How Do You
Handle Temptation???
Temptation is the major issue that
Kira Seagram, the protagonist of my latest book, Tempted to Touch has to deal with. We all have to face down
temptation in our daily walk. Sometimes, it’s small and sometimes it large like
the battle Kira has to face. Being tempted isn’t a sin, but how we respond to
it—whether we walk away when someone cusses out or decide to turn what seems
like a simple office conversation into regular night time banter can lead us
into sin. How do you handle temptation??? Leave your response in the comments
for a chance to win an autographed copy of Tempted
to Touch.
Tempted
to Touch is a special release for me for three reasons:
1.
Tempted to Touch is the first release on my
independent publishing company, Inheritance Books—watch out for us, we’ll be
bringing you books that edify and entertain.
2.
Tempted to Touch was written while I was dealing
with my own marital struggles and is loosely based on my experience.
3.
Tempted to Touch is my work that uses the first
person narrator to tell the story. It was limiting and liberating all at the
same time.
Synopsis
Kira Seagram is frustrated by her husband
Mason’s zeal for the Lord, so she pours all of her attention into her work and
reserves her soprano singing skills for the shower. Kira would rather not use
them if she get can’t the adoration and recognition she feels she deserves and
doubts she’ll find singing lead for Mason’s choir. When a routine drop off at
her son, Nate’s private school turns into a ten-year reunion with her
ex-boyfriend, Quincy McAdams, Kira isn’t interested in Mason's half-hearted
affection or willing to keep her voice to herself. With a firm offer from
Quincy to help Kira cut a demo and possibly revive the love they let die, Kira
has some choices to make. When Kira finds herself tempted to touch will she
remain faithful to her husband or yield to the desires of her flesh?
Check out
an Excerpt from Inheritance Books’ first release Tempted to Touch:
When I rounded
the corner Meena, my secretary, was standing in front of her desk smiling and
waving at me. Her attentiveness and bright smile cut right into my
investigation into why my marriage was beginning to fail.
“Hi, Meena. Did
you miss me?” I asked, referring to the way she was waiting to greet me like a
lap dog.
“Mrs. Seagram,
you’re so funny,” she said, swiping her wispy brunette hair out of her eyes.
“I’m so excited to see you because I can’t wait to see the look on your face
when you go into your office.”
“Ugh.” I
groaned, letting my arms droop at my sides. “You didn’t redecorate again, did
you?”
“No. While you
were at lunch you received a delivery and it’s mighty extravagant. I hope that
after I’ve been married for ten years my husband still does things like Mr.
Seagram.”
“Thank you,
Meena. I’m sure it’s nothing out of the ordinary,” I said as I walked past her
desk. I turned the knob and my stomach dropped to my heels. On the other side
of the door a tall medley of flowers and fruit curled into a G clef awaited me.
A smile spread across my face as I approached this massive fruit salad
structure. I fingered the petals of the black orchids and inspected the
assortment of fruits—pineapple chunks, mangoes, and strawberries covered in
white chocolate. All of my favorite things were neatly assembled on my desk.
Mason must have thought there was another dog sniffing around his backyard.
“Excuse me,” I
said to Meena who was still standing in the doorway gawking at the flowers as I
picked up the phone and dialed Mason’s cell phone number.
He probably
thought this massive floral arrangement would get me to join the choir and keep
my affections at home. I would have preferred some new shoes. Shoot, for a new
pair of Fendi pumps I’d churn out “I Go to the Rock” in a heartbeat and have them
saints running up and down the aisle of our church in a minute.
“Praise the
Lord!” Mason shouted into the phone when he answered. Why did he have to be
all holy all the time?
“Hello, Mason.”
“What’s going
on, my love? You usually don’t call me in the middle of the day.”
“You tell me
what’s going on, Mason. Do you think that a little gallant gesture and some
white chocolate will get me to work on the record with your choir?”
“What are you
talking about?”
“You know
exactly what I’m talking about. The floral arrangement—”
“Floral
arrangement?” he queried, cutting me off.
“If you thought
that an oversized wreath would get me to sing with that little gospel choir of
yours, you’re wrong.”
“Kira, I did
not send you any floral arrangement.”
Half listening
to his spiel, I dug my hand into the center of the arrangement and removed the
card. Without your voice my music is all blues and no rhythm. ~Q
I read the
message again and flashes of heat coursed through my fingers. His vulnerability
was sexy. Quincy McAdams had gone from a chemistry major to a music mogul and
his life was still missing something. The words on the card spoke louder to me
than Mason until he shouted into the receiver,
“Well, where
did the flowers come from? I will not ask again.”
“Calm down, Daddy,”
I said, trying to lay on the sex appeal real thick. I needed a dollop strong
enough to coat the lie I was about to tell, “It was a mistake. These flowers
were delivered to the wrong office.”
Do you think Kira is going to give in to her flesh or
follow the Spirit?
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Bio
Nigeria Lockley
possesses two master's degrees, one in English secondary education, which she
utilizes as an educator with the New York City Department of Education. Her
second master's degree is in creative writing. Nigeria's debut novel, Born at Dawn received the 2015 Phillis Wheatley
Award for First Fiction. Nigeria
serves as the Vice President of Bridges Family Services, a not-for-profit
organization that assists student parents interested in pursuing a degree in
higher education. She is also the deaconess and clerk for her spiritual home,
King of Kings and Lord of Lords Church of God. Nigeria is a New York native who
resides in Harlem with her husband and two daughters.
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