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Eric Jerome Dickey
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Sister, Sister (1996)
The idea of an African American
"sister" novel written by a man will strike many as suspicious, but
Dickey accurately details the tangled relationships between both his
female and male characters. Valerie turns to her sister, Inda, for counsel
when she senses her husband has lost interest in their relationship. But
Inda has her own problems: first she meets her boyfriend Raymond's "other
girlfriend," Chiquita; then the pair find Raymond with yet another woman,
who turns out to be his fiancée. There's more: Thaddeus, Valerie and Inda's
brother, falls for Chiquita, who in turn has formed a sisterly bond with
Inda, despite the less-than-ideal circumstances of their meeting. Point of
view alternates between the various characters as Valerie, Chiquita, and
Inda share their thoughts and feelings about their interlocking
relationships with one another, with men, with family members, and with the
past. Remarkably, Dickey is able both to create believable female characters
and to explore the "sister-sister" relationship with genuine insight. Friends & Lovers (1997)
Second-novelist Dickey more than fulfills the promise shown in Sister,
Sister (1996), again offering real characters and invigorating, believable
dialogue. The loves, lives, and losses of four vibrant, Los Angeles based
African-American men and women are the subjects on which Dickey focuses his
powers of observation and finely tuned wit. Tyrel, whose twin sister Mye is
a constant source of support, is a computer-company executive whose career
is far more steady than his love life. His best friend, Leonard, is an
aspiring stand- up comedian who seems poised for stardom, though also
remaining unhappily single.
When the two men meet Debra and Shelby, it seems that their luck has taken a
dramatic turn for the better; after a matter of days, Leonard and the
light-skinned, quiet but determined Debra, an OB-GYN nurse, have fallen for
each other big-time. It takes Tyrel and the outspoken, harder-edged Shelby,
a flight attendant (who hates being called a "stewardess''), a little
longer, but after a rocky start they too find in each other what they've
been searching for.
Los Angeles seems at first a paradise for the foursome as they
enthusiastically hit the beaches, comedy clubs, restaurants, and discos.
Then a massive misunderstanding destroys Tyrel and Shelby's romance, leading
them to move to San Francisco and San Diego, respectively; by this time,
Leonard and Debra are happily married and frustrated with their best
friends' inability to resolve their differences. It takes tragedy on a grand
scale to reunite lovers destined for each other and to teach both couples
that friendship is perhaps the most valuable gift they've been given. With
four characters taking turns offering snippets of the story, it's sometimes
hard to keep track of who's talking--but familiarity makes for smoother
sailing through another success scored by Dickey.
Milk In My Coffee (1998)
With his third book, Milk In My Coffee,
Eric Jerome Dickey climbed the national charts, including the Wall
Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times lists,
confirming the tremendous promise of his first two bestsellers Sister,
Sister and Friend and Lovers.Dickey's
novel of African American romance and friendship is engrossing and
entertaining; this story is definitely more developed than his two previous
novels. Tennessee-born Jordan Greene, a successful, single professional
living in Manhattan, is the main character. He and his best friend Solomon,
who is closer to him than either of his two brothers, confide and support
one another. Kimberly Chavers is the aspiring artist he meets in a taxicab,
and they soon develop a relationship of substance and meaning.
The surprising twists at the end of the novel
bring a good novel to a very satisfying conclusion.
Cheaters (1999)
Stephan Mitchell and his best friends
Jake and Darnell are living well with good jobs, fine clothes, and beckoning
futures. For Stephan and Jake, who attract plenty of beautiful sisters,
variety is the spice of life. But Darnell is different: He has kept his
marriage vows despite some rough going...until he meets a woman who
understands his dreams.Chante Marie
Ellis and her best friends Karen and Tammy are true blue soul sisters.
Closer than close, going way back, they've stayed tight while each has found
love, lost love, gone looking for love, and sworn off men forever. But when
Chante runs into Stephan--again--at a nightclub, it could be kismet. Maybe
this time she can lose her heart without getting it trampled on.
While Jake plays the field and Darnell
struggles with temptation, Stephan starts seeing his life--past and
present--more clearly. And as the price of playing the game and paying the
consequences starts crashing down around them all, they discover what
happens when the game stops: Who wins, who loses, and who cheats just one
last time...
In Cheaters, Eric Jerome Dickey
paints a sassy, sexy, portrait of men, women, and modern morals--in a
high-spirited roller-coaster ride of a novel about the risks and rewards of
falling in love. Liars Game (2000)
Running from a bad relationship that
lasted way too long, New York native Dana Ann Smith leaves the city and
moves to Los Angeles --the perfect place to start over with a new
atmosphere, a new job, and a new man. When she meets Vincent Calvary Browne,
Jr., he seems like a dream come true; handsome, hardworking with a good job,
and sexy in a sting, silent kind of way. But that silence also means, he's
not letting Dana in on a few important things about his life. When both
Dana's former lover and Vince's ex-wife suddenly come to town, the two must
confront painful truths about their pasts and open their hearts and souls to
each other with a new honesty. Only then will they have a fighting chance at
a future together. Between Lovers (2001)
With each new novel, Eric Jerome Dickey
has established himself as one of the freshest and most exciting writers on
America's contemporary fiction scene. His latest book is no exception. Set
in the San Francisco Bay area, Between Lovers brings together three
irresistible characters. The novel's narrator-a Los Angeles-based writer-is
still reeling from being dumped by Nicole after seven good years followed by
an aborted trip to the altar. Nicole grew up during their time together, and
changed-she became a successful career woman, moved north to Oakland, and
fell in love with another woman. But she's still not satisfied. She likes
what she has, but misses what she had, and wants to find out if she can have
it all. She's playing with fire, not to mention the feelings of the two
people who love her most in the world, but Nicole lures her former fiancé
back into her new life, opening the floodgates of anger, passion, pain...and
refreshing honesty. How these three fascinating people handle this unusual
and complex love triangle makes for one of Dickey's most provocative and
unforgettable novels.Between Lovers is
sure to be another runaway bestseller from one of our most popular and
uniquely gifted authors. Thieves' Paradise (2002)
Enter Scamz, a slick brother from Dante's checkered past whose successful,
illegal business associations keep him in custom-tailored suits, a Benz
CL600, and a lavish Hollywood mansion with his pick of gorgeous women. Dante
is determined to stay straight...after one last con that could put him back
on top. But he gets pulled in deeper when his old friend Jackson, who's
$16,000 behind in child support, becomes part of the sting. The icing on the
cake is Pam who, seduced by the easy money, suddenly finds Dante
irresistible...until everything goes wrong. The Other Woman (2003)
In his newest novel, Eric Jerome Dickey strides boldly over the minefield
that is modern marriage. The central couple's biggest challenge is timing:
He works days; she works nights. Instead of growing together, they're
rapidly drifting apart, coexisting on stolen phone calls from work,
punctuated by occasional bedroom encounters that leave them both feeling
even emptier and more alone. When she finds out about his affair-and starts
her own-the delicate fabric of their marriage is torn irrevocably asunder.
Or is it? In Dickey's expert hands, what begins as a seemingly unforgivable
betrayal segues into the sexy and searing story of a man and a woman at a
pivotal turning point in their relationship. Only time will tell whether
they'll let it all go...or can hold on to the love that drew them together
in the first place.
Dickey's eighth blockbuster novel sparkles with humor, honesty, and powerful
compassion as a contemporary couple faces the challenges that test their
trust, their faith, and their staying power. Poignant and passionate, The
Other Woman is certain to resonate with readers of all marital persuasions.
Naughty or Nice (2003)
Heat up the holidays with New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome
Dickey, the unsurpassed master of the contemporary relationship novel.
Making a list? Checking it twice? Eric Jerome Dickey knows who's naughty or
nice.
The New York Times bestselling author promises to deliver all the humor,
heart, and superb storytelling that have made him one of the biggest names
in African-American fiction. Wrapped up in a gift-sized, gift-priced,
beautiful package, Naughty or Nice has all the elements Eric Jerome Dickey's
fans have come to love-humor, heart, and soul, with a considerable dose of
spice to thaw out those cold winter nights. Hot on the heels of his surefire
summer blockbuster, The Other Woman, Naughty or Nice is the present every
Dickey fan will want to give as a gift (and keep for themselves)!
Drive Me Crazy (2004)
Dickey's tenth novel is packed with twists and turns, filled with
titillations and poignancy. Drive Me Crazy is the latest example that
"Dickey is an excellent writer at the top of his game." (Chicago Defender)
After his blockbuster holiday novel, Naughty or Nice, New
York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey is serving up his new novel
with style, sexiness, and a bit of grit. "Driver" is an ex-con trying to
make his life right but who shares an expensive secret and a past affair
with his boss’s wife-a woman who is nothing but trouble. Dickey’s rich
characters jump off the page, making readers feel as if they are present in
the hustle-filled pool hall, the bedroom, and the Lincoln Town Car that
Driver chauffeurs his wealthy and notorious clients around in.
Dickey’s millions of readers will be happy to see the
reappearance of a femme fatale from Thieves’ Paradise, who adds spice and
surprises every time she turns up. This is Dickey writing at his best-a
fast-paced novel of raw emotions, softened as always with his incomparable
humor and characters you will always remember.
Genevieve (2005)
Just how well do we ever really know the person sleeping next to us?
Sometimes we know everything.
Sometimes we can never know enough.
In Genevieve, Eric Jerome Dickey has crafted a masterfully twisted tale of
intrigue, hidden identities, and self-discovery. It’s the tale of a man torn
between the love of his beautiful wife and the sudden arrival of his wife’s
sister—a mysterious and provocative woman who offers him the passion he
craves, but at a steep price.
Both women harbor secrets, the answers to which appear to
lie in a small Southern town filled with darkness, danger, and the promise
of pain. Soon nothing is as it seems and no one is who they claimed to be,
including the man caught in the middle. As the truth bubbles closer to the
surface, everyone’s world threatens to fall apart.
In a story packed with revelations at every turn, Eric
Jerome Dickey takes us on a journey filled with deception, careening down a
highway bound for destiny . . . and disaster.
Chasing Destiny (2006)
Billie (aka "Ducati") is known as much for her extraordinary beauty as for
the sexy yellow motorcycle she rides through the mean streets of Los
Angeles. Tough, talented, and self-assured, Billie's used to doing things
her way--but that was before love threw an oil slick in the road and spun
her life into chaos.
Billie's first problem is simple: she's pregnant.
Her second problem is that her lover, Keith, is still married. Keith
has some "things" to deal with, and the people in his life are dark and
duplicitous enough to take matters into their own hands, determined to
keep Billie from having her baby. Billie suddenly finds herself confronted,
attacked, run off highways, threatened and shadowed. Keith still has ties to
his manipulative wife, Carmen, and he adores his fifteen-year-old daughter
Destiny. Will he do the right thing by his new family, or stand by his old
one?
Soon all eyes shift as everyone finds
themselves desperately chasing Destiny, a troubled and deceptive girl
dancing on the edge of womanhood. When the rubber meets the road, all the
madness with Billie, Carmen, and Keith comes to a head. Everyone's fighting
dirty for what they want...and they're all willing to destroy their enemy or
go down in flames to get it. -
Sleeping with Strangers (2007)
Dickey’s fans will be delighted by this fast-paced, deadly, and sensual read
that gives them the chance to catch up with some of their favorite
characters while introducing a great new bad-boy narrator: a hit man who
goes by the name of Gideon. He’s a man who lives off the grid, drifting
along while making love on the run as he works as a hit man—enacting the
revenge of the broken-hearted . . . for a price.
With a supporting cast of grifters and killers,
broken-hearted squares and streetwalkers, and three very different women who
each want to become Gideon’s leading lady, this is a world that thrives on
the darker passions of revenge and desire.
Get ready for another scorching hot read full of twists and
surprises from an author who keeps climbing higher on the bestseller lists
with each new book.
Movies
Cappuccino (Movie) (2000)
VHS
"This movie is noir at its best. The plot is totally captivating.
Following the lead character's (James Black) seek what he had lost at home
only to spiral into his own destruction was awesome. Craig Ross's
direction is stylish,lean, and superb. James Black and Angelle Brooks and
(the fine actress who plays cappuccino) work well together to make the
story plausible. It combines mind games, marital issues, lust, and murder
in a smooth and easy fashion.
Collections
Mothers & Sons (2001) with Lawrence Block, Eileen Dreyer, Diana Gabaldon, Eileen Goudge, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Faye Kellerman, Joe R. Lansdale, Marcus Major, Maxine O'Callaghan, Marilyn Reynolds, and Peter Straub
Twelve of
today's greatest writers bring to life the special familial bond between a
mother and son. Stories include tales of humor and heartbreak, devotion
and daring, and the true meaning of selfless love. Enhancing the magic of
the written word in this beautiful volume are the authors' personal, rare,
and intimate family photos. Got To Be Real (2000) with E. Lynn Harris, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer
ot to Be Real
is a thrilling collection of four original love stories, told by fellas
who get pulses racing from Los Angeles to New York, Chicago to Detroit.
New York Times bestseller E. Lynn Harris shares a heartwarming
Valentine's Day tale in "Money Can't Buy Me Love." A man travels
south of the border where he discovers that passion is a universal
language in New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey's
"Cafe Piel". The balmy beaches of Jamaica lend a romantic backdrop
to the love triangle that makes up Colin Channer's "I'm Still
Waiting". And in Marcus Major's "Kenya and Amir," a
playa recalls his relationship with the right woman and how he screwed it
up.Griots Beneath the Baobab: Tales from Los Angeles (2002)
Black Silk: A Collection of African American Erotica (2002)
A powerful collection of erotica from today's leading black writers and
fresh voices, BLACK SILK explores exciting territory in the realm of the
African-American experience. From Eric Jerome Dickey's rueful tale of lust
to Lolita Files's scorching account of insatiable adventuring...to Breena
Clarke's tribute to the strength of erotic imagination...to Camika
Spencer's encounters online and in the flesh...to Carolyn Ferrell's story
of intergenerational desire and discovery, this book sings of the power of
the forbidden and the transforming-with unforgettable characters who claim
their pleasure and seek its ultimate limits. Never before published, never
before available, these erotic short stories are a dazzlingly sensual
meditation on the very soul of passion... Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002)
A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of
African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling
authors as well as talented rising stars.
A stellar collection of works from more than fifty hot
names in fiction, Gumbo represents remarkable synergy. Edited by
bestselling luminaries Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris, this collection
spans new and previously published tales of love and luck, inspiration and
violation, hip new worlds and hallowed heritage from voices such as:
Also featuring original stories by Golden and Harris
themselves, Gumbo heralds the debut of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards
for Published Black Writers (scheduled for October 2002), and all advances
and royalties from the book will support the Hurston/Wright Foundation.
Combining authors with a variety of flavorful writing, Gumbo will have
readers clamoring for second helpings.
Voices From The Other Side: Dark Dreams II (2006)
BEYOND THE SHADOWS...they linger, showing themselves only to those brave
enough to perceive them...willing to see beyond human existence and into
the heart of darkness. Feel the racing pulse in the primal desire of
werewolves. Embrace the aura of two gifted women as they unleash power
beyond imagining. Savor the aroma of otherworldly flora planted in a
unique patch of earth.
THEY WALK THE NIGHT...prepared to face terrors humans were
never meant to confront. Chant with an African mystic as he protects his
people from an entity of unbridled malice. Ride the dusty trails of the
Old West in pursuit of monstrous legends. Sail on a ship of damned souls
as it languishes in the depths of forbidden waters. From the untamed
wilderness of ancient times to the concrete jungles of today, these
seventeen excursions into nightmares will keep you awake long past the
midnight hour--and praying for daylight...
Featuring stories by Eric Jerome Dickey, Tananarive Due,
L.A. Banks, Brandon Massey, Christopher Chambers, and many more, this is
one collection you don't want to miss.
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