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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nika Michelle, author of Forbidden Fruit

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Nika Michelle, author of Forbidden Fruit
(Anexander Books)

Forbidden Fruit is an urban fiction tale that follows the lives of three very distinct Georgia Peaches. Ayanna, the main character, is a natural leader. Due to her circumstances at home, she is forced to grow up fast. She takes cares of her sister the best she knows how and tries to keep them together. When she is caught stealing to feed herself and her sister, the system steps in, and the two are briefly separated.

Eventually, a family member takes them in. Princess, Ayanna’s hot-to-trot, golddigging cousin, joins the story. At a young age, Ayanna meets Diablo, a tough street general who is just as cocky as he is fine. His powerful persona attracts Ayanna, among other women, and she is thrusted into a rollercoaster romance. Forbidden Fruit is a fast paced page turner filled with action, passion and juicy plot twists.

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

Nika Michelle: The characters in the book came to me in a dream that I had about a couple arguing in the street. For some reason, they intrigued Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nika Michelle, author of Forbidden Fruit →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Stan R. Gregory, Esq., author of The Law Clerk

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Stan R. Gregory, Esquire, author of The Law Clerk
(Nevaeh Publishing)

Benjamin Bains is a young man with a promising future law career in Miami, Florida. Seduced by the money given to him for a “simple favor”, he finds himself in the middle of a blackmail scheme. Not only may he lose his license to practice law and face jail time, he may lose his life, if he doesn’t play every card just right.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write The Law Clerk?

Stan R. Gregory, Esquire: I know it seems a bit eclectic, but my inspiration came from Alex Haley and John Grisham. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Stan R. Gregory, Esq., author of The Law Clerk →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tracy Falbe, author of Rys Rising: Book I

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Tracy Falbe, author of Rys Rising: Book I
(Falbe Publishing)

Onja is a young rys increasingly aware of her colossal magical talent. She hates the tabre that rule her homeland of Jingten. They revile and oppress the rys, and Onja dreams of overthrowing them.

Among the humans, she recruits the young rogue Amar and sets him on a path to becoming a potent warlord. In Jingten, she reaches out to Dacian, whose power is outmatched only by his idealism.

In the tabre homeland of Nufal, the tabre scheme against each other and underestimate the threats brewing against them. Rys Rising is a complex character-driven epic told from many angles.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Rys Rising: Book I?

Tracy Falbe: All kinds of things inspire my writing like personal frustrations, ancient and primitive cultures, the suffering throughout the modern world, Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tracy Falbe, author of Rys Rising: Book I →