~Mailbox Monday~
is hosted by Passages to the Past during the month of April
We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week.
Downloaded to my Kindle:
A Choice to Yield by Laurence Cook
Angela's world changed when a tall, dark, and handsome, African American man spoke to her. He intrigued her and she was hesitant. She had to explore the chance as he was nothing like anyone of her past. Angela's Caucasian circle wasn't openly accepting. Her best friend of many years disliked the new interest and pushed her to stay with people of her complexion. Angela faced a battle of desire and intrigue, and forced the issue of acceptance by dating three likely candidates. Her journey to self discovery ended at the cross roads for true love or social acceptance. (from Amazon)
I really wanted to read the book after reading this: Intimate Conversation With Laurence Cook
Downloaded to my Kindle for .99 cents!
Tempted by Jamise Dames
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Entangled (Real in the Streets) by K Elliott
Dream Nelson is a girl with the perfect family: Her father is a high school principal and her mother his educator as well. Dream herself is a middle school teacher, who has one flaw;she loves bad boys--thugs; Jamal Stewart is tall attractive ex con who is released from prison with nothing, but he promises that he will be rich again, because while he didn't have any money, he still had his drug connection in California. Jamal navigates himself to the top of the drug world and this affords him the life of luxury, cars, condos, expensive jewels and the drop dead gorgeous Dream Nelson. When Jamal meets Dream he wanted her at any expense and he knew he would do anything to get her, but there was one problem, Dream is in a relationship with another convict. After much convincing Dream gives Jamal a chance and the new become a item. Dream knows that Jamal's lifestyle is dangerous and tries to steer him away from the streets, but it's not enough convincing; Dream's family and friends warn her that being with a Big Drug Dealer is bad news but against her family and friends warning Dream sticks by her man even when she learns the FEDS are on his trail. (from Amazon)
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Dear Summer (real in the streets) by K. ElliottTommy DuPree is fresh out of prison with a new hustle selling stolen luxury cars. A business that proves to be lucrative and allows him to fly under the radar and clear of his drug dealing past. Life couldn't be better for Tommy with cars, money and two girlfriends,until he sells a car to some cross town drug dealers and one of them gets busted in the car and claims that Tommy set him up. Enter Summer, Tall Beautiful with the body of a Victoria Secret Model. She's the side chick but she wants to be number one and she's frustrated. Summer meets and hits it off with Q, Unknown to her, Q is the leader of the Cross town drug dealing gang that wants Tommy Dead. Tommy has to prove he isn't a rat, but at the same time defending his manhood because Q and his boys are sure to kill him. (from Amazon)
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Street Fame (Real in the streets) by K. Elliott
There's a lot going on from Charlotte to Miami to San Francisco -- almost none of it favorable to Tommy 'Fatboy' Dupree. While one man is sleeping around with Tommy's live-in girlfriend, another urges a psychopath to rob him for multiple kilos. These men are...his friends...which means the worst is yet to come. Alicia Anderson's beauty is off the scales. The physically fit college student has a father who is a real estate mogul, so she could care less about a fat boy named Tommy who deals drugs. However, this new woman challenges him to give up the illicit profession and invest everything in a California real estate venture. Their serious love affair is overshadowed by his inability to hustle up enough money to walk away from the game. And although Fatboy has a few tricks in store for all his backstabbing friends, the DEA has plans to throw a nasty twist in his story. But Fatboy has even saved one last trick for the feds. This URBAN SUSPENSE threatens to brind the underground to the surface. (from Amazon)
Downloaded to my Kindle for 1.99!
Fetish (lipstick) by K. Elliott, Anna J., Autumn Knight
Fetish is a collection of erotic short stories by contemporary African American authors, showcasing Taboo's and fetishes that are not traditionally associated with the African American community pushing the envelope of sexuality like you've never seen before. These authors use their creativity to show today's unconventional ways of exploring sexuality like you've never seen before. (from Amazon)
Downloaded to my Kindle for 2.99!
Fantasy (Lipstick) by Keisha Ervin, Danielle Santiago, Anna J, Allison Hobbs
Book of Erotic Fiction by some of today's most talented African American writer's. Fantasy is a book of New Age Erotica, that brings every desire to the surface, this piece of fiction explores taboos in the in the Black community like no other work of fiction. Nothing is taboo and nothing is off limits. Lots of writers have attempted to bring great Erotica but none have gave it up raw and uncut like Fantasy. (from Amazon)
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Catch 22 (Indulge) by Lajill Hunt, K. Elliott
Catch 22 is the fourth story in a SERIES of stories edited by K.Elliott that, will make your sexual appetite crave more. After reading this your partner will be forced to step up his/her game. Stories are so incredible, they will stimulate you mentally and take your mind to places that you never thought you would go make you blush because the stories will have you thinking of doing things that you never thought that you would ever think of doing. Or at least ever admit to doing. Some of the stories are taboo is about exploring your sexuality and pushing you to limits and heights of ecstasy that you have never seen before. (from Amazon)
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The Watcher (Indulge) by Brenda Thomas, K. Elliott
The second of a SERIES of AfricanAfrican American Erotica, from some hottest African American writers Stories that will make your sexual appetite crave more. After reading this your partner will be forced to step up his/her game. Stories are so incredible, they will stimulate you mentally and take your mind to places that you never thought you would go make you blush because the stories will have you thinking of doing things that you never thought that you would ever think of doing. Or at least ever admit to doing. Some of the stories are taboo, but the Indulge series is about exploring your sexuality and pushing you to limits and heights of ecstasy that you have never seen before. (from Amazon)
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What She Wanted (Indulge) by Author Storm, K Elliott
What She wanted is the third story in a SERIES of stories edited by K.Elliott that, will make your sexual appetite crave more. After reading this your partner will be forced to step up his/her game. Stories are so incredible, they will stimulate you mentally and take your mind to places that you never thought you would go make you blush because the stories will have you thinking of doing things that you never thought that you would ever think of doing. Or at least ever admit to doing. Some of the stories are taboo and will force you to explore your sexuality and pushing you to limits and heights of ecstasy that you have never seen before. (from Amazon)
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Dilemma by K Elliott
Tremaine is good for Natalie—well at least on paper—but Natalie has a secret. She craves women and it’s become a feeling she can’t resist.
Natalie meets Jaharie, a beautiful biracial woman, who wants a relationship with a man or a woman. Love is the only thing that matters to her. Natalie is thoroughly intrigued with Jaharie. She wants her, but being with a woman full-time isn’t what Natalie has in her plans and she knows her mother will never approve. She wants a husband, children—a ‘normal’ life—and is on track to acquiring this.
She plans to keep Jaharie a secret until she meets Tamala, a powerful, successful attorney and very attractive Lesbian who wants to take Natalie away from both Jaharie and Tremaine. Tamala has the savvy and financial power to woo Natalie right into her arms. Their relationship works for a while, until a past lover of Tamala’s vows to kill Natalie if she doesn’t stop seeing her. Natalie fears Tamala’s deranged lover but doesn’t leave until she learns a huge secret of hers.
Dillema is a fast paced novel that will keep you intrigued and surprised.(from Amazon)
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The Kat Trap by Cairo
I will be frank and say that I WAS split as I was reading this book. When Kat was on her grind, getting her back twisted, and racking up bodies, I could not stop reading. When she talked about her life, her girls, and her moms, I wasn't feeling it at all. Not in a bad way per say, but I wanted to hear more about Kat on her grind and less about her double standard justifications.
All in all this was a sexually charged drama filled book that should keep your attention till the end. I do hope book #2 (I'm assuming there will be a #2) will give us more action from Kat and more from that fool Cash.(review by Jason Frost "RubiconReader")
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Show Stoppah by Thomas Slater
Show Stoppah is the courageous story of women who survive and escape the harshness of two powerful men. Bound together by heartache, physical abuse, and betrayal, Kimpa and Isis design an elaborate plot for revenge. Armed with automatic weapons, they storm the parking lot of a radio station in the early morning hours, taking over the airwaves to tell their stories of abuse, hoping to inspire and unite battered women across the nation. And even though the police have sealed off the building and large crowds have gathered outside the station, these two women will only surrender once they share their stories. In Show Stoppah, readers will see what happens when two women are pushed to the limits of frustration, and exactly what they’re prepared to do to earn respect. (from Amazon)
In the world we live in people are divided into three main social classes...the upper class, the middle class and the lower class. In Detroit and other cities like it, a fourth social class has emerged in the minds of those who occupy it. Unlike the other classes, the fourth is more of an active state of being. It is a verb. People in this class act out and represent what it means. The fourth class is called FLOSS.
Friends since childhood, Abel, Solomon, and Jabez strive to climb the social ladder. Cousins Dionysus and Torah strive to climb that same ladder, but they would much rather travel on the backs of men like Abel, Solomon and Jabez. Tyse wants to climb that ladder as well in the company of men like Abel, Solomon and Jabez while attracting women like Torah and Dionysus.
When the worlds of these six socialites collide and become intertwined the outcome is scandalous. Will the controversies that they encounter be worth the cost that it takes to FLOSS? (from Amazon)
Downloaded to Kindle for 1.99!
Floss by Monica Marie Jones
In the world we live in people are divided into three main social classes...the upper class, the middle class and the lower class. In Detroit and other cities like it, a fourth social class has emerged in the minds of those who occupy it. Unlike the other classes, the fourth is more of an active state of being. It is a verb. People in this class act out and represent what it means. The fourth class is called FLOSS.
Friends since childhood, Abel, Solomon, and Jabez strive to climb the social ladder. Cousins Dionysus and Torah strive to climb that same ladder, but they would much rather travel on the backs of men like Abel, Solomon and Jabez. Tyse wants to climb that ladder as well in the company of men like Abel, Solomon and Jabez while attracting women like Torah and Dionysus.
When the worlds of these six socialites collide and become intertwined the outcome is scandalous. Will the controversies that they encounter be worth the cost that it takes to FLOSS? (from Amazon)
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Who Is He To You by Monique D. Mensah
Simone, a shockingly beautiful teen, is on the downward spiral of destruction as she battles incest and self-hatred; she finds cutting to be the only way to relieve her pain. Jessica lives the upscale lifestyle of a refined society matron. She strives to be the perfect wife, but without her husband, Ross, she would be nothing more than the abused stripper he rescued 16 years ago. Ryan, a fiery thirty-something, is quickly slipping into depression and prescription drug-addiction as her boyfriend, Anthony, artfully dangles the empty promise of marriage. As the shattered lives of three very different women collide, they find that they have one thing in common: they are all in a desperate fight to hang on to love. But when love involves incest, self-mutilation, drug-addiction and murder, will they continue to fight or will they find the strength to escape before it's too late? Experience their emotional journey through to the shocking end where these women will experience injury, imprisonment and even death while crafting new lives from the ashes of their ruination.(from Amazon)
Downloaded to Kindle for 2.99!
Inside Rain by Monique D. Mensah
Inside Rain by Monique D. Mensah
Rain grapples with memories of a horrific past that leaves her far from unscathed. After witnessing her mother's gruesome murder as a child, she is now left piecing together the fragments of her shattered psyche as an adult. Quickly, she is drowning in years of frustration and confusion with no promise of relief. Sinister visions and undying spirits haunt Rain relentlessly, driving her deeper into darkness and lunacy. Rains grandmother, GiGi, tries her best to help Rain face the truth, urging her to confront her past, but the past is too painful--it's easier to hide.
As Rain struggles desperately to define herself, she's forced to brave her live-in siblings: a violent and narcissistic brother, Danny, who resents her weakness and Carmen, her promiscuous and hostile older sister, who wishes Rain would disappear. In her fragile mental state, Rain is ill-equipped to handle the chaos of their ruptured lives. When Rain, Carmen, and Danny are submerged into the horrors of prostitution, drug-addiction, domestic violence, and murder, Rain is left alone to face her internal demons and find her identity, with no one to answer to, but herself. (from Amazon)
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Hosted by Sheila @ One Person's Journey Through a World of Books
We discuss the books that we've read and what we're planning to read for the week.
Reviewed Last Week:
The Lies That Bind by D.L. Sparks - April 7 - 5/5 Diamonds
Deep Throat Diva by Cairo - April 6 - 5/5 Diamonds
I Am Going Where I Belong by Hans Lindor - April 5 - (Pump Up Your Book Tour) - 5/5 Diamonds
Redemption by Laurel Dewey - April 3 - 2/5 Diamonds
Currently Reading:
Unsavory Delicacies by Russell Brooks (ARC for review from author) - review to post next week
Deed So by Kath Russell - Pump Up Your Book Tour - review to post 4/18
Up Next:
Stilettos & Scoundrels by Laina Turner Molaski (to review on 4/20)
I'm reading My Mother Killed Christ: But God Loves Me Anyway. It's the powerful memoir of a 1960s Catholic school girl whose mentally ill mother believed she killed Jesus. You will cry, then laugh, then cry again. It is available on Amazon.com, but will not appear on Kindle until next week.
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