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A
SILKEN THREAD - THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
BRENDA JACKSON
A Silken Thread
In her compelling new novel, A SILKEN THREAD
(Kimani Press; March 2011; $14.95 U.S.), New York
Times and USA Today bestselling author Brenda
Jackson weaves a rich narrative about family secrets,
the price of loyalty, and the power of love. A departure
from her six ongoing series—including those featuring
the Madaris family and the Westmoreland family—Jackson
here introduces an entirely new cast of characters.
Centered in Hattersville, Ohio—a community of
well-heeled and accomplished African-Americans, settled
by freed slaves before the Civil War—A SILKEN THREAD
inhabits a world where a social and economic caste
system dictate—and often destroy—the happiness of those
caught in its web of snobbery.
Erica Sanders has found the man of her dreams. A rising
lawyer, Brian Lawson is smart and gorgeous—and the only
man who has ever made Erica lose all reason with just a
glance. The wedding is just a few weeks away, and the
only person who objects to the match is Erica’s
imperious, social-climbing mother, Karen. She would
prefer that her daughter marry Griffin Hayes, scion of
another wealthy Hattersville family—despite the fact
that he and Erica, friends since birth, have never felt
even a tinge of romance between them. Determined to end
the union, Karen hires a private investigator to dig up
any dirt she can about Brian—a decision that will have a
devastating effect on many people’s lives.
Griffin, meanwhile, has set his sights on his own ideal
woman: Erica’s best friend, April North. Born on the
wrong side of the tracks in Hattersville, April is now
an internationally recognized model, who still clings to
family ties in her exclusive hometown. A third romance
brews between Erica’s father, Wilson, and Brian’s
mother, Rita. Fighting a palpable attraction from the
moment they meet at their children’s engagement party,
Wilson and Rita succumb to their passion when fate
throws them together. Wilson, trapped in a loveless
marriage, and Rita, a widow who long ago gave up on
love, try to resist this forbidden romance, but discover
things about their needs that cannot be denied.
Even as Karen’s efforts to thwart Erica and Brian’s
happiness begin to play out according to her plan,
secrets from the past surface that threaten the perfect
little cocoon that she has constructed
from silken threads—at once strong and vulnerable. In
the end, only the power of love can prevail. A SILKEN
THREAD is a powerful, electrically-charged evocation
of romance and passion—vintage writing from one of the
most beloved women working in romance fiction today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brenda Jackson
has been a trailblazer in
African-American romance as the first African-American
romance writer to make USA Today’s and the New
York Times’ bestseller lists for the series romance
genre. The author of more than eighty books, she is the
recipient of countless awards, including numerous
Romance in Color Reviewers’ Choice Awards, Emma Awards,
and eHarlequin Reader’s Choice Awards. She has lived her
entire life in Jacksonville, Florida, and has been
married to her childhood sweetheart, Gerald, for
thirty-nine years. Visit her at:
www.brendajackson.net.
ABOUT KIMANI PRESS
Kimani Press
is an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Limited. Kimani
Press publishes women’s African-American fiction and
non-fiction under the Arabesque, Sepia, New Spirit,
Kimani Romance and Kimani Tru banners.
Harlequin Enterprises
Limited
is the global leader in series romance and one of the
world’s leading publishers of women’s fiction, with
titles issued worldwide in 28 languages and sold in 114
international markets. The company produces 110 titles
monthly and publishes more than 1,100 authors from
around the world. Harlequin Enterprises Limited is a
wholly owned subsidiary of
Torstar Corporation,
a broadly based media company listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange (TS.B). Harlequin’s Web site is located
at
www.eHarlequin.com.
Harlequin has offices in 18 countries, including offices
in Toronto, New York and London. For more information
please visit
www.eHarlequin.com
or
press.eHarlequin.com.
A SILKEN THREAD
On-sale
February 22nd, 2011 Trade
Paperback
By Brenda Jackson
ISBN: 9780373534265; Price: $14:95 US
