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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… RL Taylor, author of Champagne, Jellybeans and Chocolate

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RL Taylor, author of Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate
(RL Taylor/Another Clue Publishing)

THEY SAY AFTER PAIN COMES JOY…

After years of hurt and failed relationships, what if the person that once made you the happiest reappeared in your life? But what if the timing was all wrong?

ROYCE TYLER IS FINALLY PUTTING HIS LIFE BACK TOGETHER

Over the past year, a series of horrific tragedies sent him spiraling into an unconsolable state of depression and turmoil. The last thing on his mind is chasing after love…

ENTER PAULA DANIELS, HIS COLLEGE ROMANCE

She’s a high-maintenance stylish lady with a knack for breaking men’s hearts. Her life consisits of pampered luxury and being spoiled by men of distinction. Her list of suitors includes some of the most well known figures in the sports world. Royce would jumop for a second chance with her.

ONE PROBLEM…HE’S HOMELESS

For the past few months, he’s been living in his car. Even if he could conceal the truth long enough to get back on his feet, he’d have to compete with men of great financial means for her affection. The lure of the glamorous life seductively calls out to Paula. Her social interactions lead to an agonizing pain, so excrutiating, it could overwhelm them both.

WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE, LUXURY OR LOVE?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate?

RL Taylor: I took a look around at the state of the economy and put a twist on the story dealing with the main character. There are a lot of people going Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… RL Taylor, author of Champagne, Jellybeans and Chocolate →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Russell Brooks, author of Pandora’s Succession

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Russell Brooks, author of Pandora’s Succession
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Where would you hide if you learned the CDC and a major pharmaceutical company unleashed a hyperdeadly microbe on the human race?

CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancée’s killers—a weapons consortium called The Arms of Ares. When an informant leads him to an old bunker outside of Groznyy, Chechnya, Fox is captured, beaten, and left for dead.

When the informant rescues him, Fox learns that his capture was no coincidence: someone had set him up—possibly another government agent. Fox barely escapes after learning that Ares has acquired a hyperdeadly microbe—called Pandora—that is believed to have wiped out ancient civilizations.

The trail leads Fox to Tokyo where he discovers that people within the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Japanese Intelligence want Pandora for themselves. The only person Fox can trust is a woman from his past who he nearly got killed.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Pandora’s Succession?

Russell Brooks: I was inspired by the sarin gas subway attacks that occurred in Tokyo, Japan, in the mid 1990s by a doomsday cult. I found it Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Russell Brooks, author of Pandora’s Succession →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Queen B.G., author of Dealt the Wrong Hand

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Queen B.G., author of Dealt the Wrong Hand
(G Street Chronicles)

Dealt the Wrong Hand is a story of a young girl that grew up in a sheltered home but was forced into the streets to fiend for herself and her siblings. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Queen B.G., author of Dealt the Wrong Hand →