About the Author

Eric Jerome Dickeyis theNew York Timesbestselling author of more than twenty previous novels as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. Originally from Memphis, Dickey now lives on the road and rests in whatever hotel will have him.

Reviews

Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey and Genevieve

“[A] sizzling, sexy, downright gritty love story.”—Library Journal

“Instantly engrossing.”—Publishers Weekly

“[O]ne of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century.”—The New York Times

“Eric Jerome Dickey’s work is a master class in Black joy.”—The Atlantic

Chick-lit sensation Dickey (Drive Me Crazy) presents this sizzling, sexy, downright gritty love story about a professional African American couple living the good life in Los Angeles until their pasts come back to haunt them. The narrator's wife, Genevieve (pronounced ZHAWN-vee-EHV), receives a phone message from Grandpa Fred that Willie Esther Savage is dead. An intense unveiling of ugly secrets ensues as the couple travels to Odenville, AL, to bury the woman who was the reason Genevieve changed her name, smokes "bush," and cannot be the sexually free woman the narrator desires. The narrator is shocked to meet the lower-class family he never knew existed, with its violent and crass ways. But when "sister" Kenya comes on the scene, he's overcome by her physical magnetism. This book reminds us that marriage vows are sacred and that sex is never just sex but has its consequences. However, it's Dickey's aplomb in granting his characters the freedom to hit, holler, and ride their steamy, explicit passions that will clinch this book's popularity. For all popular fiction collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 1/05.]-Jennifer Baker, Seattle P.L. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey and Genevieve

"[A] sizzling, sexy, downright gritty love story."-Library Journal

"Instantly engrossing."-Publishers Weekly

"[O]ne of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century."-The New York Times

"Eric Jerome Dickey's work is a master class in Black joy."-The Atlantic