Sex, Sin & Brooklyn [Paperback]

Crystal Lacey Winslow (Author)

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About the Author

Crystal Lacey Winslow is the author of Life, Love & Loneliness and The Criss Cross and co-author of Four Degrees of Heat and Kiss the Year Goodbye. She has been featured on BET Nightly News, Vibe Magazine, Black Enterprise, The Source, Upscale Magazine, Black Hairstyles, The Daily News, and Black Issue Review. She's been on various radio shows such as The Wendy Williams Experience and The Kiss Wakeup Club.

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: Melodrama Publishing (October 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971702160
• ISBN-13: 978-0971702165
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #996,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brooklyn-born author, Crystal Lacey Winslow, began writing creatively at an early age.

At the fledgling age of eight, beating out the entire school as her competition, she won her first journalist contest. It was at that very moment she realized she had a gift for writing and continued honing her craft writing poetry/prose. She soon decided she wanted to do something "more adult" so at the age of fourteen, she wrote her very first unpublished novel.

Crystal Lacey Winslow, a very diverse and multi-talented individual, has lived in various cities. She has moved from Virginia, to Maryland, then to Washington, D.C. before returning to her native New York City. Through the course of her living experiences and other travels, she has enjoyed all aspects of her surroundings -- the serenity of the suburbs, where she learned to swim, play the flute, archery and horseback riding; to the pulse of the inner city where she delighted in playing scully, hop-scotch, tag and touch football. Having encountered many colorful people along the way, she draws on both her human and environmental experiences that have become the inspirations for her writings. The result is a unique and melodramatic storytelling technique, which is evident in her writing style.

Crystal Lacey Winslow earned her baccalaureate degree in Legal Assistant Studies and worked for one of the largest law firms in the country. She soon realized her passion for creative writing was undying and therefore published Melodrama, a poetry chapbook in 2000. Soon after in 2001, Ms. Winslow founded her own publishing company, Melodrama Publishing, and opened her first bookstore, Melodrama Books & Things in 2003 in Far Rockaway, NY - the first bookstore in that neighborhood in over 30 years.

Ms. Winslow is as ambitious and driven as the characters of whom she so vividly writes and has successfully carved out a place for her Melodrama Publishing (MP) imprint in the literary world. She was the recipient of Black Issues Book Review's 2004 Self-Publisher of the Year award and has rapidly grown to an international publishing company.

Crystal continues to entertain and inspire thousands of avid readers, aspiring writers and entrepreneurs. She shows no signs of slowing down and you can believe there will be many more magnificent works to come from this magnificently talented young woman!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sizzling Hot, January 11, 2007

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Lela "TLC" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex, Sin & Brooklyn (Paperback)

I picked up Sex, Sin & Brooklyn based on the beautiful tats on the cover. I read the synopsis and realized that this wasn't the beginning, but I was so drawn to the cover that I had to cop this.

Competition ain't about nothing if it doesn't have a few sistas in the mix of things. It makes for a much better tale when the two are related. Breezy has found the one man who can give her more than her daddy can, and she's doing what she needs in order to make certain that she hooks him. However, Nicoli, her older cousin, isn't finished with her time with him and she refuses to back down 'cause she knows that she's definitely the better woman. Cat fight! Meow.

Sex, Sin and Brooklyn doubles as an action packed drama/mystery. The subplot is very strong with plenty of mystique, yet it does not draw your attention away from the origin. Read all about the sex and sin committed in Brooklyn.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodrama for Days, December 11, 2006

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AndreaDenise (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex, Sin & Brooklyn (Paperback)

First let me say that I just discovered Nicoli, Joy, Stacy and Fertashia were first introduced in "Four Degrees of Heat". I'll have to cop that one next. LOL

Nevertheless, if you enjoyed "The Criss Cross", you'll certainly love "Sex, Sin & Brooklyn". This book will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. It's well written with an abundance of demented twists and turns along the way. The characters are beautiful, dangerous, energetic and crafty.

I must say that Ms. Winslow has the undeniable knack of fusing urban fiction with drama, mystery and suspense. She's vastly becoming one of my favorite female authors.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Schematics, November 25, 2006

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Nardsbaby "Connoisseur of the written word™" (Westside Chi-town, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex, Sin & Brooklyn (Paperback)

Sex, Sin & Brooklyn (The second installment), unbolts sex, sin, secrets, lies, betrayal and love, but by what definition? Crystal Lacey Winslow is an all-star when it comes to generating a drama filled book that tosses readers over the limit. Travel through the streets of New York as we meet new cohorts and revisit with some of the old ones. Can you handle Melodrama? (Pun intended!)

It's not how you play the game, but who wins in the end. Growing up as an only child, Breezy has been privileged and venerated her entire life. Educated, fluent in five languages, yet, she's still a `round da way chick. Partying with her friends, Breezy comes into contact with one of New York's' most eligible bachelors. If she plays her pawn correctly, this could be a million dollar love affair. Is Breezy Manolo's soldierly enough to restore the dilapidated heart of her suitor?

At 30, Kesha is a wife, mother and detective. Working hard to protect and serve, Kesha and her husband Daniel have reversed the roles. She's the bread winner, while he's home providing nurture. While partying with her girls, Kesha finds herself enthralled with some of the bad boys in the streets, neglecting her motherly and wifely duties. While laying down the law, Kesha finds that obeying the law can be a double edge sword. Can she remember her oath, or will justifying things cloud her reasoning?

Jinx is really lucky having been the sole survivor of a plane crash. Unfortunately, that luck doesn't extend to her fragile and irreparable heart. It's been three long years since Jinx parted from her first love. After permitting so much pain, she was content with just working, saving, caring for Nana and killing time with her girls. While Jinx is not in the market for a relationship, she seems to immediately get swept away. The problem is Jinx knows that something is wrong, but before she can salvage her self respect, it's too late. Is there love waiting for Jinx, or is she slated for pain?

Nicoli Jones is back and although she's found religion, 90% of the old Nicoli has seeped in. In spite of this, Black King is trying hard to bury their history, but sometimes the chemistry is too strong. When being humble and pledging her love doesn't work, Nicoli goes after the math. Is it too late, or will an overconfident analysis right a wrong?

People remember, there is always hazard while wishing for someone else's hand. Learn to be happy with the life you're dealt. Envy, greed and desperation can lead to your demise. -Circa 2006