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A Review of Catch Me by Michele Arris

This is the first time I am reading anything by Michele Arris. Catch Me is the contemporary interracial love story about the sexy yet stubborn Tabitha Seils and the sexy yet stubborn Dominic Balaska. Tabitha is a custom pastry chef and part owner with her friends Evie and Kennedi of a Washington D.C. boutique bakery (Chase Confections) reopening in a new location.  Tabitha likes things her way and constantly bumps heads with Dominic who is overseeing the project of the new location. Dominic is also Trenton’s brother who is engaged to Kennedi. So, everyone wants Tabitha and Dominic to get along because they have to work together.  Now, these two are thrown together for a week on a promo opportunity to market the bakery out on the West Coast (Las Vegas) at Shaw’s signature restaurant, Pearl Fine Dining. Dominic is Shaw Enterprise’s COO and would arrange for meetings to get Tabitha interviewed and to drum up business. While there, tension eases between the two of them and they become mo

It’s A Book Thing Presents: An Interview with André C. Wade, author of Seven Ways to Disappear: The Book within the Book

Author’s Bio: André C. Wade was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduating from the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a degree in psychology, he moved to Los Angeles where he began writing. After moving back to Las Vegas, he was later named a Champion of Pride by The Advocate magazine. His writing credits include articles for several magazines and newspapers where he advocated for the LGBTQ community. Seven Ways to Disappear: The Book within the Book is his first book.  Deliah Lawrence: What inspired you to write your book? André C. Wade: A good place to go to find out a little bit of background and context for me writing the book is the blog that I created: www.7waystodisappear.com . Specifically, the entry on the origins of the ‘book within the book’ is a good blog entry to get a sense of the inspiration.   The thing to keep in mind when reading this book is that it’s a work of fiction by a fictional author inside of a larger story.   DL: What is your writin