About Featured Book: Afro-Bougie Blues: A Collection of Short Fiction by Lauren Wilson

Afro-Bougie Blues is a collection of twelve original, engaging, and occasionally edgy short stories that dig into the souls of ordinary black women and men meeting life’s challenges with courage and care. A newlywed considers her past abortion after having a miscarriage. An Army veteran subdues his war memories with alcohol. A woman who loses weight watches her marriage crumble around her. A single father reflects on his pre-teen daughter’s complicated questions about love. A married woman falls in love with a jazz singer. Watch as the protagonists find their way, find love, or find themselves amid the chaos. Explore the world of Afro-Bougie Blues. An extraordinary assortment of stories awaits you.

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About Featured Book: Spitting Image by Harmony Reed

What if you had a twin – who was a better version of you?

When Everett Reyes loses his adoptive mother – the only person who ever believed in him – his bullying stepbrothers find a way to keep Everett’s inheritance. They won’t even let him keep Mom’s cookware, though she’s the reason he became a chef.

All he has left is a failing cafe, a rattletrap car, and an ex-wife he can’t stop fighting with. Bereft of family, he hires a private investigator to track down his biological parents. He’s not surprised to learn that they’re dead, but he’s shocked to discover that he has a twin brother, alive and well in Austin, Texas. The similarities between Everett and his brother Evan are amazing. They’re both chefs, they both married aspiring musicians, and they’re both fathers – evidence of their deep twin bond. But the more Everett learns more about his brother, the more he feels like he’s looking at the life he should have had – would have had if they hadn’t been separated.

It’s embarrassing how Evan seems to be more successful than Everett in every possible way. His friends tell him to start with a phone call, but Everett decides to drive to Austin and surprise Evan on their shared birthday. After all, what better gift could a man receive than to be reunited with his long-lost twin brother?

Spitting Image is a new novel by Harmony Reed, author of Confidence John and Drink.

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Seasons by Rebecca Forster

Elizabeth MacMillan’s husband has deserted her. She struggles to keep it together, until a chance meeting with Max Marino offers her another chance at love. Handsome and kind, Max also has a devastating secret that will pit Elizabeth’s happiness against her young son’s.

Targeted Age Group:: all audiences
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 2 – PG

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Someone very close to me was deserted when she was pregnant. Despite all the support from her family, we could not fill the void, answer her questions, or soothe her broken heart. She had to face that journey back to happiness on her own. It was this personal experience that inspired Seasons.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Again, I was inspired by reality. I saw both strength and vulnerability throughout my friend's journey. I watched and listened to her children. I tried to capture their voices in my characters. Max is based on my husband. Stoic, private, but incredibly compassionate. A man's man who can handle whatever life throws at him and cherishes family.

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Hollow Stars by Lauryn Dyan

Discover the dire side effects of partying like a rock star.

As lead singer of popular, emerging rock band, Tracing Stars, Kennedy has the swagger of a badass, or at least she used to. While caught up in the booze, passion, and chaos of her first major rock tour, her dreams are erased by a string of ever-worsening blackouts. Now, the instability of her mind has landed her in a psychiatric hospital. Despite being convinced one of her tour mates sabotaged her, she lacks any evidence. Trapped in the asylum, she alternates between the past and the present determined to recover her lost memories so she can return to her band before she’s just a footnote in their rise to fame.

Targeted Age Group:: YA and Adult
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 4 – R Rated

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I have always loved music, but unfortunately, lack any real musical talent. So it was my dream to find some way to be connected to the industry, even if I could not be on the stage. This book is my way of doing that. It is a love letter to all the artists that inspired me and got me through hard times by creating powerful songs that spoke to me in some way or another.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
The characters in the book were inspired by real-life musicians, and many of them are named after a band or song from the 2000s emo era. Some merely look like them, and others have traits based on interviews I read about them or concerts I attended. I filled in the holes with the personalities of my college friends and some family members.

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