Parade Knight finally gets what she wants, a man of her own, despite hating her own dark skin; Daffany battles the disease that haunts her body and the poison she places in her blood while Miss Wayne fights to keep their friendship together.

Parade has loved Jay her whole life but when he makes a big bet, which yields zero benefits, their picture perfect family begins to crumble. Feeling partially responsible for a tragic event that makes the trauma to the Hernandez Family worse, Parade decides to use what she has to repair the rift in her broken family. Miss Wayne, being her true blue friend tries desperately to suggest an alternative to Parade’s sin filled plan and his intrusion could cost him the most. The follow up to Black and Ugly, Black and Ugly As Ever and Miss Wayne & The Queens of DC, this latest addition will reconnect you with the characters you’ve grown to love.

Parade Knight hates her complexion. As a result, she considers herself to be unattractive and condones the misuse of her body. Sky Taylor is beautiful, fly and wanted and loves reminding Parade of her imperfections especially after suspecting that she may be sleeping with her man, Jay Hernandez. Miss Wayne is hilarious and a self-proclaimed girlfriend who enjoys the attention his friends bring. If you let Miss Wayne tell it, he s not gay, he s just one of the girls. Daffany Stans uses her body for profit and hides a health secret so serious that it could endanger the lives of her friends, considering their sex partners are so closely related. Black and Ugly is a tale of four totally different friends from the same block, whose friendship is tested during a seemingly innocent game of Truth or Dare. When fatal secrets begin to surface, will Parade give up the friend whose shadow she has walked in all her life? And will Miss Wayne and Daffany abandon their friends to save themselves? (This title was originally published in 2007)

This Novel will take you into the lives of several different black women who have different ways of surviving. Andrea is the C.E.O of her own multi-million dollar cleaning company. Mrs. Scott, who holds several degree ́s, is a retired college professor and battling stage four breast cancer. Then there ́s the beautiful "green eyed monster" Tranasha, who hasn ́t finished high school, can ́t keep a job and doesn ́t want one... But hey, she has her own lottery ticket to help her get out of the ghetto and her fiancee, Mr. Jordan Kyle Scott III, who owns a multi-million dollar commercial real estate company. If Tranasha ́s mother, Mildred has anything to say about it, Traci better use any means necessary to Trap Jordan, even lie about the paternity of their son Jamaal. Traci ́s mother, Mildred, who comes from five generations of welfare recipients, has no problem marrying elderly men just for their money, and if you get in her way, she will cut you. She ́s even given up her own children for a man... Come and explore these characters with me and other interesting women that will keep you wondering, what ́s next?

Whenever Christa Black looked in the mirror, she was waging a war with herself. Her hatred of her face and body drove her, as a young woman, into frantic overachievement, addiction, and an eating disorder that landed her in rehab. A preacher's kid, she'd grown up imagining God as a "thou shalt not" tyrant. It was only when she miraculously discovered God's unconditional love for her--physical imperfections, moral failings, and all--that she finally began to accept herself. As she tells her story, Christa shares the tools she uses to combat the self-rejection that harms so many people's lives. In this raw testimony, Christa Black takes women on a step-by-step journey of faith and positive belief to reveal that if God loves ugly, then we can too.

Parade has loved Jay her whole life but when he makes a big bet, which yields zero benefits, their picture perfect family begins to crumble. Feeling partially responsible for a tragic event that makes the trauma to the Hernandez Family worse, Parade decides to use what she has to repair the rift in her broken family. Miss Wayne, being her true blue friend tries desperately to suggest an alternative to Parade's sin filled plan and his intrusion could cost him the most. The follow up to Black and Ugly, Black and Ugly As Ever and Miss Wayne & The Queens of DC, this latest addition will reconnect you with the characters you've grown to love.

What's the one area from your past that you keep getting your flesh caught in over and over again? Where are you still wounded and bleeding? The good news is that the most unanticipated and rewarding turns in the story often start with the ugliest beginnings. Growing Up Ugly is an inspirational coming-of-age memoir that traces the upbringing of a painfully shy child with chronically low self-esteem--a gifted student reprimanded for daydreaming too much and raised in a struggling inner-city New York neighborhood who emerged to become an artist, a leading educator, and an award-winning scholar. In this new release from Simple Word Publications, author James Haywood Rolling, Jr. composes a rich canvas of raw vignettes, family photos, original illustrations, and vivid poems in order to sketch a candid self-portrait of a Black boy unlocking his creative superpowers. Growing Up Ugly tells the story of: The author's upbringing as the first-born son and namesake of a talented professional artist...and domineering father; the unexpected personal consequences of being bused to school daily from a racially segregated area of Crown Heights to a mostly white neighborhood far across Brooklyn; how being identified and tracked since elementary school as a gifted student contributed to a dangerously distorted view of his own capabilities--until God intervened. No matter who or what first made you feel ugly, here is storytelling that elevates its readers beyond their own trauma, social anxiety, and self-doubt. This is a book for anyone who has ever been underestimated, bullied, abused, or simply overlooked as you reimagine your way from daydreams to destiny. Growing Up Ugly makes a great gift for any family raising children of color, or for adults mentoring or teaching Black boys. An in-depth reflection on the power to reshape how one's presence is seen and felt in the world, this book is also an ideal addition to libraries serving multicultural populations!