GETTING HERS by Donna Hill

St. Martin’s Press, $13.95  / BUY IT

ISBN:  0312307284

Book Description

Three unlikely accomplices—all members of the men-are-dogs club—join forces to right the wrongs they've suffered in Hill's latest (Divas, Inc., etc.), a page-turning tale of murder, intrigue and revenge. On their way out of their gynecologist's reception room, diverse but equally glamorous strangers Nikki Perez, Kim Sheppard-Benning and Tess McDonald are trapped for hours in the elevator during a blackout. Nikki, a Latina ex-con who took the fall for a callous but irresistible boyfriend; Kim, a wealthy, WASPy entrepreneur whose husband threatens to disclose a secret that will ruin her career; and Tess, an African-American high-class madam on the run from the law, join together in sisterly solidarity after trading stories of the betrayals they've survived. The trio forms an alliance and toasts to "getting what's ours... success... [and] retribution," at whatever cost. With its zippy dialogue, ruthless yet vulnerable women and quickly escalating plot, this romp offers satisfying fantasy. (June)
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Author's Website: http://www.donnahill.com

WICKED WAYS by Donna Hill
St. Martin’s Press, $21.95  / BUY IT
ISBN:  0312354223

Book Description

Tess McDonald has a score to settle. It was she who set into motion a series of events that caused the murders of two adversaries. Tess even turned complete strangers, Kim and Nikki, into partners of a deadly crime. With life good now that their nemeses are out of the way, they celebrate. But not for long. On the night that the three women reunite, Tess receives a phone call that has the potential to ruin everything that she has put in place. Vincent, the one man that Tess would have changed her life for, has found her and her cohorts and he knows everything.  She agrees to meet him with the intention of silencing him for good.  But Tess is shocked when Vincent asks her to leave with him and put her criminal past behind her. However, Kim and Nikki aren't about to let her go so easily.

Author's Website: http://www.donnahill.com

DEADLY SEXY by Beverly Jenkins

St. Martin’s Press, $23.95  / BUY IT

ISBN:  0061246395

Book Description

Though her Lexus may be broken down on the California freeway, Jessi Teresa Blake is no damsel in distress. Rich, smart, and beautiful, JT, or "Lady Blake," as she is called, is one of the toughest sports agents around. She's negotiated megabucks contracts for every superstar in the business, and only the most confident of men can match wits with her. Men like Reese Anthony, the impossibly sexy trucker who gives her a lift back to Oakland.

Publisher’s Website:  http://www.beverlyjenkins.net

RUNNING FROM MERCY by Terra Little

QBoro Books, $14.95 / BUY IT

ISBN:  1933967374

Book Description

African-American Adult Fiction: Pamela Mayes was eighteen when she fled the small town of Mercy, Georgia and never came back. She left to escape the gossips and the stifling small town mentality. At least, those are the reasons she gave for leaving. When her twin sister is killed in a car accident, she has to return to Mercy and face everything she left behind. Finally the truth behind her disappearance comes to light and the secrets she's kept all those years are no longer secrets.

Author’s Website:  http://www.terralittle.com  

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JEZEBEL by Jacquelin Thomas

NAL, $22.95 BUY IT

ISBN:  0451223101

Book Description

Known for "African American Christian romance that will surprise readers"** Jacquelin Thomas now re-imagines the Biblical story of Jezebel as a compelling modern drama. It follows the exploits of manipulative Georgia beauty Jessie Belle who weds a trusting and prosperous pastor, Traynor Devereaux, as a ticket out of town. Traynor doesn't realize that his cunning new bride isn't just dreaming of a new life, but running from an old one-and an unsalvageable reputation that could destroy both their futures.

Author's Website:  http://www.jacquelinthomas.com

SIN NO MORE by Kimberla Lawson Roby

William Morrow, $23.95 / BUY IT

ISBN:  0060892501

Book Description

A man who once thrived on wickedness and counted on forgiveness, Curtis Black has changed his ways. Back in the heart of his congregation and his family, he will no longer stray from the beaten path. Or so he's promised his long-suffering wife, Charlotte.

But the sins of the past have strange ways of coming to light. First, Curtis's former mistress shows up with their newborn baby daughter—named Curtina—and insists that Curtis be a part of their lives. Charlotte has forbidden her husband to have anything to do with them, but the trouble is, Curtis's newfound conscience is leading him to have uncomfortable thoughts of responsibility.

Also, the interim pastor who took over while Curtis was on a book tour is threatening blackmail. He's gotten too used to life at the pulpit and will do everything in his power to stay there.

Meanwhile, Charlotte has her own previous transgressions to deal with. The man who claims to be her son's biological father has turned up and wants to make amends for the past thirteen years. If Charlotte gives in to his increasing requests, she may lose the only child she has left.

However, Curtis and Charlotte have been through too much together to give up now. They must work harder than ever—as a mother and a father, as husband and wife—to save their family, their marriage, and their souls.

Author's Website: http://www.kimroby.com

PASSIN’ by Karen E. Quinones Miller

Grand Central Publishing, $13.99 / BUY IT

ISBN:  0446696056

Book Description

Shanika Ann Jenkins is the pride of her African-American family; smart, beautiful, and born with blue eyes and blonde hair.Though her grandmother and father are happy because she represents years of passing down light skin and marrying well, Shanika's mother insists on her name reflecting her African-American heritage so that she will always be proud of who she is.When Shanika gets the opportunity to work for a PR firm in New York, she finds that everyone assumes she is white; she also notices that being white has it advantages, from getting respect at work to getting picked up by a cab when other African-Americans are passed by.When she starts dating a successful white colleague, she continues with the lie, despite the guilt she feels at disappointing her mother and her heritage.When she falls for a handsome African-American business man, she must finally face who she is and what she's done, even if it means losing everything and everyone she loves.

Author's Website: http://www.karenequinonesmiller.com/

BLOW YOUR MIND by Eric Pete

NAL, $13.95 / BUY IT

ISBN:  0451222156

Book Description

In this erotic novel of sex and revenge, Eric Pete takes the consequences of dark sexual fantasies one step further. The players are controlling businessman Tanner Coleman, Tanner's staid trophy wife Bianca, and Bianca's wild and liberated sister, Pumpkin. But it's the arrival of a fourth player, Henry-a man with secret ties to Tanner who will do anything to make his own violent fantasies come true-that will take things in a truly twisted direction.

Author's Website:  http://www.ericpete.com