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Moody Holiday

Moody Holiday was born in Brooklyn New York, joining a brother, sister and doting parents. During her formative years, Moody's mother remarried and moved to Orange, New Jersey where Moody attended private school until her senior year of high school. Holiday graduated from Montclair State University and thereafter pursued a law degree at Seton Hall University School of Law.

Married for seventeen years, Moody has two sons and a Labradoodle named Diesel. A busy career mom by day, Holiday is also a sought after Zumba instructor where her love of dance and fitness is shared with a loyal Zumba following.

An avid writer, Holiday has an insatiable appetitite for spinning delicate tales of seduction and drama. A gift handed down from her biological father, Holiday is constantly at the computer during the wee hours and is known for dabbling with two manuscripts at once. Holiday is popular for filling her novels with lots of characters, conflict and seduction, which is in great demand among her drama driven audiences.

The Black Divorce

 

Three Days in BedThree Days in Bed
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Paperback: 330 pages
Publisher: Pretty Paper Press; 1st edition (June 27, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0974631574
ISBN-13: 978-0974631578
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches

Sins of a father lie in between the sheets

Meet Tiffany Jones, a suburban mom hiding from her criminal past. With little control over her children and disabled lover William, a desperate act of revenge forces Tiffany into the street to pay back her debts. Hot on her trail is a handsome federal marshal, struggling to protect his fragile wife and inquisitive daughter who mistakenly stumbles upon a dirty secret from her mother’s deviant past. Just when the table is about to turn, a delicate branch of the family tree snaps, allowing William’s son to stake his claim as the head of his fledging family.

 

No ordinary loveNo Ordinary Love: Selena's Revenge
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Paperback: 383 pages
Publisher: Pretty Paper Press, LLC (July 15, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0974631582
ISBN-13: 978-0974631585
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches

Daddy's little girl is all grown up and someone is going to pay…

All good secrets must come to an end; especially for Dr. William Davidson. After a vicious gang assault disfigures his beautiful daughter Portia, William faces the grueling task of departing from his seasoned medical career to repair his family's tormented past.

William's first challenge is his mistress Tiffany. Following an unannounced trip to Florida, William alters her life by wiping out Tiffany's material possessions and placing her in seclusion. Fearing future retribution, Tiffany forms a friendly alliance with Portia's twin sister Selena to protect herself from William's cruel and unforgiving ways. As a web of envy and lust evolves from Justin, Portia's ex-lover, Selena learns that the origin of her biology is a bold face lie.

Convincingly, Portia plans a life of happiness with Malik and her long lost daughter Nina. She also resumes her volunteer work with Angel Flight; a dysfunctional group home for wayward girls. Portia instantly reconnects with wild child Scuba as they find a common element in their shattered pasts from the pages of Portia's sex-filled diary.

As happiness slowly begins to evolve for William's family, Selena's determination for truth backfires with deadly results.

 

Secrets Portia's StorySecrets: Portia's Story
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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Pretty Paper Press, LLC (May 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0974631590
ISBN-13: 978-0974631592
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches

Meet Dr. William Davidson, a prominent pediatrician, a beautiful daughter and an alcoholic wife.

When Portia was born, she was alert and robust with a solid chance. Frail and weak, her fraternal twin looked like the genetic link to William's defective wife. With an eye towards perfection, he looked the other way and raised Portia as his only daughter.

Pity the child named Portia. In time, three earth shattering secrets unfold; a missing baby, a dead man in a hotel room and a false allegation of rape captured on video tape. While the man in Portia's life is on the go as a US Federal Marshall, Portia's at play with a high profile accountant with a knack for spotting new athletic talent. When Portia is ordered to do community service at a girl's group home, wealth and oppression collide in one climatic secret.

 

Wild InnocenceWild Innocence, A Tale from the Eighties
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Paperback: 197 pages
Publisher: Pretty Paper Press, LLC (November 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0974631523
ISBN-13: 978-0974631523
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches

Wild Innocence depicts the suburban escapades of Shanelle, a sexually charged virgin in love with a gifted prep student named Derrick, who is destined to become a doctor. Nestled on a quiet tree lined street, Shanelle’s domestic life is antagonized by her drug-addicted brother Steven, who belittles her dignity with death threats and mental humiliation during the peak of her sexual identity.

While Shanelle battles weight, popularity and self-esteem, deep family secrets shared among Shanelle’s codependent parents ignites Steven’s addiction into a horrific psychotic rage. Against his own will, Steven is committed to a mental institution for treatment. After a successful escape, Shanelle becomes the target of his deadly obsession, which forces her into the street. A temporary respite with Derrick and a brief encounter with a handsome stranger forces Shanelle to face life on her own terms with the support of her best friend. In a twist of fate, Shanelle is reintroduced to Alex, the alluring stranger from her past who is also a rookie police officer with seductive intentions.

In a rich, climatic ending, Shanelle settles into a life of continuity and protection as Alex penetrates Shanelle’s emotional constitution into womanhood. Without any regard for Alex’s past life, Shanelle accepts a pear shaped diamond engagement ring, leaving audiences wondering what will happen to Shanelle, Alex and the ever present Steven.

 

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