Electa Rome Parks, one of the rising stars in contemporary fiction, is the author of the best-selling novels THE TIES THAT BIND and LOOSE ENDS, which were originally self-published through her own company, Novel Ideal Publishing and Editorial Services Company, a company now dedicated to quality editorial services.
After successfully self-publishing her debut novels, New American Library, a division of Penguin Group, bought the rights. Mrs. Parks signed a three-book deal with New American Library. Her first novel, THE TIES THAT BIND, was re-released in October 2004, and LOOSE ENDS was re-released in November 2004. Both books were immediately chosen as Black Expressions Book Club selections and embraced as Books of the Month by book clubs across the country. A third manuscript, ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT, which was immediately chosen as the Main Selection for Black Expressions Book Club for September 2005, is slated for publication in August 2005. Parks states, "This is just the beginning of my literary journey that confirms dreams do come true and nothing or no one can stop the predestination that is laid out for each of us."
Recently, Electa signed her second book deal with New American Library/Penguin
Group. Her upcoming project is tentatively entitled: LADIES NIGHT OUT (NAL,
2006).
To find out when and where Electa will be in your area, check out her website at www.electaromeparks.com. To share your thoughts with Electa regarding her work or to schedule an event, please e-mail her at: novelideal@yahoo.com.
Electa Rome Parks currently lives outside Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband Nelson and two children. With a BA degree in marketing and a minor in sociology, she is currently working on her next novel and fulfilling her passion as a writer. (Updated July 2005)
Carl
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Urban Books (May 28, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 160162381X
ISBN-13: 978-1601623812
Urban Books superstars Electa Rome Parks and
Eric Pete entertain readers
with daring and empowering stories about the love lives of full-figured
women.
Big, bold, and beautiful are three adjectives that describe Erika to a tee.
Named after her mother's favorite soap opera vixen, Erika Kane, she is
self-assured, headstrong, and opinionated. But Erika is also unlucky in
love. Whenever she thinks she's found everlasting love, it always ends up
being short-lived--literally. She has three dead husbands to prove that
point and she has been dubbed the black widow. Just when Erika is about to
give up on true love, she learns that, like it does in the soaps, love
sometimes shows up when you least expect it. And like it does in the soaps,
it can sometimes be deceiving.
Once again, life has gone wrong for Artemis Clay. It seems like she's always
been unlucky in love, and this time is even worse than she could imagine.
Her own family looks down upon her, and everything looks hopeless. Artemis
decides to leave everything behind for a last-minute getaway. While she's
enjoying her newfound freedom, she comes across not one, but two reminders
that maybe not all hope is lost. Is she ready to take a chance on love
again?
When
Baldwin Loved Brenden
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Urban Books (January 29, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1601623763
ISBN-13: 978-1601623768
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
A whole decade has passed since Baldwin, Brenden, Bria, and Christopher last
saw each other. In college, they were a close-knit circle of friends who
called themselves The Group--until an unfortunate set of circumstances
placed their friendship in jeopardy. They went their separate ways after
graduation, never looking back, and never expecting to see each other again.
Now they are reunited in a small North Carolina town to attend the funeral
of one of their own. Rihanna was always the peacemaker of the group, so it's
almost fitting that it's at her funeral that The Group will have to confront
their past issues. Baldwin, the romantic, Brenden, the do-gooder, Bria, the
wild child, and Christopher, the pretty boy, are all about to learn some
truths about each other and about themselves over a few unforgettable and
life-changing days. Secrets will be revealed, past hurts exposed, tears
shed, and laugher shared, all in the name of friendship and love.
Electa Rome Parks, bestselling author of Diary of a Stalker, asks the
question, Can anything truly tear apart real friendship and love?
Diary
of a Stalker
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Urban Trade Paper; 1 edition (January 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 160162199X
ISBN-13: 978-1601621993
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Xavier Preston is tall, dark, and handsome, and the problem is that he knows it. He's a bestselling author who is accustomed to adoring female fans, both young and old, flirting with him, throwing themselves shamelessly at him, and trying to get between more than the covers of his novels. He has always been more than willing to accommodate their needs and desires; however, his womanizing days have finally ended. He's engaged to a beautiful woman, Kendall, and he's decided to walk the straight and narrow. Or has he?
From outside appearances, the very stunning Pilar has it all: a great career, a beautiful home, and a trust fund that keeps her financially secure; however, looks can be deceiving. All that glitters isn't necessarily gold. Pilar is searching for her perfect soulmate, and she thinks she has found him in Xavier. She believes in going after what she wants with a vengeance . . . and she wants Xavier. That is not negotiable. She will have him, even if it kills him.
When Xavier meets his fanatical fan, Pilar, he gets much more than he bargained for. What starts out as an erotic one-night stand quickly spirals out of control into a dangerous game of obsession and pain with both parties playing to win.
These
Are My Confessions
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by Joy King, Electa Rome Parks, Cheryl Robinson, Meta Smith
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780061193118
ISBN: 0061193119
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: July 01, 2007
Publisher: Avon Red
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Sizzling hot and soulful secret "confessions" from four of the most exciting voices in erotic black fiction!
Bianca's job as the new personal assistant to an
arrogant NBA superstar is unending hell. But when the lights go down'and
the uniform comes off'she's seduced by this hard-bodied athlete's
off-the-court moves . . .
Love B-Ball Style by Joy King
Kennedy Logan is too ashamed to reveal the truth about her steamy relationship with hot, insatiable Drake'his sweet lies and hellacious lovemaking'to anyone except her private diary . . .
These Are My Confessions by Electa Rome Parks
Fresh from a break-up, uptight, unfulfilled middle
school teacher Alexis heads to Texas, where they say everything is
bigger'and where she finds a tasty Dallas police officer who's strapped
with way more than a gun . . .
Strapped by Cheryl Robinson
Lucky went from waitress to recording star, with a
string of hits and a Miami mansion. Now she's back home in the Windy
City to tease and torture the handsome, cheating stud who broke her
heart. But the man's hot loving may be too hard for her to resist . . .
Divas Need Love Too by Meta Smith
Ladies' Night Out
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ISBN: 0451220250
Pub. Date: January 2007
Format: Paperback, 288pp
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Electa Rome Parks-acclaimed author of Almost Doesn't Count, The Ties that
Bind, and Loose Ends-now explores the bonds among four women and the
secret confessions that could put their friendship at risk.
Lexie, Meshell, Tonya, and Tracee are single and successful best friends.
Devoted to each other since college, they've bonded over a monthly ritual to
regroup and keep it real. With a little wine, drama, and laughs, they discuss
their dreams, betrayals, families, and without a doubt, the men in their lives
that come and go. But tonight, ladies' night out arrives with a twist- and a
revelation that could threaten a longstanding friendship or bring four women
closer to understanding themselves, their men, and their secret passions than
ever before.
Almost Doesn't Count
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ISBN: 045121515X
Format: Paperback, 240pp
Pub. Date: August 2005
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
She can
almost front at how she doesn't need a man.
She can almost play at how far she's come from the hood.
She can almost pretend that the past
doesn't mean a thing.
But everybody knows. . .
Almost Doesn't Count
Mercedes decided a long time ago that she'd never let a man walk all over her the way some women did. Love was something from fairy tales and TV movies of the week. She needed men for one thing only-and it had nothing to do with her heart. Growing up her mother made sure of that.
Now Mercedes has to travel home to southern Georgia, where her mama, Miss Betty, is recovering from surgery. Back to the rickety old house that holds a lot of memories for her. If she could only learn to deal with the bad ones'
Because a man has come into her life, a fine, bald-headed, churchgoing black man-the kind of man Mercedes never dared believe in. And she's going to have to get herself together to deal with what Darius is doing to her life-and what he's hiding about his own'
Loose
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Publisher: Penguin Group, New American Library
Praised for its "cutting-edge dialogue, intriguing characters, and a spicy storyline," Electa Rome Parks's The Ties That Bind introduced a savagely honest look at modern romance. Now, in a back-to-back publishing event, Parks returns with her next novel of love and friendship and the betrayals of both-some forgiven, some never forgotten.
It's been five years since they trusted one another-and betrayed one another- only as friends and lovers could. Beautiful Mia, getting a second chance at love. Christian, who gave up his player card for the one woman he's not sure he can trust. And Brice, as irresistibly bad as ever. One woman can tame him-if he'd give her the chance: Kree, innocent but underestimated, and looking for the kind of passion that can change a life. When she finds it, it's going to come with a price. Sometimes, it doesn't take a lot to tear apart friends like these. All it takes is love.
The
Ties That Bind
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Publisher: Penguin Group New American Library
Here's a straight-up novel about men and women, sex and betrayal, and playing the fool for love. Mia is a hopeless romantic who dreams of getting married and settling down with the man who could make that dream come true. Brice has his own ideas about love. He wants a woman willing to surrender everything and he thinks he's found her in Mia. Then again, so has Christian, who likes love to last just as long as the night takes. Now he's met an angel with the power to turn him around. Unfortunately she's married to his best friend.
To find out when and where Electa will be in your area, check out her website at www.electaromeparks.com.
To share your thoughts with Electa regarding her work or to
schedule an event, please e-mail her at
novelideal@yahoo.com.
To write to author:
Novel Ideal Publishing Company
2274 Salem Road, Suite 106, PMB Box 173
Conyers, Georgia 30013
Related Links
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Handling Your Finances ' Lessons from an Author in
Transition by Lynnette Khalfani
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Little did Electa Rome Parks know that her unforeseen downsizing in 2003 would actually serve as a catalyst for her biggest career blessing to date. As it turns out, getting the axe from Bank of America cut Parks off from corporate America, but it jumpstarted her literary career: Six months after receiving a pink slip, Parks went from part-time writer to full-time author, landed a high-profile literary agent, and got a six-figure book deal with a major publishing house.
The Literary World Interview
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