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Featuring NYT bestselling author Carl Weber discussing his scandalously spirited new novel SOMETHING ON THE SIDE. Weber introduces readers to the bodacious women of the Big Girls Book Club (BGBC) Tammy, Egypt, Isis, Nikki, Coco, and Tiny. There’s only one rule to be a member of this club, you must be at least a size 14 to join. At the center of the club is president, Tammy. She loves everything about her life— her family, her friends, but most of all she’d do anything for her husband Tim. So much so, that for his birthday, she’s convinced that involving her best friend Egypt in a threesome with them would be the perfect gift, now if she could just convince Egypt. Isis and her boyfriend, Tony, seem to have the perfect relationship — that is until a man from her past steps back into her life with only one goal in mind, to win back the woman he’s has never been able to forget. Single mom Nikki isn’t so lucky with men. After loving the father of her soon for so long, all she wants to do now is kill him, especially since he can’t seem to stop disappointing their son every chance he gets—and then making her look like the bad guy. Last but certainly not least, there’s hot-to-trot Coco Brown, who has a habit of messing around with married men. It doesn’t bother her, as long as they don’t try to deny it. IN STORES JANUARY 29, 2008! Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Daaimah S. Poole, Essence Best-Selling Author, discussing her new latest novel ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING, the tale of a young woman with a hot voice and superstar dreams determined to reach stardom. Kendra Michelle Thomas has always dreamed of becoming an R&B singing sensation. With a winning voice, the looks and high school talent shows under her belt, everyone thought she’d be the next Mariah Carey. But between Kendra’s father abandoning her mother, her mother’s alcoholism, and a tragedy that lands Kendra and her siblings in temporary foster care, there’s not much opportunity for making dreams come true. Before Kendra knows it, she’s twenty-five years old, working as a bartender, and trapped in a relationship of convenience.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Mary Monroe, the NYT bestselling author, discussing her new latest novel DELIVER ME FROM EVIL. We can only wonder what incidents or people inspired the complex characters that inhabit DELIVER ME FROM EVIL... One such character is the protagonist, Christine Thurman, a woman from the wrong side of the tracks who made good by marrying Jesse Ray Thurman and helping him to build a business worth millions. Now, twelve years later, J.R. has become obsessed with his video store empire, and Christine feels trapped and alone in a dead-end marriage.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Mary B. Morrison's sensuous novels expertly blend fiction with reality. Morrison is celebrated by readers again and again for her engaging characters and her erotic twists. Now, Morrison introduces a new cast of steamy characters in SWEETER THAN HONEY, including Lace St. Thomas - a woman who risks everything to reinvent herself. Lace operates Immaculate Perception, a wildly successful Las Vegas firm that pairs wealthy male clients with the sexiest female escorts. While it's the smoothest operation in town, business nonetheless turns deadly dangerous when one of her most popular escorts is murdered, and Immaculate Perception boss, Valentino James, clearly wants Lace to keep her mouth shut...EXCLUSIVE VIDEO POD-EXCERPT! Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Gwynne Forster, Essence and Nationally Best Selling author of GETTING SOME OF HER OWN tells the engaging tale of Susan Pettiford. After an absence of sixteen years, she has come home to North Carolina, this time for good. Thanks to an inheritance, she can start her own interior design business. But it’s not quite the life Susan hoped for. Single at thirty-four, she now faces a challenge that forces her to accept one of her dreams will never come true. Battling sadness, Susan decides to engage in a fling…EXCLUSIVE VIDEO POD-EXCERPT! Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Mary B. Morrison, the NYT bestselling author, discussing her new sensuous novel SWEETER THAN HONEY, in which she introduces a new cast of steamy characters, bringing her readers the drama, the thrills, and the danger of life lived on the edge.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

In Kathy J. Marsh's AURA OF LOVE an introduction made…a new love born…society, families, and friends against it... A new power appears…a secret told…a culprit revealed... Will love survive? Will they survive?... As Remy struggles to come to grips with her feelings for Jace, an Auralite of a different coven, she has no idea that “one of their own kind” is revealing their existence, in a succession of dreams, to a world-renowned journalist. The hunt is on to find the culprit once the journalist reveals the dreams as a series of fictional accounts in a national magazine. Just as Remy starts to accept Jace, the guilty party is revealed to be someone they both know and love. They are now compelled to find the journalist before their ruling body, The Council, does…or the results will be disastrous. Does the hunt strengthen them, hurt them, or rip them apart?EXCLUSIVE VIDEO POD-EXCERPT! Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Marguerite O’Connor the co-author of Griefstruck: When a Death Changes Your Life, a Funeral Director focusing on Advance Funeral Planning, and the founder of Grieforum, LLC. When a person experiences a significant loss, their world can be turned upside down... Nothing feels right or seems normal... In Griefstruck , the authors blend their extraordinary experiences in counseling, bereavement education and funeral service to coach readers as they heal and transform their grief. With practical tips, thought-provoking journaling and inspirational stories, the help the reader explore critical relationships to loss, self, family and others. In the midst of mourning, there is an opportunity for growth and self-discovery... Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

NYT best-selling author Lalita Tademy weaves together history and the story of her own family to bring us an epic work of fiction, the dramatic, intertwining story of two families struggling to make a place for themselves in an America deeply divided after the Civil War. A unique accomplishment, this is the history never before told, brought to life through the unforgettable lives of three generations of African American husbands and wives, parents and children. A saga of violence, courage, and most of all, dreams broken, repaired and strengthened over time, Red River explores issues that resonate to this day....as it illuminates the sometimes heartbreaking choices we all must make to claim the legacy that is ours. Tademy's first novel, CANE RIVER, was chosen as an Oprah's Bookclub(r) Pick.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--#1 Essence bestselling author Nikki Turner with FOREVER A HUSTLER'S WIFE --In A Hustler’s Wife, Yarni worked for more than a decade to get Des’ life sentence overturned after he was incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit. Now that he’s free, Des struggles with his promise to Yarni to give up his drug dealing lifestyle for her and their newborn daughter. Soon Des finds an even greater hustle – one that would allow him to possess the three things that all major players desire: money, power, and respect. He becomes a preacher. Yarni reluctantly stands by as her man as he trades in his triple beam scale for a bible and a Bentley, making his church a welcoming place for all sinners. As word of his church spreads, people come from all over to be a part of Des’ congregation. When Des’ success goes to his head and Yarni now finds both her loyalty to her man and her faith tested. With FOREVER A HUSTLER’S WIFE... Turner, known as the "Queen of Hip Hop Fiction", delivers another treat filled with hot romance and a shocking new hustle. Check it out!http://www.authorsinyourpocket.comBrought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket(tm)!!!

VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--#1 NYT author Lisa Jackson with ABSOLUTE FEAR --Lisa Jackson’s talent for exploring the dark side of life has placed her among those elite authors who repeatedly top national bestsellers lists. Her novel Fatal Burn was a number one New York Times paperback bestseller in March 2006, and in April 2006, her first book to be published in hardcover, Shiver, was number four on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, Jackson returns to New Orleans and the chill of Shiver’s Our Ladies of Virtue hospital in ABSOLUTE FEAR, a pulse-pounding new novel of madness, deceit, and twisted revenge that will take readers into the heart of fear..For the past three months, Eve Renner has struggled to remember the night she was nearly killed and her lover was tried for murder. She remembers getting the anxious call from a friend from her past: “Meet me at the cabin. I’ve got evidence.” She remembers seeing that friend lying in a pool of blood. And she remembers a horrifying glimpse of her lover Cole Dennis’s face as a gunshot plunged her into darkness. Now, her memory and emotions scarred, Eve has returned to New Orleans to forget the past. But the past will not be forgotten. Eve’s shattered memory has helped Cole walk on murder charges just as a new series of killings begins.Lisa Jackson’s work has taken her to the seamier sides of New Orleans, Savannah, San Francisco and her home territory, the Pacific Northwest—all in the company of killers. In addition to Fatal Burn and Shiver, her other recent national bestsellers include Twice Kissed, Final Scream, Deep Freeze and The Morning After. Most recently, she co-authored the bestseller MOST LIKELY TO DIE with Beverly Barton and Wendy Corsi Staub.Check it out!http://www.authorsinyourpocket.comBrought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket(tm)!!!

VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--Urban Christian author Monica P. Carter with SACRIFICE THE ONE --A faith-themed family drama set against the backdrop of rejection, rebellion and redemption. When an adored and treasured woman risks and loses her life to have the child she always dreamed of, a wave of repercussions follows. Rose is the treasured wife of Robert Armstrong. Rose, always headstrong, knows having a baby could be risky after having already miscarried. But she wants nothing more than to hold in her arms the little girl she has always wanted. She bargains with God, if he’ll just give her a baby, she won’t ask for anything else. She gets the baby, but at the stake of her own life. Robert could leave or take becoming a father. All he’s ever wanted was to spend his life with Rose. Everything he does is because of her, for she is the woman who wiped away so many years of loneliness and became the center of his world. When he loses her as a result of childbirth, he can’t take it. He wants to be angry at someone; he wants to be angry with his beloved Rose. But it’s too much weight to carry being angry with the woman he loved more than his own life, so he turns to the next person: the child of that union, Seta.Check it out!http://www.authorsinyourpocket.comBrought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket(tm)!!!

VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--Urban Christian author Shelia E. Lipsey with INTO EACH LIFE--Sovereign destiny connects the paths of Prodigal Runsome and Teary Fullalove’s families, but no greater bond is formed than the one between Prodigal and Teary. The two become inseparable best friends. During his adolescent years, Prodigal discovers there is life outside of Teary when he develops an attraction for the very beautiful and captivating Faith Meadows, yet his heart continues to yearn for his best friend. While Prodigal's relationship with Faith intensifies, Teary’s life takes a devastating turn when she chooses to lay aside her Christian morals and succumb to the charming, deceptive ways of the heartthrob womanizer, Skyler Jenkins. Continuing to suppress his feelings of love for Teary, Prodigal supports her after she experiences the pain of betrayal. When Prodigal faces an insurmountable tragedy, Teary is to whom he turns. His anger toward God is paramount and his faith is sorely tested. Will Prodigal betray the love he and Faith shared to be with Teary? A powerfully intriguing and dramatic novel, Into Each Life follows Prodigal, Teary and their families on a spiraling journey from childhood through adulthood, revealing the depths of the human spirit to persevere against some of life’s most tumultuous trials and temptations.Check it out!http://www.authorsinyourpocket.comBrought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket(tm)!!!

VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--Highly acclaimed poet and Urban Christian author Hank Stewart with 3:57 A.M. TIMING IS EVERYTHING--Essie Mae Richardson is an elderly, wise, and church-going soul. She lives alone, but spends most of her time worrying about those around her. Using God's guidance and wisdom, Essie keeps an eye on things happening around her and when the time is right, reaches out to those who don't even know they need her. Mason and Elaine Demps are going through the motions of marriage. Elaine's need for more than financial support from her husband overwhelms her after she meets a handsome mechanic who shows an interest in her. Colin and Angel Stephens are happily married and expecting their first child, yet one careless mistake changes the tone of their marriage and possibly the outcome of Angel's pregnancy. Jennifer Mays is a single mother to Jerrod, her teenage son who she simply doesn't understand. Jerrod is holding on to past hurts that will send him to his destruction if they aren't resolved. Quite innocently, Ms. Essie touches each family in her own special way. Co-authored by Kendra Norman Bellamy.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--Strebor Books author J. Marie Darden with ENEMY FIELDS--Against the backdrop of Kentucky in the 1970's- and against all odds- a black woman and a white man find love that transcends race, class, and condemnation. This magnificent love story, Enemy Fields, is set in 1971- a time of war not just in Vietnam or the streets of Washington, but also in Bourbon County, Kentucky. When the Mandarene's, a wealthy, white family, move in to the deserted mansion across the field behind her house, Sister takes a job with them. She soon finds herself in the middle of a drama that will change the racial balance of her town by falling in love with Evian, the young son in the Mandarene family. In haunting prose and beautiful images, Enemy Fields is a moving story full of insight into human hearts caught in the crossfire of one of the most volatile and violent periods in American history.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket(tm)!!!

VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--Urban Christian author Brittney Holmes with LIVING CONSEQUENCES--Nevaeh Madison seems to live the epitome of the perfect life. She’s the captain of the Varsity cheerleading squad and a straight “A” student with a near-perfect boyfriend, Ronald. Sexual intimacy had never been an issue between them, but when their relationship is put to the test, Nevaeh’s faith is shaken. Nevaeh’s best friend, Shimone, tries to be the shoulder her friend needs while struggling with finding herself pregnant at the age of eighteen. She knows that the hardest part will be telling her mother and her boyfriend, Marques, who has a reputation for being unfaithful. Losing her mother at age two and then being neglected by her father causes Sierra Monroe to find comfort and pleasure in the wrong places. After giving herself to so many men, she finds that her actions have major consequences. As these characters go through very different dilemmas, they will learn life long lessons and soon find that only God’s love and forgiveness can carry them through the hard times.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

VIDEO POD-EXCERPT!--#1 Essence bestselling author Kendra Norman-Bellamy with IN GREENE PASTURES--When the story breaks that one of Atlanta’s most prominent and respected pastors is killed in a fiery automobile accident, Hunter stands to lose everything when the deceased pastor’s distraught daughter, Jade Tides, convinces him that it wasn’t an accident, but murder. Hunter uses the power of the written word, his very own newspaper, to try to solve the mystery, but the entire community threatens to take away their support if he doesn’t discontinue the feature, accusing Hunter of using the pastor’s untimely death as a ploy for greater financial gain and accuse him of making a mockery of God and the memory of Rev. B.T. Tides. In the midst of it all, Hunter falls hard for Jade Tides. She’s everything he desires in a woman. But is she and the so-called mystery surrounding her father’s death worth losing everything, or has the legend of Shelton Heights caught up with yet another unsuspecting family?Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring #1 NYT bestselling author Lisa Jackson discussing her latest novel ABSOLUTE FEAR, a pulse-pounding new novel of madness, deceit, and twisted revenge that will take readers into the heart of fear… Lisa Jackson’s talent for exploring the dark side of life has placed her among those elite authors who repeatedly top national bestsellers lists. Her novel Fatal Burn was a number one New York Times paperback bestseller in March 2006, and in April 2006, her first book to be published in hardcover, Shiver, was number four on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, Jackson returns to New Orleans and the chill of Shiver’s Our Ladies of Virtue hospital in ABSOLUTE FEAR, just published in hardcover by Kensington Books.For the past three months, Eve Renner has struggled to remember the night she was nearly killed and her lover was tried for murder. She remembers getting the anxious call from a friend from her past: “Meet me at the cabin. I’ve got evidence.” She remembers seeing that friend lying in a pool of blood. And she remembers a horrifying glimpse of her lover Cole Dennis’s face as a gunshot plunged her into darkness. Now, her memory and emotions scarred, Eve has returned to New Orleans to forget the past. But the past will not be forgotten. Eve’s shattered memory has helped Cole walk on murder charges just as a new series of killings begins.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Jill Conner Browne, the NYT bestselling author of the Sweet Potato Queens® series. “Boss Queen” Jill discusses her Sweet Potato Queens® series, and her hilarious new novel THE SWEET POTATO QUEENS' FIRST BIG-ASS NOVEL: STUFF WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO, BUT COULD HAVE, AND MAY YET. She founded the Sweet Potato Queens® in the early 1980s. Today there are more than 2 million copies of The Sweet Potato Queen’s books in print.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring NYT bestselling author Carl Weber and the members of the RAWSISTAZ Literary Group discussing his scandalously spirited new novel THE FIRST LADY. Weber returns with a tale of a woman who knows she's her husband's First Lady—-but doesn't want to be his last…The Bishop may be a man of God, but he’s still a man who needs a woman. Trouble is, T.K. is just as naïve as any other man when it comes to women—especially slick, bible-toting, man-hungry church women. That’s why Charlene has planned a way to hang around in spirit—to make sure her replacement is a good one.First in line is Marlene, the mother of T.K.’s illegitimate daughter, Tanisha. Then there’s Monique Johnson, First Lady of Plastic Surgery and Implants. The only thing real about Monique is how much she wants T.K. Next is Savannah Dickens, the church’s attractive new choir soloist, who’s also the daughter of a prominent church elder. And last but not least is Charlene’s good friend, Sister Lisa Mae Johnson, widow of Pastor Lee Jones.With the help of her friend Alison, Charlene anticipates any scenario that might occur in a series of letters addressed to the lucky ladies. Alison has vowed to keep an eye on T.K.’s social life and deliver them as needed. No one else knows about the letters, but rest assured, they will shake up a whole lot of people. Charlene may soon be gone, but her presence will be felt…Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors and Bookclubs In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.bookclubinyourpocket.com

Featuring David Morrell, the NYT bestselling author of 28 books, including his award winning First Blood, which introduced the world to John Rambo. With more than eighteen million copies of his books in print, his fiction has been translated into 26 languages. His thriller CREEPERS, has received great critical acclaim and was recently nominated for the Stoker Award for Best Novel. David will also be giving us a sneak peek at his highly anticipated new novel, SCAVENGER which will be in stores on March 14th!Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring NYT bestselling author Carl Weber discussing his scandalously spirited new novel THE FIRST LADY. Weber returns with a tale of a woman who knows she's her husband's First Lady—-but doesn't want to be his last… The Bishop may be a man of God, but he’s still a man who needs a woman. Trouble is, T.K. is just as naïve as any other man when it comes to women—especially slick, bible-toting, man-hungry church women. That’s why Charlene has planned a way to hang around in spirit—to make sure her replacement is a good one.First in line is Marlene, the mother of T.K.’s illegitimate daughter, Tanisha. Then there’s Monique Johnson, First Lady of Plastic Surgery and Implants. The only thing real about Monique is how much she wants T.K. Next is Savannah Dickens, the church’s attractive new choir soloist, who’s also the daughter of a prominent church elder. And last but not least is Charlene’s good friend, Sister Lisa Mae Johnson, widow of Pastor Lee Jones.With the help of her friend Alison, Charlene anticipates any scenario that might occur in a series of letters addressed to the lucky ladies. Alison has vowed to keep an eye on T.K.’s social life and deliver them as needed. No one else knows about the letters, but rest assured, they will shake up a whole lot of people. Charlene may soon be gone, but her presence will be felt…Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIER VIDEO PODCAST... Featuring Multi-platinum rap star C-Murder, writing as Corey Miller, telling a gritty, compelling, and unforgettable story of surviving on the deadly streets of New Orleans in his debut novel, DEATH AROUND THE CORNER.DEATH AROUND THE CORNER is a work of fiction, written during C-Murders recent incarceration. It is the story of a young man named Daquan growing up in the troubled but close-knit community of New Orleans’ Third Ward. It is a cautionary tale of how easily an innocent youth can become a hardened criminal in the harsh environment of the CP3. The seductive allure of fast cash, sex, and violence leads to a world where even the closest friends are not who they seem to be.As the author writes in the books epilogue, “I survived and stayed true to my man’s memory, ’cause I thought y’all oughta know, ya dig? Just in case there’s any young Daquans out there, always remember, no matter where you go or how far you get, death is always…right around the corner...” While the novel evokes a lost world that is fast vanishing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the struggle depicted here is a universal one...Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIER VIDEO PODCAST! Featuring Multi-platinum rap star C-Murder, writing as Corey Miller, telling a gritty, compelling, and unforgettable story of surviving on the deadly streets of New Orleans in his debut novel, DEATH AROUND THE CORNER.DEATH AROUND THE CORNER is a work of fiction, written during C-Murder’s recent incarceration. It is the story of a young man named Daquan growing up in the troubled but close-knit community of New Orleans’s Third Ward. It is a cautionary tale of how easily an innocent youth can become a hardened criminal in the harsh environment of the CP3. The seductive allure of fast cash, sex, and violence leads to a world where even the closest friends are not who they seem to be.As the author writes in the book’s epilogue, “I survived and stayed true to my man’s memory, ’cause I thought y’all oughta know, ya dig? Just in case there’s any young Daquans out there, always remember, no matter where you go or how far you get, death is always…right around the corner!” While the novel evokes a lost world that is fast vanishing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the struggle depicted here is a universal one...Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring nationally best-selling author Carly Alexander in a Special holiday edition podcast, discussing her hilarious holiday novel THE SECRET LIFE OF MRS. CLAUS. This Christmas, a little red suit can make all the difference...Three women hired by Rossman's Department Store to play Mrs. Claus in Baltimore, San Francisco and Chicago are about to learn that a woman should never stop making that Christmas list. For these Mrs. Claus stand-ins, it's a Christmas where miracles happen, love is magical, and changing their lives is as easy as changing their outfits...THREE HOLIDAY NOVELLAS, THREE MRS. CLAUSES...First up – comedy. Olivia Todd had hoped the worst was behind her after she broke her ankle, lost her chance to be a Rockette, and had to come home to Baltimore. Now the only job Liv can get is playing Mrs. Claus at Rossman’s Department Store – a nightmare gig of wrangling bratty kids alongside a biker Santa. Her Christmas wish? A “Do Over.” Fast!Second, in San Francisco, single mom Cassie Derringer wants just one thing for Christmas: To give her son his father. When she finds a note in the Mrs. Claus suit that reads: “This suit brings luck. Go with it,” she’s on her way.Third, it’s bah, humbug in Santaland. As heir to the Rossman’s dynasty, the only Christmas spirit Meredith Rossman feels is the kind brought on by ringing cash registers. Dressed as Mrs. Claus, Meredith can keep an eye on operations and on Nick, the Christmas-hire Santa. Something about Nick inspires her to be a better person, to wish again...and to sit on Santa’s lap.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring David Angsten, the Los Angeles screenwriter and video director whose debut thriller DARK GOLD, was published this summer by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press. David is also a senior story analyst and editor for Atchity Entertainment International in Los Angeles. David grew up in Hinsdale, and worked for years in Chicago writing, directing and producing travel films, documentaries, animations, and dramatic shorts.Synopsis: Three college buddies, two ravishing shipmates, a wealthy yachtsman (and plenty of Mexican tequila) combine and combust in this thrilling tale of a search for sunken treasure—and survival against an awesome creature of the sea. After graduating college, Jack Duran and his two best friends, Rock and Duff, are looking forward to a carefree trip around the globe—a last stab at freedom before tackling the “real world.” But when Jack’s vagabond brother, Dan, vanishes in Mexico, they head off instead for Puerto Vallarta on a mission to find him. Following Dan’s trail of shady dealings, and fueled by a potent Mexican tequila, they soon join forces with a Bahamian yachtsman—a charismatic eccentric with a mysterious past—and become hopelessly enamored with his two enticing shipmates. Sailing down the jungle-covered coast of Mexico, they discover that Dan was searching for a 19th-century shipwreck reputedly laden with gold. When they finally locate the sunken wreck in the bay of a remote fishing village, they enter its eerie, black waters and begin their hunt for the treasure. Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Max Allan Collins, the NYT bestselling mystery novelist who has been called "mystery's Renaissance man". He is the author of more than three-dozen books including Saving Private Ryan, Road to Perdition, Carnal Hours, Chicago Confidential, Stolen Away, and True Crime. Collins has earned an unprecedented seven Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning twice... He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie adaptations and historical fiction. He wrote the graphic novel Road to Perdition (which was developed into the Academy Award Winning film). He scripted the internationally syndicated comic strip DICK TRACY from 1977 to 1993, and wrote three TRACY novels and a number of collections of his TRACY comic strip work have been published. One of the leading authors of film and television media tie-in books (Bones: Buried Deep, Pink Panther, Batman: Child of Dreams, I-Spy, Dark Angel,The Scorpion King, Windtalkers, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, U-571, U.S. Marshals, Air Force One, Waterworld, I Love Trouble, Maverick , In the Line of Fire, and Dick Tracy...just to name a few...), he has also served as the creative consultant for a number of major productions, and has written books and comics based on the highly popular "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" TV series. Collins is also a filmmaker and will be discussing his latest film Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life during our show. In September 2006, The Private Eye Writers of American bestowed it's highest honor to Collins, presenting him with "The Eye" for lifetime contribution to the genre. This will be Collins' first podcast appearance!Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Episode One - Midwest Literary Festival "On the Road" series...We are proud to introduce the special twelve segment Authors In Your Pocket(tm) “On The Road” series featuring the authors and literary professionals at the 4th Annual Midwest Literary Festival which took place the weekend of September 16th and 17th, 2006.Episode one of this series will feature Midwest Literary Festival author liaison Henry Perez, Nancy Bush's ELECTRIC BLUE, Michael A. Black's FREEZE ME TENDER and Judy Merrill Larsen's ALLTHE NUMBERS.Nancy Bush is the author of more than three dozen novels in various genres. She has also worked as a breakdown writer on the daytime favorite, All My Children. Nancy’s newest novel, ELECTRIC BLUE, is the second in the Jane Kelly series of romantic mysteries, following Candy Apple Red. In this second smash outing, Nancy’s wickedly funny heroine, Jane Kelly, proves herself a worthy successor to Stephanie Plum, but with a wit, style, and dog that are definitely all her own.Michael A. Black is a former Army Military Policeman, who entered civilian law enforcement after his discharge, and for the past twenty-seven years has been a police officer in the south suburbs of Chicago. The author of over forty articles on subjects ranging from police work to popular fiction, he has also had over thirty short stories published in various anthologies and magazines, including Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. His novels include FREEZE ME TENDER, A Killing Frost, Windy City Knights, and The Heist, a thriller set in Chicago.In ALL THE NUMBERS, author Judy Merrill Larsen skillfully takes us through every parent’s worst nightmare as she brilliantly explores, through fiction, how love makes us vulnerable and how very isolating yet very human is the desire for revenge. A trial takes us to a highly charged ending in which, in an unexpected turn, Ellen reconciles the pain of an irreversible past with the duty ahead. Judy Merrill Larsen teaches high school English in St. Louis, Missouri, where she lives with her husband and five children. She holds a master’s degree from Washington University.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Donna Hill, , the Essence best-selling author discussing her exciting new novel GUILTY PLEASURES.In GUILTY PLEASURES, Jake and Eva Kelly are masters at what they do. From the sex games they play with each other to the cons they pull on their unsuspecting marks, they are unstoppable. To the outside world, Jake and Eva are just another young buppie couple living their dream under the bright lights of New York City. Life is good, money is flowing, and living is large. They couldn't ask for more---until Jake gets greedy. Only this time they pick the wrong mark. The tables have turned and their addiction to the game could cost them everything---even their lives.Now Jake and Eva are forced to pull off the sting of their careers. With the help of Jake’s brother Jinx and Eva’s look-alike cousin Rita they board a cruise ship from Brazil to take down Xavier Suarez, one of the most notorious figures in the underworld. From the streets of New York City to the steamy tropics of Brazil, from the coast of Miami to the paradise of Hawaii, they hatch a plan with no room for errors.With the FBI hot on their trail and under the threat of Suarez’s unspeakable wrath, every trick they’ve ever learned comes into play. But it is their own dark past that threatens their future, and the secret that Eva harbors that could ruin everything.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Jan Underwood, discussing her debut novel, DAY SHIFT WEREWOLF, the creepy and comic winner of the 28th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest.Happy Halloween from the TriCom PodSquad...In this hilarious spin on the traditional horror genre, an unproductive werewolf, a claustrophobic mummy, a freewheeling zombie, a demon with a hidden human and other incompetent monsters struggle to find new truth in life on the dark side. Jan Underwood's first published novel is a genre busting and unique piece of fiction, and a classic example of the kind of originality inspired by the 3 Day Novel Contest.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket (tm)...http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring critically acclaimed author Philip Beard and the Fox Chapel Book Buddies discussing DEAR ZOE.Related as a series of letters from the main character to her deceased little sister Zoe, the novel reveals the mind, heart, and emotional struggles of fifteen year old Tess DeNunzio…DEAR ZOE was named one of Booklists Ten Best First Novels of 2005.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors and Bookclubs In Your Pocket(tm)... http://www.bookclubinyourpocket.com

Featuring L. Divine discussing the first novel of her new YA series DRAMA HIGH: THE FIGHT.Brimming with the same spirited sense of style and magic as Disneys Thats So Raven, Drama High introduces a fun, brazen new series featuring a young sistah whos learning that life in the hood is nothing compared to life in high school…Drama High is a remarkably assured debut, and L. Divine is a tantalizing and refreshing new voice. Jayd and her bold, honest, and laugh out loud funny assessment of life, along with her quirky cast of friends, classmates, loves, her magical family and eccentric neighbors make for an irresistible, cant put it down read...Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket(tm)... http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring bestselling author LaTonya Y. Williams discussing her sizzling new novel MAKE YOU LOVE ME. Williams delivers yet another account of love, lies, and deceit all wrapped up in one powerful novel...she will also give readers a sneak peek of her upcoming 2007 novel MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.With a page turning combination of indiscretion and female competition, MAKE YOU LOVE ME will tantalize readers and leave them screaming for more...spining another riveting tale that poignantly demonstrates a womans private desperation to conquer a mans love....In her 2007 upcoming novel, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, she illustrates how her true to life characters must face the consequences of their poor choices. Was each decision worth the opportune cost... Williams delivers yet another account of love, lies, and deceit all wrapped up in one powerful novel...Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket(tm)... http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Nationally Bestselling Author Nancy Bush discussing her explosive new novel ELECTRIC BLUE.Nancy Bushs first Jane Kelly Mystery novel, Candy Apple Red, introduced readers to the whip smart, wickedly funny sleuth and her pug, The Binkster. This fall, Nancy Bush is back, along with Jane Kelly and The Binkster, in ELECTRIC BLUE. Nancy Bushs wickedly funny heroine proves herself a worthy successor to Stephanie Plum, but with a wit, style, and dog that are definitely all her own...Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket(tm)... http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

NYT bestselling Author Eric Jerome Dickey discussing his book CHASING DESTINY and the Divas For A Cure organization founder Jan Emanuel discussing the 2006 Divas Ride For A Cure Motorcycle Run for Breast Cancer and breast cancer awareness with Kathy Erickson from Swedish American Center for Women in Rockford, IL. Special two part edition.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors and Bookclubs In Your Pocket(tm)... http://www.bookclubinyourpocket.com

Featuring NYT Bestselling Author Mary Monroe and the The RAWSISTAZ Literary Group discussing GOD DONT PLAY.New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe weaves the gripping story of lifelong friends Annette Goode and Rhoda Nelson. They have weathered secrets, lies...and even murder...but the challenge they now face may destroy their relationship once and for all...Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors and Bookclubs In Your Pocket(tm)... http://www.bookclubinyourpocket.com

Three authors and a pug tour. Nancy Bush, Lisa Jackson, Roz Bailey and The Binkster. Featuring Nationally Bestselling Author Nancy Bushs ELECTRIC BLUE and CANCY APPLE RED, Number One New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Jackons SHIVER, and Nationally Bestselling Author Roz Baileys POSTCARDS FROM LAST SUMMER.Nancy Bushs first Jane Kelly Mystery novel, Candy Apple Red, introduced readers to the whip smart, wickedly funny sleuth and her pug, The Binkster. This fall, Nancy Bush is back, along with Jane Kelly and the Binkster, in Electric Blue.Shiver is Lisa Jacksons first original hard back novel. The story centers around Detective Reuben Montoya of the New Orleans Police Department who first appeared in HOT BLOODED and then in subsequent novels, COLD BLOODED and THE NIGHT BEFORE. Lisas fans have been clamoring for his story and finally, with Abby Chastain, Lisa found a heroine who could go toe to toe with Montoya.In Postcards from Last Summer, Bailey follows the lives and loves of three girlfriends..Darcy Love, Tara Washington, and Lindsay McCorkle..as they reconnect in the Hamptons for cold margaritas, hot hookups, and plenty of drama. From friendship to freedom to sex..and everything in between..Darcy, Tara, and Lindsay will make this and every summer unforgettable as they pick up the right guys, the wrong guys, the tab, and, always, each other.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket(tm)... http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Nationally Best Selling Author Mary Monroe discussing her explosive new novel GOD DONT PLAY.In her new novel, GOD DONT PLAY, Mary weaves the gripping story of lifelong friends Annette Goode and Rhoda Nelson. They have weathered secrets, lies and even murder...but the challenge they now face may destroy their relationship once and for all. Annette and Rhoda are now forty five. With a handsome husband, a beautiful daughter, and a lovely house to come home to every night, it appears that Annette finally has her dream.. Her friendship with Rhoda has survived, despite some very serious bumps along the way. Suddenly, Annette begins receiving hostile letters, phone calls and menacing, anonymous threats. It seems whoever it is wont rest until they have torn down the life she has worked so hard to build. When Annettes child is threatened, the balance shifts and the two, along with Rhodas daughter, begin to push back.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket(tm)... http://www.authorsinyourpocket.com

Featuring Lisa Jackson, the number 1 NYT best selling author discussing FINAL SCREAM with the WEGAB Book Club, with a sneak peak at her novel TWICE KISSED. Special monthly edition of the Bookclub In Your Pocket Show.Lisa Jackson is a nationally bestselling author whose romantic psychological suspense novels appear on The New York Times, Publishers Weekly and USA Today bestseller lists. They include the number 1 New York Times best selling novel Shiver, Fatal Burn, The Morning After, Whispers, Unspoken, If She Only Knew, Hot Blooded and Cold Blooded. Ms. Jackson has also written contemporary and historic romance novels and is the author of more than 50 books.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors and Bookclubs In Your Pocket

Featuring Award Winning Canadian Poet turned Author George Elliott Clarke and his hauntingly beautiful book GEORGE and RUE.GEORGE and RUE is about a death that brims with fierce vitality and dark humor. Infused with the sensual, rhythmic beauty that defines Clarkes writing, this is a literary debut that is marked by celebration and controversy. George Elliot Clarke was thirty four years old when, shortly before his mothers death, she told him for the first time the story of his matrilineal first cousins, George and Rufus Hamilton. In a robbery gone wrong, the brothers committed a slug ugly crime on January 7, 1949, drunkenly bludgeoning to death a taxi driver for the money in his wallet. The brothers, partly descended from African American slaves and native Mikmaq, were both hanged for the killing later that year. GEORGE and RUE shifts seamlessly back into the killers pasts, recounting a bleak and sometimes darkly comic tale of victims of violence who became killers, a black community too poor and too ashamed to assist its downtrodden members, and a white community bent on condemning all blacks as dangerous outsiders. Written in a lyrical, bluesy style that Clarke calls blackened English, GEORGE and RUE is an extraordinary debut novel about death that brims with a fierce vitality.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket

Featuring Number 1 New York Times Best Selling Author Lisa Jackson discussing SHIVER. Lisa has been making readers blood run cold with her chart topping national bestsellers. She now takes them to New Orleans and into the midst of a killing spree unmatched in recent memory. In it, the city has become a madmans stage.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Featuring comic turned author, Nick Adams, who steps off stage to take a modern day look at race relations in MAKING FRIENDS WITH BLACK PEOPLE. The book will not only make readers of all races laugh, but most importantly, think. Adams knows that although everyone may be different, humor is one thing that can bring them together.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Featuring New York Times Best Selling author Steve Berry with his gripping and controversial novel, THE TEMPLAR LEGACY. A modern thrill ride through ancient rites, clandestine societies, fabulous riches, and shocking secrets, the book is steeped in history and one of the worlds most enthralling mysteries.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Special Mothers Day Show. Featuring renowned author Pamela J. Bailey discussing how to create your own Sanctuary every day of the year! In SANCTUARY CREATING A BLESSED PLACE TO LIVE AND LOVE, she shares 14 Principles for creating a more tranquil home environment. Realizing the preciousness of life and family, a new hunger has emerged for beautiful, nurturing and spiritual home environments. This book is infused with decorating tips and wisdom.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Special monthly edition of the Bookclub In Your Pocket Show featuring Dr. Michael Eric Dyson discussing his thought provoking book, IS BILL COSBY RIGHT with the Go On Girl Bookclub Chicago Chapter. Displaying the critical prowess and commitment to struggling African Americans that have made Dyson the nation's preeminent spokesman for the hip hop generation, this book challenges us all, both black and white, to confront the social problems that the civil rights movement failed to solve.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors and Bookclubs In Your Pocket

Featuring New York Times Best Selling Author Meg Cabot with her new adult fiction hardcover, QUEEN OF BABBLE. With more than 15 million copies of her books print worldwide, her new novel, tells the hilarious story of lovable blabbermouth Lizzie Nichols, who cannot seem to stay out of trouble. What is an American girl with a big mouth but an equally big heart to do.Lately, the LBS aka Lizzie Broadcasting Service has been getting her into more trouble than usual, especially now that she is blowing her college graduation money on a trip to visit her long distance boyfriend Andy in London. Instead of using it to fund her big city job search and the down payment on a Manhattan apartment. She cannot keep a secret, except the one about not really graduating college until she completes her senior thesis needed for her History of Fashion degree, and once again, her big mouth is going to get the better of her.Unless she can figure out a way to use that big mouth of hers to save the day.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Featuring Evie Rhodes, the award winning songwriter and music video scriptwriter, and Gospel Hip Hop Artist Turned Novelist, with her spellbinding second work of fiction, CRISS CROSS.The novel combines faith with fiction, exploring facets of spirituality, contemporary society, telling the story of one mans battle against evil in her second novel. In CRISS CROSS, Rhodes introduces Micah Jordan Wells, a homicide detective who has seen the worst humanity has to offer on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Hes earned celebrity status for solving more murders than he cares to remember, especially those of the serial killer known as Silky, whose death relieved a city of one its worst nightmares.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Featuring Lisa Jackson, Number 1 New York Times bestselling author of FATAL BURN. She has burned her victims. She has frozen them. She has buried them alive. And her readers have loved every minute of it.With FATAL BURN, she delivers the story of a woman whose dangerous past links her to a childs disappearance and to a deranged killer bent on vengeance.When Dani Settler is kidnapped, Travis leaves Falls Creek for northern California, hoping hes following the trail of the kidnapper. He connects with Shannon Flannery in whose tortured past the answers to Danis disappearance, several unsolved murders, and a series of arsons might lie. And romance abounds.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Featuring Dr. George Elliott Clarke discussing his harrowing true crime novel, GEORGE AND RUE with The Good Book Club Houston Chapter. Special monthly edition of the Bookclub In Your Pocket Show. GEORGE and RUE is about a death that brims with fierce vitality and dark humor. Infused with the sensual, rhythmic beauty that defines Clarkes writing, this is a literary debut that is marked by celebration and controversy.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors and Bookclubs In Your Pocket

Featuring NYT bestselling author Emily Giffin with BABY PROOF. A witty, heartfelt story of what happens to the perfect couple when they unexpectedly find themselves at odds over the parenthood issue.Emily Giffin has over 500,000 copies of her first two books in print. Not surprisingly, Giffins third novel, BABY PROOF is already being hyped as one of the biggest releases of the summer.BABY PROOF focuses on Claudia Parr, a thirty five year old book editor whose marriage to Ben seems ideal in almost every respect, particularly in their shared desire for a child free life together. Alls well until Ben suddenly changes his mind and decides that he does want children after all. This fundamental shift forces Claudia to reassess what is truly important to her and determine what she is willing to sacrifice in order to preserve the life she wants.The novel explores whether there is such a thing as a deal breaker when it comes to true love.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In Your Pocket

Featuring Mary B. Morrison, the nationally best selling author ofNOTHING HAS EVER FELT LIKE THIS. She will also be discussing the Augustrelease of WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK.In NOTHING HAS EVER FELT LIKE THIS, the timing finally seems to be rightfor Darius Jones and Fancy Taylor, but what they discover about oneanother may surprise them.In WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK readers can follow theadventures, romantic and otherwise, of philanderer turned fiance DariusJones, and ask the perennial question. Why do fools fall in love.With their futures and their hearts on the line, and storm cloudsgathering, it may be hard to see the silver lining, but for Jada andDarryl, and Fancy and Darius, it just might be love.Ms. Morrison expertly blends fiction with reality in her steamiest, mostemotional novels yet, thrilling readers with her engaging characters andher unexpected twists that drive her stories.Brought to you by TriCom Podcast, dedicated to putting Authors In YourPocket