The Innocence of Others

About the Author

This is the part that usually begins, “Inda Lauryn is constantly changing the soundtrack of her life.” Even though this still rings true, she still continues to find new inspirations for herwriting. Popular culture remains a large influence on her work asseen in my previous novels In Time and One Last Dance, Little Sister? as well as the short story collection The People in My Head.

However,a love of fantasy and Zoe Washburn inspired her to create the webfantasy series The Final Resistance, which allowed her to collaborate for a short time with a very talented artist. In the meantime, she continues to work on the paranormal novel Blood Tastes Sweet. She is also working on an afro-gothic novel, a screenplay, two other novels based on characters from In Time and a host of other ideas that are continuing to formulate in her head. Right now, she is promoting her latest novella collection, The Innocence of Others.

About the book

Dominique Winters has an unusual ability that gives her unusual insight into criminal psychology. Lisa Tisdale cannot seem to get a traumatic past event out of her system… or the man behind it. Keyara Jones finds her unusual affliction affects her credibility as a witness to a crime. Three women find their lives turned upside when the wrong side of the law comes home.

Inda Lauryn presents three novellas about life and crime with the new work The Innocence of Others. “In Vacuo” blends a touch of the paranormal as Dominique Winters returns to her roots to help trackdown a vicious serial killer. “And You That I Defend” finds LisaTisdale also returning to her former home to get closure with the most important man in her life. “Face Blind” questions what Keyara Jones really knows when she loses her ability to recognize faces as well as her faith in the ones she loves.

Fans of Lauryn’s short stories will also find a few surprises in store for them as well. The Innocence of Others uses crime as its basis in order to explore various aspects of human nature.

You can find more information and free reads of her work at any one of her websites. You can check out Kismet’s old website at www.conceding2kismet.weebly.com and the new site at www.conceding2kismet.com/website. You may also read fantasy work at Kismet Fantasy, www.c2kfantasy.yolasite.com.

5 Reasons to Leave a Lover

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About the author
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A virtual media and web consultant by day and author by night, Carolyn Davenport-Moncel moved to Paris from Chicago, her hometown, in 2001. In Paris, she started the first English-speaking Virtual Assistance firm. Known for her online articles on media relations, Moncel owns MotionTemps, LLC (http://www.motiontemps.com/), a Digital Project and Web Content Management firm with offices in Chicago, Paris and Geneva; and its subsidiary, Mondavé Communications (http://www.mondaveinc.com/), a media relations training and publishing company. She has written, placed articles and been featured in such diverse publications as Entrepreneur.com, Expatica.com, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Wired News, International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Working Mother, Bonjour Paris, and PrissyMag.com.
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Author of Encounters in Paris – A Collection of Short Stories, Carolyn currently resides in Lausanne, Switzerland with her husband and two daughters. Her latest work is called 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover—A Novella and Other Short Stories. Her next collection of short stories, Encounters in Chicago – A Collection of Short Stories will debut in fall 2012.
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About the book
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In 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover, author Carolyn Moncel offers up a fresh batch of stories based on love and loss. As singer/songwriter, Paul Simon so eloquently suggested in a famous song from the 1970s, there are many ways to leave a lover. However, Moncel's characters demonstrate that the reasons for leaving in the first place are quite finite.
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Encounters in Paris` Ellery and Julien Roulet return, picking up their lives after the short story, "Pandora`s Box Revisited." This time the Roulets are involved in a love triangle, and along with two other couples, must explore how love relationships are affected and splinter due to abuse, ambivalence, deception, cheating and death. This bittersweet collection of tales proves that some breakups are necessary; while others are voluntary; and still others are simply destined and beyond anyone's control.
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More about the author
http://www.carolynmoncel.com/
http://www.carolynmoncel.blogspot.com/

Becoming: The Life and Musings Of A Girl Poet

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Nadia Janice Brown is an American poet, freelance writer, and author of Becoming: The Life and Musings Of A Girl Poet and the award-winning book Unscrambled Eggs. Her poetry and articles have appeared in national and international magazines, and literary journals. She is also the founder of www.author-promotion.com/. Nadia can be reached through her web site at www.nadiajbrown.com/
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Becoming: The Life and Musings of a Girl Poet is an inspirational collection of poetry and articles. Becoming is a rousing composition of poems about utilizing your God-given talents and gifts in such a way that leads to a life of fulfillment.

The Fate of America in the Ninth Hour

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Kimberly Jackson is a Christian author, writer, and teacher on a mission to spread the gospel of the kingdom through written and spoken word. She is known for her prophetic voice, timely, raw, and straight to the point messages visible in her creative works of poetry, devotionals, prophecy and inspirational books.
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Shortly after renewing her vows back to God in 1995, the miracle of a hidden talent "the Writer's Pen" manifested in her life and is now blossoming and filling dark empty places with life changing kingdom sound messages of blessedness, salvation, healing, hope and deliverance. She studied theology at Life Christian University in Lithonia,
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About the book
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In the Fate of America, Kimberly Jackson reveals what's going on in the mind of God in the now 21st Century era of happenings concerning America and the Church. It addresses God's judgments upon a nation that continues to ignore Him and adopt heathen practices rooted from the ancient traditions of Babylon, Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
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It exposes the deceptions of this country and the secrets of society hidden behind closed doors. What does God want from America? What does God want from the Church? What is the ninth hour and how does it effect America and the Church? What are a lot of things we see happening today actually leading up to?
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Learn the answers to these questions and many more, as you read this astonishing book of revelation knowledge and truth from the Throne Room of God!
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More about the author
www.fateofamerica.com
www.authorsden.com/kimberlyjackson

Healing and Freedom Through These Sacred Tonemasters

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About the author
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Jacqueline Harris was born to Jasper and Diamond Harris and raised on the south side of Chicago. Jacqueline graduated from Chicago State University and participated in three sports during her tenure at CSU. She has always been a writer of stories, and an obsessive lover of music and reading. Jacqueline presently resides in Laurel, Maryland.
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About the book
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“This is a story of how I was just going through the motions when it came to my daily living here on this planet. I was really sleepwalking my way through life. I was not happy. I lived in fear and had low self-esteem sprinkled with bits of naivety and arrogance. I didn’t trust myself, or anyone else for that matter. I didn’t have complete trust in my Creator to do what was best for me. I was living my life in a self-imposed state of isolation and detachment from others. I didn’t know how to love myself, let alone allow anyone else to love me. My heart was shut down, and daydreaming and music stepped in and became a comforting reality for me.
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However, every once in a while, I would peer deep within and see the real me – that person who possessed unlimited potential and a true zest for life. Yet, I had no idea how to tap into that part of myself and allow her to shine consistently.
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Through my encounter with the Egyptian goddess Mother Athyr, also known as Mother Het-Heru and Mother Hathor, along with the Sacred Tonemasters that I was blessed to meet, I was able to slow down, listen, remember, and tap into that potential. Today, I know who my spiritual mother is and how she has impacted my life in ways I could never begin to imagine.
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This journey helped me to re-learn how to love myself, free my mind, and love others. This journey taught me how to quell the desire of worldly things and Remember. You see, I was a forgetful being. I forgot who I was and why I was here. I forgot how to love myself and others. I forgot how to have faith. This journey helped me to Remember all of that. However, the most important part of this journey is I Remembered the only desire I should ever have in my life is to love serving the will of The Most High first and foremost.”
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More about the author
http://www.sacredtonemasters.com/

Where My Birthmark Dances

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About The Author
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Giving a voice or adding a layer of complexity to individuals who are at their lowest points, when we, the public, meet them, is Octavia McBride-Ahebee’s muse. Her writing is very much informed by the years she lived in various parts of Africa. Her poetry, for the most part, gives voice to women who historically have not been heard: African women, women in refugee camps, women who are victims of civil war, isolated, rural women who battle such health challenges as obstetric fistula and breast cancer. More increasingly, her poetry addresses the environmental devastation created by corporate entities in the name of development.
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McBride-Ahebee’s work has appeared in many journals and anthologies including Damazine; A Literary Journal of the Muslim World, Fingernails Across The Chalkboard: Poetry And Prose on HIV/AIDS From the Black Diaspora, Under Our Skin: Literature of Breast Cancer, Sea Breeze- A Journal of Contemporary Liberian Writing, The Journal of the National Medical Association, Art in Medicine Section and the Beloit Poetry Journal. Assuming Voices, a poetry collection, was published in 2003 by Lit Pot Press. Her newest collection of poetry, Where My Birthmark Dances, was published this summer- 2011- by Finishing Line Press.
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Lillian Dunn, editor of Apiary Magazine, stated“The Ancient Romans used to call a person's creative spirit her "genius," and recognized the labor of setting it free as one of love and sacrifice. Octavia McBride-Ahebee's latest collection is just such a labor. Her poems depict human longing, love and dignity in the context of global inequality with fierce, uncompromising grace.
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As her characters speak, she creates indelible sensory images of loveliness and affection, profound misery and anger, letting each co-exist on the page. The resulting complexity of tone makes space for nuanced and compelling human voices that might otherwise be categorized as "victims" or "villains" of oppression. It takes the full use of genius to notice and capture these contradictions, and a deep social conscience to care so passionately about writing them down. This collection is one of McBride-Ahebee's "bighearted magnolia trees," its trunk scarred by the fire of sacrifice, its blossoms and branches so beautiful you don't want to leave their shade.”
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More about the author
http://www.omcbride-ahebee.blogspot.com/

Dreaming in Color

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About the Author
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Fiona Lewis is an award-winning novelist and author of “Bliss,” “Hungry For It,” “Every Dark Desire,” and “Dangerous Pleasures,” among other adult novels. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including “From Where We Sit: Black Writers Write Black Youth.”

Fiona Zedde Lewis moved to the U.S. from Jamaica as a sweet, yet misunderstood, preteen. After spending a few years in Tampa and getting her undergraduate degree in Gender Studies and British and American Literature at New College of Florida, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia. She currently lives in Tampa.
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About the book
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Jamaican-American writer Fiona Zedde Lewis has authored best-selling novels and collections of short stories for adults. “Dreaming in Color” marks her debut writing for young adults–and a compelling debut it is.
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Carlene (Cee-Cee) has come to the U.S. from Jamaica to join her mother, who has been working for two years to bring her daughter to join her. But excited as Carlene is to be reunited with her beloved mother, she finds life in her new country daunting. She misses her island home and the father she left behind.
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High school is a difficult territory to navigate for many teens–bullying, mean girls, jock/thug boys, and just the normal daily stresses of trying to succeed in classes can present awesome challenges. When a group of mean girls led by one of the most popular girls in the school targets Carlene, taunting her for her accent and her skin color, she turns to art as a refuge. Problems with her mother, who reveals a secret Cee-Cee is not prepared for, just adds to her feelings of isolation.
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Then Carlene meets Greg, another teen from Jamaica. They bond over their shared feelings of dislocation and their inability to fit in. But a big party where the popular kids.
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More about Fiona Zedde:
http://www.fionazedde.com/

A Black Girls Guide to Dating White Men

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This book is a guide to help Black women, young and old, maneuver through the dating process as it pertains to dating white men. It entails bits of history, stories, recipes and jokes. The Author urges black women to open their options and to give white men a try.
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"I think many women limit themselves to dating only within their race. I believe we should be opened minded to all races. In dealing with white men, I've found my self thinking, either this guy isn't into black girls or he's assuming I don't have interest in white men. From reading Niki's book, I've realized sometimes its neither and just maybe we could all use a little help. I believe Niki's book delivers that help in a hilariously honest way"-Meagan Good (actress).

Real Talk Tips

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About the Author
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Cherise "Reese" Charleswell is eclectic. She is a dynamic writer, artist, bookworm, fashionista, penny-pincher, designer, music lover, sista-friend, and poet who has been described as the "Mad Scientist," due to her varied interests and passions.
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She has been writing for as far back as she can remember, penning poems and essays since childhood. She began sharing her literary work as a spoken-word artist in Los Angeles, and also acted as the producer of PoetsJazzHouse in historic Leimert Park, California. Writing has been one of her greatest loves.
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She is also the creator, designer, and President of the Eclectic Life accessories and jewelry line.
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She is of West Indian descent, by way of Los Angeles, to Fort Lauderdale Florida, and back.
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A non-traditional, sassy, and painfully honest self help guide and work book for the morally challenged and socially inept members of society. With TIPS on topics as various as: hygiene, physical appearance, communication, the workplace, and money management.
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More about Cherise Reese Charleswell
www.createspace.com/3550362

Bluesday

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Married at sixteen, a mother twice by seventeen, and thrice a mother and divorced by twenty-four, Adrienne Thompson is no stranger to adversity. Not your typical teenage mother, she went on to complete her college degree and to earn her nursing license. She attributes God's faithfulness as the catalyst for her success in life. Now, having raised two children as a divorced mother, with a third fast approaching adulthood, she is sharing a long hidden talent and passion with the world. Using the lessons that life has so expertly taught her as a guideline (betrayal, abusive relationships, self-esteem issues, witnessing the deteriorating effects of drug abuse), she has created a novel that will both entertain and inspire the reader. Bluesday is a satisfying mixture of inspiration and drama that will not leave you disappointed.
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Adrienne currently resides in Arkansas with her daughter and moonlights as a Registered Nurse.
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Bluesday is an inspirational romance novel which chronicles the trials and triumphs of a young blues singer. Bobbie Brooks is living the life she's always dreamed of. A life full of music, success, and love. Or so it seems. Suddenly, her perfect world shatters, leaving her alone, broken, and penniless. In order to heal, Bobbie must confront the demons of both her past and present. Will she be strong enough to move into her future and make a new start with an old flame?
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More about Adrienne Thompson:
http://www.adriennethompsonwrites.webs.com/