Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label African American

A WHISPER OF DESIRE by Bronwen Evans

I love, love, LOVE Bronwen Evans.  I chose one of her books on a whim on +NetGalley , not thinking that I will enjoy her books much, boy was I wrong.  I love all the books I've read of her's so far, and I kind of stalk  +Goodreads  for her upcoming releases all the time. Waking up naked nest to your brother's best friend is not the vision Lady Marisa Hawkstone intended her marriage to start. Maitland Spencer, the Duke of Lyttleton, wanted Marisa as a wife, but he did not anticipate having to marry her out of obligation.  The mysterious enemy strikes again, doing something that no ones understand her reasoning for. What purpose can making Maitland and Marisa marry in the most scandalous of ways help their enemy destroy them?  My guess, I think she was trying to mess up the friendship between Maitland and Marisa's brother, Sebastian. But that's just my guess. Maitland and Marisa's marriage started off with a rocky start, as most rushed marriag...

MY BROTHER'S KEEPER by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

My brother's Keeper is not an appropriate tittle for this book, seeing as it was both her brother and her sister, plus she wasn't able to help her brother get the help he so desperately needed before he destroyed himself. The James siblings had have a very rough upbringing, including witnessing their parents deaths, both dying in different ways. Aja, being the oldest took it upon herself to always be there for her siblings, neglecting herself in the process until the to good to be true Charles Clayton comes into her life and changes everything. Even though Aja did something stupid that becomes a secret, which she should have told Charles about.  She had the perfect opportunity at the funeral, but NOOOOOOOO, her friend told her not to tell, which was STUPID advice seeing as this WILL be brought up in the future and WILL most definitely ruin things seeing as she was in the wrong all by herself.    You can purchase this book in the link below.

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN by Gwynne Forster

There was a mean father who dies and his his will, his three children hired a detective to find it, he found it and they found out that their father is even more cruel than they thought, THE END. It took me four days to finish this book, it usually takes me a few hours to read a book of this size, but this book was missing some things that could have made it great, such as a good story line, interesting characters and excitement. This book had a lot of events going on that all sounded insignificant, imagine that someone comes to kill you for some money that you owe them, and this issue gets resolved in the time span of a few hours, boom-bam, done.  Even the sex scene sounding boring and uneventful, I wasted my time reading this book, don't waste yours.     You can purchase the book in the link below.

LESSONS FROM A YOUNGER LOVER by Zuri Day

"The teacher is about to get taught..." for truth.  This book is like "How Steller got her groove back" and "Fifty Shades of gray" combined.  This book had me blushing. When you're forty and in the middle of an divorce with your husband of ten years who left you for a younger woman, what are you suppose to do?  Get a young man of your own of course. Fate had it out for Gwen when she literally bumped into her young Romeo, and instant attraction was one of the results.  Her past has Gwen self conscious so at first she doesn't want to unwrap to gift she was given; but he was persistent and they BOTH got what they needed. All is not easy when outside forces are trying to drive them apart so as they can have them for themselves, also some unexpected blast from the past and un-expecting pregnancies. I have read two out of the three "Fifty shades of Gray" books and that book did not make me blush as much as this one did.  I so have t...

SIN NO MORE by Kimberla Lawson Roby

I read this book in a few hours, the drama kept coming and coming.  First came lies, then came affairs, then came baby in a carriage. Curtis Black, big name pastor, sinning and making a mockery of his wedding vows, again.  His wife is furious with him, even though she herself did the same thing, twice, but Reverend Black has turned his life around. He has changed for the better and is honoring his vows but his ex-mistress won't let him forget about his daughter and began the shout that started the avalanche of events that occurred. This seem to happen a lot in the church theme books I borrow, blackmail, deceit, betrayal, and many arguing, baby mama drama and baby daddy drama. I guaranty that this book will have you enchanted from page one.     HAPPY READING! You can purchase this book in the link below.

LADY JASMINE by Victoria Christopher Murray

It seems that I have been choosing many church theme books from my local Library lately and this is one of the good ones. Lady Jasmine has become first lady of City of Lights at the expense of her father-in-law being shot into a coma, but she's not complaining. Now that Jasmine have reached where she wanted to, the members of City of Lights who still hold her in contempt for her many past crimes, would now have to listen and respect her. Her triumph is short lived however when lo and behold, someone begins to blackmail her into convincing her husband to step down as minister, or else. Now it is up to Jasmine to find incriminating evidence of all the likely suspects that are out to get her husband to turn the tables by blackmailing her blackmailer, whoever that may be, before her past brings great shame and pain to her future. I like this book very much, at first I did not like how the author revealed Jasmine's secret so early in the book, but as I read on I saw h...

ONE PRAYER AWAY by Kendra Norman-Bellamy

Mitchell Andrews made a bad mistake. His failure to cope made it worse. He turned to alcohol, and his angry outbursts drove his wife away--but it drove him to find Christ, sobriety, and newfound hope.  He attempts to win back the love of his life, but the mistakes of his past threaten to undo his second chance. Will he come undone at his weakest moment, or will God give him the strength to endure? Simply put, this book is about forgiveness and acceptance. Seven years is a long time, people can either change or get worse in that frame of time. Virture and Mitchell used to be married, but because of a whole lot of ugly that happened, they split up.  Now seven years later they meet again.  the ugliness of the past reared it's ugly head and had Virture running from Mitchell once again. Mitchell has changed and wants his wife back, but is the past so painful that it is too hard for Virture to forget and also to forgive him? Me personally, I would forgive him, b...

BASKETBALL JONES by E.Lynn Harris

I heard about this author in a young adult book I was reading and I instantly went out to the library to see if I found any of his books.  This is the only one they have by E . Lynn Harris. Aldridge "AJ" Jones is a kept man. He has access to the best of everything and does not even have to work a regular job. It's all thanks to his man, Dray Jones, an NBA all star whose still stuck in the closet.  The two of them "supposedly" fell in love in college and their relationship is still to this day.  Even when Dray married a woman all because his team mates were asking too much questions. AJ encouraged Dray to marry, because he wants his man to be happy.  AJ always tells himself that he does not need Dray, he just chooses to be with him out of love. When a blackmailer threatens to expose their secret, would Dray finally stand up and reveal who he really is?  Or would he end the relationship and leave AJ with a broken...