Zen Cooper has been gone from Center City for over three years. At age twenty she has earned a degree from Howard University and plans to go home for a short stay before returning to Howard to become an assistant, but there are Zen's plans and then there is life. Her father Charlie has been away in Africa for three years, seeking wellness and her mother is still mired down in fear and a lack of confidence in who she is. Her grandmother, Willie Mae is determined to control what goes on around her, while unable to control herself. More interesting is the new dancer who has shown up in town with...

Cinnamon's book on marital faithfulness and faithlessness, Is Anyone Faithful? exploded on the scene. Center City and the nation were fascinated by a woman bold enough to write about why she had an affair and dared interview her ex and current husbands about why they had been faithless and faithful. It was two hundred pages of truth and the media world wanted to interview the woman who had dared not only talk about it but place it in bold print.

WORDS FROM YOUR SISTER is a scriptural devotional with scriptures from the ESV Version of the Holy Bible and the Christian experiences of Angelia Vernon Menchan in her straight talking, let's learn together cadence. The intent is to share and inspire through God's word.

April and Amelie are twins but it would not be possible for twins to be more different...or are they? April is the good sister with a successful life and a husband and the only things she wants is a baby... Amelie on the other hand is a drunken, druggie who actually has the baby April wants but she is not inclined to give in to her perfect sister... or is she?

Anise woke up exhausted. She had spent the night before drinking and felt like she was dipped in a bottle of tequila but the one thing on her mind was going to church. She had dreamed about her grandma, mama and aunt in one night and they each told her, "Baby, the Lord is still waiting." It had been years. She was thirty-seven, and more than half her life had been spent since then. Standing in the mirror, she took her own measure and knew it was only God who kept her. The fact she looked halfway decent was a miracle and as her grandma used to say, "Proof that Jesus was real." Anise was going...

Center City has a new guard and they are continuing to tradition of family and community with their own sense of style, class and drama.

Sister You Are More Than Your assETS is a mentor's outreach to young sisters. Angelia Vernon Menchan has penned a timely book sharing her life experiences as a growing and grown woman in overcoming sometimes daunting experiences. It also speaks to the way in which women can love, support and empower other women, sometimes simply by being there. This book is in no way a fix for the ills of society and will not speak to every reader. It is meant for those who can take what's needed and pass on the rest.