"Dedication, determination, and hard work will feed life into your dreams" 

LaDonna Marie is an international multi-award-winning bestselling inspirational author, mother of two, writer, poet, and motivational speaker. She is the & Founder of Planting Positive Seeds Nonprofit. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She has been featured on NBC, FOX, and ABC. She published her first poem in an anthology: Whispers with The League of American Poets in 2007. In 2010 she self-published her first book Expressions of the Mind, Body & Soul. She received a Certificate of Congratulations from Congressman Bennie Thompson 2nd district of Mississippi. She was inducted into Who's Who in Black Mississippi in 2012. She featured in the International Sibella Poetry Magazine for the entire year of 2014, and also she is apart of the Anthology: The Gospel According to Poetry. Her book, Until Tomorrow Comes, was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2014 Paris Book Festival and a 2014 DJ Gatsby Book Club Literary Award Winner in Poetry. She was also a Finalist in 2015 Diva Author / Writer for Divas of Colour International Award. She was a 2015 Finalist for National Indie Excellence Awards, received Honorable Mention in New York Book Festival, Red city book awards Finalist and Bronze Medal Readers' Favorite Winner. She also placed in the 2015 and 2016 New England Book Festival Honorable Mention. She is a two-time Indie Author Legacy Award Finalist for Poet of the Year. She was Awarded 2018 Author of the Year Divas of Year. In 2019 she was nominated Faith-Based Speaker of the Year for #SpeakerCon. She was awarded Mississippi Success Honoree in 2019.

Most Recent Book Title
Maximizing Your Inner Strength

Book Synopsis
In the workbook, you will find life skills and tools for teens. The Focus areas are Love Me, Empower Me, Heal Me, Socialize Me, and Evolve Me. The objectives in the workbook will help each individual to develop in these areas in their life. Using the information and reflecting on answers will inspire the mindset shift needed to create awareness around personal development.

Author Website
www.ladonnamarie.org/shop

"Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."

Y. Deonna is an Urban Christian fiction author, victim advocate and social worker. She is dedicated to using her faith to write relatable, God-focused and scripture centered fiction. It is her desire to use her gift of writing, faith, and advocacy skills as a ministry to heal survivors and educate others.

Most Recent Book Title
Stolen Virtue

Book Synopsis
Virtuous All’s world is contaminated. Turmoil, fear, and abuse rule her life. All she wants is freedom. In fact, her prayer is for God to save her from the life she lives. At seventeen, she has suffered in ways unimaginable to most. The only reason she has survived this long is because of her faith that is now failing. Virtuous’ safe space, her World of All isn’t as safe as it used to be. Just when she feels hopeless a chance encounter will change everything.

Theory Campbell’s world is a whirlwind of pain, betrayal, and heartbreak. After doing a six-year bid in juvenile detention, Theory vows to never lose his freedom again. Once released, Theory dedicates his life to God and family. He wants a clean slate. After being betrayed by his so-called friends and his high school sweetheart, he trusts little, depends only on his family and does not need or want outside relationships. Then he met her. His world turns.

In the first installment of this trilogy, Virtuous All’s crisis will lead her through a myriad of emotions that will test her faith and strength. In finding Theory, she finds her voice and the ability to fight her greatest adversary, the man she c

Author Website
https://authorydeonna.wixsite.com/crownedbythecreator

"Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy." - Nikki Giovanni
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TASH HAWTHORNE has always believed that no writer should be limited to one facet of the scribe. To her literary audiences, she is known for her critically acclaimed contemporary novels, Karma: With a Vengeance, Karma 2: For the Love of Money and Karma 3: Beast of Burden; the former for which she won Black Pearl Magazine’s “Best New Author” award. To her theater audiences, she is known for her stage plays, Mourning Glory, Out of Sight Out of Mind, Remember My Mother, Whore’s Milk and Syncopation.

This Orange, New Jersey native and Hampton University Theatre graduate continuously sets high expectations for herself and strongly believes in conquering the “impossible.” She often laments on a simple, yet valuable, idiom shared by her grandmother, “The race is not given to the swift and the speedy, but to the one who endures to the end” and it is Hawthorne’s belief that it is up to the individual to learn, embrace and carry lessons taught from such a race.

Throughout her career she has had the honor of working alongside legendary artists such as NAACP and AUDELCO award-winning actress, Marie Thomas, Negro Ensemble Company artistic director and alum, the late Charles Weldon and the late Tony-nominated playwright, Leslie Lee.

As a way to pass along her wealth of knowledge and experience, Hawthorne is presently walking the academia path where she is able to cultivate the minds of the next generation of artistic innovators. She currently serves as the Dramatic Arts Director and Advisor at Plainfield High School in New Jersey.

Most Recent Book Title
Karma 3: Beast of Burden

Book Synopsis
Sixteen years have passed since we last visited Karma Alonso-Walker. After Money’s conviction for attempted murder of their son, Karma turned back to her first love of track and field. Newfound fame, fortune and love has given her a fresh outlook on life, but no matter how hard she tries to forget the past, it always finds a way to remind her of her indiscretions. And when Money is released from prison, Karma’s world is turned upside down once again, forcing her to come face to face with the beast that has burdened her for more than half a decade.

​Author Website
Instagram: OfficialTashHawthorne

"Put God first and eveyrthing else will fall into place"

Denise J Bryson was born in Detroit Mi, where she currently resides. She started writing in the fourth grade and took her writing career seriously after dreaming her first novel, which she completed twenty years later. Denise currently works for a major airline. When she's not flying or writing she can be found at a game or in front of her television rooting for her favorite hockey team, The Detroit Redwings.

Most Recent Book Title
In The Footsteps of a Killer

Book Synopsis
In The Footsteps of a Killer is an urban paranormal murder chiller. In Detroit Mi Leah Moore is a freelance crime scene photographer for the Detroit Police dept. At four years old she receives an electrical shock that leave her in a coma. At the same time a serial killer is electrocuted and through this electrical moment the two are connected. Albert Cain Macarthur is dead but has continued to kill from the grave. Through their mental connection Leah is the only one who knows who he is. She follows him through his killings to try to find a way to stop him. He eventually takes over her body and it is only through another electrical shock from a lightening strike administered from the cross of Jesus that Albert is sent back to hell.


Author Website
http://oneblackrose.webstarts.com
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"Say what you mean and mean what you say."

Phillis T. Forrest began her passion for writing as she built her platform against the prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. Educating and bringing awareness about child sexual predators to the attention of mothers, she wrote her true to life story in her self-published book, Through A Child’s Eyes (2012) and DEVIANT: Secrets of a Predator (2015).

A native of Detroit MI, Phillis raised two daughters and has three grandchildren. Once a hairstylist in Oak Park Michigan, she challenged herself beyond her platform, Phillis has begun nurturing her imagination and creative flow, as she ventures into urban tales that she experiences being a product of Detroit. Just when you think you have the story figured out, her novels will spin, twist, and flip you into a different direction.

Most Recent Book Title
Behind Every Boss There's A Bae Series

Book Synopsis
Chucky and Chrissy gave into their childhood crushes after the tragic death of her beloved mother Money, one of the hottest strippers in Detroit. Her unfortunate death was caused by a crazed Kingpin and owner of the Lion’s Den named Sinister, he took her rejection personally.

Chucky’s mother Ro became indebted to Sinister for some drugs and money she stole, he negotiated a deal to save his mother’s life by working in his organization to pay off her debt. But the payment came with more than what he expected when Sinister sets his eyes on Chrissy as part of the negotiation.
Without a doubt, it was time for Sinister to be dealt with. Disposal was inevitable but handled delicately.

Stepping into Sinister’s shoes, Chucky took the city by storm, life was good, at first.
Suffering from sporadic migraines from time to time, Chrissy’s illness became more consistent and aggressive. Seeking medical attention at Chucky’s request, what they found, no one would have ever suspected.

Delve into this romantic saga as Chrissy slowly unfolds into Chucky’s best kept secret.

Author Website
www.authorptforrest.com

Honey Thomas is a Chicago, Illinois native. She is an avid reader of urban fiction novels which inspired her to write her first book. The plethora of books, short stories and poems she has read throughout high school to the present day allowed her mind to escape into a world of fascination, mystery, realities and suspense. Being a new author allows her to share her creative mind with the world in hopes of giving them the same escape she experienced. Honey is currently working hard on her next novels.

Most Recent Book Title
Check Mate Bitch!

Book Synopsis
Checkmate: a complete check; defeat.

Sheila and Russell “Big Russ” Price were the perfect loving couple throughout high school and college. Marriage at a young age caused them to grow up fast and place certain priorities into perspective. They became family oriented, entrepreneurs, and pillars of the community. Until four of the seven deadly sins took over causing life as they knew it to shatter. Will their love hold them together or will pride, lust, anger and greed take over?

No one is safe to maneuver in this deadly game of love. Checkmate, you can’t escape!

Author Website
www.redlotusreads.com


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"Not by age but by knowledge is wisdom acquired."

De'Kari, author of Gorillaz In the Bay series is a promising author whose work is nothing short of amazing. De’Kari’s work provides readers with an authentic glimpse into street life. He currently writes urban fiction but plans to cross over to other genres.

The author was born and raised in Northern California.

The author experienced a challenging childhood. Riddled with abuse, neglect and witnessing violence first-hand, De’Kari’s early years were dark and pained. Due to the dysfunction that surrounded him, he was often uprooted and moved from place to place. After various placements with relatives, he found himself in foster care. He eventually turned to the streets, which consequently led to a lot of bad choices. In turn, those bad choices led to incarceration.

There is more to this author than the street-life. He always had a love for writing. In school he excelled in creative writing. He would always live-out the story as he was writing. Through his most difficult times, he used writing to escape from his surroundings.

In additional to writing, he creates poetry, writes songs and does artwork. He loves spending time with family, fishing, sports and helping youth.

He is happy that he is finally able to share his writing with others, putting his passion to work!

Most Recent Book Title
Gorillaz In The Bay 3 Black Lives Matter

Book Synopsis
The war with Y.N.M. (Young Ni**a Mafia) nearly destroys the Neva Die Dragon Gang. VOORHEEZE is in a medically induced coma, and the rank and file of his organization is falling apart from within.

A new leader, DOK HOLLIDAY, who has come home after serving 20 years in prison, is given the reigns of the gang. But when CLARKOLA resurfaces, an internal war pits friends against friends, and brothers against brothers. Will Dok's GORILLAZ IN THE BAY prove triumphant? Or will Clarkola and his Smack Mobb retire the old Legend for good?

Meanwhile, BATMAN is on a quest to prove Black Lives Matter by killing one cop at a time. S.A.C. ANDREATTA and her FBI team has been called in to lead the manhunt for the nation's most dangerous fugitive. The race is on! Will the Feds be able to stop the cop slayings before others join the cause? Or will Batman teach them that Revenge Is Promised (R.I.P.)

​Author Website
dekariauthor.wixsite.com/website

"Grow through what you go through"

Since 2015, Theresa Reese Kirk has penned various creative bodies of work from poetry and self help, urban lit to urban romance. From the streets of The Bronx, New York, Theresa gives it her all through page turning reads that have readers wanting more from daring plot twists to conquering love. Self-publishing six novels, Theresa Reese signed with Cole Hart Presents in 2019 joining a platform of esteemed authors.

Most Recent Book Title
Brooklyn & Bezo- A Hood Love Story 2

Book Synopsis
Brooklyn & Bezo is back! Secrets will come to the light, lines will be crossed and death will come forth bringing them closer or pushing them apart.
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Brooklyn has survived her little stint in jail, finding out her soulmate Bezo’s half sister Diana is the one responsible striking a controversy between the two lovers. Bezo is convinced that the only way to the top in the hood is to take everyone down even if that means stepping on toes of his enemy and family.
Will Bezo and Brooklyn get past the wiles of being attached to a hood love or will it come back to bite them.

Author Website
https://linktr.ee/Mommynmeauthors

"If at first you don't succeed , pick yourself up and try again"
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Born and raised in Columbia SC, after many traumatic events I found myself behind bars at South Carolina Department of Corrections and it was there I learned to love myself. That love turned into writing and here I am. Has it been easy? No it hasn't. Has it been worth it? Yes it has. Writing has given me a safe outlet and I enjoy penning stories that are real, earth shattering and joyous. My work is not done and neither am I. They say I'm the underdog but we always win.

Most Recent Book Title
Diary of a broken crayon

Book Synopsis
Paula is an 8 year old little girl who is experiencing abuse at the hands of her Mother's boyfriend. She doesn't have a voice where she lives so she writes in her diary which is her own best friend