Candice Poarch
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Beverly Jenkins
Jewel
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Though Eli Grayson is one of the most handsome, charming, and intelligent men in Grayson Grove, no one will take a chance on a confirmed bachelor. Unwilling to give up his dreams, Eli convinces his friend Jewel to pose as his wife. Their masquerade is to last just one night . . . but when word gets out, Eli and Jewel must tie the knot to save his career—and her reputation.
Became a love she never expected . . .
Angry at being forced to turn her life upside down, Jewel never imagined that a white-hot passion would consume her once she and Eli became husband and wife. Sharing a bed has turned their prim friendship into a sensuous love affair . . . but when a woman from Eli's past returns to stir up trouble, he and Jewel will learn just how far they'll go to protect the precious gem of their newfound passion.
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The Emma Awards Banquet @ The Romance Slam Jam 2008 in Chicago, IL.
The banquet was a blast. The food was good, and the company was great. There were raffle winners, and acknowledgements and thanks given all around. And of course the awards!
Favorite Anthology - 'Cuffed By Candlelight' by Beverly Jenkins, Gwyneth Bolton, Katherine D. Jones.
Favorite Hero - Reese Anthony from 'Deadly Sexy' by Beverly Jenkins
Favorite Heroine - Teresa July from 'Wild Sweet Love' Beverly Jenkins
Favorite Novel - 'Wild Sweet Love' by Beverly Jenkins
Favorite Novella - 'Prisoner' by Beverly Jenkins
Favorite Sequel - 'Only You' by Francis Ray
Favorite Steamy - 'Whisper Something Sweet' by Deatri King-Bey
Favorite Suspense - 'Deadly Sexy' by Beverly Jenkins
Cover of the Year - 'Deadly Sexy' by Beverly Jenkins
Debut Author of the Year - LaConnie Taylor-Jones
Author of the Year - Beverly Jenkins
Pictures from the Emma Awards Banquet are below. Enjoy!



Below are pics from the Book signing held Saturday afternoon at the Romance Slam Jam 2008.
Enjoy!
Earl Sewell
Donna Hill
Bettye Griffin
Altonya Washington and Andrea Jackson
Pam Osbey

Random footage from the Old School Jam Set @ Romance Slam Jam!
Links are below....most are between 11MB and 25MB each!
We'll try to resave the video in a smaller file size (these are actually 50% compressed, if you can believe that!)
Since this was from a digital camera and not a camcorder with a built-in spotlight, the footage will appear sort of dark. You can adjust the brightness while viewing each in Windows Media Player by changing the Brightness setting under View > Enhancements > Show Enhancements.
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool1.wmv (4.6 MB)
Proud Mary intro (batteries died before the good part! Sorry!)
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool2.wmv (19.8 MB)
Pat Simmons and company do their rendition of the Staple Singers classic 'I'll Take You There'
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool3.wmv (25.7 MB)
'Freeway of Love' by the new Aretha!
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool4.wmv (20.6 MB)
Barbara Keaton does her revised version of Superfreak!
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool5.wmv (14.0 MB)
The New Supremes perform 'Stop In The Name Of Love'
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool6.wmv (17.4 MB)
Gwynne Forster does the Beatles!
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool7.wmv (14.1 MB)
Dyanne Davis does 'Jimmy Mack!'
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool8.wmv (51.8 MB)
8 minutes of the 2nd Soul Train line! (missed the first Soul Train line due to dead batteries)
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool9.wmv (12.7 MB)
Dyanne Davis and others do some dances from back in the day!
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool10.wmv (11.6 MB)
Everybody jumps on the floor for MJB's 'Just Fine' (notice Kayla Perrin hiding from the camera)
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool11.wmv (11.9 MB)
Earl Sewell leads the pack for the modified version of the Slide.
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool12.wmv (22.2 MB)
'We Are Family' by Chi-Town RAWSistaz-Sledge!
www.urban-reviews.com/rsjpics/oldschool13.wmv (25.7 MB)
Wayne Jordan is 'entertained' for his birthday during a cover of 'Lady Marmalade'

Below are pictures from the Old School Jam Set on Friday night @ The Jam!
The first brave souls for the Karaoke portion of the night.
Pat Simmons and company perform a Staple Singers classic.
Gwynne Forster does her rendition of The Beatles!
Karen D. rocks the mic!
Partying it up (do you see Mary B Morrison and Beverly Jenkins?)
LaShaunda of SORMAG dancing the night away.
Having a good ol' time at the Old School Jam set.
Random picture from the Old School Jam set.

Kamryn Donavan
Different Is All The Same
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While other ten-year-old girls were marrying their Barbie dolls off to Ken and G.I. Joe, Monica’s Barbie had her pink Corvette all packed, ready to do things solo. It was around this age when her father had walked out on the family, leaving her mother an emotional mess. Monica grew up determined not to end up like her mother. She refused to let a man get close enough to break her down. Now, at thirty, Monica has a successful career in advertising. She’s making close to six figures, driving her dream luxury car, and living in a pricey Chicago home on Lake Shore Drive overlooking Lake Michigan. She credits all her success to having stayed man-free, but all that changes in one Friday night. That’s when Marshawn comes sweeping into her life, and things will never quite be the same. Now everything she has fought so hard to avoid most of her life will be the very things she fights so hard to keep.
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Bettye Griffin
Once Upon A Project
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Elyse, Susan, and Grace couldn’t be happier when their friend Pat organizes a reunion for past residents of the Chicago housing project where they all grew up. It is, after all, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its opening, and like their long-ago home, the lifelong friends are also turning fifty. But none of them suspects the event will have life-altering changes…
Elyse plans to attend with her husband, but as usual lately, he bows out, pleading fatigue. He’s thirteen years her senior, and Elyse fears he’s slowing down. But does that mean she has to?
Susan also arrives alone. Her marriage is faltering since her diagnosis of breast cancer. But when she runs into a former flame, it feels like time has stood still…
Twice divorced, Grace needs a distraction, and she finds it in Eric. Once a cute kid four years Grace’s junior, Eric is now a handsome man whose age doesn’t matter—but their differences in financial status might...
And forced by her parents to give up the love of her life after a family tragedy, Pat never again found love. When an old friend from law school sees a media report about the reunion and contacts her, will she at last find the love that's eluded her?
Now it’s time for four friends to kick off a new chapter in each of their lives as past memories join with present temptations and future hopes…
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Below are pics from the Welcome Reception on Thursday Night @ The 2008 Romance Slam Jam a.k.a. The Jam!
Pam Osbey and Radiah

Dwan Abrams
Divorcing The Devil
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For Skyler Little, it's not easy being a psychoanalyst and a Christian. Sometimes it's hard not getting drawn into her patients' personal lives filled with adultery, abuse and turmoil. Yet, she remains steadfast in providing them with the best in Christian counseling. She even counsels her friend, Gabriella, who has just learned that her husband is cheating on her.
But when Skyler learns whom Gabriella's husband is cheating on her with, things start to spiral out of control, and she is now caught in the middle. Can Skyler get herself out of this situation, or can anyone be spared when you try to divorce the devil?
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