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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shakeera Frazer, author of Fast Lane

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Shakeera Frazer, author of Fast Lane
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Trish Grand has it all. Looks, money, cars, clothes and all the men she wants; her life is perfect. But all that is about to change – only she doesn’t know it yet Why? Because someone wants everything she has.

The leading lady of my recently completed novel Fast Lane has reinvented herself into the infamous Trish Grand. She has come a long way from Patricia “Patty” Grand, the poor girl in Astoria Projects in Queens. She has done things in her past that she would never want anyone to know, but that is far behind her and that’s where she intends for it to stay, until her world suddenly gets knocked upside down by someone she considered her friend. She will do anything to protect the image she has built but where can she turn? Who can she trust?

Meet Crystal Dawson, a beautiful, young, successful lawyer has the world at her feet. She plans on moving up in the firm when she suddenly gets pregnant. Crystal’s pregnancy brings out skeletons that she thought she buried deep in her closet. Secrets that no one will understand. She will do anything to keep her secrets hidden, but what will it cost her? Her career? Her friends? Her family?

Paulette Jackson is eccentric and carefree, single and loving every minute of it. She is living in the fast lane and never felt the need to slow down until she receives earth shattering news while on a visit to the doctor’s office. Just when she thought her world was over she meets Chris, the man of her dreams. She can tell him everything except her secret, she will do anything to protect it, but someone has other plans.

Nina Franklin is the perfect elementary school teacher. She has an average life, makes average money, and wears average clothes. Nina has been fine living this way until she gets a taste of the good life and wants some for herself. She can’t understand how it comes so easy to women like her friend Trish. She will do anything to have the good life. If she can’t have it, no one will!

This novel takes you on a journey through the lives of four New York City girls that all have a common bond that ties them together, friendship? What starts out as innocent friendships turns into a spiraling chain of events including secrets, lies, and betrayal. Follow these four women on a ride in the fast lane that spins out of control!

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

Shakeera Frazer: My biggest inspirations to write Fast Lane were my life and my experiences. A combination of my friends, family, people I Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shakeera Frazer, author of Fast Lane →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Y. Sharre DaCosta, author of It Is Well!

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Y. Sharre DaCosta, author of It Is Well!
(Unlock Publishing House)

Shortly after delivering her son, Sharre was told by doctor’s to make “arrangements” because he would be gone by that night. Situations in her life had always seemed to not work out the way she had planned. It seemed like true happiness was an unattainable goal.

But no matter how crazy things in her life were, one thing she knew for certain: God’s gifts were without repentance. Playtime was over! She put on her war gear and went toe-to-toe with the enemy and tenaciously pursued after all the things God had spoken to her.

No matter what the doctors said, no matter what family and friends said, she was determined to see the will of God manifested in her life! Join her as she goes on a journey of faith to believe what God promised and be able to say WITHOUT A DOUBT… “It Is Well!”

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write It Is Well!?

Y. Sharre DaCosta: God told me to write It Is Well! the day my son’s healing was made manifest. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Y. Sharre DaCosta, author of It Is Well! →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Winkk, author of Misleading

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Winkk, author of Misleading
(Ailam Publishing LLC)

Misleading by Winkk draws you into the glittery, but gritty realm of Jarvis Denttin, a self-absorbed club owner who gets on a first-name basis with betrayal while expanding his successful business in Chicago. Devastated by the shocking murder of his best friend, the womanizing Jarvis Denttin starts distrusting the people around him, and they prove that they are more conniving then he could imagine.

With money dominating his life, he is unaware of the scheme being orchestrated to bring him down. He finds himself fending off power moves from a circle of business associates, including a vengeful lover and a longtime, once-trusted protégé. Oblivious of his acquaintance motives, he gets put in a deadly situation.

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

Winkk: I was inspired to write Misleading because sometimes you never really know the intentions of the individuals around you. Misleading is a Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Winkk, author of Misleading →