Upcoming Release: Straight to the Heart

Title: Straight to the Heart
Author: Michelle Monkou
Publisher: Kimani
Release Date: September 1, 2007
ISBN-10: 037386034X
ISBN-13: 978-0373860340
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
List Price: $5.99

Description:

Meet Omar Masterson, the youngest in the family, who takes some bold steps toward independence. As a TV Video and Talk Host, his first assignment lands him in the spotlight of Stacy Watts, hip-hop singer/actress. Together the two must battle and make amends with their past or be destroyed, canceling any hope of a life together. Their fierce love for each other is swift and direct, like an arrow – straight to the heart.

About the Author:

Michelle Monkou enjoys reading! Reading books of all genres developed an imagination powerful enough to set lofty goals, like being a published writer. Writing romances proved to be the natural choice after devouring well-crafted stories with historical backdrops from the genre greats like Barbara Cartland, Kathleen Woodiweiss, and Edith Layton, and the contemporary romantic suspense tales from Nora Roberts.

However, representation from the African-American community as romance writers or as main characters in romances was rare. With the pioneering launch of several multi-cultural romance lines and their continued success, there is now an outlet for diversity. Michelle’s dream came true in January, 2002 when she received a two-book contract from BET Books. OPEN YOUR HEART debuted in November 2002, for which she earned the prestigious Emma Award nomination for Favorite New Author of Multicultural Romance. FINDERS KEEPERS hit bookshelves in June 2003 and received an advance review from Romantic Times Book Club with a Top Pick and 4 1/2 stars. GIVE LOVE, a holiday anthology with Linda Hudson-Smith and Francine Craft, was released October 2003. MAKING PROMISES arrived in bookstores October 2004 and was featured in The Baltimore Sun.

Born in England and growing up in Guyana, Michelle enjoyed the rich history and culture of the Caribbean experience. Now living in the United States, she blends all of her influences with her American experience to spin romantic stories about real people with real conflicts who fall in love.

Michelle earned a Bachelor’s in English to hone her skills as a writer and a Master’s in International Business to earn a living while pursuing her dream. She is a member of several chapters of the Romance Writers of America. Michelle resides in the Washington, DC metropolitan area with her husband and two children.

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Hi Folks,

In true do-it-herselfer mode, I stumbled upon ways and means to create my own book covers two days ago and have been madly designing ever since. Love Quest is due for release as of June 21st (right in time to get your summer love jones on).

Naturally I think they’re all fab! So I could really use your help. Please read the description below and/or excerpt of Love Quest then tell me which cover matches, why, why not and/or if I should go back to the drawing board.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Peace,
Dee

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Description:

Can Love Really Be Found in Cyber Space?

A look at cyber dating from the viewpoint of a 30-something,
West Indian, Christian female.

D.S. White introduces a world outside the parameters of day-to-day life that exists unbeknownst to most. It has its own language, rules and atmosphere. It offers a freedom that can be addictive, exhilarating or dangerous for the uninitiated. Packed with information in the author’s humorous style, it:

• Introduces Internet lingo
  
  
• Points out common and not-so-common pitfalls
  
  
• Reviews several sites
  
  
• Provides a comprehensive list of current dating sites
  
  
• Includes interviews from real cyber daters


• Offers bonus introductory chapters of Age is Just a Number: Adventures in Online Dating - Volume I


• Contains a resource section for sufferers of abuse, rape and mental disorders. (They, too, inhabit the cyber world).

Upcoming Release: Help Wanted

Title: Help Wanted: A Woman's Guide To Strategically Position Men In Her Life
Author: Alethea Pascascio
Publisher: Queen Publications
Release Date: April 17, 2007
ISBN-10: 097783770X
ISBN-13: 978-0977837700
Paperback: 116 pages
List Price: $12.95

Description:

Alethea Pascascio's practical no-nonsense guide, Help Wanted, is full of eye-opening revelations. You will come to understand how women can benefit from structuring their relationships like a major corporation. Delivering a new perspective on relationships, Help Wanted, reveals why women will improve their odds of finding the right man/men with preparation and having self-confidence.

This book places women behind the hiring desk with the right to add to and/or eliminate from her outer, inner, and innermost circles as they deem necessary. An early exercise suggests that women make detailed lists of the qualities they're looking for in a relationship. This will help them determine if they are seeking to hire a friend (Entry level), boyfriend (Mid level), or husband (Executive level/CEO).

There are also lists of interview questions to help pre-qualify and position candidates correctly because some friends should not become boyfriends and some boyfriends should not become husbands. If a successful company does not allow just anyone sitting at their helm... why should not you have the same, if not higher, standard for your most valuable empire... your life? Relate to men on a whole new level!

About the Author:

Alethea Pascascio is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Bag Lady, which has been made required reading at some major universities. She spends her spare time giving inspirational talks at women's correctional facilities. Write her at: P.O. Box 496 Antioch, IL 60002

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Upcoming Release: Whatever It Takes

Title: WHATEVER IT TAKES
Author: DWAYNE MURRAY, SR.
Publisher: MADBO ENTERPRISES
Release Date: FEBRUARY, 2007
ISBN: 0976985519
Paperback: 260 pages
List Price: $13.95

Description:

Whatever It Takes is a compelling novel depicting what happens when Butch and Zig Steel, carrying a 25 year grudge, finally gets their chance to unleash hell upon an unsuspecting prey. Their plan includes kidnapping, extortion and murder; all skillfully executed and absent of pity and remorse. The cherry on top of the Steel brothers cake is 25 million dollars that feeds their thirst for revenge. To complete their mission, it will involve the capturing of innocent 9 year old Penny Baker, because she holds the key to it all. The only thing standing in the Steel brothers way are two seasoned Ride or Die female detectives; Jesse James and Brenda Simple. The detectives new mission in life is to do whatever it takes to protect Penny and bring the Steel Brothers to justice. From the author who brought you the action packed thriller The Mouse That Roared, Dwayne Murray, Sr. invites readers to embrace his new novel Whatever It Takes. He suggests to readers who are lovers of action, thrills, suspense and drama, they must do two things: Grab this book and buckle up because the chase is on!

About the Author:

Born in Harlem, New York and raised in the Bronx Dwayne Murray, Sr. is proud to bring you another fast paced action thriller. With his love for the silver screen since the age of six Dwayne hopes to grab reader s attention with the same intensity that fast paced movies do with his second novel titled Whatever It Takes As a New York City electrician this author lives and walks a fine line on the job and gets a thrill making his readers walk the same line when they read his action packed novels. As a native New Yorker Dwayne aspires to bring to his readers the gritty intense feeling of the same streets he walks everyday making his readers truly understand that the city really consists of eight million stories.