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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Toshia Shaw, author of High Stakes

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Toshia Shaw, author of High Stakes
(Purple Wings Publishing)

High Stakes is a gripping and fast paced drama guaranteed to expose the cunning and slick nature of the real “Sin City”, giving you a peek inside the shrewd world, exposing the myth: What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas.

Shauna, Dawn, and Felicia are best friends who are bonded as “partners in crime” while trying to survive in Las Vegas. Their friendship quickly begins to unravel when Dawn’s fiance, enters the picture. Although happy for their friend, Shauna and Felicia quickly begin to question the validity of their friendship when they aren’t allowed into Dawn’s new picture perfect life.

Desperate to keep her old lifestyle a secret from her fiance, Dawn comes up with an elaborate scheme to make sure she weds at any cost. When her fiance’ attends a bachelor party where he meets, and instantly falls for, Shauna; Dawn’s relationship is compromised.

When dealing with matters of the heart, all bets are off. Felicia is caught in the middle. When it proves too much, she goes against her better judgment and becomes lost in her own world where promiscuity and drug abuse become the major players in her life.

Each girl is dancing on the stage of uncertainty. When the curtains are drawn and the neon lights go dim, who will wind up with the standing ovation? High Stakes, sometimes when you gamble a little, you wind up losing it all.

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

Toshia Shaw: I got the idea to write the novel High Stakes after having Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Toshia Shaw, author of High Stakes →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dena Tyson, author of Black Beans ‘N Rice

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Dena Tyson, author of Black Beans ‘N Rice
(Infinity Publishing)

Spooney was old enough to be her father, but he didn‘t care. It made him feel like he still had it, and that made him feel good. It‘s not all about how you do what you do because Binx was young and didn‘t know any better. She had fallen head over heels for him because he was different.

As Binx applied the finishing touches to her face, her mother walked in and stood next to her, a questioning look in her eyes. She glared from the mirror and said something Binx would never forget: “You too pretty of a girl to be with such a old man. You‘re young and smart… He‘s just taking away all of your youth.” She was quite solemn in the way she spoke.

What her mother didn‘t understand at that time was the damage had already been done. She stayed not because she wanted to but because she had to. She suffered Spooney‘s abuse both physically and mentally, and walking away wasn‘t easy because she was afraid.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Black Beans ‘N Rice?

Dena Tyson: It’s actually my story. I suffered an abusive relationship both physically Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dena Tyson, author of Black Beans ‘N Rice →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kendra Dunn, author of The Preacher’s Daughter

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Kendra Dunn, author of The Preacher’s Daughter
(La’ Femme Fatale’ Publishing)

If Shar Reid is guilty of anything, it’s of leading her life with her heart instead of her mind. A preacher’s daughter, she disobeys her father’s commandment never to fraternize with “thugs” and falls head over heels for big-time hustler Slay.

Young, beautiful and smart, Shar never sets out to ruin her future—definitely not for the unfaithful and abusive man Slay turns out to be. But, that’s exactly what she does—all in the name of love. She goes from being college bound to being swept up into a world of grit, grime and crime where a chain of events conspire in her life that can’t be undone and lands her where she never expected to be…behind bars.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write The Preacher’s Daughter?

Kendra Dunn: As I’ve mentioned in previous interviews, a lot of people have made Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kendra Dunn, author of The Preacher’s Daughter →