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Below are a list of the African-American books on sale during the month of FEBRUARY 2005. Click on the title for review of the book. Click on ISBN to purchase.

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE


  FIRST MATES - Cecelia Dowdy

  Harlequin/Love Inspired

  0-37387-298-4

  (4)  Veronica Williams


  ALL OR NOTHING - Crystal Downs

  BET/Arabesque

  1-58314-573-7

  (NR)


  FALLING - Natalie Dunbar

  Genesis/Indigo

  1-58571-121-7

  (NR)


  AFTER THE LOVING - Gwynne Forster

  BET/Arabesque

  1-58314-621-0

  (4+)  Monica M. Jeffers


  SWEETNESS AND LIES - Roberta Gayle

  BET/Arabesque

  1-58314-601-6

  (4)  Michelle Henley


  HELLO AGAIN - Doris Johnson

  Dafina/Romance

  0-75820-898-7

  (4+) Sophia Chase


  COURAGEOUS HEARTS - Donna Hill

  BET/Arabesque

  0-75820-898-7

  (NR)


   IF YOU JUST SAY YES - Reon Laudat

   St. Martin's Press

   0-31293-363-0

   (4) LaShona El


   HEART AND SOUL - Eva Rutland

   Silhouette/SuperRomance

   0-37371-255-3

   (NR)


  LOVE ON HOLD - Christine Townsend

  BET/Arabesque

  1-58314-567-2

  (4+)  Monica M. Jeffers


  HOW SWEET THE SOUND - Various

  St. Martin's Press

  0-37378-534-8

  (NR)


  AN ALL NIGHT MAN - Various

  St. Martin's Press

  0-31232-877-X

  (NR)


  BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY - Various

  NAL/Signet

  0-45121-376-9

  (NR)


MAINSTREAM FICTION


  THE BITTEN - L. A. Banks

  St. Martin's Press

  0-31232-408-1

  (5) Debra Ross

 


  WHEN IT RAINS - Angie Daniels

  Kensington/Dafina

  0-75820-741-7

  (NR)


  WINGS OF GRACE - Vanessa Davis Griggs

  BET/New Spirit

  1-58314-468-4

  (4++) Tricia-Ann Blades


  THE ACCIDENTAL HUNTER - Nelson George

  Simon & Schuster/Touchstone

  0-74323-552-5

  (4)  Wayne Jordan


  THE BEST KEPT SECRETS - Kimberla Lawson Roby

  William Morrow

  0-06073-443-4

  (NR)


  THE PREACHER'S SON - Carl Weber

  Kensington/Dafina

  0-75820-715-8

  (NR)


 

DECEMBER 2004 JANUARY 2005 MARCH 2005

RATING SCALE - An Award of Excellence will only be given if at least two reviewers agree on a 5-star rating.

 
(5) Award of Excellence! (4+)  Exceptional! (4)  Very Good.
(3) (3+) Good (2) (2+) Fair (1) Poor