Editorial Reviews
(4.5 Stars) Great Debut From An Up-And-Coming Author!, May 2, 2007
By Urban-Reviews.com
Channing L. Golden is a sexy, powerful publicist to the world's top athletes. She's also become one of the freaks of the industry behind closed doors until she meets top NBA player Alonzo Butler. Alonzo wants Channing to take care of not only his professional needs but his personal needs as well. Now, five years and three children later, Channing is still sneaking around with Alonzo until his wife Sheila finds out. Channing has to decide if Alonzo can be trusted and is he really worth fighting for. Sheila is beyond disgusted when she finds out that her husband is cheating and has children with Channing of all people. Sheila plans revenge but will she get more than she bargained for?
Mistress Me is an exciting debut novel by Venesha. This author gives you a behind the scenes look into the glitz and glamorous world of professional athletes. Readers will be immediately swept away with the non-stop drama and action in this story. Channing was a character that you'll definitely have a love/hate relationship with. Instead of the using the usual cities such as Atlanta or New York, this author used Milwaukee as her backdrop to this story which was a welcome change. There is also a unique twist at the end of this novel that will shock you. Mistress Me is an exhilarating page-turner that won't disappoint. With this novel, Venesha is ready to take the book industry by storm.
Reviewed by Radiah Hubbert of Urban Reviews
DISILGOLDSOUL! LITERARY REVIEW: MISTRESS ME BY VENESHA
Reviewed by Heather Covington
First there was “Secret Society” and “Diary of a Mistress” by YOUnity Guild Award winning authoress, Miasha (Simon & Schuster), now Dream Relations represents another heavily anticipated novel from (Polka Dots & Stripez Publishing) entitled, MISTRESS ME, by debut author VENESHA..
MISTRESS ME takes readers on a scandalously and flavorful ride of infidelity, mixed with dangerous sexcapades and deceit as Sheila Butler, wife of Alonzo “Zoe” Butler, a hotshot basketball superstar, finds out someone else has been keeping company with her husband.
Who is this secret mistress who’s got charm, good looks, and the kind of business savvy that is everything Alonzo needs on his team? Meet Channing L. Golden, owner of Talk 2 Me Right Publicity. She’s using what she’s got to get to the top and quickly becomes Alonzo’s publicist turned wifey. Shelia suspicions of a relationship and insecurities force her to hire a private investigator to find out the truth. What happens next, you won’t believe! A FASCINATING STORYTELLER has arrived!
MISTRESS ME is bound to be a DisilgoldSOUL Magazine Bestselling Hit of 2007. It’s Venesha’s time to shine!
Heather Covington Editor-in-Chief of DisilgoldSOUL!
Mistress Me by Venesha (Author)
Product Details
Paperback: 235 pages
Publisher: Polka Dotz and Stripez Publishing (May 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0979238218
ISBN-13: 978-0979238215
Contact Venesha
Email: mistressme39@aol.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/m2mistressme
Website/ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/polkadotzstripez
Product Description
Inspired by true events MISTRESS ME is a behind the scenes look at male athletes and the woman who have the privilege of bedding them. On the come up... Channing L. Golden has rapidly came up in the industry as a well sought after publicist among professional athletes thanks to the support of her twin brother and first round draft pick Chase Golden and her love interest fellow baller, Cartier Smith. As personal assistant and self-taught publicist to Chase, Channing is the president of the Talk To Me Right publicity and management agency. Her undeniable good looks, charisma, sex appeal and promiscuous reputation captures the attention of a very important star player in the league Alonzo "Zoe" Butler, leagues hotshot and oversexed ladies man. Everybody plays the fool sometimes... Alonzo says he's looking for someone with Channing's negotiating savvy and expertise; however he's really seeking a personal playmate. Married for six years Alonzo initiates a five year love affair with his publicist and together they conceive three children. When Alonzo's barren wife Sheila Butler follows her intuition and hires a private investigator to get the drop on her suspected cheating spouse she is disgustingly surprised to learn that her husbands mistress is Channing L. Golden one of the biggest undercover hoes in the industry. MISTRESS ME is a tale of the highly coveted life of the sports industry elite and manipulating socialites within the world of the NBA. Experience an up-close and personal full court press in this tangled web of infidelities, backstabbing and catastrophe filled sexcapades, from an insider's point of view.
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Venesha
Venesha was adopted as a child and grew up in an upper middle class rearing. She attended the best private school in the area and received perfect grades. But before the age of eighteen she became distracted by the interest of star athletes and local shot callers in Milwaukee. Her personal life testimony confesses her experiences as a mistress for over two decades Mistress Me is not a tell-all confession book but a entertaining fiction novel inspired by the lifestyle of being the other woman in a professional athletes life. So many woman envied Venesha experiences and her novel tells the drama filled darker not so glamorous side of being the other woman in a high profiled affair. Venesha is the proud mother of two underaged young girls and is not one to kiss and tell.
Currently the author is preparing to tour signing her new book, Mistress Me, as well as writing another book to be released later in 2007. Venesha just landed her own column in Ya'Heard Magazine, it's an urban music pocket magazine sold in all the Virgin Record Stores. The column is called The Urban Fiction Lounge, pick up a copy today to see what's the buzz!
Read More about Venesha and what inspired her to pick the subject of a mistress becoming a wife, Mistress Me. Check out a personal interview with Venesha >>>>>
