DRAMA

 

 

Reflections of a Quiet Storm
By Patricia A. Bridewell

 

ISBN-10: 0-9779398-0-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-9779398-0-0
Publication Date: March 10, 2009
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As CEO and owner of a new nursing registry, Pauline Bridges is striving to reach the height of success, and then unexpectedly tragedy strikes.  After a near fatal automobile accident, she climbs from the wreckage unscathed, but shortly thereafter, God begins to reveal her past.  Pain, once buried deep within, rises to the surface through memories that are revived as dreams and flashbacks. Chronicled in a series of stories, her life unfolds through a long journey; a pathway that unveils many secrets that not even her children had been told.

Visions of the past invade her days and nights as constant reminders of events from childhood through her adult life replay in her mind. Memories of her mother's abuse at the hands of her stepfather, a rape during adolescence, her brother's stormy lifestyle, and the agony of a marriage that was destroyed by her ex-husband, Naman's infidelity and substance abuse, all drift through her mind. And then there is the shattering memory of the unsolved murder of her former boss, a vice president for a major recording company.  All memories that Pauline had chose to forget, but now they're back.

Pauline's faith is challenged with not only ravaging dreams and flashbacks, but also with supporting her two adult children through their hardships.  The ditch grows much deeper when she learns her friend, Vangie, is having an affair with her best friend, Bethany's husband, Darryl.  Pauline temporarily escapes from revolving chaos by wallowing in her corporate world, with the aim of building a high caliber business, and helping friends and family get through their crises.

Her prayers are answered when Keith Maris steps into her life and opens her heart to feelings and emotions that she didn't know still existed.  As their relationship flourishes, he becomes a main support system through the turmoil, and her dreams and flashbacks begin to diminish. When her friend, Bethany, has a mental breakdown after learning of Darryl's affair; she sets out with the intent to confront them.  While brandishing a gun, it accidentally fires, striking Darryl's shoulder. Pauline intervenes to prevent what could have become a tragedy.  Bethany and Darryl stay married after he ends his relationship with Vangie, Pauline supports her son through his father's terminal illness and subsequent death, and also finally discovers the reasons for her daughter's turbulent past relationship with her father.

 

The Knife In My Back
By Stacey Covington-Lee

ISBN-10: 0-9779398-4-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9779398-4-8
Publication Date: March 10, 2009
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Brook Mansfield was born into a life of privilege. She had a family that loved her and all of the advantages that came from being rich, smart and beautiful. She also had friends, one of which was Tameka Williams. Tameka was a desperate woman looking to gain fortune, fame and love at any cost. It didn't matter who she hurt or used as long as she got what she wanted in the end. Despite the warnings from others, Brook took Tameka in and tried to love her as a sister. However, after taking the one thing that meant the most to Brook, it was time for the tables to turn. Tameka had used and betrayed her for the last time.   

 

Sins of the Past
By Nathasha Brooks-Harris

ISBN-10: 0-9779398-5-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-9779398-5-5
Publication Date: February 12, 2009
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Description:

It's 1964 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and the Robinson sisters: Ernestine, Annie Mae, and Viola are making a way out of no way. Times are hard for the three maids who accept their plight, thinking they can do no better. But not Ernestine. She's a beauty; and says hell no, she wants more. She sets out to get it.

Every Thursday is maids day off, so the three come back to their brownstone apartment to eat some good country cooking and party the night away at Teensey's Sugar Shack. But for some reason, Ernestine refuses to join them in the revelry. She gets dolled up and goes out alone. The feisty Viola accuses of her trying to pass and sneaking around to see a secret lover she has stashed in parts unknown. However, there is a reason for Ernestine's disappearing acts, and she sets out to make her dreams come true.

 Meanwhile, the sisters get a call to go home to Alabama because their mother is gravely ill. Mama Rob begins to make a deathbed confession to them, but dies before she finishes. Fights between them ensue, and the only thing they agree on is that whatever Mama Rob was trying to tell them has to be in her beloved old steamer trunk. They sift through it and find a letter she wrote to them revealing a secret sin of the past. From then on, the sisters are at war, and refuse to accept what they've learned.

Will the secret tear the estranged sisters apart, or bring them closer together? Will they learn how to forgive everyone involved and lean on their love for each other to get them past the drama and the pain? Read Sins Of The Past, a tale of secrets, lies, and redemption.   

 

 

Consequences
By Linda R. Herman

ISBN-10: 0-9818094-0-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-9818094-0-3
Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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It all begins with the look; that initial contact when the eyes speak loud and clear as to what the body craves. Deep, wet, passionate kisses leading to mind blowing orgasms that leaves the body trembling much like a leaf on a tree on the windiest of days. Sex. It's meant to be a beautiful bond, a physically satisfying act between two people, but when not engaged in responsibly, sex can turn ugly, deadly even.

Andre Peters, a man who has it all; the perfect wife and family, and the job of his dreams. From the outside looking in, one would have to ask, What more could he ask for? What he didn't ask for was his secret desires for the same sex; those desires that occasionally lead him astray from his marital vows. But Andre doesn't consider himself gay or bi. He still loves sex with his wife; it's just every now and again that he craves something different, pleasure he can only find in the arms of another man.

His failure to be honest with his lovers of both genders; his failure to engage in safe sex; his denial of his sexual preference; and his desire to straddle the fence-sleeping with both women and men-leads to a domino effect, destroying lives one HIV infection after another.

In Consequences, readers are taken on a journey into the lives of a down-low husband, his wife, his lovers, and a cast of others who are affected, whether directly or indirectly, by the HIV virus. The story is fiction but the reality of HIV is fact, and the reality is that each year there are thousands of new cases diagnosed-most of those new cases being women of color and minority. It has to end; and it has to end where it begins-with each one of us.

All or Nothing
By Delorse Brown

ISBN-10: 0-9799757-2-7 | ISBN-13: 978-0-9799757-2-1
Publication Date: February 15, 2008
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All or Nothing, a daring drama drizzled with deceit, deception and death.

After a night out on the town, in celebration of her 18^th birthday, Loni, once a mother figure to little sister Lou, slowly hits rock bottom and becomes a useless junky. The street life forces Loni to neglect her responsibilities as a caretaker and leads her to a street hustler named B-Style. Over time, she falls madly in love with B-Style and bears a son.

Little sister Lou also runs into the wrong man, Rufus, a big time pimp, who does what most hustlers do, make false promises, which turns big sister Loni into a ruthless woman in search of revenge.

B-Style's betrayal forces Loni to vengeance and she is not only determined to make him pay, she is on a quest to have All or Nothing.

Dangerously
By Makenzi

ISBN-10: 0-9722990-7-6 | ISBN-13: 978-0-9722990-7-7
Publication Date: September 15, 2006
Paperback; 216 pages
Trim: 5.5 x 8.5
Qty/Case: 36
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Just when things were looking up for Christian Johnson-Banks, a tragedy occurs, driving her to the brink of insanity. Faced with thoughts of not only ending her marriage to Kory Banks, but also ending her life, Christian desperately attempts to regain some normalcy and recapture the happiness she once knew and loved. Is it within her reach or beyond her grasp?

Marcella Japs, the perfect wife with a not-so-perfect husband, is determined to make her marriage work, despite her husband Lance's past infidelities. Question is, even with counseling sessions, is the damage repairable?

Karen Whitman, the black sheep of the family, struggles with her overwhelming sense of guilt for her feelings of being responsible for the Banks family's current misery. She deals with constant feelings of depression, desperation, and shame that push her further away from the ones she loves. Is there any coming back from the black hole in which she has cast herself?

The sequel to That's How I Like It draws you into the personal lives of Christian Johnson-Banks, Kory Banks, Marcella Japs, and Karen Whitman as they continue to fight the trials and tribulations life throws their way. 

Fatal Desire
By Jessica Tilles

ISBN-10: 0-9722990-5-X | ISBN-13: 978-0-9722990-5-3
Publication Date: May 15, 2006
Paperback; 229 pages
Trim: 5.5 x 8.5
Qty/Case: 42
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Fatal Desire by Jessica Tilles brings to light the issues of three women who form the classic unholy trinity—desperate, depressed, and sometimes, downright depraved!

Jamaica, Maxine, and Tillie fall for the worst in men while giving their best. Unfortunately, their best is tinged with their own secrets, issues, and weaknesses. Will these three friends who claim they want the proverbial "good man" be the kind of women who attract Mr. Right instead of Mr. He'll-Do-For-The-Weekend? Or will they continue to fall for whatever little crumbs are dropped their way? 

In My Sisters' Corner
By Jessica Tilles

ISBN-10: 0-9722990-1-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9722990-1-5
Retail Price: $15.00 
Paperback; 389 pages 
Publication Date: November 2003
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Qty/Case: 22

Meet four sisters who are all going through the normal ups and downs of life. Well, not quite the every day repetitive trials and tribulations, but more like complete chaos confirming no one is excluded from seeking around the clock professional help. Like most sisters, the Howard sisters had always been close, until they grew up, following their own dreams that pulled them in different directions. Their lives were not turning out to be the fairytale lives they once dreamed of having.