Chocolate Sangria: A Novel - Tapa dura

Raised in a Brooklyn housing project by her aunt and uncle, Juanita Lucas, a young African-American woman, has long been ostracized because of her light skin and green eyes, but when she and her only friend, Scooter Morrison, an outsider as well because of his gay lifestyle, meet two Puerto Rican men, their lives change in unexpected ways. 25,000 first printing.

Tracy Price-Thompson is a highly decorated Desert Storm veteran and the author of the Essence and Black Expressions bestseller Black Coffee. A Brooklyn native and retired Army engineer, she is a member of the Alpha Delta Mu Honor Society of Rutgers University and a Ralph Bunche Graduate Fellow who holds degrees in business administration and social work. Price-Thompson was recently a finalits for the a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award for literary excellence, and is currently completing her third novel, A Taste of Hunnie. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and their children and would love to hear your thoughts on Chocolate Sangria. You can e-mail her at tracythomp@aol.com or write to her at P.O. Box 187, Fort Dix, NJ 08640.