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Kristen Wakefield grew up the privileged, beloved daughter and sister of a wealthy family...yet she felt eclipsed by the achievements of her older brother, Adam, a renowned neurosurgeon. In New Orleans, Kristen believes she now has the opportunity to prove herself and forget a rather disastrous past relationship. But life is much harder than she expected in the Big Easy. Then she meets a man from her past, Rafe Crawford...a man battling his own demons and keeping his own secrets.The show more beautiful, but down-to-earth Angelique Fleming has always had to fight to get what she wanted in a world dominated by men and she has the chip on her shoulder to prove it. Which is why she takes great pleasure working at a local strip club, hoping to expose a few naughty little secrets of the community's upstanding men. But before she gets all the dirt, she's going to find out a few things about life, men, and forgiveness she thought she already knew.
Claudette Thibodeaux Laurent comes from old New Orleans money and had always adhered to the family code: honor above all else. But she shocks polite society when she marries a man much younger than herself, a man everyone suspects is only after her money. Claudette has done her duty to her family and now she wants a little happiness for herself. And yet doubts eventually begin to creep in and she isn't sure which Maurice loves more: her or her money, as his desire for the finer things in life become more and more lavish. Just exactly how much is her happiness is going to cost her?
Told with Francis Ray's trademark emotion and passion, Somebody's Knocking at My Door is a powerful story of betrayal and forgiveness, love and healing.
. African American Fiction. Fiction. Romance. show less
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Somebody's Knocking at My Door by Francis Ray
Kristin hopes to gain attention for colored painters. She goes to dinner but Maurice's wife is not present and he can give her the money and paintings she wants but she does not want to go to bed with him at all to get it.
Rafe had come to the rescue but had punched Maurice in the nose. When Maurice and Claudia wen to the director of the gallery they forced him to fire her after they listened to Rafe's answering machine tape of when she was in the bathroom.
Rafe felt so bad that after 7 years Kristin was not working at the gallery.
She not only gets a job but one she loves with help from her friends. The revenge of Maurice is going along well with no help from them.
Kristin gets Rafe involved show more with teens who need to work with their hands for a cause and she's been able to sell items he's made at the gallery.
There is a subplot of Kristins friend Angel and her love interest and her work as a stripper doing research for college.
And her boss and his love are showcased here as well.
Love how she is able to get the boys into a sponsorship with something they can do good for others in their lives.
Love to hear about another and their craft, working with their hands and mind. show less
Kristin hopes to gain attention for colored painters. She goes to dinner but Maurice's wife is not present and he can give her the money and paintings she wants but she does not want to go to bed with him at all to get it.
Rafe had come to the rescue but had punched Maurice in the nose. When Maurice and Claudia wen to the director of the gallery they forced him to fire her after they listened to Rafe's answering machine tape of when she was in the bathroom.
Rafe felt so bad that after 7 years Kristin was not working at the gallery.
She not only gets a job but one she loves with help from her friends. The revenge of Maurice is going along well with no help from them.
Kristin gets Rafe involved show more with teens who need to work with their hands for a cause and she's been able to sell items he's made at the gallery.
There is a subplot of Kristins friend Angel and her love interest and her work as a stripper doing research for college.
And her boss and his love are showcased here as well.
Love how she is able to get the boys into a sponsorship with something they can do good for others in their lives.
Love to hear about another and their craft, working with their hands and mind. show less
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Francis Ray was born in Texas on July 20, 1944. She graduated from Texas Woman's University. She wrote over 50 books during her lifetime including After the Dawn, The Turning Point, and All That I Need. Her novel Incognito was adapted into the first BET made-for-TV movie. She also wrote numerous series including Taggart/Falcon, The Graysons of New show more Mexico, Grayson Friends, and Invincible Women. She received numerous awards including the Romantic Times Career Achievement, The Golden Pen, EMMA, and The Atlantic Choice. In 2001, she established the Turning Point Legal Fund to assist victims of domestic violence. She died on July 2, 2013. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 2003-05-01
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