Blessed & Curvy

Synopsis: The Noisy Classroom, a book about an unconventional classroom, is a story about change, uncertainty, and nontraditional learning.  Excerpt: Ms. Johnson's class is the noisy class in the school. When the doors are closed you can always hear music wafting into the hallway. When the narrator hears she'll be in Ms. Johnson's class next year she plans to run away to Antarctica. All summer she worries. All summer she plans her escape... but with September drawing near... what will she do? 7 complete questions  1. Who is Angela Shanté? I'm a teacher, poet, and writer. When I am not writing I work as an educational consultant and curriculum specialist. 2. How did you come to know you wanted to be a writer? I liked writing poetry as a kid. When I was in Middle School a teacher entered one of my poems into a contest that won me entry into a kids anthology book. There was a big ceremony and dinner at a college in New York and I, a girl who rarely left The Bronx, was b...

Synopsis: Prison is like chess. The prisoners and officers are simply pieces on the board, waiting to be manipulated. But one corrections officer refuses to be anyone's pawn.   Read the Excerpt Now.  I Will Not Be a Pawn, a prison corrections officer provides a unique perspective on the complex relationships and hierarchies of the prison system and how life behind bars has both changed and stayed the same. Joseph S. Spicer Sr. details his life both within the Department of Corrections and outside. His memoirs  Bio: Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan worked for twenty- nine years for the Michigan Department of Corrections and was named regional corrections officer of the year in 1995 and retired from the Michigan Department of Corrections in April of 2015.Attended Northwestern High School in Detroit, Michigan and received a full scholarship to college and played basketball at Lake Superior State University. A stand-out hig...

Synopsis :  Plagued by secrets, haunted by memories, and tortured by inner demons, Mika Mashall is a woman not to be trifled with. Returning to Hell Fire Valley after thirteen years, she is put in charge of finding who wanted her beloved grandmother murdered. Add on the fact that she was Turned into a shifter against her will and it's no wonder she's having a hard time controlling her bloodlust. Suffering from Hell Fire Valley's Alpha curse, Andrew Bayer is more animal than man. With the weight of one of the few Bear clans on his shoulders and a past that has him seeing ghosts around every corner, Drew finally finds his salvation in the form of one woman: Mika Mashall. With danger lurking in the shadows and secrets brewing just beneath the surface, Mika and Andrew learn that love and destiny cannot solve everything but death can. What else would you expect when Drew The Destroyer and Mika The Berserker team up? Excerpt: MIKA Eight Years Ago... The old Jeep bounce...