I am very happy to be introducing to you all Kenya Carlton who is the author of Remember this. Please give her a big round of applause and enjoy her post. Below you can read more about the book and the author.
Remember
This
Kenya
Carlton
Genre: African American Romance
Book
Description:
Ex-ballerina turned rehab
designer Cece Newman competes in a reality show that could give her fledgling
company the boost that it needs. Assigned a relic of a house in a renovation
challenge, Cece soon becomes suspicious of the producer’s intentions. When she finds the house is one of many
properties her ex-fiancé and baby daddy Brock Thorn owns, Cece is convinced
that she is being set up for failure.
Ready to drop the project and what’s left of her career, Cece has to
find a way to ignore the handsome athlete while she navigates around his kooky
family. Cece must also convince their
daughter that mommy and daddy won’t be getting back together again, a job
easier said than done—especially when the attraction between the two is hotter
than ever.
The biggest hit Brock Thorn took
on or off the field occurred when Cece Newman left him at the altar. Five years
later, Brock is more determined than ever to get answers from his baby’s momma.
Even in regards to joint custody of their daughter, Brock’s only form of
contact with Cece is through her loving, protective sister Lily. Brock packs up
his high profile life and digs his heels in at the crappy house he’s
inherited—the very one Cece is set to renovate.
As he dodges cameras and uninvited family members, Brock must get to the
bottom of his failed romance with Cece—especially if he has any chance of
getting back the life that was lost when Cece left.
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Welcome aboard Kenya Carlton and thanks for posting.
The wonderful world of Harry Potter
Growing up, my generation had a collection of good
feeling children’s books. A Light in the
Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein, or Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Clearly. The more serious but adventurous titles, which were
classics handed down from previous eras, included Black Beauty, The Hobbit,
Little Women, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I
could go on and on, but the point I’m trying to make is where the hell was
Harry Potter?
That was the first thing I thought once I finished reading
the soon-to-be children’s classic by J.K. Rowling. At first I didn’t want to
give these books a try; I thought everyone was being ridiculous about their
love for this small wizard. But one day I was super bored—at a job that can
still kiss it and suck it until this very day—and there was a bookshelf filled
with books that were pretty to look at but never touched. Of course I put my
hands all over them, and the violation of those unbroken spines paid off big
time.
My favorite thing about a book is taking a trip
within this carefully crafted world. Some books are character driven and some
are plot driven, but Harry Potter is a whole new world. For me, not many
authors can capture this; it takes a lot of talent and a lot of pages.
Publishers don’t want to waste the ink on all those damn pages, but after eight
installments those die-hard Potter fans knew about every nook and cranny of
Hogswarts.
For instance, we would all need to get our
permission slip signed to go to Hogsmead. Oh hell, what would my wand be,
unicorn dust, feather of some weird bird, or icky gunk from a bug? We would all
know which bathroom to avoid. And don’t forget the biggest question, which is what
would the hat say when it was on my head. In my heart I know I would be part of
Gryffindor, but shit let’s face it, the stupid ratty thing would pick Slytherin
instead.
My point to all this is how wonderful these deep and
intrinsically crafted books would have been when I was a kid. I often share
books with my dad to read; it’s only right, he shared all of his Dean R Koontz
and Stephen King with me. I gave him the whole Harry Potter Series and I
thought how cool it would have been to be a kid and read them with him. Oh well,
we have still have Salem’s Lot, Monkey
Shine, and Insomnia. I know, not
exactly kid friendly but yes I read all of these aloud to my mom when we drove
on long trips. How amazing would it have been for her to ask, “WTF is butter
beer?” What can I say? My parents were strange hippies who I love dearly.
About
the Author:
Native
of Chicago Illinois, Kenya worked in the Network operation Center for PBS and
TLN television stations. Executive producer of her own production company Black
R.O.K Productions Kenya produced a pilot for travel series Destination
Everywhere, Independent short film Dawn shown at the Chicago
Latino film Festival, and wrote and directed the documentary Our
Africa. Writing titles available; Jaded, Sweet as Sin, Brazil re-issue, Devil’s Play, and Remember This.
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