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**** BEST SELLING BOOKS **** The Concealers The Concealers, Book 2 of The Collectibles Trilogy, by author, James J. Kaufman, has just been selected as a 2014 Nautilus Silver winner in fiction. In addition, The Concealers was reviewed by Kirkus which stated: “Readers who like their fiction with a strong dose of inspiration and morality will enjoy this outing.”— Kirkus Reviews . Kaufman’s The Collectibles, Book 1 of The Collectibles Trilogy, also received the Nautilus Silver Award in fiction in 2011. Both novels are Amazon Best Sellers. “I am honored and heartened by these awards,” said Kaufman, “Especially because the purpose of the Nautilus award is to inspire the reader to new possibilities for a better world—which is what The Collectibles and now The Concealers is all about.” Kaufman’s press-rep David Salidor said, “Jim was up in New York last week meeting with agents pursuant to a possible screenplay. The Concealers, is a positive ...

The Sister Gospels The Sister Gospels, the first published novel of Vera Jennings, was ten years in the making. It is a faith-based story depicting the intertwining lives of four close-knit African-American sisters as each embarks on her own tumultuous path to growth and self-discovery. A tragic loss, a doomed relationship, substance abuse and adjusting to life after divorce are the trials that test the sisters’ strength of character as they draw closer to God and one another. The genre for The Sister Gospels can be summed up as urban, Christian fiction romance which offers an irresistible and popular niche for female readers in particular. However, the book also features secular themes and prominent male characters that creates universal appeal and offers a compelling slice-of-life human drama. Though most of the main characters are African-American, with several having a personal relationship with Christ, it is a story everyone can relate to, including non-believers...

**** CELEBRITY READING **** Rearview Mirror At first glance, Alana Stewart ( www.alanastewart.com ) has lived a charmed life, as an international model, actress, talk-show host, filmmaker and bestselling author. But despite many accomplishments and successes, her Cinderella story has been marred by abandonment, poverty, tragedy, infidelity and even violence. In her compelling new memoir, Rearview Mirror, Stewart confronts her remarkable past, and reconciles these opposing realities. The journey from a one-room shack in rural Texas, to the catwalks of high-fashion, and the sexy, pulsating dance floors of Studio 54, to the gilded mansions of Hollywood, came at a brutal emotional, physical and spiritual cost. With compelling openness, honesty and refreshing accountability, Alana chronicles her unstable childhood with a drug-addicted mother and succession of alcoholic step-fathers, her traumatic and violent rape, and struggles with bulimia, divorce and depres...