First Fridays

A bright new talent in African-American fiction returns with her second novel, filled with smarts, sass, and sex . . . Naja's on a nine-month countdown--for her baby, but not the kind you'd expect. Naja's baby is an Internet caféthe entrepreneurial dream she's been pursuing secretly while working in a St. Louis office. When she's laid off, Naja finds herself looking for new ways to network; at her best friend's suggestion, she attends a First Fridays get-together. To her surprise, she meets Russ, a handsome, charismatic man who offers to back her venture. Soon enough, he wants more, but Naja is reluctant to mix business with pleasure. However, resisting Russ's charms is trickier than she imagined . . . Watch Cherlyn Michaels's fan base grow as fast as the sexual tension in the pages of this fun, intelligent novel.