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 Event: Coffee Confessions Brunch Date: July 31, 2010 Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Location: The American Roadhouse 842 N. Highland Avenue Northeast Atlanta, GA 30306 Details: Meet the authors of Coffee Confessions stories:
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Event: Black Pearls Magazine Chocolate Social Date: July 29, 2010 Time: 7:00pm – 11:00pm EST Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta Embassy Hall - Exhibit Level 265 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Join Ella Curry and Black Pearls Magazine Thursday night, July 29, 2010 for a night of bookclub introductions, live author readings and great food at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. This event will bring readers up close and personal with fantastic authors! Featured Authors Include:
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Reviewer: RAWSISTAZ Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Date: June 4, 2010 COFFEE CONFESSIONS is an anthology of seven enthralling short stories. Each story takes place in Coffee Confessions, a popular neighborhood coffee shop owned by Sandra James. It is a tranquil place where people can drink their favorite latte and read many of the books on the shelves. Sandra is full of life and energy and always having a word of encouragement for those who need it. In “Caramel Surprise” by Ja’Nese Dixon, Sandra James works from sun up to sundown. She loves her business, but lately she’s been missing the love and warmth of being in a relationship. When caramel-eyed Ricardo Delgado strolls into her coffee shop and gazes into her eyes, what was once lost, is now found. In “Death by Espresso” by TL James, Mallory Haulm is racing against time to kill his family before they kill him. Upon his release from a hospital, Mallory wanders into Coffee Confessions hoping to find his lost love Sandy, only to find God. His nonexistent belief in God hinders his healing from a horrible childhood and a devastating crime he committed. In “Latte Lady” by Jean Holloway, Valencia Banks enjoys her job as a barista at Coffee Confessions. The diversity of clientele who frequent the coffeehouse brings her pleasure to serve them. Looking forward to a peaceful Thanksgiving dinner with her parents, things goes haywire when family members begin to look down on her for being single and working a menial job. Glad to be back in a place which brings her comfort, a stranger enters Coffee Confessions to order a latte. Unbeknownst to the stranger, ordering a latte will change his life forever. Darine Davis', “A Second Cup Please”, Frank Reynolds is feeling down on his luck. After a recent divorce, he packs his bags and moves back to Houston, only to find difficulty securing a permanent job. Not only is he unlucky in finding a secure job, dating is a bust too. Looking for peace of mind from his dilemma, he visits an old friend, Sandra. Life starts to look brighter for Frank; he finds a job and possibly a new love interest. Will this second chance in life prove to be wonderful for Frank or will darkness enter his life again? In “A Double Shot of Darkness” by DeiIra Smith-Collard, Kayla Roberts is in an abusive relationship and to escape her demons, she visualizes herself in erotic episodes. One day she enters Coffee Confessions and is greeted by Sandra. Sensing a calming spirit in Sandra, she confides in her the troubles she’s having at home. Will confiding in Sandra be enough for Kayla until she reaches a breaking point? JA Adams’ “More Than Coffee” deals with letting of the past go and moving on. Diane Darhling is enjoying a cup of coffee with her sorors in Coffee Confessions when she is confronted by an evil blast from her past. Wanting to put the past behind her, Diane arranges a meeting with her rival with the hope of laying the feud to rest forever. The final short story, “Suite Mocha” by LM Blakely, is about overworked Mocha Simms who doesn’t have any plans to celebrate her birthday. A suggestion from her mother to take a vacation and visit Sandra in Houston may be the best offer for her. The day before her departure from Atlanta to Houston, Mocha finds an invitation in her office she thinks is meant for her office surprise party. What happens in Atlanta stays in Atlanta!!!! Each of the short stories in COFFEE CONFESSIONS were entertaining. I enjoyed how in each story the main focal point is the coffee shop and how the character’s lives intertwined with Sandra. Some of the authors used characters from their novels in their short stories, which has caused an interest in me wanting to read their novels.  Event: "Camden Reads Book Club" Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010 Time: 2:30 p.m. Location: Camden Farmers Market Apartments Conference Room 2210 Canton St. Dallas, Texas 75201 Special Guests JA Adams, Novelist Austin, Texas Author of Chameleon, Purple Haze, and Unfinished Business Linda Everett Moyé, Novelist/Poet Dallas, Texas Author of The Pledge-Life Is Eternal And So Is Love, From A Delta's Heart, and Where Spirits Dance RSVP that you're coming to lindamoye (at) aol (dot) com no later than July 14, 2010 and receive a free autographed book from one of the authors when you arrive. Bring a friend and the friend will receive a free book, also. Refreshments will be served. (You do not have to be a member of the book club to attend.)  Valencia Banks is a lonely barista working at Coffee Confessions searching for the truth. She believes her family sees her as a failure, especially with “perfect” brother. Then one day, a stranger walks into the coffee shop and his past changes her future forever. Jean's Author Profile Sandra James, owner of Coffee Confessions, serves up coffee, books, music and good ole’ fashion customer service, which keeps her shop full of eclectic patrons at the cost of her personal life. She yearns for a man of her own, but will all hell break loose when a love lost and love anew collide? Ja'Nese's Profile In a marriage of complacency and convenience Tatiana’s life is all work and no play. Feeling ignored and unappreciated, she succumbs to the smooth and sexy swagger of RJ Breaux. Everything EXTRA she’s every desired appears to be within him, but underneath his cool exterior lurks a secret life of desire, deception and demise. A tangled web of seduction, love and lust. My Extra will take you on a mind blowing ride of temptation and betrayal. Black Diamond by JaNese Dixon Book Video 06/23/2010
 Coming July 2010 What doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. C-Ray was a drug dealer looking for an out in the game. He had it all; money, power, street fame. Unfortunately, one jealous DA put a halt on all of that when C-Ray’s family was brutally murdered. He decided to give up the lifestyle to maintain his sanity. Giving up the streets would be hard, but giving up his love to his woman Silky would prove to be even tougher than he imagined. Greg was a troubled husband. Communication was not one of his strong points. His marriage to his wife Grace was more of a charade than a unity. His gullible mentality and lack of street savvy leads him down the road of no return as he meets up with Tisha; a sexy and spoiled business minded woman who believed in getting what she wanted by any “sexual” means necessary. Her appetite for pleasure enhanced their affair and filled the missing spark in Greg’s life. Grace was living a double life; torn between being the loving wife and smitten by her friend Joyce’s wild and carefree lifestyle; something she had always longed for. She gets more than she bargained for as her encounter with her friend Joyce lead to lies, adultery, and embezzlement. Silky was C-Ray’s woman. She knew him better than he knew himself. Silky figured that was a good thing but also knew it was dangerous because knowing someone that well could get them both killed. She had to distance herself from him to keep them both safe. But her recent dealings with Tisha and Joyce uncovered something that could get her, Greg, and Grace killed. She knew only C-Ray could save their lives. The six degrees of separation would finally make contact. C-Ray agrees to help them out of this deadly web of betrayal. But could his involvement lead him back in the life and even worse to his inevitable but deadly past? Or will the ghost of his past come back to kill him and the family he is trying desperately to save? Did you miss the chat with RAWSISTAZ? Shame on you. We had a wonderful time and you can read it all. Read Chat about Coffee Confessions | Welcome
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