The Savvy Sistahs
by Brenda Jackson

Amber, Carla and Brandy---known as the "ABCs"---are intelligent businesswomen who met in their business support group "The Savvy Sistahs Who Mean Business" and became the best of friends. They've bonded over lost loves, past hurts, and too many lonely nights. . . Amber Stuart escaped an abusive marriage and now finds peace running her small bookstore. But when a man passes out in her establishment, after eating one of her homemade cookies, she'll do anything to avoid a lawsuit, even if it means going into his home and nursing this fine brother back to health. What she doesn't know is that this brother is about to turn her life upside down; Raising a two-year- old son on her own and running the computer business she inherited from her father, Carla Osborne doesn't have time for anything else. Then she finds herself the object of a hostile takeover. And it turns out that she's fighting to save her company from the man she had a one-night stand with all those years ago---the man who happens to be her son's father; After a divorce settlement leaves her the sole owner of the St. Laurent Hotel, Brandy Bennett decides to manage her new business full-time. When she finds herself the object of a deranged stalker her family convinces her to bring in a security expert to help. Enter ex-FBI agent, Grey Masters---and with him a whole lot of drama. Life is dishing it out hard, but these ladies are determined to hold on to each other.

Brenda Jackson's Bio

Brenda Jackson lives in the city where she was born, Jacksonville, Florida. She is a graduate of William M. Raines High School, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Jacksonville University. She has been married for thirty-two years to her high school sweetheart, Gerald, and they have two sons, Gerald Jr. and Brandon, ages twenty-six and twenty-four, respectively. Presently, Brenda works in management for a major insurance company. She is also a member of the First Coast Chapter of Romance Writers of America, and is a founding member of the national chapter of Women Writers of Color. She began her writing career in 1994 when she signed on with Kensington Arabesque. Her first book, Tonight and Forever, became a huge success, introducing the Madaris Family. A listing of her complete line of books can be found on this website, as well as how those books connects in her various family saga series. Over the years she has received numerous awards and has made many trail-blazing accomplishments by being the first African-American author to have a book published under the Harlequin/Silhouette Desire line of books and the first African-American romance author to make USA Today's Bestseller's List. Fans of her beloved Madaris Series will be joining her to celebrate of ten years writing books that bring smiles to their faces in a Madaris Family Reunion Cruise that is set to sail to the Bahamas in April 2007. She has written books for the following publishers: St. Martins Press, BET, Kensington, NAL, Harlequin/Silhouette.

Brenda Jackson
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Jacksonville, FL 32226
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