Renee is queen of the city and runs it with an iron fist, but everything changes when people from her past resurface to seek revenge. They will stop at nothing until she's dead. Will Renee find happiness and let go of her demons? Or will she allow her past to finish what it started? Molested by her stepfather and verbally abused by her mother, Renee channeled her pain into passion and became the most ruthless queen-pin New York has ever seen. Haunted by her past and unable to let go of what was, she struggles to achieve inner peace while inflicting mayhem on the streets of New York.

Renee's Poems with Wings are Words in Flight are a plethora of poetic thoughts penned to: I nspire and N urture K indreds, while P reparing and E mpowering the N ations.

Some say it’s a blessing. Others swear it’s a curse. Cupid’s compass is the enchanted tattoo that links soulmates and reveals when they will first meet. Most seekers, such as fifteen-year-old Lacey Baker, are thrilled to wake up to their sealed fate, but not everyone’s future is clear. Her best friend is cursed by a compass that never moves but she can’t figure out why. Her mother’s soulmate link spontaneously changes, leaving their family in shambles. And Lacey’s soulmate. . . that’s another story. A city away, Jaylynn Clare has a different problem. After a haunting prediction from a local psychic, her life becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Promised unavoidable tragedy if she meets her linked partner, she takes it upon herself to run at all costs. But can fate be avoided, or only prolonged? In a mad dash of love, lies, and long-forgotten curses, seekers across the globe weave together in this heart-wrenching narrative of entangled soulmates.

Candice Robinson has been through hell! Tragedy and turmoil have constantly invaded her life from the day she was born. Her mother, Diamond was too busy chasing men to truly care about her. Then, when it seemed like her mother was finally becoming a fixture in her life, tragedy struck once again. Not only did Candice have to endure the horror of watching her grandmother die in front of her, she also had to go through the trauma of finding her mother dead the same day. But through it all, Candice has remained strong. Forced to move in with her aunt Charmaine, Candice is now twenty years old and enrolled at Kent State University. With the endless parade of hot bodied men slithering around combined with the strong sexual urges that she inherited from her mother, Candice struggles to keep her mind on her studies and out of the bedroom. Her roommate, Toi, is her running mate as the two of them wreak sexual havoc on the campus. But things start to go awry when Candice is introduced to Rashawn. Rashawn sexes her up so good, she can?t stop thinking about him. As the two of them get closer, Candice tries desperately to control her feelings, all the while dealing with a stalker ex boyfriend and trying to get revenge on a slimy professor. Her aunt, Charmaine has things to tell her, but Candice is too busy to listen and when she finally makes time to, tragedy strikes. Rashawn quickly comes to her side and gives her a shoulder to lean on. But does he have ulterior motives? Candice had better beware?Because things are not always as they appear to be.

This book considers the life and legacy of Renée de France (1510–75), the youngest daughter of King Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne, exploring her cultural, spiritual, and political influence and her evolving roles and actions as fille de France, Duchess of Ferrara, and Dowager Duchess at Montargis. Drawing on a variety of often overlooked sources – poetry, theater, fine arts, landscape architecture, letters, and ambassadorial reports – contributions highlight Renée’s wide-ranging influence in sixteenth-century Europe, from the Italian Wars to the French Wars of Religion. These essays consider her cultural patronage and politico-religious advocacy, demonstrating that she expanded upon intellectual and moral values shared with her sister, Claude de France; her cousins, Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d’Albret; and her godmother and mother, Anne de France and Anne de Bretagne, thereby solidifying her place in a long line of powerful French royal women.