Bøker av Arlene Brathwaite

Love is... For Liana Thompson, that's a hard sentence to finish without becoming enraged. Love murdered her mother. Love put her father in prison for life. Love aborted her child. And her hatred for love drove her soul mate into another woman's arms. If Liana doesn't resolve her issues with love, the only man who ever made her soul dance may be lost to her forever.Love is... For Wayne Dupree, that's a hard sentence to put a period on. Love is unconditional. Love is indescribable. Love transcends all reasons. But when Liana shatters his heart time and time again, he begins to question if Love is really worth it.Follow these two friends, lovers, and sometimes enemies as they define love as only they can.

In Youngin', you met the unforgettable characters of Brian Moore and Devon Carter.In Ol'Timer, you followed Brian through the Department of Corrections as he brought into the insanity in order to remain sane. Now in this fiery finale, Devon flees to the only place on the planet he knows the New York City Police Department or the Long Island set that he double crossed wouldn't dare follow him: Kingston, Jamaica.He quickly establishes himself as a quiet storm of terror when he links up with his reckless cousin and two drop-dead gorgeous women who are as deadly as they are beautiful.Things heat up in paradise when Devon crosses paths with the fiercest rude boy on the Island and discovers that they are connected by an event so shocking that they will face off in a showdown that will make one of them a living legend; and the other ancient history.Paper Trail was the greatest story never told.

Becoming the most sought after barber in the five boroughs put Olivia Martin on the map. Owning the hottest men's salon in New York City kept her there. Butta Cutz is a haven where men come to get their minds right and their appearances tight. For Olivia, Butta Cutz has given her everything that she ever wanted, but never the one thing she always needed: A man to love Olivia the woman, and not Olivia the business woman.Clayton Andrews, A.K.A. Saint, is forced to live a boring and lonely life in order to avoid certain death from his former employer. When their paths cross at an exclusive fashion show, Clayton becomes Saint one last time to impress Olivia. When she falls in love with Saint, Clayton realizes that the only way to keep her is to keep being the man who has a million dollar bounty on his head.

Did someone or something in your life make such an impact that changed your vision or ideals? Did an event or a person inspire you to make a change? I know that there have been many people who have touched my life and have been an inspiration to me, and now I want to share these stories in my new book The Beauty within US An Anthology of Inspirational stories of Love, Faith, and Triumph