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THE WASH-ASHORES
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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles β€” September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Bestselling Cleo Coyle

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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Apple Brown Betty by Phillip Thomas Duck

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Also by Phillip Thomas Duck:

Dirty South (Kimani Tru), August 2009
Paperback
Whispers Between The Sheets, January 2009
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Counterfeit Wives, December 2008
Paperback
Dirty Jersey, July 2008
Paperback
Apple Brown Betty, April 2007
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Playing with Destiny, March 2007
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Grown and Sexy, April 2006
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APPLE BROWN BETTY
By: Phillip Thomas Duck

Kimani Press Sepia
April 2007
On Sale: April 1, 2007
Featuring: Cydney Williams
288 pages
ISBN: 0373830416
EAN: 9780373830411
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Women's Fiction Contemporary | Multicultural African-American

Freelance magazine writer Cydney Williams is excited to review a new restaurant that's helping to revitalize her hardscrabble New Jersey hometown, especially when she meets the owner. Restaurateur Desmond Rucker is as delicious and seductive as the rich desserts created in his kitchen, and the instant connection between them feels right and real. Too bad not everyone is happy about it.

Cydney has worked hard to get ahead at college and at her job, but she's worked hardest of all to keep her family from shattering what she's so carefully built. Cydney loves her Momma, no question, but watching the once beautiful and vibrant Nan Williams sink deeper and deeper into addiction is more than she can bear.

Cydney's brother, Shammond Slay, is another story. Handsome, charismatic Shammond was once a promising athlete. Now he's living a lavish lifestyle with no visible means of support…and whatever is behind it can't be legal. To Cydney, her brother is two different people: protective, generous Shammond, and destructive street-thug Slay. Like Cydney, he's a damaged soul, but unlike his sister, he's not willing to let go of his bitterness, or his family. And now, with everything Cydney cares about on the line, she'll have to face secrets, betrayals and the consequences of her own choices before she can claim the new life and sweet love she's always wanted….

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