Tina Brooks McKinney is back with the hotly anticipated sequel to All That Drama--with Leah and Sammie returning with ten times more problems and issues than before. Leah and Sammie are two friends just trying to make it. They try their best to avoid drama, but somehow it always returns. Leah thought she had found, and married, "The Good Man." Now, after a few years of marriage and three small children, her "good man" has eyes that are constantly roaming. Her stress grows when she finds out that one of her children is autistic, and her house is soon to be foreclosed upon. In her lowest moment, she calls someone she knows will understand her plight—Sammie. Sammie hasn't changed much since Marie passed away—she's still looking for love in all the wrong places. Knee-deep in drama, Leah and Sammie finally realize that they can only count on themselves—and each other. Brimming with juicy drama, betrayal, and family secrets, Lawd, Mo' Drama is funny and moving, heartbreaking and hopeful. Ultimately it offers a moving look at women's issues and the sisterhood that can also sustain us through life's toughest times.
Sammie Davis’s life is constant chaos—which is exactly the life that Marie Morgan wants for herself. Marie Morgan, a single mother of two, is currently separated from her husband. One day on the way to work, Marie befriends Sammie in an Atlanta subway station. With her short skirts, high heels, and occasional birdcage hairdo, Sammie is everything Marie is not—fearless, brazen, flamboyant, and completely sure of herself. A woman who flaunts her wild unconventionality, Sammie exudes self-confidence and dares to laugh at life. Marie feels empowered by her new friend, and Sammie is always there whenever Marie feels the urge to be a little wild. But beneath her facade of bravado and sexual abandon, Sammie conceals her own deep pain and a dark history that gradually comes to light. A powerful novel about the doubts, insecurities, and low self-esteem that can sabotage our most important relationships, All That Drama offers a fresh, witty, and moving look at women's issues, and the sisterhood that can also sustain us through life's toughest times.
Tina Brooks McKinney is back with the third thrilling installment in her "drama" trilogy—where people will do anything to get the love they feel they deserve. When Tarcia finds out the man she's been trying to snag already has a family, she becomes desperate and willing to go to any lengths to get back what she's lost—even when it means tearing up another family to pin this married man down for herself. Claiming pregnancy is just another move for her, but one that might end her up in jail. At the same time, Sammie—a familiar face from All That Drama and Lawd, Mo' Drama—is battling through her own relationship problems as well, and her insecurities are hijacking any chance she might have for happiness. And while Jasmine, Sammie's half-sister, tries to help her make it through the tough times, she might end up as more of a hindrance to Sammie's emotional well-being. As the characters search for the perfect life, readers are put in tune with their boiling emotions and learn the cost of basing one's happiness on having a mate. How far should one go in pursuing love, and what happens when all these go-getters start trippin' over each other in the chase? Who, if any of them, will discover true bliss in the end?
Gavin Mills' obsession with his brother's wife, Cojo landed him in jail and this time he's afraid they will throw away the keys. Now that most of his past transgressions have caught up with him, Gavin must face the consequences of his actions. Cojo Mills has everything a woman could want. A great husband who is loving and supportive; a new baby on the way and a promising future as the wife of Merlin Mills. Yet she can't get her husband's twin off her mind. Memories of their stolen moments are tattooed on her body. Even though she knows nothing good could come of it, her lustful thoughts take her for a dangerous ride. Merlin Mills tried to forget his brother slept with his wife, but situations keep popping up making it impossible to forget. Despite these feelings, he is holding on to his marriage with both hands, even as the reins are being snatched from his fingertips. He wants to be a better man than his father. Does he have what it takes to prevail or will he throw up his hands and walk away?
To Merlin Mills, his family ceased to exist when his father turned his back on him, and he had to make some drastic changes in order to survive. Now, nine years later, his family is back, and their existence threatens his once stable relationship with his new wife. If Merlin wants to hold on to her, he must face the demons he's conveniently forgotten and put them in their proper perspective. Can he undo the damage caused by his omission, or will he snap under the pressure? Gavin Mills always despised his twin brother, but now the fact that they are mirror images might work to his advantage. When Gavin gets a taste of Merlin's wife, he decides he has to have her, no matter the consequences. Gina Meadows took in the children of her common law husband, Ronald, mainly because she feels guilty that she is unable to conceive. Imagine her surprise when she discovers she's pregnant. It could be just the thing she and Ronald need to rekindle their relationship . . . or it could spell disaster. With so many demons still plaguing them, this family reunion will be anything but easy.
Tilo Adams thought she had finished with the Mendoza family when she left most of its members twitching on their living room floor. As an FBI agent, violence is nothing new to her, but this time it's murder, and the intended victim is her former lover, Victoria Mendoza. Now she's running from the memories that threaten to destroy her sanity. She has no idea of the danger surrounding her. Left for dead, Victoria is looking for her wayward lover, but she is not seeking a happy reunion. She wants to avenge her brother's murder and destroy the woman who played a deadly game of chess with the members of her family. Veronica Mendoza wants nothing to do with getting even. She's already lost enough family members, and as a new mother, her priorities are different. She wants to create a loving environment for her new husband, Moses, and her newborn child. Moses Ramsey was Tilo's second mistake. She underestimated him, and now he's determined to find the bitch who played him so he can settle the score. Moses will have to decide which is more important: his marriage or his vendetta against Tilo Adams. Tina Brooks McKinney delivers nonstop drama in her newest page-turner.
Gina Meadows is getting the short end of the stick when it comes to her longtime boyfriend, Ronald Mills. He won't give her the one thing she craves, a child of her own. Instead, he expects her to raise the next bitch's child. Gavin and Merlin Mills are identical twins. On the surface they are mirror images of each other. Below the surface one is good and the other is evil. Merlin would do anything to please his stepmother while Gavin is determined to drive Gina out of her happy-loving mind. Through it all Gina never gives up her dreams of a happily ever after. The only problem is she's the only one living that dream. When Gavin is accused of attempted murder, their lives unravel and Gina is stretched to the breaking point. Undone is a story of unrequited love and its consequences which threaten this dysfunctional family to the core. They soon find out that sometimes love just isn't enough.
Gavin Mills knows he doesn't have another get out of jail free card in him. With the impending birth of his child, it's a shit or get off the pot moment. He could continue with his selfish, destructive behavior or, he could step up and be a man. Cojo Mills' world collapsed like a house of cards in the wind. Not only did she screw up her marriage, she lost the man who set her panties on fire, Gavin Mills. Determined to start anew, Cojo took the hot-mess express back to her childhood home in Opelika, Alabama. She quickly learns you can't get a clean start when you're packing dirty laundry. Merlin Mills was Done with his brother, Gavin, for his part in ruining his marriage to Cojo Mills. When Gavin called and said his step-mother Gina was in a coma, Merlin rushed to her side. Gina might not have been a perfect mother, but she gave what she had to give. Not Done is the last chance to do the right thing. Will this group of misfits who are bound by a common denominator finally get it together? Or, are they hell bent on self-destruction?
The Mills brothers are back in this dramatic sequel to Undone. After serving seven years for attempted murder, Gavin Mills is home and it's business as usual. While life hasn't changed much for him, he quickly realizes that his brother, Merlin, has gone on as if Gavin never existed. Merlin finds out the hard way that his brother is back in town when he comes home from Iraq to find out his brother has staked claim on his wife. Faced with the ultimate betrayal, Merlin has a decision to make about his marriage. Will he throw in the towel or go through hell and high water to take his family back? Is he up for the fight for his wife, or will he cower in his brother's shadow? Meanwhile, Gina Meadows is living through her own personal nightmare with her on again, off again, lover of twenty years. After almost two decades of callous betrayals and rejection, Gina has reached her breaking point and is determined to draw first blood. At what point do they say I'm done? When do they begin to fight back? There's only one way to find out. Lies, betrayal, rape and murder. The drama continues.
What would you do if you woke up one morning and found yourself strapped to a bed? What if your only memory was that of a stupid prank gone bad? These were some of the questions raging through Jordan Bree's mind. Four years of confinement will do that to you. She didn't recognize her own face in the mirror. Why couldn't she remember any details? Jordan teamed up with Lacy Bates, after her attempt to kill her, failed. When Lacy proved to be as resilient as a roach, an awkward friendship was born. Lacy solidified their relationship, when the duo began to set fire to the demons from Jordan's past. Will the fire get too hot? Or will the flames burn out of control? Lines will be drawn; no one will be safe, in this searing novel, Catch Fire.
The night Army Specialist Merlin Mills's identical twin brother, Gavin, slept with his wife, everything changed. Now Merlin must come to grips with the fact that Cojo may be carrying his brother's child. For Gina Meadows, Merlin's mother, it's a brutal reminder of the dysfunction that has always plagued her family. Tension escalates when Gina pops up pregnant after a night of drunken revelry, and an icy finger points to her deviant son as the father. The drama that ensues forces them all to take stock of their lives. Hurt, angry, and confused, Merlin is caught up in a complex struggle between yesterday and today; between a mistress who wants to give him real love and a wife who doesn't know how; between nasty lies and secrets and their life-altering revelations. In his struggle to mend a marriage that is as fragile as a cobweb, Merlin learns that the past, present, and future are tangled in a knot that he can never unravel. "Absorbing. Pupil-dilating. Utterly consuming. Better check your pulse after this one. Tina Brooks Mckinney serves up a multilayered family scandal that is sure to take your breath away." ---Oasis & Mrs. Oasis, authors of White Heat
Death has a way of exposing secrets better left untold, and no one knows this better than sisters Gabriela and Ariana Mendoza. Stunned by the sudden death of their mother, Gabriela and Ariana are forced to contact their absentee father for help. His arrival upsets the balance in the home and the sisters discover they don't know their parents as well as they thought. Deception is a jaw dropping, eye opener for the sisters as they learn money is the root of all evil. As the mystery unfolds, readers will be shocked by the consequences of their actions.
Jordan Bree was finally free from demons of her past. With her financial windfall the sky is the limit. Now that she and her best friend, Lacy Bates, had settled into their luxurious penthouse apartment, life should have been great. And it was, until the fabric of Lacy's lies unraveled. At a time when they should have been enjoying their new found wealth and independence, Lacy was living like a fugitive. Lacy shared her heartbreaking story of abuse at the hands of her mother's boyfriend. This abuse led to Lacy's hasty departure from a small town in Mississippi. When Lacy confessed to stabbing someone else, Jordan can't help but wonder who she really has living in her home. Jordan enlisted the help of her good friend, Brody Mason, to help them locate Lacy's sister, and to find out if Lacy was on the most wanted list for committing a crime of passion. While Jordan knew she couldn't afford to throw shade at Lacy, when was enough, too much? Will Lacy be the next person to Catch Fire? Or will their secrets bind them together?
Get ready for the latest streetwise installment of this off-the-hook street series, with sizzling stories told by three of your favorite authors! In Got Me Twisted, New York diva Ebony Queen heads south after her mother's murder and tries to reinvent country bumpkin Reshunda—but it won't be easy! In Arrested Development, Kelly joins the police force to get in the good graces of her love interest, Dante—but what happens when her brother gets out of prison and finds out her boyfriend is the same cop that brought him down? And in Greed, Jackie and her parents escaped the projects and now live the high life—but what's going to happen to her if they get murdered? These latest Around the Way Girls stories will leave you breathless!
Lies, greed and corruption nearly destroyed the Mendoza family. Sisters, Ariana and Gabriela Mendoza, found out the hard way that things weren't always as they seemed. The people who were supposed to look out for them were perpetrating the deceit. Now they are struggling to find out the truth and who to trust. Carlos Mendoza's carefully constructed house of untruths has crumbled. His wife is dead and his son was murdered. The only members left in his family hate him and it's all Tilo Adams fault. Carlos needs to find her to settle the score. The only problem was she seemed to have vanished. Moses Ramsey has a shyt list and Tilo Adams is at the top of it. Not only did she play him for a fool, she cheated him out of a lot of money. It's not enough for him to catch her, he wants her dead! For Ariana Mendoza, not finding Tilo wasn't an option. She couldn't turn the other cheek and let this chick get away with leaving her for dead. She was determined to extract her own vengeance despite her sister's objections. Life on the run is getting to Tilo. Will she get caught up in her own web of deception or will she succumb to a world of insanity due to the viciousness of her actions? Life, for everyone involved, will never be the same.
Sammie Davis’s life is constant chaos—which is exactly the life that Marie Morgan wants for herself. Marie Morgan, a single mother of two, is currently separated from her husband. One day on the way to work, Marie befriends Sammie in an Atlanta subway station. With her short skirts, high heels, and occasional birdcage hairdo, Sammie is everything Marie is not—fearless, brazen, flamboyant, and completely sure of herself. A woman who flaunts her wild unconventionality, Sammie exudes self-confidence and dares to laugh at life. Marie feels empowered by her new friend, and Sammie is always there whenever Marie feels the urge to be a little wild. But beneath her facade of bravado and sexual abandon, Sammie conceals her own deep pain and a dark history that gradually comes to light. A powerful novel about the doubts, insecurities, and low self-esteem that can sabotage our most important relationships, All That Drama offers a fresh, witty, and moving look at women's issues, and the sisterhood that can also sustain us through life's toughest times.
Ebony Queen moves to Atlanta after her mother's murder, while Kelly Morgan joins the New York City Police Department to be closer to the man she likes, and Jackie Montague tries to hold onto her new lifestyle after her parents' murder.
A sequel to All That Drama finds mother of three Leah struggling with her husband's wandering eye, her child's autism, and a downturn in her finances, circumstances that force her to turn for support to Sammie, who continues to mourn Marie and looks for love in all the wrong places. Original. 12,500 first printing.
Tina Brooks McKinney is back with the third thrilling installment in her "drama" trilogy—where people will do anything to get the love they feel they deserve. When Tarcia finds out the man she's been trying to snag already has a family, she becomes desperate and willing to go to any lengths to get back what she's lost—even when it means tearing up another family to pin this married man down for herself. Claiming pregnancy is just another move for her, but one that might end her up in jail. At the same time, Sammie—a familiar face from All That Drama and Lawd, Mo' Drama—is battling through her own relationship problems as well, and her insecurities are hijacking any chance she might have for happiness. And while Jasmine, Sammie's half-sister, tries to help her make it through the tough times, she might end up as more of a hindrance to Sammie's emotional well-being. As the characters search for the perfect life, readers are put in tune with their boiling emotions and learn the cost of basing one's happiness on having a mate. How far should one go in pursuing love, and what happens when all these go-getters start trippin' over each other in the chase? Who, if any of them, will discover true bliss in the end?
Tilo Adams thought she had finished with the Mendoza family when she left most of its members twitching on their living room floor. As an FBI agent, violence is nothing new to her, but this time it's murder, and the intended victim is her former lover, Victoria Mendoza. Now she's running from the memories that threaten to destroy her sanity. She has no idea of the danger surrounding her. Left for dead, Victoria is looking for her wayward lover, but she is not seeking a happy reunion. She wants to avenge her brother's murder and destroy the woman who played a deadly game of chess with the members of her family. Veronica Mendoza wants nothing to do with getting even. She's already lost enough family members, and as a new mother, her priorities are different. She wants to create a loving environment for her new husband, Moses, and her newborn child. Moses Ramsey was Tilo's second mistake. She underestimated him, and now he's determined to find the bitch who played him so he can settle the score. Moses will have to decide which is more important: his marriage or his vendetta against Tilo Adams. Tina Brooks McKinney delivers nonstop drama in her newest page-turner.
To Merlin Mills, his family ceased to exist when his father turned his back on him, and he had to make some drastic changes in order to survive. Now, nine years later, his family is back, and their existence threatens his once stable relationship with his new wife. If Merlin wants to hold on to her, he must face the demons he's conveniently forgotten and put them in their proper perspective. Can he undo the damage caused by his omission, or will he snap under the pressure? Gavin Mills always despised his twin brother, but now the fact that they are mirror images might work to his advantage. When Gavin gets a taste of Merlin's wife, he decides he has to have her, no matter the consequences. Gina Meadows took in the children of her common law husband, Ronald, mainly because she feels guilty that she is unable to conceive. Imagine her surprise when she discovers she's pregnant. It could be just the thing she and Ronald need to rekindle their relationship . . . or it could spell disaster. With so many demons still plaguing them, this family reunion will be anything but easy.
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