5 Books Published by Bluff City Publishing on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

Sojourner knew how to run, hide and fight. She would find her family and reunite them. Her mother’s secrets had become a gift. A gift that would aide her on her journey.Oliver had been held prisoner by Frederick, his brother, for a year. Escape meant hurting an innocent, a beautiful woman who he could not forget. He would not stop searching the colonies for her, until he found her. Debts owed would be paid.Will Sojourner and Oliver learn from the past and return to where it began to get the answers they sought? Will they be able to let go of the past to claim their future?

Melodee King loved few people. One left her when she was a child, one died, and the other she left in Memphis. Her plan was simple, put Memphis in her rearview mirror and only stop through for an occasional plate of Memphis BBQ.

Riley Walker loved one woman and one woman only. When she left he went after her. Six months, he waited. She never spent enough days in the city or with him to give him a chance. That’s all he needed. All he wanted was one moment to love her again.

With a river of pain and tears between them, will Melodee and Riley ever be able to find the harmony between lyrics and music again?

The choice was to run for freedom or die never having been valued as a human — as a woman. The penalty was the same — death! Freedom and her brother, Triumph, would fight for their lives and the lives of the ones whom they loved no matter the cost. Escaping bondage meant they must RUN! Run to Moses. Run to the Promised Land. Watson Brown knew all too well the struggle to survive. The fight to live. He had been given a second chance to do what he failed to do in life — as a human. What he and his father could not do before the Harpers Ferry Raid. The runaway and her brother were a distraction. He could afford no interferences with his mission. He nor his family could risk no exposure.

Sinclair Mosley didn’t like working in the family restaurant as a kid. But, without it, without her parents, she would never have graduated from undergrad. Now, they needed her. Her parents. Their restaurant. A job offer in central PA could be the lifeline she needs. But to grab it, she may have to let go of a chance at love.

Darling Crawford lost the man she loved to another woman. Returning to her parents was bad enough, but returning home broke, divorced, and jobless is awful. Right about now she just needs to have fun. A man with a sexy southern drawl. A strong drink. A night of dancing. What happens on Beale Street stays on Beale Street, right?