Grace Octavia
Sophisticated fiction for sophisticated readers...
My Dear Readers: Welcome to my page. Before you experience the personality and panache of my brand of contemporary fiction, I want to provide you with the passion behind the pages. When I sat down to write my debut novel, Take Her Man, the first thing I thought was that I wanted the book to act as the supreme love letter to my great and groovy girlfriends. Like most women, I happen to believe that I have the best circle of girlfriends, and I thought that a book celebrating our strengths, weaknesses, and ability to pull together--with great style--any single thing we set our minds to would make great fodder for any novel. As I mention in the dedication of Take Her Man, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall once said that it is sisterhood that keeps sisters sane and strong during moments of adversity. I wanted to show this in all of my novels. Therefore, while you'll find lots of drama in my world divadom, at the center of each work, there is a story of love, of finding oneself and discovering the power of friendship. My novels serve to unite women of all ages and backgrounds as they recall, smile, and cheer on the characters as they come face to face with what it means to grow into womanhood and face the demons within. In addition to being juicy, funny, exciting, and smart, my fiction is also unique and sophisticated. Each novel takes on some new literary device or experiments with some interesting point of view. Playing Hard to Get and Take Her Man come complete with rules and regulations of sisterhood. His First Wife includes multiple points of view, emails and even some instant messages. Readers of Something She Can Feel will find poems and song lyrics mixed into the international action. . I am confident that these images will inspire and enlighten all eyes that fall upon them. Good news…your eyes are next. Enjoy. Yours in Sophistication, Grace Octavia |
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Dawn Jones's sorority sisters thought she made a big mistake marrying blue-collar Reginald. But thanks to hard work and belief in each other, Dawn and Reginald left the big city and made their own happiness, complete with a comfortable home and two lively children. Dawn can't wait to show everyone just how perfect her choices were—especially when her mega-successful best friend, Sasha, shows up to visit. But she never expected Sasha would like Reginald so much she'd steal him for herself. . .or that Reginald would see Sasha as a second chance to pursue hopes he never fulfilled. With her perfect life now in shambles, Dawn will do whatever it takes to regain what she's lost. But the road back will mean facing the hardest of truths, even tougher choices—and risking more than she ever imagined to discover what her life could really be. 
Gorgeous, sophisticated, and successful, Tamia is a sister that can’t be stopped.
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Gorgeous, sophisticated, and successful, Tamia is a sister that can’t be stopped. With her career as an attorney on the rise, and her millionaire boyfriend about to propose—Tamia has it all. But then she meets Malik, a sexy Harlem brother who pushes all her buttons, and makes Tamia second-guess everything in her life. Love struck for this bad boy with a cause, Tamia’s on a mission to convince Malik to stop playing hard to get and come along for the ride… 
"Everyone, including Evan, expected us to get married right after college. But I wasn't so certain."
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Chapter One July 7, 2007 Tuscaloosa, AL I'd been nervous most of the morning before the wedding. Still wondering if I'd made the right decision. Evan was the only man I'd ever dated-we'd been together since the third grade. I loved him, and he loved me, and everybody loved us together. And coming from where I'm from, that was supposed to be enough to last a lifetime. Everyone, including Evan, expected us to get married right after college. But I wasn't so certain. I thought that just maybe there was more to see and do and that, well, perhaps Evan wasn't it for me. He was the perfect man. Good to me. And I loved him dearly. But something in my throat stopped me from saying, "yes." 
A sparkling, sexy novel, His First Wife is all about facing what is real and getting it all on your own terms.
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“If this email works and it’s Jamison Taylor, I think I found your Day Planner in front of my house this morning…” “Can I come pick the planner up? Or would you like to meet me somewhere?” Kerry Jackson never thought her dream marriage, which began when her Morehouse beau proposed on a picture-perfect bridge over a lavish pool filled with rose petals and floating candles, could be pulled apart by a harmless email. But ten years later, Jamison is having an affair and a pregnant Kerry finds herself in her car at five in the morning, dead set on busting up the secret romance. Angry, confused, and in the backseat of a police car, she realizes that she needs a new plan for her life and her unborn child…fast. But trouble at home quickly turns to trouble everywhere, and a desperate Kerry searches for the strength to pick up the pieces of her life. Now, she is going to have to throw out the game plan, find out who she really is—and take the biggest gamble ever. 
New York City “It Girl” Troy Smith thought she’d have her ring by spring. But there’s been a change in plans…
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Troy is a beautiful, successful black woman who’s convinced her boyfriend, Dr. Julian James, is the man of her dreams—until he says he wants a break. Brokenhearted and confused, Troy knows there’s only one thing to do: get her girls to throw her an official 3T Break Up Party! Established during their days at Hampton University, the break up party was how Troy, Tamia, and Tasha—“The 3Ts”—survived the drama of relationship bust-ups. Now it’s Troy’s turn to step out and party again. There’s just one problem: Julian’s stepping out too…with a new sister on his arm. So it’s time to get down and dirty and put the 3T Take-Her-Man plan into action. No matter how long it takes, she is going to win back her man. |
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