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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES? A Malcolm Black Novel

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Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES? A Malcolm Black Novel
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Malcolm and Cinnamon Black have weathered the storms of early marriage and a mayoral campaign that pulled every skeleton from the closet and threw it naked into the fray for all the world to see. Cinnamon was painted as a scarlet woman, and it nearly broke Malcolm’s resolve to run for mayor.

But they survived all that, and Malcolm is now the first Black Mayor of Center City, Florida. Will he and his beloved first lady, Cinnamon be able to make a difference or will they be stopped at every turn by the maneuvers and dramas of FAMILY, FRIENDS and FOES?

Read and you will find out, Angelia Vernon Menchan brings it once again. It’s the follow up to The Blacks’: LOVE’S POLITICS.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES?

Angelia Vernon Menchan: I have actually published several books with many of the characters. This book is the followup to Mrs. Black? from 2009 Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES? A Malcolm Black Novel →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Hannah D. Spivey, author of Ebony the Beloved

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Hannah D. Spivey, author of Ebony the Beloved
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My book is about a 15-year-old girl named, Ebony Starks. She lives in a dysfunctional household with two parents who worship opposing deities, and she later discovers they never loved her.

Ebony has a hard time finding love until she meets an older woman named, Norma Lue, who takes Ebony under her wings and shows her the love she’s never received from her “parents.” Things begin to get better for Ebony until she cross paths with a world renown entertainer named, Desmond Waltz who has a hidden, dark sadistic side that later rears its ugly head.

To add more salt to the festering wound, Ebony meets Desmond’s controlling and manipulative mother, who is destined to turn her world upside down as much as Desmond’s. Ebony has been through blaze and back until she finally says “Enough is a damn enough.”

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Ebony the Beloved?

Hannah D. Spivey: I wanted to write a book that hasn’t been written yet. I found my inspiration through the characters I’ve read in previous books, and Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Hannah D. Spivey, author of Ebony the Beloved →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tina Martin, author of Vacation Interrupted

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Tina Martin, author of Vacation Interrupted
(Self-Published)

Carmen’s life and marriage to Kenneth was perfect… That is, until she found out she had breast cancer and would have to have a mastectomy to save her life. Unable to deal with his wife’s possible fate, Kenneth leaves her and flees to the West Coast, hoping to forget about her and start over.

Carmen, a day shift nurse, suffered for six months without her husband by her side. Now it’s time to rediscover herself. She takes a much-needed vacation to Virginia Beach for much-needed relaxation. All is well until she discovers that her ex-husband is vacationing at the same beach.

This is not a full-length novel. It is a short-story, available on Kindle only for $0.99.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Vacation Interrupted?

Tina Martin: I wrote the book because I wanted readers to see the emotional toll breast cancer has on a woman and her man. If a man truly Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tina Martin, author of Vacation Interrupted →