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White Chocolate

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This book, White Chocolate, had me spellbound from the very first words. It has it all, suspense, intrigue, romance and the story moves along quickly. This was a fast read for me and I found myself wishing the book would just go on and on.While I was reading the book I had 2 friends take the time to read the backcover and they immediately started to read the first few pages. I had to pry the book out of their hands. Both friends definately wanted to read the book when I was finished. I can't recommend the book enough. We are an interracial family and it was especially nice to read a book specifically about interaccial families. I could only hope Ms.Atkins Bowman would continue other books using these same characters. Get the book, you won't be sorry!

After reading the first couple of pages in this book I was most definitely hooked! It was a wake up call to the real side of racial prejudice and hate towards minorities and people of biracial ethnicity. Taylor, a biracial television journalist, who looks white is threatened by a White Supremacist group after she poses as a would be member and brings down the organization. Once the members are released from prison their main objective is to destroy Taylor.

After a ten year separation in walks the man that Taylor loved more than any one else, Julian also biracial and a television journalist has returned to reclaim the love they once shared . One problem, Taylor is now engaged and scheduled to marry the owner of the television station they both now work for. Philip , Taylor's fiancee has a few deep dark secrets that brings the story to an explosive confrontation between him and Taylor, and later him and Julian.

The daring prison escape of the White supremacist was one no one could have anticipated but was so explosive that it had me holding my breath.

The story was very well written and the love scenes between Taylor and Julian were to say the least heartstopping. The dramatic climax is what make this books worthy of Hollywood taking a read and making a movie on it.

You will not want to put this book down. 350 pages was not enough! I read this book in one sitting because i could not stand to wait and see what happened next. Definitely a keeper!

I'm interested in books about multiracial folks because I myself have a black mother and a white father. I don't normally read thrillers, but I felt the social relevance of Taylor's journalistic endeavours made the book read like a movie. I visualized everything I read; Bowman has a real talent for making her words leap off the page. The images still flash through my mind. Her portrayl of biracial angst is accurate and I recommend this novel to everyone, both biracial and not.

I'm telling you...the first reviewer that labeled their review, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz was RIGHT ON THE MONEY! I should have listened, but I was hard-headed and purchased the book anyway. This book is SO boring. I read the other reviews and thought I would give this one a shot. I liked the concept, but author just wasn't able to allow the story to flow and it is disappointing. It's been 2 weeks and I'm only on page 92...does that tell you anything? I'm really trying to fight through it and as the other reviewer stated, I'm also skipping pages so I can get to something interesting. It hasn't held my interest at all. Needless to say I may just have to put this one down and start reading something else.

After Taylor James places a group of White Supremacists behind bars, her news anchoring career skyrockets! She's engaged to Philip, who is twenty years her senior and is trying to gain his stepfather's approval by acquiring extra stations for the family business. She feels her and Philip belong together since she's an outcast biracially, and he's the bastard of the family. When Julian, her childhood sweetheart, is hired at her news station, she's furious! Sparks fly and as Taylor and Julian fall in love again. Danger lurks when the Supremacists are released from prison. This book is full of real characters that are well developed. You'll keep turning those pages until you reach the end.

I thought "White Chocolate" was a spectacular debut for Ms. Bowman. I first met Ms. Bowman at a Writer's Conference last year. That's what made me buy the book, and I wasn't at all disappointed.

Bowman portrays Taylor as a strong female who's struggling with trying to be accepted. This book opens my eyes as to how hard multi-racial people have it in society. I think the author does a good job of displaying this. I love forward to her next book.

I thought for a first time novelist this was an excellent debut novel. The mystery and suspense kept me reading until the end, though it was predictable. The relationship between Taylor and Julian blossomed to a nice love story. The sleazy Phillip, the backstabbing friend Shari and TV reporting industry kept just enough juicy tidbits to make the novel interesting. The entire White Supreme storyline kept the suspense going. As scary as it is, we know it exist now!

Taylor James, a biracial beauty, was tortured and harassed due to her mixed heritage. Having a black father and white mother didn't make life easy for Taylor especially growing up in the heart of Detroit. Julian DuPont, who was also biracial, was Taylor's closest friend and protector. If anyone even thought of trying to bully Taylor, they had to go through Julian. Not only were Taylor and Julian close childhood friends they also became each other's first love. They were inseparable and just knew they would spend the rest of their lives together. However, their relationship ended unexpectedly, and Taylor was devastated.

After the relationship ended, Taylor threw herself into her work and became a very successful news reporter. She made herself known by going undercover and exposing a violent white supremacist group. Not only did she become well-known, but she also initiated a death threat on her life, the supremacists got out of jail and wanted revenge. They were dead set on getting back at Taylor since she was the one who exposed them and assisted in having them incarcerated.

Stress is high in Taylor's life as there is not only a death threat on her life, but work is becoming a burden and she is having second thoughts about her engagement to her boss, the owner of Wolf Television Network. And the final blow is the return of her first love Julian DuPont. Will Julian's reappearance cause added turmoil with Taylor and her fiance'? Will Julian be able to act as Taylor's protector against the white supremacist group as he did in the past?

WHITE CHOCOLATE is a well-written pageturner that will keep you wanting more. The writing was so intense I felt as if I was right there with Taylor during her trials. I feared for her life as if she were a close friend. Julian and Taylor's love was so deep and strong it seems trivial why they broke up in the first place. What I enjoyed most was the realism of the storyline. Racism is alive and well even today and Bowman portrayed it pretty much true to form. The only thing I didn't like about the story was Taylor's fiance', he was a character you love to hate. That just goes to show you how well-written this book was, when you find yourself having a strong dislike for a character or two and still enjoying the story. Bowman is a talented author who has a knack for writing suspenseful thrillers.

Reviewed by Eraina B. Tinnin

of The RAWSISTAZ™Reviewers

I liked this book. Elizabeth Atkins Bowman adeptly describes the feelings of hostility and fear that any minority person might feel when confronted by the bigotry that continues to beleaguer our nation. She does this while telling an exciting story of love lost and careers made.

Taylor James, the biracial protagonist of this tale, has been betrayed by her best friend and former lover, Julian Dupont, but she has put that behind her and is now a successful television journalist and fiance of the powerful owner of wolf media corporation, Phillip Carter.

Then her carefully planned life begins to fall apart when the white supremist leaders whose organization she had infiltrated and destroyed are set free and threaten to kill her. Her fiance becomes annoyed with her strong racial leanings and her strong career ambitions. Her renewed relationship with Julian makes her question her decision to marry Phillip. Julian will stop at nothing to win Taylor back and to protect her. The white supremists will stop at nothing to murder her.

The story is well drawn but sometimes contrived in order to make its point both philosophically and in terms of plot lines. I did, however, enjoy it enough to order Bowman's next book.

Too many plots, lots of stories left begging, to be told. Not enough time invested in the main characters, Taylor james, Julian and Phillip. It felt as if too many people were placed in a very small room, with limited time all talking, no one listening all with good stories to be told. so it was tedious to read for me, not my favorite type of romance novel.