I know that this is sad but this the first book that I read of hers and as soon as I finished I went and bought as many of her books as possible. And since I was on vacation I read them all. Dont we all want men like Jacob..

What a book. 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I loved the book and all of the sexy romantic scenes.

Jake a rancher loses a bet with his best friend Sterling Hamilton and the pay off is to have Diamond Swain stay with Jake on his ranch for some much needed rest.

Once they see each other for the first time sparks fly. Although, they try not to give into each others attraction, they end up falling in love.

They also have to fight to keep their lifestyles in tacked by not having the other loose themselves in the others career.

This book was my favorite out of all of the Madaris books and I read it more than once.

Secrets come to life 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Another great Madris story. Jake a handsome successful rancher married actress Diamond Swain in secret. After a madman begins to stalk Diamond she runs for cover and safety on her husbands ranch "Whispering Pines". Deciedeing she's ready to come out of the closet about her secret marriage to Jake, they hold a press conference. The madman doesn't like this and sets out to kill Jake if he doesn't leave Diamond alone. Jake not wanting Diamond to know refuses to tell her of the madman. When Diamond finds out she feels she's been betrayed by her husbands secret, will their love be enough to save their marriage?

Dirty Red: A Novel

Vickie M. Stringer

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Total reviews: 79 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

overall good read 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

dirty red was a pretty good book, just about all the characters,especially red were scandalous. no one was a true friend they all had tricks up their sleeves. it kept me interested and there was a lot of wild stuff going on and she(the author) did a good job describing everything. so it was a pretty ok book,i finished it in one sitting.

Editorial Review:

From the "queen of urban fiction" (Publishers Weekly), Vicki Stringer, comes a scorching tale of love, lies, loss, and the indomitable spirit of a woman scorned.

Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways - even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend - to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal. But when one of Red's scams backfires and she winds up truly pregnant by her inmate ex-boyfriend, Bacon, she finds herself in more trouble than she's ever known. The drama truly unravels when Red's picture-perfect cons fall apart due to the power of - surprisingly - love.

Redemption

Jacquelin Thomas

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Total reviews: 36 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Awesome reading for all 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This was one of the best books I have read in a long time. I highly recommend you read this book. It is definetly a tear jerker and is an item that belongs in every married African American woman's bookshelf.

I didn't like it! Too slow and the characters were underdeveloped! 3 out of 5 stars.
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I ordered this book after reading Jezebel (by Jacquelin Thomas) and seeing all the glowing reviews for this book. This book was slow. The first 150 pages were just about Marin and her husband going to dinner parties and their children. The next half of the book was about Marin's use of drugs and her husband being upset with her. This book had no excitement whatsoever. I can't fathom all these 5* reviews.

**Summary**
Marin, an actress, meets Warner, a pastor, at a religious conference. Warner was 30 something and previously engaged to a woman who died of ovarian cancer. Warner stated that God told him that he and Marin were meant to be together. Marin felt the same way.

After a few months, the two married. Initially, Marin wanted to focus on her career, but when she got pregnant by mistake, Marin was so happy that she decided to put her career on hold. After 4 years and 2 children (Rylan and Gabriel), Marin decided to return to her career.

Marin had a hard time getting acting jobs. She was finally offered a Lifetime job playing a drug addict. Marin decided to try cocaine to get ready for the role. Marin got hooked immediately because she always was told she was a screw up by her mother, felt abandoned by her mother and father, and didn't feel like she was good enough to be a preacher's wife.

Warner found out about Marin's drug use and convinced her to go into rehab. Marin stayed clean for a few months, but then started her drug use again. When Marin left the house to do drugs, Warner cut off all her credit cards, bank accounts, and so forth. Marin ended up prostituting herself and was raped.

After a while, Marin moved to NY (she was originally living in California) with Tisha and another drug buddy. When Tisha and the guy got arrested, Marin went to rehab. While in Rehab, Marin found out she was pregnant.

Eventually, Marin turned to Warner and the two reconciled.

Pros: EXCELLENT writing! easy to read
Cons: Boring, nothing exciting happened in the story; the names in the storyline were pretty bad (Dru, Warner, Marin, Shirley, Garfield)--what kind of names are those for black people??

My main issue was Geneva though. She, being a single woman, pushes up on the pastor and this is Christian behavior? Whatever! Also, it appears that all Jacquelin Thomas' characters suffer the same fate. It kind of makes it pointless to read her books now.

Editorial Review:

Praised for embracing the power of love and forgiveness in her award-winning novels, Jacquelin Thomas now explores the rewards of Redemption as a woman's desperate choices threaten to destroy her. She's Marin Alexander, a beautiful actress who's forfeiting her career for a marriage to televangelist Warner Brice. But will the lure of the spotlight and the wayward gratifications of fame be too desirable to leave behind?

The Player's Proposal (Kimani Romance)

Angie Daniels

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The Player's Proposal 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

If you have read Angie Beaumont Series then you are going to love this one book 3.
Jaden and Danica met in The Playboys' Propositiion. You knew that Jaden and Danica has something special and for one whole month Jaden and Danica couldn't get enough of each other until one morning after a wonderful night of making love to each other Danica over heard Jaden talking on the phone and just couldn't believe what she was hearing. Danica was so upset that she decided to leave but before she left she told Jaden that it had been fun and she enjoyed their time together but it was time for her to get back to the real world.

Jaden was so devastated that she was leaving after the wonderful night they had he just didn't understand and when she told him that she was engaged to get married he was just to through.

Fast forward 18 month later, althought they are both living in the same town they had manage to avoid each other up until now. Danica car broke down and it had to taken to the only garage in the city which happens to be Jaden. Jaden has been very angry with Danica every since she left without so much letting him know she was engaged to be married and all this time he thought she was in love with him.

Jaden has not been a forgiven mood since she left, so once Danica went to his garage which didn't want to once she come fact to fact with Jaden every nerve in her body went taut. Jaden told Danica what was wrong with her car and the how much it would cost to get in fixed.

Danica was and ex-model who was at the top of her game decided she was ready to give up modeling, after she had earned a hefty nest egg, and found out that her accountant had extorted funds, stealing thousands of dollars of her money. What little money Danica had she poured all of it into store she open in honor of her grandmother.

Jaden saw this as a opportuity to finally find out why Danica had lied to him and since she didn't have the money to pay to get her car fixed Jaden offer her a proposal. He needed a receptionist and if Danica agreed to be his receptionist until he can filled the position he would fixed her car for free. Now what is a girl suppose to do...........hummmmmmmmmm

I have to tell this is really a great story and you will not be disappoint. It is HOT there is a scene in the garage that is SMOKIN........I telll you are gonna love this book.

I recommend this book.

Louise

Editorial Review:

Danica Dansforth shared a month of sweet, sensual bliss under the sun and between the sheets with Jaden Beaumont—before feeling like a fool. Then she was outta that player's game! But fate had other plans when her car broke down, stranding her in his body shop, under his melting chocolate gaze and in the heat of a sizzling attraction.

Jaden wasn't about to forgive Danica for the games she played, but he would put her to work in exchange for some expensive repairs to her vintage car. Maybe now he could finally get some answers to why she left, and why memories of her warm cinnamon skin still kept him up at night. When it came to Danica, he was through playing. His heart was in this game for real.

Shameless Hoodwives: A Bentley Manor Tale

Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond

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Total reviews: 20 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Hearts break, lives shatter, and liars prevail at Bentley Manor, where everyone sins shamelessly.

In the second novel from the authors of Desperate Hoodwives, four women will try to escape Bentley Manor -- a place no one has ever left unscathed...

• Keisha married the high school basketball star, but now Smokey's addicted to crack. Unable to feed her children, Keisha feels that she's not only hit bottom but has taken her children with her. When Smokey's brother offers to help, will it come at the ultimate price?

• Takiah abruptly fled her pimp husband with her baby. Desperate to start over, she finds a hiding place. Living with Grandma Cleo means returning to church -- but Takiah's salvation is the last thing on the pastor's mind...

• Princess is lucky to have found a ride-or-die friend in Lucky, who helps protect her from her mom's abusive ways. With a voice to rival Mary J. and Whitney, at just seventeen Princess holds a ticket out. But when Lucky is gone, will she have the courage to follow her dreams?

• Woo Woo has escaped the projects with her suburban husband -- the type of man every woman wants. But she can't resist sneaking back to Bentley Manor for steamy sexcapades with her drug dealer boyfriend. It's not only WooWoo who has a secret...

Naughty Or Nice

Eric Jerome Dickey

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Total reviews: 103 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

I liked the book 4 out of 5 stars.
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When I read a synopsis of the book, I didn't think I was going to like, but I purchased it anyways because I tend to like Eric J. Dickey's work. After reading the first two or so chapters of the book, I was hooked. It is so surprising how Dickey can capture the reality of what we experience as females dealing with the different dramas of women. If you love the movie "Waiting to Exhale" you will like this book. I pictured that movie while reading this book! As always, kudos to Eric Jerome Dickey!

Naughty AND Nice! 3 out of 5 stars.
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I'm not always crazy about EJD's writing style, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I don't know how he does it, but he is good at writing from a woman's perspective.

Editorial Review:

A New York Times Bestseller

With all the humor, passion and soul his fans have come to expect, Eric Jerome Dickey explores the lives of three sisters with man problems. But this holiday season, Frankie, Livvy and Tommie McBroom are not only getting together, but finally gettin' it together - and in the process, they discover what family, sisterhood, and love are all about . . .

The Trophy Wife

Ashley JaQuavis

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Very Enjoyable 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Ashley & Jaquavis has brought us avid readers another fabulous read. This is a story of London who is trapped in a lifeless and abusive marriage. Nowhere too go and no one too turn to, until she meets Kalil. He makes her feel like that beautiful flower that she is and shows her how if feels to be loved. Will she get up enough courage and do what she gotta do to find true happiness?

Trophy Wife is very fast paced from beginning to end. I was very impressed how the authors place themselves within the story. The storyline was phenomenal and the characters were believable. I just wanted to save London myself from her dilemma that she or no woman should go through. Kalil was the cool cat, trying to do the right thing and take care of his responsiblities. Ashley & Jaquavis are amongst my favorite authors. I've been a fan since the beginning with there first novel "Dirty Money", they have yet to disappoint. There style of writing is out of this world. They are both making it do what it do in the literary world. Keep those good novels coming.