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Borrow Trouble Mass Market Paperback – May 26, 2015
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"Nightmare in Paradise" by Mary Monroe
Good-looking and as dutiful a wife as she is a devoted friend, reserved and respectful Renee Webb always does the right thing. So when she gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to let her hair down on a Caribbean vacation with her uninhibited friend Inez, Renee is more than ready to let go. But the sun-splashed isle of Paraiso is not what it seems, and Renee finds out that doing the wrong thing--a sizzling night of pleasure with a sexy stranger--might cost her more than she ever imagined. . .
"Bad Luck Shadow" by Victor McGlothin
Bad luck's been shadowing handsome Baltimore Floyd ever since he hopped a train out of New York City. On the run from some of Harlem's baddest hitmen, Baltimore's luck takes a turn for the worse after he murders a big-time white businessman and gets thrown off the train in Kansas City. Alone and on the lam, Baltimore's got only one shot to get out alive--the biggest heist in KC's history. Lucky for him, Henry Taylor's got his back, and he'll have to use every trick he knows to save Baltimore from going down for good. . .
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDafina
- Publication dateMay 26, 2015
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions4.13 x 0.99 x 6.75 inches
- ISBN-101617734357
- ISBN-13978-1617734359
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"Full of emotion,Red Light Wives is a piece of art that is truly unconventional and unsurpassable." --Black Issues Book Review
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"Magnificent, coarse, funny and terrifying."--The San Francisco Chronicle on The Upper Room
"Clearly the work of a real talent." --San Jose Mercury News on The Upper Room
Praise for Victor McGlothin
"[A] new and refreshing voice in the world of contemporary African-American fiction."--QBR
"Victor McGlothin has written an amazing story of spiritual and emotional redemption." --Victoria Christopher Murray, #1 Essence® bestselling author of Grown Folks Business
Two gripping tales of loss and redemption by two of the most gifted, elegant voices in African-American fiction.
About the Author
Essence® bestseller Victor Mcglothin is a former bank vice president who nearly forfeited an athletic scholarship due to poor reading skills. A former contributor to D Magazine, he has written over a dozen novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is also the founder of Victory Vision Films, a film and television company. He lives in Dallas with his wife and two sons. Visit his website at victormcglothin.com.
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- Publisher : Dafina; Reissue edition (May 26, 2015)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1617734357
- ISBN-13 : 978-1617734359
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 6.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.13 x 0.99 x 6.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,540,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #21,539 in Black & African American Women's Fiction (Books)
- #55,663 in Short Stories Anthologies
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About the authors
Essence Best Seller- Victor McGlothin is a former bank vice-president who nearly forfeited an athletic scholarship due to poor reading skills. His knack for weaving passionate tales of suspense and drama, ('Autumn Leaves,' 'What's A Woman To Do?' 'Every Sistah Wants It,' and 'Down on My Knees') has book clubs across the country adding his novels to their Must-Read lists. Victor, the on-line columnist of highly entertaining Victor Said', a real Brotha to Sistah look at relationships, has also given his loyal readers several reasons to hail him as a refreshing voice in African American fiction. Living in Dallas with his wife and two sons, Victor is working on future novels and as a contributing writer for D Magazine.
Mary Monroe is a New York Times bestselling African-American fiction author. Her first novel, The Upper Room, was published by St. Martin's Press in 1985. She is best known for her novel God Don't Like Ugly (originally published by Dafina Books in Fall 2000), and the series revolved around the characters first introduced in this book. Mary Monroe is the third of four children, born in Toxey, Alabama. She spent the first part of her life in Alabama and Ohio, moving to Richmond, California in 1973. Successful author and mother of two children, Mary currently resides in Oakland, where she continues to write bestselling novels.
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Victor McGlothin's story 'Bad Luck Shadow' takes you back in time when pimps were pimps and hustlers were hustlers! You will fall in love with Baltimore Floyd because despite the hustles that he pulls, you will find that he has a kind heart. Victor took us in a different direction with this story if you have read his previous books and he did it in style! Another great story by Victor McGlothin!
Also this was my first time reading anything by Victor McGlothin and I liked his story "Bad Luck Shadow".
5/5 stars
"Bad luck showdown" was confusing from start to finish, thought the action taking place would caught your attention.
Usually love all her books but this collaboration was a bit tricky.