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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Samara King, author of Hot to the Touch

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JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Samara King, author of Hot to the Touch
(Samara King Books)

A masked lover…

A year ago, Club Reign owner, Belinda Gilles, threw the first Grown & Sexy Masquerade Ball without a hitch. That was until she encountered a masked man, whose touch made her forget about her past. Did she dare to believe that her masked lover would show his face again?

What lies beneath…

When Jordan Harris discovers that Belle is the woman he encountered under the mask a year ago, he sets out to make her his, even if it means opening old wounds she’d vowed to never forgive him for.

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

Samara King: I’m often playing what-if at the initiation of a story. With Hot to the Touch, the idea was birthed from a article on wrongly-convicted men regaining their Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Samara King, author of Hot to the Touch →

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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of A Whisper to a Scream by Elissa Gabrielle

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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review
A Whisper to a Scream
By Elissa Gabrielle
4 of 5 Stars

With A Whisper to a Scream, Elissa Gabrielle takes poetry, drama and romance and sculpts a phenomenal reading experience. Taking the boy-meets-girl template, Gabrielle infuses social issues like racial consciousness, domestic violence and interracial relationships to switch up the monotony that can be found in many romance novels on the market today. Each character is carefully placed in A Whisper to a Scream‘s wordscapes, making this novel progress as fluidly as a motion picture centered around two main characters on a collision course of love. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of A Whisper to a Scream by Elissa Gabrielle →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Saleem Little, editor of Love and the Game

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JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Saleem Little, editor of Love and the Game
(Mitanni Enterprises in association with Green Label Publishing Group)

Love and the Game is a story of love, loss and the sacrifices made for love. From the crises that bring families together to the tragedies that threaten to separate them forever. Each of the characters in this novel come to the same realization…that love is stronger than pride.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Love and the Game?

Saleem Little: MY life experiences and the effects they’ve had on me. This book was some twenty-odd years in the making. I just finally managed to capture my Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Saleem Little, editor of Love and the Game →