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African American Fiction & Nonfiction July 2018
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Second Time Sweeter : A Blessings Novel by Beverly JenkinsNAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her beloved Blessings series with a new heartwarming novel set in Henry Adams, Kansas.
Malachi “Mal” July has run into trouble in the past. With a reputation as a player, he’s now a recovering alcoholic and has made progress in redeeming himself in the eyes of his family and the citizens of Henry Adams, Kansas. He’s not only turned his diner into a profitable business, but also mentors the town’s foster kids. And he’s even staying true to one woman—Bernadine Brown.
But all it takes is a moment of pride to blind Mal to his blessings—a moment that makes him betray his friends and family, and lose Bernadine’s trust and love. Will he ever be able to win her forgiveness?
Meanwhile Homecoming Weekend is fast approaching, and store owner Gary Clark is reunited with his high school sweetheart. All it takes is a few minutes for them to realize the spark is still there, but is it too late for second chances?
A little help from the good people of Henry Adams may give both Mal and Gary the best second chance at the happiness they missed the first time around…
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The author of The Wedding Date serves up a novel about what happens when a public proposal doesn't turn into a happy ending, thanks to a woman who knows exactly how to make one on her own...
When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part--they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans...
At the game with his sister, Carlos Ibarra comes to Nik's rescue and rushes her away from a camera crew. He's even there for her when the video goes viral and Nik's social media blows up--in a bad way. Nik knows that in the wilds of LA, a handsome doctor like Carlos can't be looking for anything serious, so she embarks on an epic rebound with him, filled with food, fun, and fantastic sex. But when their glorified hookups start breaking the rules, one of them has to be smart enough to put on the brakes...
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Be My Forever Bride by Martha KennersonIt was like something out of a fairy tale: being swept off her feet, then eloping with her one true love, Houston oil tycoon Brice Kingsley. Then a devastating diagnosis and a threat from her past forced Brooke Smith Kingsley to leave the man she loved. Now she has a chance to make things right, but only if she can keep her secret--and her distance--from her irresistible husband. Though he couldn't accept Brooke's reasons for running away, Brice never gave up on her or their marriage. And with the beautiful tax attorney back in his life, reigniting passion stronger than before, he can't bear to let her go ever again. Even as a revenge-seeking blackmailer schemes to bring down the Kingsley empire, Brice will fight for their future--a love that's for now and forever.
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On-air Passion by Lindsay EvansBasketball star Ahmed Clark's wealth made him a target for money-grabbing groupies. He's since left sports behind to become an Atlanta radio-show host--who is famously cynical about romance. But from the moment gorgeous, upbeat Elle Marshall goes on air to promote her business of creating perfect dates for couples, it's a whole new ball game. And for the first time, he's caught off guard.Idealistic Elle believes in love, even if she has yet to experience it. She and Ahmed clash and sizzle over the airwaves--even more so when the station arranges a media-friendly Valentine's date for them in response to irrefutable excitement from his audience. Elle's passionate response to Ahmed's touch spurs powerful mutual desire, until past hurt puts him on the defensive. Bringing his heart in play is the riskiest move Ahmed's ever made, but it's the only way to earn a shot at her love...
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Miami's steamy fashion and beauty scene is finally taking notice of Nicole LeBlanc. She's just landed a coveted gig as lead makeup artist and hairstylist on a series of Valentine's Day commercials being shot in Hollywood. And once she locks eyes with the seriously sexy creative director, she's certain he could fulfill her own secret romantic fantasies. Too bad Kendrick Burrstone doesn't do relationships, despite their over-the-top chemistry.
After being burned by love, Kendrick lives by two unbreakable rules: dodge Cupid's arrow and never mix business with pleasure. But both on and off the set, Nicole's fiery touch is tempting Kendrick to take another chance. Until a vindictive ex and a nasty extortion plot ignite a media frenzy that could end his rising career...and cost him the heart of the sweetest and most passionate woman he's ever met.
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The lush mountains of Brazil provide a stunning location for a business trip—or a wild, unexpected romance. International real estate agent Nicole Parks isn’t expecting the latter, but she’s quickly falling under the spell of incredibly handsome French vintner Destin Dechamps. The man is as delicious as the fine blends he creates. Yet he’s out to sabotage the deal that will guarantee her a promotion and the adoption she’s been longing for.
Destin lost both his wife and his career when his family winery burned down. Gradually he’s found meaning in a new plan—defy his father, keep the land and rebuild. He can’t afford to fantasize about a gorgeous realtor who’s been hired to interrupt his scheme—even unknowingly. When a rainstorm traps them together, attraction spills over into intoxicating pleasure. With both their dreams in the balance, is there room for a sweet, intense fling to deepen into love?
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Sit Down and Shut Up : How Discipline Can Set Students Free by Cinque HendersonAn insider's account of teaching the most difficult kids inside America's most challenging schools. Sit Down and Shut Up: How Discipline Can Set Children Free is the story of Henderson's single year as substitute teacher in some of America's toughest schools. Henderson found that the culprits for the failures of our worst schools weren't some endless stream of unqualified teachers, protected by tenure and coasting along on long ago laurels, but rather the result of population in crisis: students who thumbed their noses at teachers, cursed and threatened them and a school system and a political culture that turned a willfully blind eye to the economic and social decline that created the crisis. He soon came to see that beyond the sound and fury of adolescent misbehavior, the four corners of a public school classroom were hothouse laboratories/microcosms--chaotic, teeming, vibrant, tough--of all our nation's most vexing issues of race and class. Beneath the surface, the legacy and stain of race--the price of generational trauma, the cost of fatherlessness, the failures of capitalism, the false promise of meritocracy--played itself out in every single interaction he had with an aggressive student or unengaged parent or a failed administrator.
Henderson also found solutions, namely a recommitment to the notion that discipline--emotional, psychological, behavioral and moral discipline--wisely and properly understood, patiently and justly administered--was the only proper route to freedom and opportunity for generations of poor youth. Ranging from the Declaration of Independence and Black Lives Matter, to Whitney Houston and Walt Whitman, Henderson has managed a profound, oft times funny, but always poignant meditation on freedom, the promise of democracy and the very nature of human consciousness.
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