Tracie Howard and Danita Carter's previous joint effort, Revenge Is Best Served Cold, has been praised by Booklist as "consistently compelling" and Essence proclaims it a "glitzy romp." In this tale of secrets and style, a wealthy Wall Street investment banker, Lyle Johnson, seems to have found an ideal business partner in Tess Aventura Dubois. She is a wealthy widow who has just moved back to New York City with enough cash to make his bar a swinging night spot. But behind her glamorous facade, lays a disturbing secret that could be Lyle's downfall.
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"Start with revenge is best served cold. This is a spin off. Great read "
— Tawny (5 out of 5 stars)
“Breaks exciting new ground in African-American fiction.”
— Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times bestselling author“An engrossing story with great characters.”
— Booklist" Tess is really Tyrone a "drag queen" that has made it his/her business to con people out of their money. I did enjoy Success is the Best Revenge. The book made me think about what lengths people go to to take what is not theirs and destroy others lives in the process. "
— Kimberly, 6/8/2009" This is a sequence to Talk of the Town . What a let down the other previous sequels to this story were very well written but this story is not as good. "
— Summerlove, 11/11/2008Tracie Howard is the author or coauthor of five books. She is a former columnist for Savoy magazine and is the owner of a lifestyle accessories company called Etho. She lives with her husband in New Jersey.
Ezra Knight has appeared in Law & Order and many national commercials, including those for Bank of America and Excedrin. He also has extensive stage experience, which earned him a Helen Hayes Award nomination for his role in Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth.