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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Norwood Holland, author of Sleepless Nights

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Norwood Holland, author of Sleepless Nights
(Windmill Books Ltd.)

Sleepless Nights is a legal thriller full of despicable and lovable characters. Trial attorney Drew Smith, a solo practitioner, takes on shady clients solving cases fraught with danger and romantic intrigue. Through Sleepless Nights the urban legal wizard, while frolicking with an exotic dancer, succumbs to a midlife crisis. Haunted by foreshadowing nightmares, an awakening reveals an empty life, but Smith finds solace with therapist Zöe Settles.

In an already complicated life, Smith is pressed into service when a vicious robbery leaves three dead and the city enraged. Drew Smith and his devoted sidekick Julio Mejia work to free his young client on the trail of a crazed gunman responsible for a growing body count.

In the end, the gunman and the dancer combine forces to bring Smith down. When death comes knocking, Drew Smith faces the fight of his life.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Sleepless Nights?

Norwood Holland: My story was inspired by an actual crime. It was snatched from the headlines. The infamous DC 2003 Colonel Brooks Tavern Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Norwood Holland, author of Sleepless Nights →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Envy Red, author of Touch

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Envy Red, author of Touch
(Red Door Books)

Touch is an erotic murder mystery set in Washington, DC. It about a trio of girlfriends who are classy professional women by day but involved in an erotic lifestyle by night. There are serial killings going on in the city, and it is unknown whether or not the perpetrator is targeting members of the underground lifestyle. It is filled with social issues, love and various other heavy-hitting topics

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

Envy Red: I have always been told, from as far back as I could remember, that I had a way with words. However, my real inspiration to make it happen Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Envy Red, author of Touch →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… M. Ann Ricks, author of The Blood Done Signed My Name

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M. Ann Ricks, author of THE BLOOD DONE SIGNED MY NAME
(May House Press and Publications)

Are the sins of the father and mother visited upon their sons and daughters? Undoubtedly damaged, Honey Lamb is a descendant of an unfortunate legacy of molestation, addiction, murder and bad decisions. She believed the unhappiness she experienced was somehow bequeathed.

Experiencing more than her share of misery, Honey makes a decision that may have ruined her life. Not realizing God places people in our lives, she embarks upon a journey that will open her heart to a divine inheritance. Will she accept the invitation of salvation or allow her carnal legacy to continue to the next generation? Will she come to understand that Jesus’ blood redeemed us from a self-defeating existence because He became the sinful inheritance for us while at the same time eradicating it forever, giving us a spiritual blood transfusion that would change us all? Either way she will never be the same!

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write THE BLOOD DONE SIGNED MY NAME?

M. Ann Ricks: Because of a checkered past, a destructive familial history or bad choices, many have decided to live a life of regret and fear; resolving Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… M. Ann Ricks, author of The Blood Done Signed My Name →