A sexy, honest, and spiritual journey from a fresh new voice.
Mariah Pijeaux is about to turn the big 4-0. Although she has always dreamed of becoming a broadcast journalist, she is working as a temporary assistant in Hollywood. She is a tall, striking mother of three with a honeysuckle complexion and a funky hairdo. Physically addicted to her boyfriend, Kareem Washington, an ex-professional basketball player wit the charm and charisma of a politician, Mariah yearns for a more emotionally satisfying relationship. She wants to break free from Kareem's narcissistic patterns, yet his skill at manipulating her mind and body make her feel stuck and controlled. She even attends local relationship seminars in an attempt to escape from her self-defeating patterns in relationships. And then she meets Malik Tolliver. He is a tall, dark man who just happens to be twentyone years old. She tries to resist his charm but is immediately drawn to him. This one, she hopes, will be different.
Told in Mariah's own voice, May December Souls is a moving story of soul-searching and life lessons.

May December Souls: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Monteilh, Marissa

Contemporary

WmMorrowPB

During a Caribbean voyage aboard an African American-owned cruise ship, Mia White and Miles Lewis test their three-year relationship during a long-overdue vacation as they encounter a colorful array of fellow travelers and crewmembers.

The Chocolate Ship: A Novel

United States

Avon/Books

Faced with the prospects of her fortieth birthday, tired of her dead-end job, and yearning for a more emotionally satisfying relationship than the one she has with her sexually exciting but controlling boyfriend, Mariah Pijeaux finds herself attracted to the charming but much younger Malik Tolliver. A first novel. Reprint.

May December Souls

HarperTorch

Hot Boyz

There are no siblings more charmed than the Wilson brothers of Ladera Heights, California. Fine and famous pro golfer Mason has money, respect, a beautiful, loving wife and two wonderful teenage children. Claude's the most successful realtor in the "Black Beverly Hills." And handsome, carefree, "baby boy" Torino, who runs big brother Mason's club, Foreplay, can pick and choose the honeys he wants to share his time and his bed with.
But beneath the surface of ideal lives are secrets that could shatter three perfect dreams and shake a family to its core. Legacies of loss and obligation, of tragedy and madness, threaten everything the Wilsons have worked so hard to achieve, exposing deep, raw, and devastating wounds that an outside world cannot see—wounds that can only be healed through honesty and love.

AVON.

After her extreme makeover is televised on BET, thirty-nine-year-old Morgan Bayley, ridiculed and criticized, discovers that her beautiful transformation comes with a high price as resentment, long-buried secrets, betrayal, and deceit taint her new life. Original.

Make Me Hot

Dafina

From the author of MAKE ME HOT comes a steamy tale of a popular heart surgeon and his four women, told in their own voices. They call him Dr. Feelgood . . . One woman would never be enough to satisfy noted cardiologist Dr. Makkai Worthy, better known by his sex partners as Dr. Feelgood. Womanizer extraordinaire, he's a chip off the old block of his rolling-stone papa and commitment isn't an option. At 37 and single, he's happier than he's ever been, living the lifestyle of the rich and fine. A gifted surgeon, Dr. Feelgood knows how to operate in the O.R. by day. But by night, it's his smooth operations in the bedroom that are driving his four main squeezes crazy. First, there's demanding-diva Georgia. She's bound and determined to be the doctor's one and only until suspicions arise that she's keeping something on the down low. Mary Jane is a sweetheart of a nurse who works in Dr. Feelgood's cardiology unit. He tries to stay hands off, until a player friend starts to make a move and he's forced to stake his claim. Self-absorbed Monday is as fast as the day is long, and she boasts that she can bag any man without getting serious; but the sexually talented Dr. Feelgood flips the script and uncovers another side of Monday. Spicy Salina's white husband is not one to share, so when he's sent to jail for choking the good doctor, the drama really begins. Dr. Feelgood's escapades as a true player could force him to finally settle down, or they might just motivate him to begin another affair of the heart. Watch out, because the ladies are lining up, and the doctor is in . . . Marissa Monteilh is a former commercial actress and television news reporter. A single mother of three, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is currently developing projects for television and film.

Dr. Feelgood

From the author of MAKE ME HOT comes a steamy tale of a popular heart surgeon and his four women, told in their own voices. They call him Dr. Feelgood... One woman would never be enough to satisfy noted cardiologist Dr. Makkai Worthy, better known by his sex partners as Dr. Feelgood. Womanizer extraordinaire, he's a chip off the old block of his rolling-stone papa and commitment isn't an option. At 37 and single, he's happier than he's ever been, living the lifestyle of the rich and fine. A gifted surgeon, Dr. Feelgood knows how to operate in the O.R. by day. But by night, it's his smooth operations in the bedroom that are driving his four main squeezes crazy. First, there's demanding-diva Georgia. She's bound and determined to be the doctor's one and only until suspicions arise that she's keeping something on the down low. Mary Jane is a sweetheart of a nurse who works in Dr. Feelgood's cardiology unit. He tries to stay hands off, until a player friend starts to make a move and he

MAY DECEMBER SOULS . . . “Not just another older woman, younger man steamy romance . . .” 
It is the dawning of the new millennium and Mariah Pijeaux is about to turn the big 4-0. She is a tall, striking mother of three with a honeysuckle complexion and a funky hairdo. For years she has been chasing her dream of becoming a broadcast journalist . . . in the meantime, she works as a temporary assistant in Hollywood, California. 
Mariah is physically addicted to her boyfriend Kareem Washington, an ex-professional basketball player who is an old playboy with the charm and charisma of a politician. She yearns to break free from his narcissistic patterns yet his skills at manipulating her mind and body have her feeling stuck and controlled. Mariah and her friends attend local relationship seminars in an attempt to break their negative patterns of attracting Mr. Wrong. 
One summer afternoon, Mariah crosses paths with a 21 year old college student named Malik Tolliver in an encounter that stirs her sexual curiosity yet questions her morals. Malik is 6’4” tall, dark, baldheaded and fine . . .he is also on his way to the NFL. Mariah attempts to resist his charms yet the similarities of their lives are too intense and spiritual to ignore. 
Mariah’s fears are about to be challenged and explored through this May December romance. Told in Mariah’s own voice by Marissa Monteilh, May December Souls is a sexy, honest and spiritual journey of soul searching and life lessons. 
Not just another older woman, younger man love story, May December Souls is a novel about breaking old patterns, forgiving the past, trusting in the future and learning to decide to experience heaven or hell right here on earth.

4D Pub

After three years together, Mia can't help wondering if she's got a real future with Miles--who is amazing--so long as the words 'love' and 'commitment' don't creep into the conversation. She's willing to put her doubts aside, however, until after the vacation they've planned together with friends: a luxurious Caribbean cruise on the maiden voyage of the "Chocolate Ship." The brainchild of billionaire entrepreneur Delmonte Harrison, it's the "Love Boat" with a soulful spin. En route to paradise, anything can happen: wings are sprouted; taboos are tolerated; truths are revealed; and hearts are broken and reassembled.

The Chocolate Ship

Romance

4D Publishing

Lowdown: The Inside Truth About Down-low Men

Henderson, Bernard

Parenting & Relationships

Strebor Books, intl.

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May December Souls: A Novel

The Chocolate Ship: A Novel

May December Souls

Hot Boyz

Make Me Hot

Dr. Feelgood

Dr. Feelgood

May December Souls

The Chocolate Ship

Lowdown: The Inside Truth About Down-low Men