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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Lisa Y. Watson, author of Interview with Love

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Lisa Y. Watson, author of Interview with Love
(Urban Books)

No-nonsense consumer psychologist, Sienna Lambert, moderates focus groups to assist her clients with marketing their products to target audiences. Her newest client, Dexter Clothiers, has developed state-of-the-art men’s undergarments Best Kept Secrets that become more comfortable the longer they’re worn. Sienna interviews men from all professions and walks of life to get their opinion on the line.

When adrenaline junkie Vaughn Deveraux meets Sienna, he takes her breath away—literally. After a run-in at a client softball outing, Sienna assumes Vaughn is one of the new models for Dexter Clothiers. Vaughn tells her he’s the Creative Director at the company, advertising the line, and jokes that he leaves the modeling in the very capable hands of his younger brother, Pierce, a retired professional football player who’s had a great deal of experience with women asking questions about his briefs.

Though intrigued, Sienna keeps her distance when she finds out he works with her client, but Vaughn’s fun nature and zest for living prove too irresistible to ignore. Sienna’s once calm, predictable life gets turned upside-down when Vaughn shows her that sometime’s life is better when you experience it instead of researching it.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Interview with Love?

Lisa Y. Watson: There’s nothing more inspirational than a deadline! I had just finished my debut novel, Watch Your Back and had a short amount of time before I had to begin Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Lisa Y. Watson, author of Interview with Love →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nina Simmone, author of Echoes Resound Forever

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Nina Simmone, author of Echoes Resound Forever
(Self-published (Create Space/Amazon))

Echoes Resound Forever is a collection of poetry including a couple of short stories about life. It has the scent of love and the emotions involved with coping, rejoicing, and understanding such a powerful emotion.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Echoes Resound Forever?

Nina Simmone: I was inspired after losing my companion to a motorcycle accident. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nina Simmone, author of Echoes Resound Forever →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nikki Ransom, author of Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole

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Nikki Ransom, author of Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole
(Outskirtspress Publishing)

Hidden Butterflies is a non-fiction epic tale follows Nikki, a young lady that had a promising future, through bouts of depression after the murder of her father, being married to an abusive, drug-addicted man, ending up homeless with four children, and how she finally took her life back from her abuser.

Hidden Butterflies serves as a cautionary tale two women that shows what can happen when we do not develop our own self-esteem and also the importance of instilling this self-worth in our daughters. My book takes a look into my past and illustrates the behavior of a woman with no self-love trying to fill that empty space with the love of a man.

My hope is that my tale will also motivate women to never give up on themselves, that their past does not dictate their future, and that it is never too late to take control over your own life.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole?

Nikki Ransom: I never actually thought I would become a writer. After going through all of my ordeals, it just kind of hit me like a bolt of lightning to write. My experiences, my Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nikki Ransom, author of Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole →

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