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Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate:  Book 1 of the Royce Tyler / Champagne Series

THEY SAY AFTER PAIN COMES JOY...

After years of hurt and failed relationships. What if the person that once made you the happiest reappeared in your life? But what if the timing was all wrong?

ROYCE TYLER IS FINALLY PUTTING HIS LIFE BACK TOGETHER

Over the past year a series of horrific tragedies sent him spiraling into an unconsolable state of depression and turmoil. The last thing on his mind is chasing after love...

ENTER PAULA DANIELS, HIS COLLEGE ROMANCE

She's a high-maintenance stylish lady with a knack for breaking men's hearts.           Her life consisits of pampered luxury and being spoiled by men of distinction.  Her list of suitors includes some of the most well known figures in the sports world. Royce would jumop for a second chance with her.

ONE PROBLEM...HE"S HOMELESS

For the past few months he's been living in his car. Even if he could conceal the truth long enough to get back on his feet, he'd have to compete with men of great financial means for her affection. The lure of the glamorous life seductively calls out to Paula. her social interactions lead to an agonizing pain, so excrutiating, it could overwhelm them both.

WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE, LUXURY OR LOVE?

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The Last Ms. Understanding:  SORMAG  Readers Choice;  NEW Author, Romance & Fiction Book of the Year

CHANGE CAN BE GOOD 

Rita Clark is a wealthy business executive that has relocated to a new city. She's acquired every luxury a woman could desire. The only thing missing in her life is someone to share it with...

OPPORTUNITY AWAITS

A visit to a local jazz lounge brings her face to face with Lee Johnson. Unfortunate circumstances have forced him out of professional athletics and into a blue collar job. Despite their lifestyle differences an irresistable urge pulls them together, and the former athlete may be the change she's seeking to find.

COMPLICATIONS ABOUND

Lee becomes distant and fights to conceal a mysterious history, while Rita becomes consumed with her flourishing career. Opportunity arises for Lee to reconnect with another special woman and right his past wrongs. All the while a job promotion offers Rita a chance to break through the glass ceiling in her male dominated field of work.        But that would mean relocating overseas.

CHOICES MUST BE MADE

Rita is forced to choose between career and love. The dilemma lies in Lee's secretive life that he's hidden from Rita.                    Once exposed - Can Ms. Rita Clark be understanding?

SECRETS NEVER STAY HIDDEN....

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Check Mate

LIFE IS LIKE CHESS. MAKE YOUR MOVES WITH CAUTION.

North State University has just hired their newest professor. Dionne Harper can't wait to start her assignment. Her unemployed husband is reluctantly along for the ride. They escape the New York city life and head south to small town Grandridge, located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. In Grandridge, the right circle of friends means everything...

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET TOO CLOSE?

Professor Harper fits into high class society, while Andre fights assimilation with firm resolve and flirts with deception. Their turbulent marriage is already falling apart when Andre crosses the line for the last time. Trust is a thing of the past.                            His interaction with an audacious new neighbor sparks a retaliation neither of them could imagine.

WHO DO YOU RUN TO IN A TOWN WITH NO RULES?

The community's most powerful citizen teams up with his pool of well-connected friends to teach outsider Andre Harper a lesson he'll never forget. On and off campus strong allegiances are formed. Professor Dionne Harper must choose to align herself with the towns upper elite or trust her husband one last time.

CHOOSE WRONG AND THE RESULTS COULD BE DEADLY....

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Dreamimg of a Crayon Sun:  Book 2 of the Royce Tyler / Champagne Series

A SCANDAL IS BREWING IN AMERICA'S WINDY CITY

Millions of dollars are at stake and everyone is connected. Once you're involved there's no way out. The tangled web of chaos begins to unravel, leading to a fast paced trip to remote destinations and exotic locales. It's a game of high risk and lives are on the line.

ROCHELLE IS A SINGLE MOTHER, LOOKING FOR BRIGHTER DAYS

A friendly new neighbor may be just the man she's looking for. Brian Brown has a past that no one knows anything about. Family members close to both of them play pivotal roles in exposing the dispicable truth in the Chicago scandal. Rochelle and Brian are forced into the action and called upon to help stop a ruthless business leader from doing the unthinkable.

ONLY ONE MAN CAN HELP

Royce Tyler is back! The quick thinking hero from Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate swings into action and hopes to save the day. His first priority is to keep everyone alive. Attorney Royce Tyler connects the dots and hatches a plan to end the corruption and restore a sense of peace to all that are involved.

THE TRUTH WILL SHOCK YOU

The puzzle pieces begin to fall into place. A twisted turn of gut wrenching events exposes Brian to a life he never imagined possible. Everyone....is....connected. Find out how!

Coming Soon...To be released in 2010

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Dragonfly Summer:  Book 3 of the Royce Tyler / Champagne Series

THE  DRAGONFLY’S ARE THE NEWEST PRO FOOTBALL FRANCHISE   

Kale Tshua, a cocky business mogul has just made Royce Tyler a deal he couldn’t refuse. The successful young attorney finds himself joined at the hip with the demanding high energy businessman. Being an owner of a professional franchise has its privileges but also its traps.

A BEAUTIFUL DISTRACTION

Kale’s daughter, Kuawela Tshua-Daye is a former Ms. Universe contestant, a well known celebrity socialite and a thorn in Royce Tyler’s side. Her sensational behavior and manipulating ways cause constant problems on and off the field.

TROUBLE AT HOME

The fast paced life and stress of living in the public eye proves taxing. Flying back and forth between Chicago and Honolulu becomes exhausting. Royce Tyler’s once supportive wife Paula can’t keep up with the frenzied pace. That’s when the unthinkable happens.

DO YOU WANT TO GAMBLE ON WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT?

Matters become even more complicated as disturbing revelation’s are made surrounding Royce’s new business partner. With an unhappy wife, constant pressure from his law firm and the ever lingering diva Kuawela he’s pushed to the breaking point. The never-ending pressure  clouds his judgment.

WHAT IS THE MEASURE OF A MAN?

The once homeless Royce Tyler must decide what is most important. Protecting the glamorous lifestyle he’s grown accustomed to or salvaging his most cherished relationships? This will be the toughest decision he’ll  ever have to face.

Coming Soon...To be released in 2010