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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jaree Francis, author of Metra City: Destiny’s Kiss

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Jaree Francis, author of Metra City: Destiny’s Kiss
(self-published)

Metra City: Destiny’s Kiss. The tale focuses on a band of brothers, Reznor, Lando, Chase $ and Nimrod, who are being pulled apart as they embark on the road to their individual destinies. They have been friends for many years, but things are changing. Metra City is ridden with gang violence, drug trafficking and poverty, yet some see a ray of light through all of the darkness. While some embrace wretched paths, others seek refuge.

This story is very fresh and introduces you to interesting characters such as the femme fatale Regalia, the ever prayerful Forever, a young and untamable vixen known simply as Tara, and also Chase’s children’s mother, Lara. Definitely worth the read, and it is also absent of profanity.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Metra City: Destiny’s Kiss?

Jaree Francis: I would have to say that it’s pre-programmed in my DNA. I drew inspiration from a higher realm. I’m not great, only God is. So I simply went beyond myself and wrote a story that gives you multiple angles of street life.

JP: What sets Metra City: Destiny’s Kiss apart from other books in its genre? Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jaree Francis, author of Metra City: Destiny’s Kiss →

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5 Mintues, 5 Questions With… J.A. Adams, author of Chameleon

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J.A. Adams, author of Chameleon
(Shaw Harris and Associates)

When dreams turn into nightmares, spur of the moment decisions test the silent codes of family honor. Diane Darhling, beautiful, scholarly and heir to a multi-million dollar fortune, finds herself caught in a triangular web of love gone seriously wrong.

Two men, Jimmy and Jerrell, whose polarized unrelenting desire to have her is felt to the depths of the soul. One loves unconditionally. The other is a suave psychopath. Reading like a backdrop story from headline news, a twisted plan, forged in pathological and psychotic manipulation, is plotted by the Chameleon.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Chameleon?

J.A. Adams: My many years of experiences in social service work, talking with victims and survivors of domestic violence. My character Diane is a composite of the many victims and survivors of intimate partner violence I have encountered in my personal and professional life.

JP: What sets Chameleon apart from other psychological romances? Continue reading 5 Mintues, 5 Questions With… J.A. Adams, author of Chameleon →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… MG Hardie, author of It Ain’t Just The Size

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MG Hardie, author of It Ain’t Just The Size
(Aventine Press)

Princess has returned home after a 3-year absence to heal her heart. She now seems to have it all: a job and a house. She has everything except one thing, real love. Lance is no stranger to having the odds stacked against him. He is a hard working father, but he believes that he may never really find true love.

It Ain’t Just The Size shows Lance and Princess as they find their way to love. While these two passionate hearts begin their journey towards love many discussions and conflicts arise.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write It Ain’t Just the Size?

MG Hardie: I wrote It Ain’t Just The Size because I was tired of hearing that black literature has little value, blacks don’t know politics, men are dogs or that black women are hated and so forth.

I had enough of the one-sided discussions between men and women. I see so many people not communicating. Well, they are communicating, but they aren’t really talking to one another.

I wrote this book so that it could be used as a tool to help people and to bring about a greater understanding.

JP: Your books have a common thread in that they take a humorous approach to discussing political and socio-economic issues. Is this by design? Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… MG Hardie, author of It Ain’t Just The Size →