ABOUT CHELLE RAMSEY:
An original Georgia Peach, Chelle Ramsey
is a fiction author, writing stories to encourage, empower, entertain and
strengthen readers. Many of her stories are based in her birthplace of Atlanta
or her husband’s hometown of Cincinnati, where readers can relate to local hot
spots and events. She wants her readers (women and men) to become empowered to
rise above adversity, with faith in God, and belief in themselves.
Chelle holds an MBA in Human Resource Management, which she puts to use in her
property management role by day, while she writes her fiction novels by night.
Her most important roles are those of a wife and mother of three. During
her “me time,” she loves listening to music, and becomes enraptured with the
enthralling stories of Terry McMillan, and Nora Roberts. She especially relishes
trying to solve the engaging mysteries of James Patterson and Stuart Woods,
while eating a bowl of her favorite butter pecan ice cream. Chelle
resides in a rural community of Atlanta, GA and enjoys writing, family
time, and watching NBA games with her husband.
CONTACT INFO:
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BOOK BLURB:
BEJEWELED:
A BEAUTIFUL BLEND
Olivia believes she can have it
all. A successful business and a loving
husband. But his ex-wife is not ready to walk away, and continues to threaten
any chance he and Olivia might have at happiness. When Olivia discovers she’s
being stalked, secrets her mother took to the grave come creeping out.
The baby Nikki and Carlos have been
planning is finally on the way. One problem…the paternity is at question, and
Carlos is in the dark. To protect her secrets, Nikki’s ready to sever ties to
both men that hold the key to her heart. But one half of her heart won’t let
go, and the other half is willing to fight until the end. The birth of her
child may lead to the death of her marriage.
One test has the power to determine
the truth. One test will change their lives forever.
Deception will bring separation, and
destiny will mend two broken hearts. And in the end, everyone must work
together to create a beautiful blend.
EXCERPT:
Nikki woke with a throbbing pain in
her head and neck. Looking around she noticed she was hooked up to an IV and
oxygen. Her eyes grew wide as she noticed the monitors beeping overhead. Where
was she? Then it all came back. She had told Carlos the truth and he didn’t
handle it too well.
She recalled pulling on him, and him
pulling away. She remembered falling backwards. Nothing more. She looked around
and didn’t see anyone at first. Trying to sit up, she felt a pain so intense in
her head that she had to lie back down.
“Nikki, don’t try sitting up,
Chula,” her mother affectionately called out. She smiled as she always did when
her mother called her ‘pretty girl.’ “Here, let me help you,” her mother
stated, pushing a button to lift Nikki’s bed up.
“Mami, the bebé?” she inquired. She
noticed her stomach was still large, but she didn’t feel any kicking or
anything and worried she may have caused damage to her unborn fetus.
“El bebé is just fine, Chula. Un
momento. The doctors will be here,” she said, patting her hand.
“Yamile?” she asked about her
sister. She wanted to talk to her in private to find out what had happened with
Carlos. She didn’t dare bring his name up to her mother, because she never had
anything positive to say about her husband.
“She—” her mother began, just as
Yamile walked into the room with a tired, but encouraging smile on her face.
“Nikki!” she called out. “I’m so
glad you came around, your hard headed butt had me worried. Mami, can you
please go ahead and get your coffee, and get me some juice and some chips while
you’re at it?” Yamile said, handing her mother a ten dollar bill.
“But—”
“Pullleeezz, Mami,” Yamile begged.
“Don’t worry about Nikki. I’ll stay here with her until you get back. I promise
nothing will happen to her. I’m here,” Yamile bragged, flexing her arms to show
off her muscles.
“Alright. I’ll be right back!” her
mother scolded in her heavily accented voice.
Yamile hesitated a moment, placed
her finger to her lip to stall any questions Nikki might have, and then ran to
the hospital room door. She peeked out before closing it back again.
“Look, we got a few minutes before
old nosey comes back,” Yamile said, lovingly referring to her mother. “I just
got off the phone with Wesley and he said he’d be here within 20 minutes.”
“What? Why’d you call him, Milli?”
Nikki choked out. Her head was still throbbing and she couldn’t allow herself
to get too upset.
“Look, the nurses will be back in a
minute, too. He’s on the way here and ain’t nothing we can do to stop that now.
He knows what’s going on,” Yamile explained.
“I don’t even know what’s going
on,” Nikki whimpered. “Where’s Carlos? My husband should be here.”
“Carlos is in jail,” Yamile
muttered.
“For what?” Nikki shouted.
“Because he jumped on you again.
He’s where he deserves to be. He’s the reason you’re here!” Yamile hissed.
“No, he’s not!” Nikki bawled.
“What are you talking about, Nikki?
Your neighbors called the cops because they said they could hear him up there
jumping on you again. They saw you when he brought you over to the house and
the next thing they knew things were being broken. They could hear you crying
and him ranting and they called the cops. A few of them wanted to come in and
jump on him for jumping on a pregnant woman. Just when the cops came knocking
at the door, they could hear a loud commotion inside and they broke the door
down. When they got in, they found you on the floor passed out and Carlos
standing over you. They told Mama the apartment had been ransacked. You can’t
keep taking up for him, Nikki. You need to get help and so does he. I don’t
give a damn what he does at the end of the day, but I will not be attending
your funeral before God calls you home and I damn sure won’t sit back and watch
him abuse this innocent bebé!” Yamile wept.
“You’ve got it all wrong,” Nikki
blubbered, grabbing a tissue on the stand next to her to wipe her nose. “It
didn’t happen that way.”
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Thank you so much for hosting me, Adrienne. I'm excited about this newest release and I hope your readers enjoy it, also. :)
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