7 Books Published by acVernon Menchan on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

This is a short story, 9,600 Words, with a bit of a cliffhanger ending.

Will Malcolm Black finally get the woman of his dreams or will he tire of waiting and find someone else to be Mrs. Black. Will William Brown finally get his comeuppance and have to pay the piper or will Cinnamon Brown find it in her heart to forgive and look the other way one more time? Will Cinnamon finally choose Malcolm Black, or will she stay with William Brown no matter what….or will she relax and let them both go. Mrs. Black answers these questions and more. Center City’s major players are about to shake things up and get shook!

In SCHAE’S STORY: A Woman’s Transformation, readers will see the unveiling of a woman everyone thought they knew. We will be exposed to how difficult it is for the people around us to accept our desire to change. Also, that while many people preach that God will change someone’s life they really do not believe it to be true. Schae’s Story will also expose the many ways in which love manifests itself in a woman’s life, family love, community-love and most importantly the reciprocal love of God.

Is No Not Clear Enough for you tells the story of a young, spiritual emerging woman who knows at sixteen how important it is to own herself. Malaaka Green is spiritual, young, smart and beautiful. And one thing she knows for sure is that she is not going to do anything for or with anyone that is in conflict with her spirit or her future. Surrounded by a supporting cast of family, friends and foes, we get to see what the possibilities can be when a young woman owns her own destiny.

Walking slowly to his truck Brown replayed in his mind the night of Black’s heart attack:
“Khadijah, I am going home. I don’t know if I can do this any longer. I am losing my wife and I just don’t know”…she didn’t say a word. She never did. That’s what he liked about her. She just was, there were no complications or expectations attached to her. She worked hard and was an uncomplicated woman married to paraplegic, who needed affection and stimulation. They had been involved for over two years, way longer than any of the others. Cinnamon had known for months, and through the grace of God had not left him. He had been holding his breath since. When he’d arrived home at midnight, he was stunned that Cinnamon was not there. He knew immediately she was with Black. He did nothing, because he knew he had set up the whole thing. But the pain in his heart was like a hot knife. When the phone rang shortly after six a.m. he knew it was Cinnamon, he had just never expected the call to be about Black being in the hospital. That really complicated things. He would never forget walking in the room and hearing Cinnamon tell Black she loved him. He swallowed down bile as he pulled into traffic.

Cinnamon Dubois Brown is a woman with everything.she’s beautiful, spiritual, happily married for almost thirty years, two successful kids.what more could she want.what more could she have. Well.she just might want it all. Cinnamon discovered that Malcolm Black, her good friend since high school and her husband, William Brown’s best friend has always been is love with her. For the past year they have tried to have a sophisticated, platonic friendship, though the heat between Cinnamon and Black has been rapidly increasing. She has had to admit her attraction to Black runs as deep as his feelings for her, but her love for Brown is as strong as it’s ever been.. The death of Black’s mother forces them closer together. Will Cinnamon finally give into her feelings for Black in her quest to comfort him, be there for him as he had been for her? What role will Brown play in all of this, will he continue to allow his wife and best friend to have their ’friendship’. does he have secrets of his own? Cinnamon’s Universe will blow the lid off all of their feelings, and reveal secrets no one expected. Will Cinnamon try to love two? And will it be easy to do? We will soon find out. Welcome to "Cinnamon’s Universe"..

What would we do if the world knew our REAL love stories. "Love Stories of Some People I Have Known" explores that question. These five short stories gives you glimpses into the deep, intimate love lives of seemingly regular people. In "First Love, Last Love", widowed Ruby deals with finding love after being married for thirty years. She questions whether her first love will be her last. "Separate Love Lives" has Gloria accepting Ty’s proposal of marriage and his proposal of an open marriage. Is it possible to live separate love lives? "Man Choices", explores Samantha’s choices to only date men of a different race, what drives her denial of all men that look like her? "Coming Out" takes us inside the life of a married woman that has denied her real desires for over twenty years, will she finally come out and if so, for how long? Finally, "For the Love of Hair" touches on the value that African American place on "Good Hair."