Pipedreams: There were numerous red flags that Jaycee chose to dismiss initially. This was due to her infatuation with Calvin. She was blinded by love. And Calvin used her love just as much as he used his pipe. He manipulated her with his charm, just like the crack enticed him over and over. Jaycee wasn’t the only victim in this story. Calvin was just as much the victim. both of them had big dreams that very much included the other person, but drugs overruled their hope for any future together and turned everything into a horrible nightmare. Jaycee had to accept that their love was just a pipedream.
Second Kin: The year is 1985 – but it may as well be 1935. In some parts of the South, interracial dating is still an unspoken taboo, as black women are generally considered a forbidden fruit for white men. Especially for prestigious, young, Southern, white heirs like Jason Chandler. Enter Britney Robinson with beautiful, big, brown eyes and cocoa skin, changing everything for Jason. As Jason and Britney’s puppy love blossoms into a fairytale of its own, the history between their families also unfolds. Decades of secrets and lies begin to unravel in both the Chandler and Robinson household, changing everyone’s sense of reality and truth forever.
Sister Chronicles, Books 1&2: Inspirational and motivational Devotion books for women from all walks of life, dealing with real life issues and situations. Encouraging words and personal testimonies from the author, Joanna C. Smith and Raquel Batson, a childhood friend.
Dream Life, the sequel to Pipedreams: Jaycee is back and overcoming a divorce after being in a tumultuous marriage with a crack addict, and learning to love again, but her new love has some baggage of his own. Will the good outweigh the bad or is this just another fairy tale? And will she ever find a man who knows her worth? Lisa is a single mother, struggling to become debt-free while raising four young daughters all by herself. Eventually, she wants to give up escorting and work a legitimate nine-to-five, but the money is so good, it’s hard to give up right now. Will her love for the fast life and easy money override her duty to be a good role model for her little girls? Lucy is a transgender woman, waiting to get her final operation in order to become a whole woman. She thinks she has finally found the love of her life, but what will become of it when he finds out that she was really born a man? And what secrets is he hiding? Essentially, all three women come into their own, each one learning the valuable life lesson of self-worth.
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Caged Chronicles is an account of Inspirational prison stories translated through poetry. Azadia Jeffries is a young, Black man serving time in prison and sharing his reflections on life lessons learned. His passion is to be an inspiration to other young men in similar situations who yearn to turn their life around and learn from their mistakes.
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