The very first review I had ever written was about a book by the dynamic author, Anita Bunkley. In her seventh work of fiction Bunkley proves that not only her fire for the written word is smoldering but fully ablaze. Emily the Yellow Rose is a historical novel based on the African American woman of whom the song, "The Yellow Rose of Texas" was based on. Around the same time of the Texas Revolution a mulatto woman by the name of Emily West travels to Texas from New York to work as a servant for a wealthy couple. Along the way she becomes curious of a certain Joshua Kinney, a kind dark skinned stranger.
Preconceived Notions by Robyn Williams
In the vein of Connie Briscoes's Sisters and Lovers, Preconcieved Notions powefully and provocatively explores the passions, desires, and fears that erupt when a beautiful, fiery black woman and a "strong black man" fall in love. Imagany is a bright and ambitious Fisk University journalism major with a talent for dance. Elliot is the handsome, charismatic star quarterback for Tennessee State University. When they meet, the attraction is immediate. The intensity of their passion leaves their lives irrevocably changed forever. As their relationship unfolds, however, their unrivaled love is challenged by the deep, dark secrets lurking in the shadows of Imagany's past. These secrets threaten not only to tear apart the paradise they have created from themselves, but also the very soul of Imagany herself. Will Imagany boldly confront her fears and her past, and despite all that she has been through in her life, can she learn to truly love and trust again?
The Good Black by Paul M. Barrett
Taught to believe that he was "a human being first, an American second, and a black third," Larry Mungin grew up with the credo that if you played by the rules, you'd succeed. His pursuit of the American Dream took him from a Queens housing project to Harvard Law School to the Washington, D.C., office of Katten, Muchin and Zavis, a blue chip Chicago law firm, where he worked toward achieving a coveted partnership. It didn't happen. In the fall of 1994, brushed off by senior partners who weren't even considering him for partnership, Mungin hired an upstart black firm to sue his employer. Katten, Muchin and Zavis retaliated by mounting the best defense money could buy. The jury's verdict made headlines from coast to coast, the final ruling was even more startling.
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