Kiss the Year Goodbye  New Year's Eve is the time to make a naughty resolution, so shed your inhibitions and indulge in this sultry collection of escapades from four of the hottest writers around.  In Brenda L. Thomas's "Every New Year," a shoot-out lands a respected doctor in the hospital with a bad case of amnesia, and in the care of a man too sexy to resist.  In "Whatever It Takes" by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker, a sassy older woman tries to break off her steamy relationship with her best friend's twenty-three-year-old son, but he shows her he's man enough to fulfill her needs.  Crystal Lacey Winslow proves you can be "Dangerously in Love" when a prim and proper young woman's wild side takes over after the man she's dating slips up with another woman.  In "My Boo" by Daaimah S. Poole, a Philly girl's long-distance boyfriend never has time for her -- not even around the holidays. So when her ex-roommate's latest lover comes knocking, she's ready to get the party started.

Kiss the Year Goodbye

Literature & Fiction

Thomas, Brenda L.

Winslow, Crystal Lacey

Poole, Daaimah S.

Whitaker, Tu-Shonda L.

United States

GALLERY BOOKS

“Three half-sisters whose mother made some questionable choices suffer endless drama....” —Publishers Weekly Celeste is content with her quiet family life in the suburbs—until she suspects that her sexy husband, Sharief, a New York City policeman, is cheating. Even worse, the other woman is her own sister, Monica. Monica never planned to fall for Sharief, never expected he’d thrill her beyond control. She wishes she’d set things right and protected Celeste, but now she’s in too deep to turn back. Imani’s abusive boyfriend, Walik, just got out of prison and wants her back. But when a fine Latin DJ named Kree seduces her and bonds with her son, Imani may finally get a shot at happiness and love. “The perfect blend of drama, sensuality, and comedy. Tu-Shonda Whitaker will definitely have readers begging for more.” —Urban Reviews “Filled with passionate sex, to-die-for love, traitorous adultery, bitter jealousy, and the challenges of loving one’s self.” —Keisha Ervin “Seductive, steamy, and suggestive…” —Vibe Vixen

The Ex Factor

Dafina

“Tu-Shonda Whitaker just keeps getting better and better.” —T. Styles   Four deliciously dramatic divas bask in the attention of their own hit reality TV show, The Millionaire Wives Club. But the spotlight isn’t always so flattering…   Married to a pro-football star who isn’t in love with her anymore, Evan is fighting hard to hold on to her husband. But behind-the-scenes, it’s clear he wants someone else….Since her baller husband’s suspension, Milan is watching her wealth disappear. But her feelings for Evan’s husband are on the rise….Divorced from a former boxing champion, Jaise is raising her son alone and running a business. Thanks to her huge alimony checks, her bank account is full—but her heart is running on empty….Editor of the top black women’s magazine, Chaunci is now engaged to the powerful man who helped finance her when she was a struggling single mom. But when a past love reappears, will she risk everything to try again?   As their private lives go wildly public, the cameras never stop rolling on TV’s guiltiest pleasure…   “You haven’t met real housewives until you’ve read about these divas!” —Anna J., author of My Woman His Wife   “Sizzling, sexy, and sassy…over-the-top drama that will leave you drooling for more.”  —Danielle Santiago, author of Grindin’

Millionaire Wives Club (The Monroes)

"Tu-Shonda Whitaker just keeps getting better and better." --T. Styles The diamonds are flawless, their drama is turned up ultra high, and the taboo beauties from Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker's Millionaire Wives Club are back for a third season of explosive lies, forbidden sex, and scandals like you've never seen before! Step into the world of cable TV's hit reality show and meet new bride and new mother Milan, who finally has everything she's ever dreamed of. Problem is her perfect life doesn't work for TV. What will she do when the producer threatens to fire her? Editor-in-chief Chaunci isn't feeling the fame and the last thing she needs is to share the spotlight with her worst enemy, newcomer Journee. Socialite Journee expected her eighty-two-year-old husband to only live four days past their wedding night, but it's been four years. And just when it seems that he's ready to meet his maker, his son--Journee's ex-lover--shows up. Hair care mogul Vera is struggling with her failing marriage and the last thing she needs is her drug-addicted mother to further ruin her life or her image. Jaise is finally standing by her man. But will she live the life she thinks or will it cost her everything? "They say that money can't buy happiness, but it makes for one hell of a novel!" --K'wan, Essence® bestselling author "You haven't met real housewives until you've read about these divas!" --Anna J., author of My Woman His Wife

Rich Girl Problems (Millionaire Wives Club)

"Tu-Shonda Whitaker just keeps getting better and better." --T. Styles"They say that money can't buy happiness, but it makes for one hell of a novel!" --K'wan, Essence® bestselling author The season premiere of the hit reality TV show The Millionaire Wives Club starts off with a bang as a highly anticipated new cast member is revealed. Glamorous, powerful, and ruthless, she's everything viewers want--and everything her diva co-stars, and their men, fear. . . Milan is more than eager to meet her new co-star, widowed socialite Journee Dupree. Journee is rumored to be the keeper of many prestigious men's deepest, freakiest secrets. But Milan never dreamed her own husband would be among them. . .. Hair care mogul Vera isn't feeling fame, but the last thing she needs is to share the spotlight, and her most private struggles, with her man's baby mama from hell--Journee. . .. A single mom and top magazine editor-in-chief, Chaunci knows Journee from back in the day--so far back that Journee has some dirt on her that could cost her everything. . . "Whitaker pulls out all the stops …hot, hot, hot! Book your ringside seat early!" --Library Journal"Whitaker proves that the reality-TV trend is even popular in book form… All of the wives are volatile, violent, gossipy, opinionated, treacherous and just purely scandalous." --RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars

Role Play

On the surface, California Governor Montgomery 'Monty' Fields appears to have it all - and he intends to keep it that way. But even a powerful man like Monty can't control everything or everyone... First Lady Ellaina 'Elle' Lockhart-Fields has a juicy secret. One that she's succeeded in keeping under wraps. Until her long-time lover shows up as her husband's top security officer and threatens to ruin everything...

Kensington

High-level corruption, high-priced addiction, high-voltage infidelity. The American Dream...\nLoving husband, doting father, respected politician. On the surface, California Governor Montgomery 'Monty' Fields appears to have it all--and he intends to keep it that way. But even a powerful man like Monty can't control everything or everyone...\nFirst Lady Ellaina 'Elle' Lockhart-Fields has a juicy secret. One that she's succeeded in keeping under wraps. Until her longtime lover shows up as her husband's top security officer and threatens to ruin everything. Desperate, Elle concocts a clever plan. But it's far more dangerous than she realizes.\nThanks to her scandalous affair with the governor, single mother Brooklyn Pryce is living in luxury. But empty nights and lonely holidays are starting to break her spirit. A passionate encounter with a mystery man inspires her to leave Monty. But that's not as easy as she thinks...\nBehind it all is a reporter who's been tracking Monty's every move, determined to bring him down, no matter who he has to seduce to get the job done. And as pressure from the women in Monty's life, the press, and his partners in white-collar crime starts to boil over, Monty begins to unravel in ways no one sees coming...

The Ex Factor (Thorndike Press Large Print African American Series)

Thorndike Pr

Pocket_Books

Funny, passionate, and straight from the soul, Vera Wright-Turner thinks she has it all under control, until she meets and greets herself. Born on the flip side of the hustler's game, she is the child of a fifteen-year-old drug addict who placed her in a trash dump with a note that read: Please forgive me. My mother’s only fifteen. Well, that is of little consolation to Vera as she lives her gold-diggin' life full speed ahead. Everything comes to a crashing halt when she realizes that she can run, but she can’t hide. Facing up to the Flip Side of the Game is the only way she will survive.

Flip Side of the Game: Triple Crown Collection (Urban Books)

Urban Books

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Kiss the Year Goodbye

The Ex Factor

Millionaire Wives Club (The Monroes)

Rich Girl Problems (Millionaire Wives Club)

Rich Girl Problems (Millionaire Wives Club)

Role Play

Role Play

The Ex Factor (Thorndike Press Large Print African American Series)

Kiss the Year Goodbye

Flip Side of the Game: Triple Crown Collection (Urban Books)