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Barbara Keaton

"I was born in 1964 in Chicago, and as a native, I love my city and cannot imagine my living anywhere else.  I attended Catholic schools up until the twelfth grade, but it was in grammar school at the hands of the Oblate Sisters of Providence where I solidified my love and respect for the written word.  My maternal grandfather, the late Thomas Hill, instilled in me my passion.  As to the Oblate’s, this little known order of black nuns taught with an iron hand and truly believed in the future and success of black children!  Outside of my mother, I owe much of who I am my Grandfather and those incredible nuns!

In 1987, I received a BA in Communications from Columbia College.  After graduation, I worked as a bus operator for the Chicago Transit Authority for nearly 3 years.  I found this period in my life as one of profound growth in that it allowed me to address and face my fear of success.  I resigned in 1990 from CTA  and went on to hold various professional positions, mostly in print news and public relations.

Professionally, I have over 15 years experience in public, government and community relations.  In addition, I’ve had several articles and editorials published in various publications: Today’s Black Woman Magazine; The Chicago Crusader; The Chicago Defender; The Chicago Reader; Bronze Thrills and True Confessions.  My first book, All I Ask, was published by Genesis Press under its Indigo Imprint in 2000.  Since then, Genesis has published an additional six pieces of work from me — one anthology and five single titles.  Currently,  I am a Transportation Manager for the Chicago Transit Authority. 

In May of 1999, I received my Master of Science in Journalism from Roosevelt University in Chicago.  I belong to several civic and professional organizations, namely the Masonic Order of the Eastern Star.  In my spare time I am an avid reader, writer and bid whist player.  Though I have no children of my own,  I do have “babies,” my niece and nephew, Stephanie and Matthew.  I’m divorced and live by a personal credo:  I ANSWER TO TWO—MY GOD AND MYSELF"

One in a Million
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Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Parker Publishing Llc (October 17, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1600430538

When high-powered attorney Deena Walls walked into the police station searching for her client the last thing she expected was to feel the immediate heat brought on by Detective Charles Henry Harris. As they both work on a case that would not only test Deena's will and mettle, but how deep her attraction is to the handsome detective, they would have never guessed that theirs would be a relationship of searing passion and emotional healing.


Love for All Seasons - Anthology

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Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Parker Publishing (August 17, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1600430139

Love for All Seasons will keep you aroused with four sensually-erotic romances that melt winter’s snow with steamy sexual treats, drenches the spring in a downpour of forbidden love, blazes through summer—hot, lusty, and bold, then falls into autumn for an erogenous delight.

Join A.C. Arthur, Sapphire Blue, Barbara Keaton and Maureen Smith for a rollicking jaunt through the four seasons of love. Barbara contributes "Spring Fling," the story of two professors, one geek and one nearing middle-aged, who find love and passion during a hot spring break!


Nights Over Egypt

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Paperback: 214 pages
Publisher: Genesis Press (December 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585711926

Ashalon El Asab, Professor of Egyptology at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt is not too happy to have another American coming to his country to dig among the ruins of his ancestors. A direct descendant of Ramesses XI, Ashalon vows to make it difficult for the upstart American who was granted permission to dig by the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Oh yes, he is determined to make her life in Egypt difficult, impossible even. That is, until he meets his nemesis: Corina Camden.

Professor Camden, expert in both Arabic and Latin, is a tenure-tracked Associate Professor of Egyptology and Egyptian History at the University of Chicago. She has received the coveted permission to excavate the royal tombs at Tanis in search of the reported remains of two mummified bodies from the Twenty First and Twenty Second Dynasties. The only thing, or person, who can turn this dream into a nightmare, is the man who has been assigned to oversee her project: Ashalon El Asab. Yet sparks fly when Corina actually meets the Egyptian professor. Despite himself, Ashalon finds her equally as attractive and sets out to claim not only her emotions but her heart itself.


Cupid
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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Genesis Press (June 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585711748

Cupid's arrow has just got to hit her, muses Morgan Paige's cousin, Yavette. Yet, she insists on setting her favorite cousin up on three blind dates. Unfortunately, each date turns out more disastrous than the last. As Morgan goes through with them, she also meets the handsome Jarrod, a brother who smiles a wicked smile and acts as her waiter/bartender every time she steps into Nick's Sports Bar and Grille. What Morgan doesn't know is that he actually owns the bar. With the insistent help and interference of a cast of meddlers -- including Nick's brothers and Morgan's cousin -- consistently shooting Cupid's arrows, will this pair ever find their way to each other, and to a promise of true love?


Blaze
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Paperback: 213 pages
Publisher: Genesis Press (December 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585711721

Engine Company #19 hadn’t known how tough their captain could be. Desiree Charles, a third generation firefighter and the first African-American female captain of a Chicago Fire Department station house, overcame sexism and racism to show the men in her charge that she not only belonged, but was a more than capable leader. Just when things seemed to have settled down, an arsonist targets her station’s coverage area, raising the stakes following a horrific incident. And Joshua Davis, head of the Chicago Fire Department’s Arson Unit, is determined to find the perpetrator of the fires in Engine Company #19’s area.


By Design
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Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Genesis Press (December 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585710881

Shari Thomas, the optimistic voice of reasoning and love in “All I Ask” is back, but after ending a long term relationship, Shari isn’t so sure she’s ever been truly in love—as experienced by her two closest friends. As Shari resigns herself to examine her heart and her dream of owning her own design company, a dark angel in the form of Hamilton Edmunds, Jr. threatens to show Shari what true love –is all about . By Design is a story of being true to your heart and to yourself.


Homeland Heroes & Heroines Anthology
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Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Genesis Press (October 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585710822

by Wanda Y. Thomas, Barbara Keaton, Giselle Carmichael

An exclusive collection featuring three women in different branches of the military, all fighting for their country and a chance for love, this book contains three stories by Giselle Carmichael, Barbara Keaton (Wishing For Tomorrow) and Wanda Y. Thomas.


An Unfinished Love Affair

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Paperback: 228 pages
Publisher: Genesis Press (March 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585710741

Kayla and Allen left a lot unfinished. Can they come together ten years later and find a love that eluded them the first time around?


All I Ask

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Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Genesis Press; 1st edition (April 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585710091

A broken heart, unhealed pain, and closed emotions – all these have become an ingrained part of the beautiful and smart Deborah Anderson. After a bitter breakup, she resolves never to love again…but then she meets Darrin Wilson, who wants to take away her pain. Is his love too good to be true? All I Ask is a story of the power of love and one man’s quest to show how his love can conquer all.

 

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