The much-loved series by National Bestselling Author Niobia Bryant continues. The entire Strong family comes together to face the possibility of losing the head of their strong family and to comfort their matriarch who isn’t ready to say goodbye to her love… Kael and Lisha Strong have lived, worked, led, and loved each other for fifty-one years. The plan to celebrate their 50th anniversary —and the beautiful family they have created— were waylaid when a close family friend passed away… One year later they decide it’s time to celebrate. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes once again when Kael falls ill during their celebration. As Kael grapples with life versus death, Lisha frets over losing the man she dearly loves. All of her children, grandchildren, and in-laws offer comfort but nothing can replace the love of her man. Sitting by his bedside she reminisces over pivotal moments in their marriage that are imprinted on her mind, body, and soul. She longs to create even more memories with him and prays that her man will keep going strong so that their marriage can as well… PLEASE NOTE: This is the 11th entry in the Strong Family Series. The first six are full-length novels and the next five are the Strong Family Novellas. All are connected.
Written by an Ivy League-educated investment banker, who left her career to raise her ten children, STRONG HAPPY FAMILY answers questions like: How do you feed them all? How do get them to do what you say? How do you handle the holidays? How do you get through a miscarriage? How do you give your kids a sense of meaning and purpose? What do you do for struggling learners? Pulitzer Prize winner David L. Marcus says-- "She writes about parenting in the same way she approaches parenting: in a cheerful, practical style with surprising strategies for everything from assigning chores to dealing with ADHD."
The Strong brothers revisit their roots in this sexy story of how it all began from the national bestselling author of Red Hot. Lisha Rockmon just wants a good man who respects her family values. But most of the men of Holtsville, SC, want to get physical a lot faster than she does—except Kael Strong. Their attraction is hard to ignore. Yet the one man Lisha can imagine a future with doesn’t seem ready to get involved at all . . Wounded by his last relationship, Kael is hesitant to open his heart again, even to a woman as irresistible as Lisha. But despite his misgivings—and some outside interference—love just may find a way, setting the stage for future generations. Praise for the Strong Family series “A fabulous love story.” —Urban Reviews “Hot men, spicy women and a sexually captivating story.” —RT Book Reviews “Very impressive.” —Cydney Rax, author of A Sister’s Power
Continuing with her much-loved Strong Family series, bestselling author Niobia Bryant delivers a tale of romance that proves love conquers all... MEENA ALI'S extended family—The Strongs—are filled with couples who are in love, but she can't seem to move past the break-up of her parents that was caused by an affair. Passion? She enjoys it. Love? She's tried her best to avoid it…until she meets ARMSTRONG MANN. This charmer with a big smile, and even bigger arms with which to hold her, is simply hard to resist. Still, she is hesitant to commit leading to their break-up. When her "Mann-Mann" is in a car accident out of town and comes home with amnesia—not remembering her or the love they shared—she is forced to realize losing him was a mistake. He has with him a sexy nurse in tow who claims to have nothing but his best interest at heart as he struggles to remember his life. Wanting the nurse gone and the affection Armstrong once had for her returned, Meena digs in for the good fight to ensure she is able to rekindle their flame and welcome back the man she loves into her life.
In the ninth installment of her much-loved Strong Family series, bestselling author Niobia Bryant delivers a new "Sexy, Funny and Oh So Real" romance novella about pulling a broken marriage from the flames and fighting for real love… Kaleb Strong and his wife, Zaria, beat the odds of a May/December relationship and their different personalities (he's serious and she's playful) to find their happily ever after with each other. Some years have passed and some of the romance has faded. As she nears the eve of her birthday, Kaleb's coolness and distance over the last year has Zaria worried that their fifteen-year age gap has finally taken their toll—especially when a beautiful and much younger journalist seems to be vying for his attention. When Zaria moves out of their family home with their small children and begins a new life without him, Kaleb knows he has to reveal the secret behind his distance in their marriage and fight once more to prove to Zaria that his love for her is stronger than ever and age is still nothing but a number…
Offers instructions or "recipes" for creating new family rituals or traditions, in categories such as "holidays," "family festivities and ceremonies," and "rites of passage."
Offers advice to parents on how to build a strong and loving family, drawing on true examples while providing strategic exercises to explain how small household bonds can be expanded into a larger family dynamic.
It's terrible to get old? Life is all downhill after fifty? That's what our youth-centered culture may think but don't be duped. Selected as a finalist for 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards, this book can change how you think about aging, even make you feel good about getting old! “. . . a liberating change is happening, a change as momentous as the liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. It brings respect for older people, appreciation for maturity, and the promise of a more balanced culture.”—from the Introduction by Margaret Karmazin and Janet Amalia Weinberg. Discover a new, positive way of looking at aging with Still Going Strong: Memoirs, Stories, and Poems About Great Older Women. This exuberant, inspiring anthology celebrates the vitality of older women and shows them having adventures, facing loss, enjoying romance, and feeling more capable and confident than ever. The 42 authors included in the collection know that life after middle age is not the diminished state dreaded by our youth-centered culture, but rather, a time of growth and fulfillment, enriched by the wisdom of experience and perspective. Get a taste of the passion, wit, and wisdom of some of these women: From “Why Vermont” by Elayne Clift: “It was great not to be driven by achievement. I was learning the art of laid-back living. Spending a day writing, or reading, was heavenly and I was reminded of my freedom whenever a friend said, ‘I'd give anything to be doing that!’” From “Gray Matters” by Marsha Dubrow: “. . . finally [I] have decided to enjoy being a gray. It links me with a powerful sisterhood, complimenting each other on our gray badge of courage. A woman with dreadlocks resembling pillars of salt approached me on the street and said, ‘You go, girlfriend. We're gray and we're proud—and gorgeous.’ We smacked high fives.” From “Katherine Banning: Wife, Mother, Bank Robber” by Melissa Lugo: “Crazy, you say? Well, wait till you hit 90 and realize you still want to live, that even though you're way past menopause you want another child, and that even though your breasts make tracks in the mud, you still want a lover, and that even though your hands shake, there are still things that you didn't get to do (like going to the Olympics and bringing home the gold) things you want to do, that you will do. Then, see what you're capable of. And you'll be perfectly sane. Senility, temporary insanity, it's all bull. Old folks know exactly what they're doing. One of the good parts about being an old fart is that you have a license to be loony tunes, to live the wild way you didn't have the balls for before. At 90, you see, your dignity's gone the way of dirty diapers, and your life is heading the same way fast. You have nothing to lose except the moment.” From “A Different Woman” by Joan Kip: “My relationship with Seth is, I tell him, my great experiment. He calls me on every one of my tightly-held protections, and his pleasure in meeting my body is matched by my own freedom to respond. Ours is a relationship with no hidden agenda, no commitments. Our occasional evenings of uncomplicated delight are the intertwining of two desires who touch down and embrace one another, knowing they will meet again, sometime, somewhere. And while sex is not absent from our meetings, it is, rather, my compelling ache to be touched and held and to touch and hold that pulls me back each time to Seth. Like the newly-born whose being depends upon the enfolding presence of a parent, those of us who are now so old, glow more warmly when we, too, may share our tenderness.” Still Going Strong counters demeaning stereotypes of “little old ladies” by offering positive, empowering views of women over fifty. It is a hopeful voice that speaks to any woman facing her own future.
