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"Ken is twenty-one, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What's meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they never could have anticipated"--Amazon.com.Tags
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Eric Jerome Dickey has been on my 'To Read' list for awhile as he so often appears on recommendation lists for Romance. Just about to give this up due to the overly enthusiastic reading by Dion Graham, who has real fun with his role. But then his lead character walks up to 'white skirt' and the relationship that follows is intense and so alive, and funny too. I looked up who EJD is and wow, he died in January this year! at 59. What a loss!
He's described as often employing a cast of international characters in his novels and it's true here, where we meet Ethopian Jimmy Lee.
How come there are no other reviews for this novel? The audiobook was released over two years ago by Audible, in April 2019, and there it gets a 4.4/5 score from 554 show more ratings!
I'm only 2/8 parts into the novel - which is nearly 10 hours – so I'll revisit these thoughts later, but I was hoping to learn something about this book from fellow Library Things.
Finished, and this novel packs a punch. It gets increasingly more serious in tone but it is always superbly written. This novel blew me away. The lead character, Ken Swift, will remain with me for a long time. I'm almost a little tired of first person narratives, but this one, how else could it be done if the author is to tell this deeply personal story. It's not a cop out here but a necessity, to express the intensity and character of this man. show less
He's described as often employing a cast of international characters in his novels and it's true here, where we meet Ethopian Jimmy Lee.
How come there are no other reviews for this novel? The audiobook was released over two years ago by Audible, in April 2019, and there it gets a 4.4/5 score from 554 show more ratings!
I'm only 2/8 parts into the novel - which is nearly 10 hours – so I'll revisit these thoughts later, but I was hoping to learn something about this book from fellow Library Things.
Finished, and this novel packs a punch. It gets increasingly more serious in tone but it is always superbly written. This novel blew me away. The lead character, Ken Swift, will remain with me for a long time. I'm almost a little tired of first person narratives, but this one, how else could it be done if the author is to tell this deeply personal story. It's not a cop out here but a necessity, to express the intensity and character of this man. show less
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Eric Jerome Dickey lives in California. Eric Jerome Dickey was born in Memphis, Tennessee on July 7, 1961. He received a degree in computer system technology from the University of Memphis. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked in the aerospace industry as a software developer. Soon after starting his job, he decided to become an actor show more and a stand-up comedian, which eventually lead him to a writing career. He attended UCLA's Creative Writing classes and in 1994, his short story Thirteen appeared in the IBWA's River Crossing: Voices of the Diaspora - An Anthology of the International Black Experience. His first novel was Sister, Sister was published in 1996. His other books include Milk in My Coffee; Liar's Game; Chasing Destiny; Between Lovers; Thieves' Paradise; The Other Woman; Sleeping with Strangers; Waking with Enemies; An Accidental Affair; and The Business of Lovers. He wrote over 30 novels, novellas, and short stories. His last book, The Son of Mr. Suleman is due to be published in April 2021. He received the awards for Best Contemporary Fiction and Author of the Year (Male) at the 2006 African American Literary Award Show. Eric Jerome Dickey died on January 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 59. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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