The colors of love comes in several shades for Queen Thomas, and has been prevalent on her canvas of life as she continues to paint by the numbers. Successful beyond measure, but flawed to a degree where bright hues tend to fade a bit, happiness should be much more than an illusion. Queen is a young African American defense attorney passionately advocating justice for her brown-skinned clients, despite being subjected by black and blue bruises from her ex-boyfriend. Then there are the shades of gray that matters most when trying to balance the memorable scales of a loving relationship with a father that raised her as a single parent. Along with that are the dark clouds of uncertainty accentuating the need to suppress the void of missing the touches that only a mother can manifest. Is a successful but committed relationship so hard to fathom where integrity and faithfulness is not compromised? The whispers get louder with promises of primal screams as the colors take on a different tint as the plot thickens. Enter Quincy Hughes, a handsome doctor easy on the eyes but with an underlying intrigue that allows curiosity to kill much more than the cat. Quincy is on a mission. He relentlessly pursues her despite his mystique, and forces Queen to question the taboo concept of accepted love vs. forbidden fruit; and whether there's a future in it for her. Is she ready to tackle the relevancy of this different persuasion? And what about her ex-lover -- will he settle for second best and allow Queen to pursue matters of the heart, albeit with someone else? Sensual and brimming with sexuality, this heart-wrenching drama is groundbreaking fiction. A Whisper To a Scream is a sexy, moving and riveting tale that will pull you deep into an unforgettable erotic, socially-conscious, and emotionally-charged ride.
The sky is the limit for this sassy, sundry and prolific author. Elissa Gabrielle has broken the ceiling of literary excellence with her gift in the skill of multi-genre writing. The author of two poetry books, Stand and Be Counted and Peace in the Storm, as well as the highly acclaimed novel, Good to the Last Drop, the sequel, Point of No Return, and the much anticipated novel, A Whisper to a Scream, Elissa has proven herself to be well-versed in artistic creativity.
Her colloquial and imaginative creations have lead to sensual and seductive inclusions in Zane's Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2, Erogenous Zone: A Sexual Voyage, Mocha Chocolate: A Taste of Ecstasy, the forthcoming Histoire Amore and multiple poetry anthologies.
As a Literary Entrepreneur, Elissa is the founder of the greeting card line, Greetings from the Soul: The Elissa Gabrielle Collection, collaborator and creator of The Triumph of My Soul, and publisher of Peace In The Storm Publishing Company, which will promote and release novels by ten, up and coming authors in 2009. In addition to these innovative achievements, Elissa has graced the covers of Conversations Magazine, Big Time Publishing Magazine, Disilgold Soul Magazine.
Elissa's Peace In The Storm Publishing won the AAMBC Publisher of the Year award in the summer of 2009.
On September 24, 2009, Peace In The Storm Publishing was awarded 5 African American Literary Award Show awards for Independent Publisher of the Year, Best Anthology, Breakout Author of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Romance Book of the Year. www.literaryawardshow.com
In December 2008, Peace In The Storm Publishing was awarded Small Press Publisher of the Year by Disilgold Soul Magazine.
Peace In The Storm Publishing is nominated under five various categories for the 2009 African American Literary Award Show, including INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR, to be held in New York in September 2009.
Her writing and publishing passion is rooted in her desire to give a reader's soul a rise, one page at a time and grounded in her quest to bring forth the Triumph Anthology series, an ongoing testament of faith. The first anthology in the series was the highly acclaimed The Triumph of My Soul, which will be followed by The Soul of a Man and The Breakthrough respectively. "I started the Triumph series because in life, we all fall down, but by the Grace of God, we get back up. There is always victory in tomorrow," Elissa says about the Triumph series.
From the novelty of her writing, to her highly-regarded greeting card line and the successful culmination of her publishing company; Elissa Gabrielle remains an ingenious and creative force to be reckoned with in terms of delivering distinct, fulfilling and entertaining literature. By pushing herself to stay a cut above the rest, Elissa Gabrielle brilliantly and consistently delivers Literary best.
