Omar Tyree, New York Times bestselling author, 2001 NAACP Image Award recipient, and 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award winner, has published sixteen novels, five anthologies, a children's book, and The Equation. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In best-selling, prolific author Tyree's (Flyy Girl) latest, which he has pronounced his final adult urban fiction novel, Ivan David, a modest accountant in a well-established San Diego accounting firm, slowly leaves his position to embark on his dreams: promoting parties and events through his own company and web site. When he teams up with Lucina Gallo, a Brazilian Italian socialite who has been planning parties for years, they become an unstoppable force in the world of public relations. Offering everyday businesspeople an opportunity to rub noses with the rich and famous takes Ivan to new heights financially, while the attraction between him and Lucina slowly heats up. Tyree offers readers an intriguing, somewhat well-paced, and extremely wordy plot with an ending that is a bit dry and unrealistic; however, this book is worth reading for the joy of seeing the underdog rise to the top. Recommended for libraries with contemporary African American fiction collections.--Lisa Jones, Birmingham P.L., AL Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
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