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Below are a list of the African-American books on sale during the month of  MAY 2008.  Click on the title for review of the book. Click on ISBN to purchase.

YOUNG ADULT


IF I WERE YOUR BOYFRIEND - Earl Sewell

Harlequin Kimani/TRU

0-37383-092-0

|NR|


NON-FICTION


THE WOMEN WHO RAISED ME - Victoria Rowell

Amistad Press

0-06124-660-3

|4++| Marguerite Lemons


HISTORICAL ROMANCE


JEWEL - Beverly Jenkins

Harper/Avon

0-06116-135-7

|4| Jennifer Brathwaite



CONTEMPORARY/SERIES ROMANCE


CONTROVERSY - Adrianne Byrd

Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque

0-37383-100-5

|NR|


THIS TIME FOR GOOD - Carmen Green 

Harlequin Kimani/Romance

0-37386-065-X

|NR|


CHARADE - Donna Hill

Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque

0-37383-101-3

|NR|

   

INDISCRIMINATE ATTRACTION - Linda Hudson-Smith

Harlequin Kimani/Romance

0-37386-066-8

|NR|


IRRESTIBLE FORCES - Brenda Jackson

Harlequin Kimani/Romance

0-37386-064-1

|NR|


SOUTHERN FRIED STANDARDS - S. R. Maddox

Genesis/Love Spectrum

1-58571-274-4

|3+| Marguerite Lemons


DREAM RUNNER - Gail McFarland

Genesis/Indigo

1-58571-300-7

|4+| Marguerite Lemons


LONG HOT NIGHTS - Candice Poarch

Kensington Dafina/Fiction

0-75821-978-4

|4| Dianthia Lemons


SIMPLY WICKED - Lisa G. Riley

Parker Publishing/Passion

1-60043-050-3

|4+|


HER KIND OF MAN - Pamela Yaye 

Harlequin Kimani/Romance

0-37386-067-6

|4| Keren Childers


INSPIRATIONAL FICTION


STRONGHOLDS - Vanessa Davis Griggs

Kensington Dafina/Inspirational

0-75821-734-X

|4+| Tricia Blades


SECRETS OF A SINNER - Yolanda Tonette Sanders

Harlequin Kimani/New Spirit

0-37383-132-3

|NR|


MAINSTREAM/WOMAN'S FICTION


 

THE CRITIC - Dyanne Davis

Parker Publishing/Zora

1-60043-032-5

|NR|


ONCE UPON A PROJECT - Bettye Griffin

Kensington Dafina/Fiction

0-75821-672-6

|4| Dianthia Lemons


   
MARCH 2008 APRIL 2008 JUNE 2008

RATING SCALE - An Award of Excellence will only be given if at least two reviewers agree on a 5-star rating.