Gifted with rock star looks and a genius IQ, Penn Hamilton has been inspiring awe since he was a baby. Now he's ready to take on the world and claim his rightful place in the midst of celebrity. As a Writer. Rapper. Model. God. Unfortunately, the world's not quite ready for him.

But when Penn meets Beryl Unger, high-powered editrix to literati and glitterati alike, sparks fly. Sparks fly even higher when he meets one of Beryl's authors, superstar romance author Sharlyn Tate. Two women, one man. A man with no boundaries, who will stop short of nothing--even brutal, vicious murder--to have the success and adulation he so desperately desires.

They're back by popular demand! In "Tastes Like Chicken, " Lolita Files continues the story of Misty Fine and Reesy Snowden, the dynamic heroines of her bestselling novels "Scenes from a Sistah" and "Getting to the Good Part."

What's a girl to do when she finds out her man's been feeding her lies? When readers last saw the girlfriends, Misty had just married her dream man, Rick Hodges, and was off on a fabulous honeymoon. A pregnant and newly engaged Reesy was riding off into the sunset with her fiance -- reformed ladies' man Dandre Hilliard. But it isn't long before everyone starts misbehaving, and in "Tastes Like Chicken, " they get what's coming to them.

With steamy thrills and disastrous infidelities, "Tastes Like Chicken" is a tale of two women who find themselves poised at life's crossroads with everything to lose but their friendship. Filled with the humor and personal drama that made her first books national bestsellers, Lolita Files's latest takes the sistahs -- and readers -- on their wildest ride yet.

Hollywood. The place people go to fulfill their dreams. But its reality is a cruel one: Opportunities are few and the competition ruthless. Innocent hearts can suddenly turn dark, and the most loyal of friends can become bitter enemies. Desi, Sharon, and Bettina are three black women struggling to make names for themselves amid the glitz, glamour, and deception. Before each woman can be swept away by the intrigue and intensity of the entertainment industry, they must answer to the desperate calls from the ghosts of their pasts. But if they do, will the shadows of infidelity, abandonment, and murder destroy everything they've worked for?

In this searing novel, bestselling author Lolita Files tells the tale of a Southern family torn apart by the secrets it struggles to keep.

Everybody knows everybody else's business in Downtown, Tennessee. Neighbors while away afternoons at the local bar, swapping rumors about voodoo, incest, and illegitimate children. Usually they're gossiping about the Botens.

In this epic saga, Lolita Files unveils the hidden lives of three generations of the Boten clan, a family as cursed by fate as they are blessed with hope. There's Grandma Amalie, who's willing to sacrifice everything for her son; there's Grace, who manages to conceal the identity of her child's father for more than twenty years; there's Aunt Sukie, whose strange power over her husband, Walter, is matched only by the strength of her dark magic; and, finally, there's Lay, whose secret betrayals will set the Boten clan in motion, sending its members on a quest for self-discovery that will lead them from one end of the world to the other.

I'm proud of you, Misty, though you ain't got no sense. It's all right; I got your back."

"Do you now?" I asked sarcastically.

Reesy handed me a book from her shopping bag. "Yep."

I was suddenly filled with affection for her. Even though Reesy was way too frank most times, she always had my best interests at heart.

I focused on the book title: Smart Women, Foolish Choices.

That damn Reesy. She just never, ever quit...
Scenes From a Sistah

With fierce, no-holds-barred insight and exuberant wit, Lolita Files's debut novel marks a fresh, outrageously funny new voice in contemporary fiction. Scenes from a Sistah is the scandalously straight-up, recklessly entertaining novel of two gutsy women whose friendship makes them go for their wildest dreams — and risk them all.

Serious, striving, upwardly mobile executive Misty Fine almost has it together. She manages millions of dollars in real estate and dazzling executive opportunities with knockout savvy-but hasn't quite figured out how to get the real deal from the men in her life. Her lifelong friend Reesy Snowden is brilliant, up-front—and anything but career-minded. To avoid her wealthy parents' overwhelming expectations, Reesy is perfectly happy careening between underwhelming jobs by day — and exotic dancing by night. In a very '90s world where success doesn't always mean security and Mr. Right is otherwise engaged — or worse — Misty and Reesy know they can always count on each other to tell the truth and "manage the damage" as only they can.

Of course, that means negotiating their way through a gallery of unforgettable "chances at romance": charming lawyer Stefan — whose luscious good looks hide plenty of bad news; sexy, mysterious Roman, who is as skilled at disappearing as he is passionate in bed; and the "roughnecks" that Reesy zooms through faster than she juggles jobs.

But when Misty gets the promotion of a lifetime, and hires Reesy hoping to give her some career direction, neither one is ready for the consequences or their hidden conflicts. And each must decide for herself what they value most—even as they redefine their relationship and their lives in ways both unexpected and hilarious.

Fiercely witty and riotously sexy, Scenes from a Sistah dazzles with dead-on insight and outrageous heart. And it introduces us to two feisty, utterly unforgettable women willing to challenge anyone — even each other — to fulfill the best that true friendship can promise...

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Perched on Misty's finger was a five-carat rock.

"Rick gave it to me this afternoon." Misty's eyes were moist. "You gon' be my maid-of-honor, right, girlfriend? I want you to help me with everything!" For her sake, I forced a smile onto my face...

The sistahs are back! Serious-but-savvy Misty Fine and outrageous Reesy Snowden take on New York, mad success, and hot men in ways that make even the Big Apple blush. Now a star in a sizzling off-Broadway musical, Reesy isn't about to forever lose her best friend Misty to marriage. And she sure isn't going to let rich Dandre Hilliard—her "worst enemy in life"—get away with almost wrecking her reputation. So what's a fired-up, brilliantly devious sistah to do? Show her friend the "truth" about her seemingly oh-so-wonderful fiancé...and wreak the perfect payback on Mr. Smooth-and-Sexy Dandre. But when Reesy's wild schemes start backfiring big-time, she and Misty must face the truth about themselves, their dreams, and just how much their scandalous, crazy-from-the-heart friendship can—and can't—survive.

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