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| SPOTLIGHT AUTHOR ****** DONALD PEEBLES JR. |










| ABOUT THE AUTHOR Donald Peebles Jr. is a resident of Jamaica, New York. He is an alumni of the Center of Writing at John Bowne High School in Flushing, New York. He is a writer who had poems and short stories published in WRITES OF PASSAGE USA, SBC, SHOUTOUT! and URBAN DIALOGUE. His short story "Social Studies" is one of the inclusions in the gay anthology FLESH TO FLESH, edited by author Lee Hayes and published by Strebor Books. Donald is an author under a three-book deal with Deja Vu Publications, owned and operated by Deborah Cardona (Sexy). His first novel, HIDDEN FIRES, is currently available for purchase on various book stands, bookstores and Amazon. He is currently working on the sequel, HIDDEN FIRES II. He is a proud African-American gay man and not afraid to live his best life in his truth. He is featured in the documentary "Being Black & LGBT in America" which was written, produced, and directed by his good friend, Monalisa Mccombs. |


| CONTACTING DONALD: www.myspace.com/donaldpeebles www.facebook.com/donaldpeebles donaldpeebles@verizon.net |

| ABOUT "HIDDEN FIRES" Delivery package handler Ellis Bethea does not foresee what the ramifications of his one-night stand with a female co-worker will hold for three women. Author, library clerk, and former prostitute Sondra Rockmond thinks that her May-December romance with Ellis is solid as a rock but is totally oblivious to his sexual fluency with other women. Her best friend, Janine Morrow, is a radio gossip personality who loves to dish the dirt about Black and Latino celebrities in the ghetto entertainment world but would freak out if her fans and listeners knew about her loveless marriage to impotent football hero and entrepreneur Malik, her sexually satisfying nights with handsome father-in-law Grant, her one-time tryst with Ellis, and her questionable past. Charlotte Rockmond is Sondra’s estranged daughter who shakes her booty at a ghetto strip club as Charlie Girl. Seeing a rare opportunity to be loved and accepted by her mother, Charlotte plans to entrap Ellis but finds herself getting trapped in his sexual web. HIDDEN FIRES is a scandalous roller coaster which proves that certain secrets may be kept in the dark but will eventually see the light of day. |