FREE AUTHOR’S BOOK COVER WORKSHOP THIS FRIDAY. We’re discussing book covers and their relation to storytelling hosted by J. L. Woodson, the Design Futures Chair, American Institute of Graphic Arts Houston and CEO of Woodson Creative Studio, and USA TODAY Bestselling Author Naleighna Kai. Their special guests National Bestselling authors: J. D. Mason, Michelle D. Rayford, Terri Ann Johnson, and award-winning author Michele Sims. Learn the best approaches and output for your covers and even pose questions that will make your experience better.
Friday, May 7, @7:30 p.m. CST in the Creative Juices Podcast Page on FB
CAVALCADE OF AUTHORS at the BLACK WOMEN’S EXPO CHICAGO April 3-5, 2020
Meet and greet the following authors in the LITERARY CAFE, and Booths 120, 124, 126, 128
Naleighna Kai, J. L. Woodson, Brian W. Smith, J. L. Campbell, Karen D. Bradley, Janice M. Allen, Lisa Watson, Sierra Kay, Terri Ann Johnson, Michelle D. Rayford, MarZe Scott, London St. Charles, Betty Clawson, Ehryck F. Gilmore, Ann Clay, Janine Ingram, Sesvalah, S. F. Hardy, Michele Sims, Dr. Tanesha House, and others.
Special cafe pricing on Autographed books!!! Some will be 2 for $20. Genres: Contemporary fiction, romance, Christian Fiction, suspense, mystery, erotica, thrillers, self-help, memoirs, and Children’s books
Free book with purchase. Stop by and say hi and pick up the free downloads from Tribe, LaVerne Thompson, and Naleighna Kai.
Special Performance by SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE (as seen at Chicago’s Second City), sponsored by Sierra Kay.
Three authors will read from their books at the top of every hour.
Giveaways and raffles every hour, sponsored by the authors, Dudley Beauty College, Book Lover’s Con, Genesis Print and Copy Services
WE ARE HOSTING A READER APPRECIATION EVENT on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 8:00 pm at the Hilton McCormick – 123 E. Cermak in the Auburn & Cord Ballrooms. Sponsored by Dudley Beauty College and Plano Eye Center (free eye screenings on site)
Cafe Members, Ambassadors, and fans are able to attend as our honored guests. Please email an RSVP with the name and email of your guests (4 max per person) to Naleighnakai@gmail.com.
FREE writing and publishing workshop at the Black Women’s Expo on Saturday, April 4 from 11:00 to 12:30 pm and marketing and promotion workshop on Sunday, April 5, from 12 to 1:30 pm
HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO LISA WATSON. KING OF HYDE PARK
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Alejandro “Dro” Reyes has been a “fixer” for as long as he could remember, which makes owning a crisis management company focused on repairing professional reputations the perfect fit.
The same could be said of Lola Samuels, who is only vaguely aware of his true talents and seems oblivious to the growing attraction between them. His company, Vantage Point, is in high demand and business in the Windy City is booming. Until a mysterious call following an attempt on his mentor’s life forces him to drop everything and accept a fated position with The Castle which blindsides him with an enemy he never saw coming.
Public relations maven, Lola Samuels, has just been given an impossible task to fix the tarnished image of longtime bad boy, Shawn Mayhew. She reaches out to Dro for assistance, unaware of the underlying tension between the Mayhews and Reyes families. What starts out as a cut and dry working arrangement becomes complicated by danger, ulterior motives, and a fierce heat that won’t be denied.
When Alejandro discovers the lengths that the Mayhews will go to unseat him and ruin his family who has a decades long affiliation to The Castle, he calls in a few reinforcements of his own from his brother Kings. But there’s a hidden agenda that Alejandro doesn’t see coming who threatens his life, his woman, and his throne.
Grant Khambrel, a sexy, successful architect, worked hard to build a thriving business only to have it threatened by mistake that someone has laid at his door. The man who raised Grant after his parents died, made arrangements for Grant to receive the funds necessary to start a lucrative construction company. Soon Grant learns the money came from questionable means with strings attached; strings that took him years to cut and bury. After winning a multi-million dollar contract to renovate the United Center in Chicago, his bid comes under fire when rumors of improper business ethics arise. Grant is blackmailed by a powerful local politician for access and control of something money can’t buy, but will cost him everything if he gives in.
Autumn Knight, the beautiful Administrative Director of the United Center, grew up around both sides of Chicago politics. Her father, a local real estate tycoon and powerful Alderman, believes he should financially benefit from the good works he provides to his community. Autumn loves her father, but disagrees with how he operates and refuses to follow his path. Her career requires interaction with the new architect selected by her father’s committee. When Grant and Autumn meet, their chemistry is overwhelming, and they’re eager to explore their romantic possibilities. Unfortunately, lies and secrets threaten the future they both believe is possible.
Award winning real estate developer Kaleb Valentine is known for turning failing communities into thriving havens in the Metro Detroit Area. Kaleb’s business investments always brought a good return until the purchase of one property in his hometown of Chicago. Kaleb’s plans to develop the South Shore area are thwarted when five bodies are found in a house fire and sets Kaleb deep in the middle of a criminal investigation and back into a life he left he was a teen and threatens the love he’s found with his best friend’s business associate.
Skyler Pierson has no time for romance, let alone love, but the walls around her heart begin to crumble when Kaleb shows up to volunteer at her place of employment. Working as the transition coordinator for The Second Chance at Life Women’s Shelter, Harper secures sanctuary for women and their families who’ve been thrown out by their families or experienced abusive relationships. When Kaleb asks Harper for a favor, she gladly accepts, but soon discovers that asking one too many questions gets her more information than she expected to find.
The circumstances surrounding Kaleb’s background digs up his past and threatens his success, his life, and his love. How far will Kaleb’s enemies go to take him down?
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Two things threaten to destroy several areas of Daron Kincaid’s life—the tracking device he developed to locate victims of sex trafficking and an inherited membership in a mysterious outfit called The Castle. The new developments set the stage to dismantle the relationship with Cameron, the woman he loves, as well as the new life he’s building outside of an FBI sting that brought down his former enemies. Coming out of the shadows could have dangerous consequences that affect everyone around him.
Marquise Sinclair, a crime boss over an international art theft ring, is determined to take Daron’s position in the Castle by leveraging Cameron’s life against a project worth billions. Unfortunately, he is unaware that his lovely target was fiercely trained to make men weak or put them on the wrong side of the grave. The secrets Daron keeps from Cameron and his inner circle only complicates an already tumultuous situation that isn’t of his own making.
Can Daron take on Marquise, manage his secrets and loyalty to the Castle without permanently losing the woman he loves?
When a coma patient becomes pregnant under mysterious circumstances, Jai’s medical facility and employees come under intense government, media, and law enforcement scrutiny.
During the investigation, he receives a mysterious call summoning him to The Castle following an attempt on his mentor’s life. Soon, Jai is thrust into a position and a brotherhood that will require more of him than he’s prepared to give. With it, a dark family secret explodes that has the potential to destroy the people he loves most.
Temple Devaughn survives a horrific ordeal that lands her in a year-long coma. She finally awakens, only to find she’s been violated and now has a child. The police are investigating the men who cared for her at a medical center that employs “controversial” but highly successful methods. Yet, she has no choice but to trust Jai after she learns the lengths her family has gone to get their hands on a fortune they’ve kept hidden all this time. Complications arise, and Jai is forced to step in to protect Temple from the revenge-seeking perpetrator while showing that he can guard her heart as well.
Will Jai be able to fend off their enemies, fulfill his destiny at The Castle, and navigate a relationship with Temple that is marred by betrayal, mystery, and deadly attempts to silence her once and for all?
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She’s fit to be his queen. He’s ready to be her King. If only a conspiracy to steal her child and a deadly adversary didn’t stand in their way.
Raised as an immigrant, Shaz Bostwick knows the heartache of family separation firsthand. His personal goals and business ethics collide when a vulnerable woman stands to lose her baby in an underhanded and profitable scheme crafted by powerful, ruthless businessmen and politicians who have nefarious ties to The Castle.
Shaz and the Kings of the Castle collaborate to uproot the dark forces intent on changing the balance of power within The Castle and destroying their mentor. National Bestselling Author, J.L. Campbell presents book 3 in the Kings of the Castle Series, featuring Shaz Bostwick.
When their mentor and founder of The Castle ends up on the business end of an assassination attempt, Grant, Alejandro, Shaz, Mariano, Vikkas, Jai, Daron, Kaleb, and Dwayne are snatched from their daily lives and successful businesses in order to right old wrongs and track down the men responsible for the attempt on his life. This is the beginning of a series of dangerous challenges that will alter the path of their lives forever. Not to mention, it will also draw the ire and deadly intent of current members—dirty politicians, the Russian mafia, American crime lords, and businessmen with their own sordid agendas who have tainted the humanitarian principles the Castle was founded on. These men wield major influence across the globe and have every intention of keeping the current state of things intact. Even if they have to increase Chicago’s body count to do so.
The powerful men, who were chosen by Khalil Germaine, are unexpectedly brought together by their pasts and current circumstances and will become a force to be reckoned with as they do whatever it takes to bring the Castle back to its original purpose. Fate made them brothers. Protecting the Castle, each other, and the women they love will make them Kings.
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors work together to provide you with a world of romance, suspense, and contemporary fiction, where you’ll never want to leave. It’s time to discover The Castle. Book 1 is the introduction to The Castle and full story of Vikkas and Milan. Books 2-9 are standalones that can be read in any order.
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