Dark Secret - Atkins, Elizabeth Ann
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RACE, SEX & SECRETS SPARK DEADLY DRAMA Two beautiful sisters spark a scandal of race, sex, politics, and money so big - it could kill them both. Camille is living the glamorous life in New York City - by passing for white. Meanwhile, Karen is proudly serving their interracial family and Detroit community. But their black mother is dying. Camille can save her. But that would expose Camille's Dark Secret to the rich, racist dynasty that she's worked so hard to join through marriage. Will Camille let her mother die? Or will Karen force her sister to save their mother's life? From New York to…mehr

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RACE, SEX & SECRETS SPARK DEADLY DRAMA Two beautiful sisters spark a scandal of race, sex, politics, and money so big - it could kill them both. Camille is living the glamorous life in New York City - by passing for white. Meanwhile, Karen is proudly serving their interracial family and Detroit community. But their black mother is dying. Camille can save her. But that would expose Camille's Dark Secret to the rich, racist dynasty that she's worked so hard to join through marriage. Will Camille let her mother die? Or will Karen force her sister to save their mother's life? From New York to Capitol Hill, from a Virginia plantation to the ghetto and glamour of Detroit, Karen and Camille battle for what they believe in. Their clash over black and white, love and money, seduction and deception, explodes into a national scandal. Can the two sisters escape alive?
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Elizabeth Ann Atkins is CEO of Two Sisters Writing & Publishing, an Emmy Award nominated TV show host, a journalist, book coach, inspirational speaker, certified meditation teacher, fitness enthusiast, and author of 33 books. Her memoir-God's Answer Is Know: Lessons From a Spiritual Life-chronicles her life story and shares her spiritual awakening, along with tools anyone can use to explore their spirituality and live better. Elizabeth co-hosts the Emmy Award nominated MI Healthy Mind, a weekly TV show that aims to shatter stigmas around mental illness and addiction. The Oprah Winfrey Show featured Elizabeth as a guest to celebrate her 100-pound weight loss and lifestyle as a health and fitness enthusiast. Elizabeth and Catherine M. Greenspan co-created Two Sisters Writing & Publishing, which: publishes their books; provides ghostwriting, publishing, and book coaching services; hosts monthly writing contests and the Two Sisters Writing Club; and showcases their blog, A Tale of Two Sisters. The Two Sisters Writing & Publishing Virtual Speakers Agency enables their authors to share messages of Diversity & Inclusion and other Inspiration to audiences everywhere. The Two Sisters also teach people how to use meditation and journaling to live better with their PowerJournal workbooks. Elizabeth and Catherine have written and published dozens of books, and were proud to publish their mother's book, The Triumph of Rosemary: A Memoir, by Judge Marylin E. Atkins. Their mother wrote the book herself, chronicling her controversial, interracial marriage to former Roman Catholic Priest Thomas Lee Atkins. Elizabeth has a master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan. She studied French at Collège de Rivière-du-Loupe in Québec, Canada. Elizabeth is an inspiring speaker who recites her autobiographical poem, White Chocolate, and has spoken at Columbia University, the University of Michigan, GM's World Diversity Day, Gannett, DaimlerChrysler, 100 Black Men of America, the NAACP, Beaumont Hospital, PowerNetworking, Comerica Bank, the National Association of Black Journalists, and the American Library Association. She has taught writing at Wayne State University, Oakland University, Wayne County Community College District, and at national conferences. As an actress, Elizabeth plays a major role in the feature-length film Anything Is Possible, nominated for "Best Foreign Film" by the Nollywood and African Film Critics Association. She composed an original screenplay, Redemption, a gritty drama about a Detroit gangster and a writer. And Elizabeth plays a 1950s journalist in the international shipwreck drama, The Andrea Doria: Are The Passengers Saved? A former Fox 2 Detroit News writer, she has been a guest on Montel, NPR, Good Morning America Sunday, The CBS Evening News, Tyra, several programs on BET, and other national TV shows. After writing her master's thesis about mixed-race Americans, her work appeared in The New York Times. She's also been published in The San Diego Tribune, Essence, Ebony, HOUR Detroit, HOUR Home, HOUR Bride, BET.com, Ms., BLAC Detroit, and The Detroit News, where her articles on race were nominated for The Pulitzer Prize. She also wrote a biography for the Presidential Medal of Freedom tribute for Rosa Parks.