On The Run With Love [Paperback]

J. M. Benjamin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 4, 2008

Freddie Holmes could've wrote the book on How to Be A Player. With his good looks, gift of gab, his Jersey swag, and ability to put it down in the bedroom, his only source of income is the women he manipulates. But after meeting Simone, his new fiance, he decides to hang up his womanizing gloves, so he says, but not before his past catches up to him. Slug is a stick up kid/ hustler from the dirty south. After losing his drug connect, he uses his trip to New Jersey for a funeral as an opportunity to link up with his cousin Freddie in hopes of finding a new supplier. Freddie wants to show his cousin a good time, Jersey style, while he's visiting, only he chooses the wrong place-wrong time to do so. At the end of the night, two people are left in their on blood, one, the younger brother of a known drug dealer, the other, a cop. Freddie is forced to make some quick decisions. To evade his situation he takes his cousin up on his offer, relocates to North Carolina, and changes his profession, but not without his soon to be wife Simone. Simone gives up everything to go on the run with her man, all in the name of love, and gets a dose of reality. She had no idea what she had signed up for as she takes a good look at her life with Freddie. See how Freddie Holmes learns the hard way that you can run but you can't hide forever...

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About the Author

J.M. Benjamin is a successful, powerful and impacting author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker from Plainfield, New Jersey. Since released from prison he has received numerous of accolades and recognition for his Essence Best novel Ride Or Die Chick. J.M. Benjamin is also, the Award Winning author of Down In the Dirty, My Manz and Em, On The Run With Love, Ride Or Die Chick 2, the recently award nominated novel Heaven and Earth and a co-author of the non-fiction motivational book From Incarceration 2 Incorporation. He is also the contributing author to several anthologies,Christmas In The Hood, Menace II Society, The Massacre and Cocaine love Stories, with some of the top authors in urban lit. J.M. quickly made his presence felt in the fast growing genre of Urban Literature after the completion of his incarceration with his freshman novel Down In The Dirty. After appearing on The Wendy Williams Experience and The Michael Baisden Show J.M. career as an author soared to new heights after sharing how and why he started writing. Ironically, having spent more than half his life in the streets and a substantial amount of time in prison, J.M. Benjamin only credential as a street tale story teller is simply his own first hand experience and knowledge of what the street life consists of. Growing up in an urban community and practically being raised in the streets, J.M. Benjamin s upbringing provided him with the necessary tools he now uses in his work to capture and display the reality and horrors of the streets worldwide. J.M. went on to become a motivational speaker after receiving several email invitations and calls from schools, churches, facilities, various mentoring organizations and programs asking to share his journey of redemption once a thirty minute television interview about his life was aired on a NJN News show called Another View with Candace Kelley. Thereafter he began collaborating with The Mayor of his city, The Board of Education, nonprofit organizations and even local authorities to aid them in the fight against gang violence, saving our youth and re-claiming the community. He became a mentor for at risk youth as well as an activist. He shares his experiences and knowledge of the streets as well, as how writing was and continues to be his outlet, in hopes to make a difference. He also became a member of the C.E.C Alumni, Community Education Center after successfully completing their life skills program and returning to society to implement the tools he obtained from their curriculum into his everyday living. J.M. embarked on yet another endeavor, opening up an African American bookstore in his hometown, to provide a place for other independent authors to house their work and enhance the reading of the youth who have gravitated to urban lit above all other genres. J.M. Benjamin is the founder and CEO of A New Quality Publishing and publisher of the urban novels Back Stabbers by Nyema Have You Ever...? By FiFi Cureton, The Ski Mask Way 2 By Randy Ski Thompson, Breaking London By J-Rod Nider, The Robbery Report By Glorious. In addition, J.M. signed Actress Cherie Johnson Of The 80 s Sitcom Punky Brewster and popular 90 s Sitcom Family Matters and published her collaborative novel titled Around The World Twice. Most recently, J.M. launched an independent monthly newspaper called Success Newspaper, highlighting and offering recognition to minorities who have overcome adversities and challenges and gone off to become successful in life. J.M. will be releasing a new novel the end of 2010 or early 2011. You can find J.M. more on facebook about him at Jm Benjamin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: A New Quality Publishing; first edition (July 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981775608
• ISBN-13: 978-0981775609
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,795,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

J.M. Benjamin is a successful, powerful and impacting author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker from Plainfield, New Jersey. Since 2005 he has received numerous of accolades and recognition for his Essence Best novel Ride Or Die Chick and Award Winning novel Down In the Dirty. He has penned other titles such as, My Manz and Em, On The Run With Love, Ride Or Die Chick 2, Heaven and Earth and co-authored the non-fiction motivational book From Incarceration 2 Incorporation. He is also the contributing author to several anthologies such as, Christmas In The Hood, Menace II Society, The Massacre and Cocaine Love Stories, with some of the top authors in urban lit.

J.M. Benjamin is the founder and CEO of A New Quality Publishing and publisher of the urban novels Back Stabbers by Nyema Have You Ever...? By FiFi Cureton, The Ski Mask Way 2 By Randy Ski Thompson, The Robbery Report By Glorious and the upcoming novel By J-Rod Nider, Breaking London. In addition, J.M. signed Actress Cherie Johnson Of The 80's sitcom "Punky Brewster" and popular 90's sitcom "Family Matters" and published her collaborative novel titled "Around The World Twice" and also signed Erica K. Barnes, author of I Ain't Sayin' She A Gold Digger, who's new book" Allure" is due out in March 2011. Most recently, J.M. launched an independent monthly newspaper called Success News, highlighting and offering recognition to minorities who have overcome adversities and challenges and gone off to become successful in life. J.M. will be releasing a new Urban fiction novel inspired by his past life in Jan. 2011 titled "Memoirs Of An Accidental Hustler". He is also working on another novel, which will be his 10th book, The Dutty Way, due to be released summer 2011 . You can find more on J. M. on facebook at Jm Benjamin or follow him on Twitter. Visit him at www.anewqualitypublishing.com

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gigolo, November 29, 2008

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LOCKSIE "ARC Book Club Inc" (Mt. Vernon, N.Y./Coram, N.Y.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On The Run With Love (Paperback)

In true gigolo style Freddie Holmes, uses his good looks and charm to capture women's hearts along with their money. While laying his pipe down in the bedroom is what he does best; his ability to get paid by women is what he loves and that's what affords him his luxurious life style.

When Freddy snoops around the wrong woman's [.........], her boyfriend goes gunning for him which prompts Freddy to change his cheating ways.

By moving his fiancé Simone from New Jersey to the South, Freddie sees this as a way to escape his present predicament and promises Simone he will change and do right by her as she is the only one he loves. Simone decides to trust her man and gives up her education and run with him... but can Freddy really be trusted??

As always author J.M Benjamin gives the reader all sides of the story with food for thought.
I wasn't impressed by the character Freddie but I did like the characters Simone and Gina who kept me interested as to what they were going to do about Mr. Freddy...Nice ending!!

Locksie

ARC Book Club Inc.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fugitive, November 2, 2008

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OOSA Online Book Club "O.O.S.A. Gets It Read!" (World Wide Web, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On The Run With Love (Paperback)

"On the Run With Love" centers around Freddie Holmes. One minute things are good for him and the next he's on the run. One man is dead and a cop is injured. Someone must pay. Freddie doesn't want that someone to be him. He flees to North Carolina to lay low with his cousin, Slug, along with his ride or die chick, Simone. Will his past catch up to him?

Benjamin tells a great tale of love and consequences. It offers valuable lessons to all readers, whether they identify with those same situations or not. "On the Run With Love" is a well-crafted book that I would recommend to lovers of urban fiction.

Reviewed by: Marcella

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE, August 29, 2008

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L. Romich "Book Nympho" (Akron, oH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On The Run With Love (Paperback)

Freddie Holmes is a player in every sense of the word. He be putting his mack down, he has the good looks that make a woman come up out of her purse with a quickness with that money. When he messes with the wrong woman's husband he is constantly looking over his shoulder. When he shoots a cop and leaves him for dead, he and his girlfriend Simone go on the run. Simone leaving the life she knew, family and her education behind in the name of love. Freddie promises that he will leave the life of all the woman alone but its only in his nature to go back to what he knows. After awhile she realizes theres a thin line between love and hate.

When you mess with someones heart be prepared for someone to get hurt. If you are the heartbreaker be prepared ...that old saying "What comes around, goes around" is so true. J.M. Benjamin writes a quick read that really shows the danger of being a player.