Love in Bloom

Readers will experience the spectrum of emotions while reading the latest multicultural anthology offering, Love In Bloom, from BET/Arabesque.

High school chums Christopher St. John and Maya Williams get reacquainted in "Loves Masquerade" by Francine Craft. Both have suffered in love and now they're hoping to put aside the pain and look forward toward the possibility of a future together.

When Ashleigh Ayers and Austin Carrington first meet in Linda Hudson-Smith's "Forbidden Fantasy," brightly lit fireworks blast through the sky. Having admired the football great for as long as she can remember, Ashleigh is floored to find they're vacationing on the same Caribbean cruise.

Millionaire Colin Armstrong meets professor Bethany Porter in Janice Sims' "Teachers Pet." Never had Bethany been so attracted to a man as she is with Colin. Yet her strict adherence to the rules could prevent the two from having a truly wonderful relationship. Luckily Bethany has two really caring friends who are determined to see them together.

These three authors have banded together to create some excellent reading for the month of January.

- T.L. Burton, Romantic Times Book Club