Download or read book Ophelia After All written by Racquel Marie and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Queer delight through and through' - Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a Crown A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, the hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by Racquel Marie. Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys – way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless stream of crushes, but Ophelia is a romantic at heart. She couldn’t change, even if she wanted to. So when she finds herself thinking more about cute, quiet Talia Sanchez than the loss of a perfect prom with her ex-boyfriend, seeds of doubt take root in Ophelia’s firm image of herself. Add to that the impending end of high school and the fracturing of her once-solid friend group, and things are spiraling a little out of control. But the course of love - and sexuality - never did run smooth. As her secrets begin to unravel, Ophelia must make a choice between clinging to the fantasy version of herself she’s always imagined or upending everyone’s expectations to rediscover who she really is, after all.

Download or read book Amber Racquel written by A. R. Bingham and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amber, a strong-willed and quick-thinking young woman, is receiving an early release from the West Grovefield Juvenile Detention Facility. Upon her early exit, she meets Racquel, a no-nonsense and feisty companion. They travel together with two main objectivesgetting revenge and finding happily ever after. During their travels, they run into troubletrouble that ends in stolen cash, a high-speed car chase, and dead bodies. With Racquel by her side, Amber chases her dream, the dream of getting all the things she had ever wanted and living out her happily ever after. Can they get to their destination before her past and the cops catch up to them? Or will the price of happily ever after be too high for Amber and Racquel to pay?

Download or read book Holiday on Park written by Racquel Henry and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A second chance holiday romance short story set in Orlando, Florida.

Download or read book Wifey Status written by Racquel Williams and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Williams invites readers to travel down a twisted path filled with lust, greed, and larceny, as a triangle of sins goes haywire. Original.

Download or read book My Husband s Mistress 2 written by Racquel Williams and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watch the drama unfold as a love triangle between a vengeful wife, her conniving husband, and his naive mistress comes to blows… Destiny Clarke is out to claim what’s rightfully hers—Hassan Clarke and his money. Sick and tired of lies and betrayal, Destiny decides to take matters into her own hands by creating havoc in the lives of the people who've done her wrong. Engulfed in his deceitful ways, Hassan is oblivious to the fact that his life and his freedom are up for grabs. Friends become enemies, and in the end, he has no one to call on but himself. Imani Gibson is too naive to realize that some things are not worth fighting for—in this case, another woman’s husband. She soon realizes that games are for children, and not everyone is playing with a full deck. As more secrets are revealed and lives are torn apart, all in the name of love, how will it end? Will Destiny finally get her man, or will her husband’s mistress end up on top?

Download or read book Finessed a Dope Boy s Heart written by Racquel Williams and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mika works in law enforcement and is married to one of the most distinguished detectives on the police force. While everything looks good on the outside, Mika’s home life is anything but normal. With a controlling, two-timing husband, she buries herself into her career. She soon crosses paths with Jakeel, an ex-con fresh out of prison. The jovial jailbird piques her interest, and Mika soon forgets that there are certain lines you just don’t cross. Playing a risky game, she finds herself in a very dangerous situation, playing with two men on opposite sides of the law. Can Mika walk away, or will she make a move that could lead to murder and mayhem in her once quiet life?

Download or read book Watching While Black written by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Television scholarship has substantially ignored programming aimed at Black audiences despite a few sweeping histories and critiques. In this volume, the first of its kind, contributors examine the televisual diversity, complexity, and cultural imperatives manifest in programming directed at a Black and marginalized audience. Watching While Black considers its subject from an entirely new angle in an attempt to understand the lives, motivations, distinctions, kindred lines, and individuality of various Black groups and suggest what television might be like if such diversity permeated beyond specialized enclaves. It looks at the macro structures of ownership, producing, casting, and advertising that all inform production, and then delves into television programming crafted to appeal to black audiences—historic and contemporary, domestic and worldwide. Chapters rethink such historically significant programs as Roots and Black Journal, such seemingly innocuous programs as Fat Albert and bro’Town, and such contemporary and culturally complicated programs as Noah’s Arc, Treme, and The Boondocks. The book makes a case for the centrality of these programs while always recognizing the racial dynamics that continue to shape Black representation on the small screen. Painting a decidedly introspective portrait across forty years of Black television, Watching While Black sheds much-needed light on under-examined demographics, broadens common audience considerations, and gives deference to the the preferences of audiences and producers of Black-targeted programming.

Download or read book Make Lemonade written by Virginia Euwer Wolff and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to earn money for college, fourteen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a teenage mother.

Download or read book Fierce Reads Kisses and Curses written by Lauren Burniac and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved of readers and booksellers, our Fierce Reads program has garnered tons of enthusiastic fans since its inauguration in 2012. Now, the authors you know and love are coming together in one book! With standalone short stories from a handpicked set of FR authors, this fabulous collection will often feature characters or worlds from existing Fierce Reads titles. Extended, personal introductions from each author will make this a must-buy for fans as well as a fantastic portal for engaging new readers with the program. With a wide range of genres and subject matter, there will be something here for everyone! Includes short stories from Marissa Meyer, Marie Rutkoski, Jennifer Mathieu, Anna Banks & Emmy Labourne, Courtney Alameda, Jessica Brody, Ann Aguirre, Lish McBride, Lindsay Smith, Katie Finn, Caragh M. O'Brien, Nikki Kelly, Gennifer Albin, Leigh Bardugo.

Download or read book Nasty Girls Do It Better written by Tyra Racquel and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-09-02 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever wonder what it is like to fulfill sexual needs in college? You hear about crazy sex stories all the time, but now it's your chance to dig into some juicy provocative stories that will make your toes curl. Sit back, relax, and let me take you on a wild ride with eight sexual fantasies that might leave you very satisfied. One college, different girls, and stories that you might even relate to... welcome to the erotic tales of everyday college girls.

Download or read book Get Your Hands Off My Butt written by Racquel Williams and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Your Hands Off of My Butt: The Hands-On Guide to Avoid Becoming A Baby Mama is designed to reach all women exactly where they are and guide them to where they want to be in life�personally and professionally. From teenagers to 30 plus, The Hands-On Guide to Avoid Becoming a Baby Mama should motivate women to rise above their circumstances, stereotypes and stigmas and invest in their number one asset�themselves.The Hands-On Guide to Avoid Becoming a Baby Mama was written to curb teenage pregnancy, reduce poverty amongst single mothers and equip women with the tools to overcome the obstacles that stand between them and their dreams.Our goal is to help every young female become a R.E.A.L Woman�one who empowers herself through education, works to develop her gifts, looks to become the love she desires, and is prepared to do whatever it takes to become the woman of her dreams.

Download or read book Plumage written by Nancy Springer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this feminist-inspired fantasy, a rejected wife starts seeing birds everywhere, including the sleek, cobalt-blue parakeet staring back at her in the mirror After being dumped by her husband of twenty-seven years, losing her house, and selling her jewelry at auction, Sassafras “Sassy” Hummel takes the only job she’s qualified for: maid at a luxury hotel. As if her life weren’t surreal enough, a bird poops on her head while she’s cleaning a suite. But Sassy’s sure she’s really gone off the deep end when, instead of her reflection in the mirror, a tiny blue parakeet stares back at her. Now she’s seeing birds everywhere: cranes, crows, hornbills, a quacking, green-headed duck, a quail, and something red and blue that bobs as it flies past. Sassy’s only friend is Racquel, the owner of Plumage, the hotel’s upscale boutique. Racquel isn’t the preening, froufrou, silk-and-sequins-enamored lady she seems to be. Soon Sassy and Racquel are traveling into an uncharted land where Sassy just might find out who she is and what she really wants. Plumage is a wise, witty, and poignant novel about a woman whose life is for the birds . . . until she discovers her wings, and her world takes flight. “Springer has redefined the concept of ‘knight in shining armor.’ With a touch of Alice Hoffmanesque magic, a colorfully painted avian world and a winning heroine, this is pure fun.” —Publishers Weekly “A writer’s writer, an extraordinarily gifted craftsman.” —Jennifer Roberson “Irresistible . . . charming, eccentric . . . thoughtful and significant.” —Kirkus Reviews “Nancy Springer writes like a dream.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Download or read book Here and Now written by Kimberla Lawson Roby and published by Lenox Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful classic by New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby, two sisters as different as night and day must find the light in each other amid their darkest times . . . Brilliant and vibrant, Marcella Jones had the whole world in her hands, until she gave her heart to the wrong man. Tyrone was handsome and charismatic, but he left her destitute, raising two small children alone—and yearning for the kind of life her dead-end job will never provide. Marcella's elder sister, Racquel, lives in a fine home, has a fulfilling career and the love of Kevin, her handsome, successful, supportive husband. Yet her desperate longing for a child is driving her into a deep depression, and away from Kevin. Marcella and Racquel are so hungry for what the other has, they are tearing their lives apart. Only with each other's help can they heal the hurt and celebrate the joy of everything that’s been given to them.

Download or read book Insignificant Others written by Carey Conley and published by WriteSpeak Media & Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falsely accused of domestic violence by his estranged celebrity wife, Vaughn Ellison sets forth to clear his name, a quest that leads him to his hometown of Flint, where an old flame and new revelations await. Meanwhile back in Atlanta, danger awaits, compliments of his former best friend, his ex’s jealous lover, who plots to drive him to destruction through ties with organized crime. While uncovering that twisted scheme, Vaughn finds allies in friends both old and new; a curious younger woman with amber eyes and hidden motives; his best friend, a comedian with a dark, violent past; that old flame, a rival of his ex who craves her own payback; and a mysterious young private investigator with vast resources and shocking ties to it all. As danger closes in, old hate boils while new love beckons. Vaughn must face painful revelations about his past in the face of an uncertain future. Which will run out first…his enemies’ time, or his luck?

Download or read book Ericka s Story written by Minister Kelley D. Gulley and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Ericka's Story was one of the hardest things I have ever done. There were times when I had to stop reading, because I could not stop crying. I don't know if it was my own pain or the pain I felt for you, Dominic and Racquel. Reading the book helped me understand why it was so difficult for you to write. The purpose of the book is compelling. In my view, it admonishes parents who have children with life threatening diseases to bond with family and others in their social networks and especially God to help them through all of the uncertainty and pain that they will experience. The book does a wonderful job of capturing the feelings of all of the people in your lives and the roles they played in this drama. It is a premier for all parents with children diagnosed with terminal diseases. Frank Lomax III Ericka's Grandpa Minister Kelley Denise Gulley, MBA is a member of World Conquerors Church in Oakland, California, where she leads the Prayer Warriors Ministry and serves on the Vision in Action Team which works to implement Pastoral initiatives. She is a dynamic facilitator, speaker and teacher who counts it a privilege to have worked in and ministered to people living in low income communities of color across the country and in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Kelley's purpose in life is to bless others. She believes that she has been given gifts, abilities and experiences so that she can be used by God as a transfer point for these gifts to be deposited in the people who cross her path. Kelley is married to her high school sweetheart, Dominic. They have two children Racquel and Dominic, Jr. who you will learn more about in Ericka's Story.

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Download or read book The Revival Of Sun Mountain written by Danielle Pettibone and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the battle between the light and the darkness twenty-one women hold the ultimate weapon. Racquel Marizzona lives in captivity, enslaved for the power coursing through her. In a desperate attempt at escape she plunges into a world she doesn't understand. With danger creeping closer from every direction one voice dispels the chaos of it all. Iskar Kyliahn, kidnapped and imprisoned, tries for weeks to reach out to his people to no avail, so when a fleeing stranger hears his call he does everything in his power to coax her to him. In doing so he realizes an ancient bond has been forged between them. With both her Master and his captor after them can they escape their respective prisons alive? And if they do will Racquel's light be enough to keep the darkness inside of Iskar from destroying them both?