Men, Love & Power : Drama Queens
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Four african american female cousins from a small town must face their respective secrets, for the revealing of them will change their lives forever. In Drama Queens Book 1, Selah looks like she has it all - the house, the job, the husband but —boom—her life explodes and suddenly she is battling the effects of a dark shame that makes her close out the ones she loves the most.
While the men in their family are burning things to the ground, Selah, Moria, Gennifer and Vashti are doing everything they can to hold it all together. But things are constantly thrown into turmoil when old wounds resurface.
Moria’s whole life has been about playing it safe. Being the good girl, not coloring outside the lines. Now she is living the life she’s never allowed herself to dream of - especially since the tragic death of her parents.
In the midst of these dramas, Selah and Moria are forced to examine their lives and their image and identity. Will an unexpected secret implode their already broken world and takes them down in flames or will they rise like a phoenix from the ashes to reclaim the power they have always desired?
Drama Queens weaves a spellbinding tale of secrets and betrayal, ambition and courage, love and loss.This is a story that will keep you riveted to the pages of its drama-filled plot and the lives of the ladies who are chasing it.
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Sobre l'autor
jaha Knight (b. 1978) is an African-American woman novelist, artist, poet, podcaster and entrepreneur. In 2006, Knight began the journey of authoring her first novel, in 2010 her first non-fiction work. She has always been inspired by authors like Sister Souljah, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and her absolute favorite author, Zora Neale Hurston.
Her love affair with books began really early. The product of a single parent home, oftentimes when her mother would go to work, she'd drop jaha off at the local library. She would spend her mother's entire shift reading books and escaping into new places. Each time she would leave the library with a bag of books. A well read black girl, jaha knight is still is a voracious reader.
During those sojourns into another world, she discovered The Color Purple and Alice Walker. After reading that book she quickly discovered Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. When she found Sister Souljah, a seed was planted when she read, The Coldest Winter Ever. jaha wanted to write books for black girls that focused on black girl bliss, strife and the black experience.
Since that decision, she has written several books. Drama Queens Series, the Reiko Series, Unleash Your Giant & Step into Your Greatness, Twisted Linens and Tiny Screams and more.
Follow her: https://linktr.ee/jahaknight
