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Monica Michelle

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in White Plains, The United States

December 20

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Fiction, Romance, Chick Lit

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Terry McMillan, Eric Jerome Dickey, Omar Tyree, Toni Morrison

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MONICA MICHELLE was raised in White Plains, New York, and has had a passion for writing since the age of 20. She is also an award winning Realtor in Westchester County, New York. In addition to her love of writing and selling homes, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and hopes to show, through her writing, unique, relatable and engaging perspectives on relationships, love and life. She earned her graduate degree in psychology from Iona College and is the founder of Brown Eyed Beauties, a philanthropic and social networking group. For Monica, her life thus far has been an enlightening, daunting and gratifying journey. With the support of her family and friends, she embarked on her literary voyage to complete her first nove ...more

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!

CONGRATULATIONS to our winners of the LUCKY NO. 5 LITERARY BLISS book giveaway. Melissa McCabe and Maria Shibatsuji both of CALIFORNIA! HAPPY READING!!!

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Published on August 18, 2014 06:20 • Tags: african-american-fiction, book-giveaway, contemporary-fiction, lucky-no-5

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Lucky No. 5

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