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This was one of my least favorites from Mary Monroe. I usually love her books and had not read her in a long time so I was seeking her former glory. This book was stupid for lack of a better word. I was annoyed by every character as they were one-dimensional and flat. No one had personality. It j...
Its been quite a few years since I've read The Upper Room so I'm going to go back and reread it since this is actually the prequel which delves into Mama Ruby as a child up until age 30. Mama Ruby had a very good up bring in comparison to others in her circle; two parent household, working parent...
She Had It Coming by Mary MonroeI’ve had this book for some years now and just recently got around to finishing. The book started slow that’s why it was so easy for me to put down and whenever I would try to pick it up again something else would draw my attention away from reading. However this t...
(FROM JACKET)Theses days, Annette Goode Davis has a pretty full plate-literally and figuratively. Although she's trying to reconcile with her husband, Pee Wee, she's still seeing other men on the side. A woman's got to cover her bases, right? With her love life hopping, Annette should be as pleas...
You really have to be a patient person to make it through this book. If you have followed the Mama Ruby series, you know that Virgil has been protecting Mama Ruby's biggest secret for years and this is the book where it all hits the fan.I thought that would be the focus of the book, but actually ...
I thought I would never finish this book!!! I love Mary Monroe and read so many of her books but this one just got on my nerves cause it seemed so long and drawned out. I had to finish reading it cause I loved the first book(Moma Ruby-Upper Room))and I wanted to see how the story was gonna play o...
Book was good although I hate some of the secrets and lies were never revealed. I was hoping that Vera's hidden secrets would come to light. Although she was wrong, she wasn't the only one and she truly got a raw deal. Funny how men can't acknowledge their own wrong doing when there are 4 fingers...
I was angry throughout the book. Not for what happened to the main character (even though it was a horrible experience) but actually mad at the character. I was mad at Annette because she never spoke out about what happened to her, only to Rhonda. She began to stand up for herself against Mr Boat...
Deliver Me From Evil
This is a collection of two tales of loss and redemption - 'Nightmare In Paradise' by Mary Monroe and 'Bad Luck Shadow' by Victor McGlothin.
Working in the world's oldest profession, six very different women forge a powerful bond that no one can break, not even their controlling manager Clyde, until an impulsive act of defiance changes everything. Reprint.
Annette Goode finally seems to have the perfect life--a handsome husband, a beautiful daughter, and a lovely home. Out of the blue Annette starts to receive hostile letters, vicious phone calls, and menacing. Annette has no idea who's behind the attacks, nor does her best friend, Rhoda. But whoev...
WE KNEW ONE another so well that it was not hard to know what was on each other’s mind. “I know you think Bertha sent that note to Donald’s mother,” she told me. “Uh-huh. She’s the only person who has something to gain by spreading lies about you,” I said. I was so angry even my jaw was twitching...
Jerome said proudly. “And she was the smartest girl in my algebra class,” Nadine added. “Mmm-huh,” Willie nodded. “When I was your age they only gave jobs like operators to those squeaky-voiced white girls. Black girls had to do some of everything to make a buck.” “That’s for sure. My mama cleane...
I thought you were in London,” Teri squealed. She gave Trevor a bear hug. “It’s always nice to see you, baby,” Trevor said, planting a wet kiss on her lips, more to taunt and tease Harrison than anything. “I was out chilling with my man here and we decided to pay Victor a visit. I was disappointe...
We had been playing phone tag since the day I met Seth. “Baby girl, call me back so you can tell me about Seth,” one of Uncle Albert’s messages said. “You know I worry about you, so I just want to make sure everything is going all right.” I felt bad about not being around when Uncle Albert called...
My husband enjoyed the usual down-home plates that almost every other black person I knew who had southern roots enjoyed. I usually planned our meals so that I didn’t have to come home from work and then scramble around the kitchen trying to decide what to cook. I was not the kind of homemaker wh...
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