ReviewsPraise for Eric Jerome Dickey And His Novels "Dickey's fans flock to his readings. . . . He's perfected an addictive fictional formula."-- The New York Times "Dickey has the knack for creating characters who elicit both rage and sympathy."-- Entertainment Weekly "A very funny and engrossing novel. . . . Plenty of the laugh-out-loud humor that has made Dickey's work a staple on bestseller lists."-- Booklist on Naughty or Nice "Dickey is a master at writing about women and what they want and how they want it. There are three kinds of physical love in these pages: hot, red hot and nuclear." -- Publishers Weekly on Naughty or Nice "Must-read romance . . . A cerebral, sometimes sensual, sometimes suspenseful, and quite a memorable ride." -USAToday.com's Happy Ever After on One Night
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThey call themselves the Blackbirds. Kwanzaa, Indigo, Destiny and Erica, four best friends who would go to the ends of the earth for one another. Yet even their deep bond can't heal all, as the women struggle with their own personal demons, drama and steamy desire. As the women try to overcome their impulses, they find not only themselves tested, but the one thing they always considered unbreakable: their friendship., New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey delivers his next delectable, erotic romance They call themselves the Blackbirds. Kwanzaa Browne, Indigo Abdulrahaman, Destiny Jones, and Ericka Stockwell are four best friends who are closer than sisters, and will go to the ends of the earth for one another. Yet even their deep bond can't heal all wounds from their individual pasts, as the collegiate and post-collegiate women struggle with their own demons, drama, and desires. Trying to forget her cheating ex-fiance, Kwanzaa becomes entangled with a wicked one-night stand--a man who turns out to be one in five million. Indigo is in an endless on-again, off-again relationship with her footballer boyfriend, and in her time between dysfunctional relationships she purses other naughty desires. Destiny, readjusting to normal life, struggles to control her own anger after avenging a deep wrong landed her in juvi, while at the same time trying to have her first real relationship--one she has initiated using an alias to hide her past from her lover. Divorced Ericka is in remission from cancer and trying to deal with two decades of animosity with her radical mother, while keeping the desperate crush she has always had on Destiny's father a secret... a passion with an older man that just may be reciprocated. As the women try to overcome-- or give into-- their impulses, they find not only themselves tested, but the one thing they always considered unbreakable: their friendship.
LC Classification NumberPS3554.I319