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Paperback A successful romance novelist, Sassy Davenport is a woman looking to fulfill her own romantic fantasy. When the man of her dreams steps right out of the pages of her latest novel, Butterfly, Sassy falls madly in love with him. But what evil lies behind Norris Yoshito's beautiful eyes and sexy smile? Is the man of Sassy's dream a serial killer of women who made the mistake of trusting him just as Sassy did? When Sassy finds herself caught up in a nightmare of deception and danger, she has to keep her suspicions to herself or fall victim to a heartless killer who sees her death as the ultimate act of revenge.
Breathe a lie, live a lie. That's what Nadirah Lewis learns when she uncovers the stunning lie she was forced to live for seventeen years. Nadirah was twelve years old when she was blamed for crippling her Aunt Stephanie. Guilt and her trust fund kept Nadirah a prisoner in Stephanie's home and the object of Stephanie's cruel tongue, but it took another vicious lie and a threat to Nadirah's career as a teacher to infuse her with the energy to fight back. Nadirah's fight, however, is not just for herself. It is also for one of her young students, Bree Morrison. When Bree is hospitalized after drinking a near fatal dose of poison, Nadirah petitions the Administration for Child Services for guardianship. Bree's mother has inexplicably disappeared, and what Bree won't say is what Nadirah needs to hear before Bree's aunt Erma, a she-devil on wheels, wins the custody battle. Erma, the soon-to-be ex-wife of Austin Gray, Nadirah's handsome new landlord, and close friend of Lynn, Nadirah's cousin, lets Nadirah know in no uncertain terms that she will never get Bree or her husband. But what unforgivable lie does Erma live that could stop her cold yet devastate all around her? And Lynn, as well put together and as orderly as her life is, what shameful lie lurks behind her picturesque suburban doors? While the revelation of many of the lies give Nadirah the courage to find herself, she must accept the fact that those same lies may well destroy the lives of those closest to her. Unveil the shocking, real life truths of Living, Breathing Lies.
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ISBN: 0758211597 From acclaimed author Gloria Mallette comes a story of a man living his wildest dreams and confronting his worst nightmares. Kyle Lawson has everything�a beautiful house in Brooklyn, a successful business, and more women than most men encounter in a lifetime. Yet marriage is nowhere on his horizon, despite pressure from his mother and several of his girlfriends. But just when Kyle thinks things couldn't get any better, his life takes a turn for the worse�a whole lot worse. After the death of his Native American grandfather, Kyle begins experiencing terrifying dreams that leave him in both physical and mental pain. As if the dreams�or nightmares�weren't bad enough, his mother is pressuring him to stop screwing around, his gay sister wants him to impregnate her life partner, and several of his lovers decide he's the one. Desperate to regain control of his life, Kyle seeks the advice of a tarot reader, who warns him that danger lies in one of his lovers. Kyle thinks severing all ties with his women will end his problems, but he quickly learns life is not that simple, and if he wants to live, he has to get himself together�or die trying.
ISBN: 0758211570 From the moment Celeste Dawson was born, her big sister, Katrina, had it in for her. And as much as Celeste yearned for Katrina's love, the sibling rivalry only got worse. For Celeste, the ultimate betrayal came when she was seventeen, and Katrina seduced her boyfriend. That was the day Celeste gave up trying for any kind of friendship with her sister. Now the two are grown, married, and leading separate lives. Until tragedy strikes. When her husband is found murdered in a seedy motel room in a very compromising position, Celeste is devastated. Rather than comfort her, Katrina is more than happy to suggest that Celeste wasn't properly �taking care of� her man. But the tables soon turn as Katrina's husband falls into a coma from an illness no one knew he had. And that's not the only surprise. A second wife soon comes out of the woodwork, looking to stake her claim. Oblivious as ever, Celeste's parents want her to help Katrina fight back�even as she's looking for her own husband's killer. Blindsided as she is by grief, Celeste can't help wondering: now that she and Katrina are finally on the same side of pain�will blood finally become thicker than a history of jealousy and deceit?
ISBN: 0870678655 When We Practice to Deceive: Two Female Lawyers Face Each Other in Court. One Is Angry That Her Opponent Is Passing for White A deadly courtroom battle becomes a real-life nightmare for two women, both lawyers, one black, one passing for white. Gloria Mallette spins a suspenseful tale as the surface calm begins to crack with plot twists and turns leading to a shocking truth.
ISBN: 075820471X After vowing never to live in her father's house again, Tandi Crawford finds her failed marriage has brought her and her young son back to that same dusty doorstep. It's been eighteen years since Tandi left home and by now she's learned that life has a way of making one eat one's words...and of making old memories return with a vengeance. When her fantasy of getting together with a boy she hasn't seen in more than twenty years unexpectedly becomes a reality, she discovers the relationship is every bit as exciting and passionate as she dreamed. Yet nothing else in her world seems to be what she imagined. Tandi wants answers to questions that have haunted her--from the enigma surrounding her mother's demise, to her father's emotional distance, to her husband's coldness, and to her lover's unquenchable heat. Each step closer to the truth reveals its own secrets--secrets that will change Tandi's life.
ISBN: 075820468X Money has put Arnell Rayford's
mother, Ester, exactly where she's always wanted to be�comfortably ensconced in
the sixteen-room Victorian mansion where her own mother had worked as a
housekeeper. Now she's running a thriving business that's surely making the
previous owner turn in her grave. For Ester, money is the root of all happiness,
and nothing and no one will stand in the way of her making it however she wants
to make it�not even her only child. But Ester's greed simply replaces one kind of suffering with another. No amount of money can make up for the trauma and shame she's forced upon her daughter. And despite Ester's promise that Arnell can quit after college, it seems she's never quite free of her mother's grasp. Ester calls the job �favors,� but Arnell knows them for what they are: demands couched in blackmail. Now that Arnell is engaged to a pillar of the community, Ester's latest favor may well send her over the edge�but she won't be going alone. Because while Ester is holding her daughter's past overhead, her own life is coming back to haunt her�a life where the lines between love and hate, parent and child, sex, profit�and even murder�have been irreparably, dangerously blurred�
Format: Paperback, 276pp. New from the author of the national bestseller Shades of Jade: a story about the tragic loss of a son, the struggle to keep a family together, and the hunt for a murderer who didn't leave any clues behind After a bitter divorce, Troy Kirkwood and his five-year-old daughter, Meika, move in with his parents, Nola and Ron. Troy is a devoted father and son. During an outing with his daughter he is called away�and never returns. Nola and Ron know that something must be terribly wrong, and Meika can't stop asking where her daddy is. Four days later the police discover Troy's body, with two bullet holes in it. As soon as Vann, Troy's older brother, hears the news, he promises to find Troy's killer and bring him to justice. There's just one problem�the police have no leads and Troy had almost no enemies. To make matters worse, Troy's crack-addicted ex-wife has recently resurfaced and is demanding custody of their daughter. The Kirkwoods are not about to give up Troy's only child. But as they struggle through family court and Troy's murder investigation, it takes their combined emotional strength to keep the family intact. And they slowly begin to realize that even if Troy's murder is solved, the pain of losing a child never really goes away.
Format: Paperback, 272pp. Terrance. Louis. Wayne. Eric. Marissa had been warned: One of
these days you're gonna mess with the wrong woman's husband. But
she doesn't care. Aside from an occasional bout of guilt, she
feels no shame, because after all, if their wives were doing
what they were supposed to, then their husbands would not be
seeking her company. Related Links Gloria Mallette Web SIte
COME TOMORROW http://usatoday.com/life/books/openbook_come-tomorrow.htm A novella by Gloria Mallette on the USA Today website , Karla,
after 15 years, is forced to come back home to confront her past in the eyes of
the daughter she never knew. Check it out!
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Sassy
Living,
Breathing Lies
Paperback: 336 pages 
What's
Done in the Dark
When
We Practice to Deceive
Distant
Lover
The
Honey Well
Promises
to Keep 
Shades
of Jade
