Say It Loud! I’ve Made a Horrible Decision!

by Shelley, the Librarian Goddess of Fearlessness on April 19, 2012

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In making a fantasy a reality, you can really get in over your head.

In the novel,  My Woman, His Wife,  Anna J spins a tale about lust, desire, lust, not thinking ahead, lust, obsession, lust, and lusty lust of the lusty variety.

Meet Jasmine (Jazz) and James. In the beginning of their relationship, they couldn’t keep their hands off each other. But between work, children and the monotony of daily life, the passion in the bedroom has waned. James has an idea to spice up their love life: Having a threesome with another woman. (Because, as we all know, threesomes tend to work out wonderfully for couples in serious relationships.) And as I’m sure you have already guessed, James had just the person in mind. Monica.

Monica is beautiful, educated, financially independent, and oozes sex. She is James’ fantasy girl and by way of this threesome he could have Monica and Jazz without the guilt or stress of an affair. (Ingenious!) He finally wears Jazz down and she agrees.

It actually turns out to be an absolutely amazing experience for the three. Pleasure is bountiful, passion is reignited, and Jazz discovers things about herself she had never thought possible. However, once it was over, it wasn’t over. Both are hooked on Monica and they both want more of her. So to appease their desires, Jazz and James start their own secret affairs with Monica.  (Who saw this coming? Hands?)

I did forget one small detail. Monica is crazy. Not just crazy, but CRAZY with a capital EVERYTHING!

She becomes obsessed with having Jazz all to herself.  She has a plot to manipulate and blackmail those closest to Jazz to do it. I’m not going to give the plan away but I will tell you this, it is absolutely… well… crazy. (By the way, did I mention she was crazy? Just checking.)

From the first page to the last, this novel takes you on a wild erotic ride. It is spilling over with sex, humor, and drama. Sadly, the ending is a cliff hanger but it was still satisfying to me.

But if you don’t like to be left hanging, don’t worry!  The sequel entitled The Aftermath is already out.

Check out both novels, if you can take the heat.

WARNING: This novel is not recommended for those with delicate sensibilities. You will catch the vapors and will need to head to the nearest swooning couch immediately.

This book is too hot for me~ swooning lady

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Enjoy!

 

 

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What’s Love Got to Do With It?

by Shelley, the Librarian Goddess of Fearlessness on March 28, 2012

Choose wiselyHardships can inspire you to be a better person and can motivate you to live a better life.
 Or turn you into a soulless psychotic sociopathic megalomaniac.

 

In Love on a Two Way Street,  New York Times bestselling author J.L. King tells a story about the rise and fall of Juice (James Lamar Kennedy). In this novel, Mr. King addresses taboo subjects like sexual abuse, drug abuse, defining sexual orientation, and life on the down low. There is also a sprinkling of steamy sex scenes here and there. (In my opinion, you really cannot go wrong with steamy sex scenes.)

Despite growing up with a drug addicted mother and being sexually abused by her boyfriend, Juice worked his way up to become one of the most powerful music moguls in the business and has the woman of his dreams on his arm. His crowning achievement was the creation of the Seven Figures, an exclusive club which promised its members the power to achieve their professional goals and the freedom to satiate their most hidden desires.

You would think working your way up from the bottom would make you appreciative of the things you have and the people who love you. Not Juice. He becomes so drunk with power, he is transformed into a monster that will lie, cheat, and kill to maintain his carefully created image.  In the beginning, I really was rooting for Juice to succeed. By the end of the book, I was cheering when he finally got what was coming to him. (And I do not mean the “in my head” kind but the “startling the people around me” kind.)

The novel was interesting and a quick read. My only issue was the sheer number of characters in it. After finishing the novel, I believe that more than half of these characters could have been left out and would not have been missed.

For those who would like to give this novel a try, here are the characters you may want to keep an eye on:

Juice (James Lamar Kennedy): The cold-hearted [expletive deleted] main character
Bones  (Andre Bonner): Juice’s best friend and protector
Brianna Banks: Juice’s sexy talented fiancée
Carl Braxton: Member of the Seven Figures club
Jacob Braxton: Carl’s stepson
Mortimer Zane: Juice’s mentor/no strings attached lover

Enjoy!

 

Tagged as: Abuse, African-American Fiction, homosexuality, Urban Fiction

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Mary Monroe’s Girls: Annette and Rhoda

by Greg "The Undead Rat" June 2, 2009

Mary Monroe’s first book was published and disappeared. Fifteen years of rejection letters passed before she sold her second novel God Don’t Like Ugly. Mary has published many books since but sooner or later she always returns to Annette and Rhoda. In fact it was the third book in The God Don’t Like Ugly Series, God Don’t Play, that first placed on the New York Times Bestseller List. Mary Monroe has her own website at Mary Monroe.org

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We’ve Got Zane

by Greg "The Undead Rat" May 5, 2009

You asked for it and now the Zane Book List is here.

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'Tis the Season. (Yes, I know.)

by Shelley, the Librarian Goddess of Fearlessness January 14, 2009

I know, I know the season is over but this advice is good all year. Be safe, have fun, and use your best judgement. (Note: It is not good when you have to start any sentence with “Well officer what had happened was….” Not good at all. Sorry mom;) Of course, I’m kidding, they dropped the [...]

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There is Nothing New. No Really.

by Shelley, the Librarian Goddess of Fearlessness December 8, 2008

When a friend and I were vacationing in Miami, we happened upon a delightful advertisement in the back of one of those vacation guides in the hotel lobby. It was an ad for the World Erotic Art Museum (WEAM) (Note: They do have a website and because I am a decent deviant, I cannot in all [...]

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The Triple Crown Book List

by Greg "The Undead Rat" November 23, 2008

You asked for it and we have it! Triple Crown Publishers have loyal fans like no other publisher I’ve seen. Several times a week I have patrons asking me where the Triple Crown books are. I get that look of disappointment or despair on their faces when I tell them that we don’t shelve books [...]

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Three little Kittens

by Shelley, the Librarian Goddess of Fearlessness October 31, 2008

Well not really kittens, more like vicious blood thirsty tigresses with gore and blood dripping from their razor sharp fangs. And no they didn’t lose their mittens. With those kinds of claws they would ruin their mittens anyway. In the book,  The Cathouse, Anna J., Brittani Williams and Laurinda Brown take us on a journey [...]

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Dirty Girls On Top

by shamekia October 6, 2008

Wait, before you think I’m getting too smutty this is the title of the last book I’ve finished.  After five years of antici…..pation, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez has finally followed up her first novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club, with Dirty Girls On Top.  These books are about the lives of six latinas who met in college and [...]

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Hot Chocolate Part Deux

by Shelley, the Librarian Goddess of Fearlessness September 12, 2008

In previous posts, I tend to refer to Zane as the erotica golden standard. Especially when I want to describe the erotic nature of a novel. It is amazing to me that when I describe a book to be Zane-like, most people already know what type of book it is going to be. Lately, Zane [...]

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