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 Just in time for those cool Fall nights, award winning and best selling author Yvette Hines has a sizzling new novel hitting the e-shelves on October 3. Haulcon's Revenge ! (Click to preorder now) Haulcon has been left to die—without pride or honor. The clan he believed was family, brethren to him, turned out to be vicious thieves. Thieves of life. Now revenge’s blood beats Haulcon’s heart and he will stop at nothing to see those who attempted his murder pay. Resolving the issue of his saving grace, Adair, is a distraction he can’t risk. Adair Ellis is a wildlife photographer, an explorer of sorts. However, the day she meets Haulcon, her life becomes more of an adventure than she can handle. Everything changes for her when she is drawn into a world so dark and dangerous it seems to rob her of her very being. But, she can’t turn back and she can’t flee the valf that she has become bound to for life Yvette Hines is back with a dark and steamy paranormal romance Here...

Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson cried. Cried as he was honored by  The Echo Foundation for standing against Indifference.   Credit WCNC Richardson cried but he has yet to suspend, fire or even talk about the convicted woman beater on his team, Greg Hardy .  “When it comes to domestic violence,  my stance is not one of indifference ,” Ricardson said, via Bill Voth of BlackAndBlueReview.com.  “I stand firmly against domestic violence, plain and simple.  To those who would suggest we’ve been too slow to act, I ask that you consider to not be too quick to judge.  Over the course of our 20 years, we have worked extremely hard to build an organization with integrity and earn the trust of your community.  I look forward to continuing to earn your trust and I thank you for this award.” So, why the tears? Probably his medication. My Dad had a heart transplant as well. He cries at the drop of a hat because of his anti-rejection medicati...

As the Ray Rice story turns, some asshats people on social media have turned domestic violence into a joke. Here's what the unfunny comic Gary Owens said: Gary Owen about an hour ago A man should never spit on a woman. Same for you ladies unless you giving that sloppy toppy then spit away. Here's a meme making the rounds: And on Twitter, frozen pizza maker DiGiorno   used the hashtag #WhyIStayed, which women were using to tell their story about abusive relationships to promote their product. This is unacceptable and not funny. Domestic violence kills 4,000 women a year . 4,000. That is not a joke. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Domestic violence is a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors, including physical, sexual, and psychological attacks, as well as economic coercion, that adults or adolescents use against their intimate partner.  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS:    A pattern of behaviors including a variety of tactics - some p...

Today the whole picture of former Baltimore Ravens running back, Ray Rice's, assault on his then fiancee surface. It started with spit. According to a video released by TMZ , Rice is shown standing outside of the elevator, looking down at his phone and when his fiancee walks by, he spits on her. Once inside the elevator, Rice --who is five-eight, 218 pounds, is shown punching his fiancee as if she was Floyd Mayweather. She is not. I haven't said her name because from comments on social media, this woman is getting dragged through the mud because she did marry Rice after the assault. It seems as if we're assuming this was the first time he did this. We're forgetting that Domestic Violence is a cycle. Not just physical abuse but mental as well. We don't know what Ray Rice said to his fiancee during their courtship. We don't know her self esteem issues. We just know that she stayed. And some people think it's her fault that this man decided to hit her. ...

For Keeps by Deatri King-Bey In my new romantic suspense, For Keeps, Gina Guy’s daughter has witnessed a murder and the murderer is after the little girl. Child Protective Services is manipulated into the picture, and Jarvis Martin, a manager within the agency, steps in to protect the Guys’ rights. From the moment Gina meets Jarvis, she feels she can depend on him, but life has proven to her that the only person she can count on is Gina. Will they be able to stop the murderer? Can Jarvis earn her trust and love? Heavy topic for a romance, huh? I’m known for taking nonconventional characters and topics and spinning them into a romance. I like to create dialogue. The moment I released the For Keeps blurb, people started asking me where the idea came from. I’ve often said that I have voices in my head that tell me their stories, then I relay those stories to you though my books. Basically, I put my psychosis to work. Events usually wake those voices in my head and cause the...