Gifts for Book Lovers
Excerpt as seen on BET.com Gifts for Book Lovers.
2004

By Kristin Vaughan, BET.com Staff Writer

Looking for a gift for that hard to please person on your list? Grab a book! From dramatic coffee table books to Christmas-themed novels, any of these books will make great gifts for those on your list and even better last minute gifts for those people who weren't.

“Life, Love & Loneliness” (Melodrama, $ 15). This Essence bestseller and debut novel of 24-year-old author Crystal Lacey Winslow peeks into the lives of five Black professionals facing challenges. You'll love to hate the dangerously self-centered lead character, Lyric Devaney, an aspiring Black actress who will stop at nothing to get what she wants –- even at the expense of her friends, family, and lovers. But when she plots to plots to expose the kinky sex secrets and expected love child of the married mayor she's having an affair with, you won't want to put down this pageturner to see if she'll ever get hers.

Valerie Durosier contributed to this piece.


Books:

10 Crack Commandments Den of Sin In My Hood 2 (Trade) Return of the Cartier Cartel Wifey: From Mistress to Wifey
Bad Apple Dirty Little Angel In My Hood 2 (Mass Market) Rise of an American Gangstress Wifey
Cartier Cartel Dirty Money Honey In My Hood 3 (Trade) Sex, Sin & Brooklyn Wifey Part 2: I'm Still Wifey
Cartier Cartel (Mass Market) Drama with a Capital D In My Hood 3 (Mass Market) Shot Glass Diva Wifey Part 3: Life After Wifey
Checkmate Eva: First Lady of Sin Jealousy: The Complete Saga Sheisty Chicks Wifey Part 4: Still Wifey Material
Coca Kola Guard the Throne Life, Love & Loneliness A Sticky Situation Wifey Part 5: Wifey 4 Life (Mass Market)
The Criss Cross Histress Menace Stripped Wifey Part 5: Wifey 4 Life
The Diamond Syndicate In My Hood (Trade) Myra Tale of a Train Wreck Lifestyle You Showed Me
A Deal With Death In My Hood (Mass Market) Murder was the Case Wifey: I Am Wifey

Authors:

Linda Brickhouse Erica Hilton Nahisha McCoy Storm
Denise Coleman Kim K. Nisa Santiago Kiki Swinson
Endy Amaleka McCall Jacki Simmons Crystal Lacey Winslow