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God first life second. I am 37 years old. I am a author and poetess.

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Book Review: Metamorphosis by DJ McLauren




Oh snap! DJ McLaurin has did it again. Metamorphosis happens not only within the pages but inside of your own heart and mind. She puts the "gotcha" in action. The characters– Michael struggles with love and Chachi fights for love. The confrontations of love can be a hit or miss. But it is wonderful watching the contenders stand up for the fight of their lives, with villains plotting to snatch the next breath. It's raw footage seeing who will be the last one standing. Metamorphosis is a beautifully written story with sexual orientation hanging in the balance of thought. It has been Kissed by Verbal Conquest.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

What I am reading, NOW...5/09



METAMORPHOSIS a novel by D.J. McLaurin http://www.djmclaurin.com/

Grieving the loss of his mother and abandonment by the love of his young life, Michael finds solace in the arms of his good friend, Illian-- a party girl and substance abuser. He soon finds that Illian's dope is just the thing he needs to forget his lover, Chachi, and tolerate the constant badgering from his dead mother's ghost.

But Joe, Michael's billionaire father, along with Chachi, refuses to give up on Micael and hauls him unceremoniously into unconventional rehab.

In the tough yet tender care of Sunny Palmer, the hardcore head of the Progressive Rehabilitation Treatment Center, Michael finds the path to recovery and begins a transformation that brings both pain and confustion. A man now, he's anxious to reunite with his loved ones and ready to deal with his over-bearing father, his fiery ex-lover and Renee, Chachi's vemon spitting ex-girlfriend, whose hatred and jealousy borders on insanity.

But not much has ever come easy to Michael, and as he journeys into adult-hood, the secrets he uncovers about himself eclipses every challnge he expected to face. his life is rapidly changing, and he may not be strong enough to grapple with his metamorphoses while beeating back the deomons that continue to hound his heels.

It might be that in the love he's running from lies his only hope of weather his storm.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Push comes to Shove -Super Kissed


This book is the chi ching from that tv cop show. It has been Super Kissed by me. The story is compelling and moves with fluid. The characters were real. GP had it hard living in a group home. Being told "you ain't nothing" so often can make you believe just that. But add a wife, two kids, and a gangster lesbian best friend to the pot. Will it be pot luck or just bad heat. "Fire and gun poweder don't sleep together." Oasis pitched a homerun piecing this story together with heartbeat thrills that left me with my mouth wide open. This book is a definite go-getter.