The Black Girl Book Club Podcast

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What can Elle Jarreau, a seasoned woman with a skewed view on love, learn about the verity of fairy tales from a man nine years her junior? Apparently a thing or two. “I don’t believe in fairy tales; only acquainted with reality. I understand there are people who are genetically damaged in the womb. Some of these people, like me, are destined to be alone. We’re too strong willed; our power too potent and can destroy all around if wielded.” Jackson Q. Hunter isn’t your average 26 year old. Forced to be a man before his time by his well-connected, extremely resourceful, and very wealthy father, Jackson is especially conversant on commitment and crowning a woman. “Fairy tales don’t always have to be a forsaken concept. Sometimes it’s a matter of viewing it from the right perspective. Sometimes you have to simply choose a more suitable illustrator. Even we haunted cynics can find liberation in the mendacity of fairy tales. Sounds like your demons would fit nicely in my haunted closet with the rest of my iniquities.” As secrets are unveiled and nightmares illuminated, see what they learn about self-acceptance and self-forgiveness when they find redemption through their mirrored self-exiled darkness.

Tonight we talk to Author about her latest novel When You Love Me.

Tonight we wrap up our discussion with author Honesty Price on the Phillips family series Fixing Us.

A few things that came up was:

-How long do you stay in "the worst" part of your marriage/ 

-Is it still cheating if you and your spouse are disconnected? 

-Is it okay for a woman to have to say sorry (lol:))?

Take a listen...

Life pushed them apart, but one of them is determined to pull them back together. Is love enough to fix their broken hearts?

Tonight we discuss people with mental health issues and those who love them.  Honesty Price tells us her inspiration for this story.  

Finding Us, book 3 of the Phillips Family Services, is the story of Isaiah and Briana. They have the right feelings at the wrong time and love slaps them in the face when they least expect it. Even though it seems impossible, they'll get their happily ever after, but when? ~~ Disclaimer: This project is a slow burn that beta readers described as "an amazing emotional roller coaster". It ends in a cliffhanger and contains references to severe and persistent mental illness and its side effects

Tonight was the finale of Love Belvin's Love in Rhythm & Blues series.  All of the secrets were revealed...listen in.

She hates secrets. He despises gray areas. But his sent her away without answers. Will Wynter's rhythm of blues keep her from experiencing the relationship budding between the two? Or will Ragee cleanse himself of the demons and teach her the rhyme of love? Find out in the spellbinding conclusion of the "Love in Rhythm & Blues" series. DISCLAIMER: The Rhyme of Love is book two of a two-book series. This series is for mature audiences ONLY. This installment is a full-length novel containing profanity, erotica, and sensitive sexual content. If you do not like dark, racy romance between your pages, this literary venture is not for you.

Tonight we discuss fake celebrity marriages, love, and betrayal.   Some believe the old adage, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” Well, in some instances the smoke is just a coverture for secrets. Dark ones.  Ragee is a successful R&B singer, music composer, and actor who shot to fame and celebrity at rocketing speed. He has the voice, the troubled soul, the seductive look, and the alluring mystique, all of which give him the traditional packaging of a soulful rhythm and blues singer. But he also has an unshakable stigma attached to his stardom that won’t seem to go away.  Wynter Blue thought she was taking control of her world the day she up and quit her job. As a social service professional, she was done with helping afflicted adult men to right their paths in life. She was ready to live for her. Finally. She wanted to pursue her dreams and stretch the bounds of her creativity.  Little did she know, the day she walked out of her job was the very one she’d run into the shroud of smoke. His smoke. Awfully familiar with secrets herself, Wynter questions if she can handle Ragee’s darkness while trying to bring him into the light of truth.  DISCLAIMER: The Rhythm of Blues is book one of a two-book series. This series is for mature audiences ONLY. This installment is a full-length novel containing profanity, erotica, and sensitive sexual content. It ends on a cliffhanger. If you do not like dark, racy romance between your pages this literary venture is not for you.

*****YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP THE FIRST 10 MINUTES****  We're just taking to the Facebook group, but after that Joan brings it!  This was more than a book club discussion, it's a masterclass whenever Joan joins us, you will enjoy it.

Tonight we speak with Joan Vassar about her new book Loving Africa.

Tracy Strong has spent the last ten years loving Africa.

Author Rae Lyse joins us to discuss her newest and final book in the Sun Series  - Thirty.   She answers questions we've been dying to ask and gives us some insight on what she was thinking when she wrote the sun series....take a listen.   After the introduction of a controversial criminal justice reform bill, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles grants Andre “Dre” Owens clemency. Suddenly, he’s forced back into a world that’s more complex than what he remembers… and full of tempting distractions. Most are skeptical that he deserves a second chance, and he is too, until a free-spirited dancer bounces into his life.  Much to her family’s dismay, Natasha “Tash” Breaux dances to her own confusing beat. She’s used to existing in a world that refuses to understand her and carrying the weight of a past that still lingers in the present.  After a mutual friend thrusts them together, Natasha agrees to help Andre cope with his newfound freedom, but there’s a problem—he makes her question everything she thought she knew about herself and the people around her.  She’s the ultimate distraction.  He’s the ultimate enigma.  And they’re so focused on how different their worlds look when they endure them together, neither of them realizes the trouble that lurks beneath their budding friendship.

Tonight we're talking about the Sun series by Rae Lyse.  This is part 1 of a two part podcast.  Find out what "the thump" is and what Sunflower did to her grandfather that almost sent him to an early grave.  Oh and the battle of the bestie.

Saving Sunflower - Dominic DeBlanc is a wayward street hustler and part-time rapper constantly running from a past that haunts him. With a bleak outlook on life, he finds himself teetering between two worlds—a seedy one where he’s not guaranteed to see his twenty-second birthday and a promising one that might bring him recognition for his talent. After a chance encounter with a peculiar waitress, he finds himself engulfed in a friendship he never knew he needed. However, his complex life and reckless decisions challenge their already complicated bond.

End Game - Josiah Joseph is trouble—at least that’s what everyone says about him. Jade Taylor can’t help but to agree with their sentiments.

THIS IS THE ONE! The book, the discussion...EVERYTHING!  This powerful literary tale of untraditional love will have you  rethinking your entire life.

Hear what the black girl has to say.

I said I'd never love another man again. I had no idea I would soon fall in love with four of them.

I, Skye Bellamy, escaped to this little mountain town to start anew. To focus. It was supposed to be easy, because If there's one thing I know how to do, it's reinvent myself.

But a series of unfortunate events lands me right next to my favorite R&B boy band from back in the day. And they still look good.

Angelo's the cocky one. Jamal is the strong, silent one. G is the gorgeous, sensitive one. And Matt, well, Matt's not on my radar and for good reason.

But I'm already on theirs.

I'm supposed to be working and they're supposed to be rehearsing but temptation abounds and I soon find myself in their clutches...or maybe they're in mine. It's hard to say. But no matter how happy we are with our little arrangement, we're all hiding something and it's only a matter of time before it all blows up in our faces. But in the meantime...

We fall.

***This is book 1 in the Crave Series. Crave is a reverse harem romance, which means the heroine doesn't have to choose; she can have any or all of the guys she wants. Sometimes at the same time. There is no cliff-hanger but this is the first in series so the story continues in the next installment.