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 Ada's Rules: A
Sexy Skinny Novel
by Alice Randall
Bloomsbury Publishing
Ada Howard, the wife of the
preacher at Nashville’s Full Love Baptist Tabernacle, has a
whole lot of people to take care of. There’s her husband, of
course, and the flock that comes with him, plus the kids at the
day care where she works, two grown daughters, and two ailing
parents. It’s no wonder she can’t find time to take care of
herself. And her husband’s been so busy lately, she’s suspicious
some other woman may be taking care of him . . .
Then it comes: the announcement of her twenty-five-year college
reunion in twelve months’ time, signed with a wink by her old
flame. Ada gets to thinking about the thrills of young love
lost, and the hundred or so pounds gained since her college
days, and she decides it’s high time for a health and beauty
revival. So she starts laying down some rules. The first rule
is: Don’t Keep Doing What You’ve Always Been Doing. And so
begins a long journey toward a new look and a new perspective—on
what she wants, and on what she’s always had.
“Ada’s Rules is a novel for anyone who has ever wanted to take
control of her life. With loveable characters, whip-smart
dialogue, and a plot that will leave you breathless, Alice
Randall has written a story about how we really live. There is
love on these pages— tough love, but tender at the same time.” —Tayari
Jones, author of Silver Sparrow
“Ada’s Rules might be a diet book disguised as a novel, and it
might be a novel disguised as a diet book, but I guarantee it
will make you laugh and make you think, while it nudges you
oh-so-gently in the direction of a brand new way to think about
and celebrate your body.” —Pearl Cleage, author of What Looks
Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
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 Reckless
by Cydney Rax, Niobia Bryant, Grace Octavia
Dafina Books
Desire raises the stakes—and the
danger…
Desperate Housewife by Cydney Rax
Carmen Foster thinks she has it all—a perfect house, kids, and
marriage. Until she stumbles upon racy texts from her husband,
Forrest, to his baby mama, Toni—who desperately wants Forrest
back. Carmen is devastated and decides she can forgive Forrest
if she just has an affair of her own. But when a scheming Toni
gets involved and threatens to reveal Carmen’s secret, revenge
takes an unexpected and explosive turn…
Sinful by Niobia Bryant
A psychologist specializing in addiction, Brie Bailey is
surprised to find that her work is affecting her personal life
in unexpected ways. For the first time, she has something to
hide. And when her impulsive actions lead her into a web of
danger, Brie finds herself losing control of everything…
L.A. Confidential by Grace Octavia
Stevie Silver, Black Hollywood’s sitcom sweetheart, is in for a
run of very bad luck. Her conniving assistant, Kristine, has her
sights on Stevie’s career—and on her T.V. producer husband.
Kristine will do whatever it takes to win, from blackmail to
seduction. But when a series of lies and betrayals comes to a
head in the canyons behind the Hollywood sign, more than stardom
is at stake…
 Natural
Born Liar
The Misadventures of Mink LaRue
by Noire
Dafina Books
What happens when beautiful, twenty-year-old petty thief and
ex-stripper Mink LaRue finds out she’s a dead ringer for the
age-progressed photo of the missing oil heiress Sable Dominion?
Harlem-born Mink LaRue makes a
beeline to Dallas, Texas, pretending to be the Dominions’
long-lost daughter, Sable. She knows she’s hit the jackpot when
she and her super ghetto partner in crime, Bowlegged Bunni, are
admitted into the Dominions’ 20-room mansion, complete with all
the trimmings of a luxurious family estate. But it’s not long
before Mink’s newfound siblings grow suspicious of the ghetto
princess, who has a rap sheet a mile long. If Mink is to worm
her way into their pockets and get her hands on their dough,
then she must tell enough lies to convince everyone that she
really is the precious daughter who was stolen from their fold.
But with a DNA test standing between her and a hefty
inheritance, how long can Mink’s bag of lies keep her rolling in
the Dominions’ riches?
“Noire is a force to be reckoned with in the urban erotic
genre.” —Urban Reviews
Essence® Bestselling Author, NOIRE
“Urban Erotica has never been
hotter!” —Nikki Turner
“Noire is Dickens for the age of dojah, donuts and dawgs.”
—Publishers Weekly
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