JESSICA TILLES

 

 

JESSICA TILLES is a best-selling author, and award-winning publisher of Xpress Yourself Publishing, LLC and founder of The Writer's Assistant. A native of Washington, DC, she is a creative writer in all genres of fiction, with several titles in print: Anything Goes, In My Sisters' Corner, Apple Tree, Sweet Revenge, Fatal Desire, Unfinished Business, editor of the best-selling anthology, Erogenous Zone: A Sexual Voyage, and contributing author of "Julian's Grace" to The Triumph of My Soul edited by Elissa Gabrielle.  Loving Simone, will be released March 17, 2009.

Listed in Heather Covington's Top 100 Literary Divas, Jessica remains humble in her literary endeavors and continues to assist authors with the business of self-publishing through The Writer's Assistant.

As publisher of Xpress Yourself Publishing (affectionately known as XYP), she is helping to mold the literary careers of talented authors, which includes two ESSENCE Best Sellers, an award-winning author, several award nominees, and a finalist for the 2008 NAACP Image Award nomination in the Best Debut Novel category. Annually, XYP publishes 10 to 20 titles.

Visit Jessica Tilles online at www.jessicatilles.com.

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Loving Simone
By Jessica Tilles

ISBN-10: 0-9818094-5-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-9818094-5-8
Publication Date: March 13, 2009
Trade Paperback
Trim: 5.5 x 8.5
Qty/Case: 32
Retail: $14.95



This is the story of a young woman who explores questions about her marriage, her sexuality and herself.

From the outside, Simone has the perfect life and family. However, the inside tells of a different story.

After ten years of being the faithful, dutiful wife and mother, Simone desperately struggles with releasing the hidden desires of pleasure she can't seem to get from her husband, causing her to turn to self-fulfillment and outside influences.

Jackson is too busy focusing on the women who work for him, self indulgence, and sticking his pole in every hole, rather than his wife.

Darius is every woman's dream and has had a crush on Simone since he was a teen. When their paths cross, all of Simone's inhibitions are released and finally someone is Loving Simone. 

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
Retail $15.00 

 

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
Paperback; 389 pages 
Publication Date: November 2003
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Qty/Case: 22
Retail: $15.00

 

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. 

Erogenous Zone: A  Sexual Voyage
Edited by Jessica Tilles

ISBN-10: 0-9792500-4-8 | ISBN-13: 978-0-9792500-4-0
Publication Date: August 15, 2007
Trade Paperback; 220 pages
Trim: 5.5 x 8.5
Qty/Case: 36
Retail $15.00

Edited by Jessica Tilles, a collection of beautifully written pieces that happen to be about sex, showcasing some of the best literary masters, Erogenous Zone: A Sexual Voyage is an erotic anthology as richly diverse as it is startlingly original, with delicacy and daring, rapacity and repose, exultant lyricism and icy lucidity. From the warmly sensual to the explosively cutting-edge, from the playfully amoral to the profoundly moving, this sensual collection will tease, touch, seduce, arouse, inspire you, and get you hot!

Contributing Authors:  Nyah Storm, Bill Holmes, Lonnie Spry, Jessica Tilles, William Fredrick Cooper, Elissa Gabrielle, Sunshine Royal, China Blue, Cream, Chloe R., D.L. Sparks, Gayle Jackson Sloan, Mary Woods, Nathasha Brooks-Harris, and Shani Greene-Dowdell.

Anything Goes
By Jessica Tilles

ISBN-10: 0-9722990-0-9 | ISBN-13: 978-0-9722990-0-8
Paperback; 200 pages 
 Publication: August 22, 2002
 Trim Size: 5.5 x 8
Qty/Case: 40
Retail: $15.00

 

Move out of the way, and more importantly, move your man out of the way. If Raven Ward spots him, nine out of ten, she will have him. Raven is one to be reckoned with, to say the least.

Young, vivacious, and like no other, Raven engages in a series of erotic adventures, has her feelings hurt by men and is caught up in plotting revenge; hurting a lot of people and plunging headlong toward disaster. With feeble impulses toward living a decent life with a decent man, when one comes her way, does she recognize the good in him?

Irresponsible, irreverent, over-sexed and totally immoral—young woman without much of a conscience, Raven is tough as nails and you wouldn't want to ever cross her or you will see the full wrath "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

Anything Goes is a fast-paced, intriguing tale of deceit, murder, revenge and betrayal.   Each character is interesting, well-drawn, and over-sexed.

Anything Goes is the sizzling beginning to Jessica Tilles' best-selling novel, Sweet Revenge. 

Apple Tree
By Jessica Tilles

ISBN: 0-9722990-2-5 | ISBN-13: 978-0-9722990-2-2
Paperback; 240 pages 
Publication Date: June 2004
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Qty/Case: 36
Retail: $15.00

 

Jalisha followed Camille's rules to the letter. When she broke a rule, her innocence became a thing of the past. Eight-year-old Corine loved and admired her sister dearly and would do anything for her, even if it meant taking a life. Self-absorbed Camille loved her tricks more than she loved her daughters. Apple Tree is the story of love, betrayal and the loss of innocence.  

Sweet Revenge
By Jessica Tilles

ISBN: 0-9722990-3-3 | ISBN-13: 978-0-9722990-3-9
Paperback; 240 pages 
Publication Date: February 2005
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Qty/Case: 34
Retail: $15.00



Sweet Revenge begins at the heated conclusion of the intriguing tale of Anything Goes. Raven engages in a series of erotic adventures, is caught up in plotting revenge, commits murder, gets away with it, and appears to be plunging headlong toward disaster when she black mails Arthur. Raven envies Morgan, loves Chas and thinks her secrets are safe until she slips up and meets her match. 

Unfinished Business
By Jessica Tilles

ISBN-10: 0-9792500-0-5 |ISBN-13: 978-0-9792500-0-2
Trade Paperback; 216 pgs.
 Publication: April 15, 2007
 Trim Size: 5.5 x 8
Qty/Case: 38
Retail: $15.00

Could a demon seed really take her last breath? At the conclusion of Jessica Tilles' Sweet Revenge, readers were astonished and thoroughly disgusted at Raven's less than severe demise. But, the question still remains, did Raven really take her last breath? Find out in Unfinished Business, the sequel and final installment of Raven Ward.

Will Morgan completely disown and cut all ties from Raven, as well as Arthur? Will Michael Anthony come back to see revenge, or will Jay and Cassie beat him to the punch? 

People are already talking. . .

"Deliciously witty and engrossing, Unfinished Business raises
the bar for contemporary urban fiction."
– Elissa Gabrielle, Best-Selling Author of Good to the Last Drop

"Unfinished Business rocked my world! I could not put it down.  I had to know what was ruling...love or sex? Jessica Tilles cleverly mastered the dynamics of human nature—guaranteed endless stimulation."
— Linda Wattley, Author

"Unfinished Business is filled with climactic and stimulating
moments—brace yourself...mentally and physically!"
— Michael J. Burt, Poet and Author of Love Changes

 

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