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BOOK OF THE MONTH: TRAPPED BY MARIA HERNANDEZ

MCT Publications   We are taught in church that there is a HEAVEN and HELL. When we die, we end up in one or the other. But, after what I’ve seen and done in my life, I beg to differ. Yes, there is a HEAVEN, a place of wonderment and joy. We go there either right after death or 100 years after. It just depends on what good deeds we’ve done on EARTH. Now HELL? HELL doesn’t exists after death. Why not? ‘Cause HELL is here on EARTH among the living. Just ask me how I know!                                                     – Angelina Rivera The Latina Book Club congratulates author Maria Hernandez on the debut of her Trapped series, and the birth of a new bold, confident, Latina heroine on a journey ...

REVIEW: THE BOSS BY AYA DE LEON (NYC LAUNCH PARTY 5/31!)

NEWS!  Aya de Leon is coming to New York City. Book Launch Party on Wednesday, May 31, 6-8pm at Sisters Uptown Bookstore & Cultural Center, 1942 Amsterdam Avenue at West 156 Street All welcome.     Dafina Books THE BOSS is book two in Aya de Leon’s Justice Hustlers series, but it stands alone. Our street-smart heroine, Tyesha Couvillier, takes on takes on pimps, mobsters, drug pins and bad boy rappers in this sexy, scandalous and suspenseful sequel to UPTOWN THIEF.  De Leon has created memorable characters in a complex, fast paced, heart stopping novel that will grab readers front the first page to the last. SUMMARY:  Tyesha is an ex-stripper, ex-thief turned sex worker advocate, who pulled herself out of the slums of Chicago and strip clubs of New York to become executive director of a woman’s health crisis center.  She is on top of the world, but one fateful act brings everything crashing down, and has her dodging bull...