BIO:
An original Georgia Peach, Chelle Ramsey is the author
of five published and several waiting-on-the-shelf contemporary fiction books,
with a focus on women's fiction. Many of her stories are based in her birthplace
of Atlanta or her husband’s hometown of Cincinnati, where readers can relate to
local hot spots and events. Chelle wants people to become empowered to rise
above life's adversities, with faith in God, and belief in themselves. She
sprinkles words of encouragement and inspiration throughout all of her real
life fiction novels.
Chelle holds an MBA in Human Resource Management, which she puts
to use in her property management role by day, while she writes her fiction
novels by night. Her most important roles are those of a wife and mother
of three. During her “me time,” she loves listening to music, and becomes
enraptured with the enthralling stories of Terry McMillan, and Nora Roberts.
She especially enjoys trying to solve the engaging mysteries of James Patterson
and Stuart Woods, while eating a bowl of butter pecan ice cream. Chelle
resides in a rural community of Atlanta, GA and enjoys writing, family
time, ministering through dance at church, and watching NBA games with her
husband.
BOOK BLURB:
BEJEWELED: WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
Olivia’s dreams have finally begun to come
true, as she marries the man who’s held her heart for twenty years. Her beauty
salon is prospering, and she has begun rebuilding her team, after seeds of
discord were sowed and bonds were broken. Everything is beginning to look up,
or so she thinks. When a scandal is leaked to the media, Olivia’s dream of
expanding is in jeopardy. She must step up and play hard ball in a game with
which she’s unfamiliar.
Nikki had dreams of building a beautiful
family with a loving husband. But after looking at the shattered pieces of her
broken life, she is losing hope and desires more. She wants more than the shame
of barrenness, and more than physical abuse from his drinking binges. One phone
call gives her courage to escape the deadly clutches of her husband. Yet, when
she finds strength in another’s armsshe finds herself spinning more lies.
Nikki’s web of deceit is going to cost all those who are close and it could
just cost her, her life.
When deception is the name of the game, who all
will have to share the pain?
EXCERPT:
The
pain was easing up somewhat as Nikki and Wesley entered the breezeway at his
apartments. Unlocking the door, his eyes softened when he looked at her face
once again.
She saw
a mixture of anger and compassion nestled there.
“What?”
she asked when he continued to stare at her longer than what she deemed
comfortable.
“Nothing,”
he said, shaking his head. Wesley led her into a galley kitchen and pulled a
sandwich bag from one of the cabinets, filled it with ice, and then wrapped it
in a paper towel before applying it to her face.
She was
in awe at the tenderness with which this man handled her. Every time he touched
or said a word to her, it was with such protection, like she had never known.
This was a side of Wesley that she had not seen in the five years of knowing
him.
“Come
on,” he said, grabbing her by her free hand and leading her to the back of the
apartment. She looked around at his bedroom; not at all what she would have
expected for a single man. Decorated in oranges, greens, browns, and yellows,
it had a Caribbean look and feel to it. The room was small, but neat and
exhibited a nice décor. The full-sized bed sat directly opposite the
black-framed, chestnut-colored dresser. To the right of his bed was a small
nightstand in the same black framing and chestnut top as the bed and the
dresser. To the left of his bed was a double-paned window, with orange, brown,
and green curtains blocking out the midday sun. He walked over to the window
and opened the curtains halfway and then opened the blinds to allow the sun to
stream through.
“I’ll
be right back.”
“Where
are you going?” she asked with a look of apprehension in her eyes.
His
eyebrows lifted slightly. “Just to the bathroom, Nikki. I’ll be back.”
Exhaling
a deep breath, she realized that a new fear had come over her. In all the
altercations she had endured with Carlos, he had never left her for dead. Why
did he leave like that? What if the neighbors didn’t come? I could’ve died in
that bathroom, she thought.
She
tried to fight back the tears, but they betrayed her. Sucking in her sobs, she
stood and walked to his dresser and began looking at his pictures, anything
that would take her mind off her problems. There were a couple of him and his
father at various stages of his life, a few of some children, and one of a lady
she assumed to be his mother. She stood up and walked to the bed, staring at
the amazing likeness he had to this woman.
“That’s
my mom.”
She
jumped at the sound of his voice; she hadn’t heard him return to the bedroom.
“Oh, I
didn’t hear you come up. Are you always so quiet?” she asked as he came and
stood beside her. She still had not looked at him, wishing she could make the
tears disappear from her eyes and face.
“No.
Are you always so scary?” he teased. He regretted the words almost the moment
he said them. Her body tensed up, and she looked down. Her fear had come as a
result of the relationship she was in. She was always tense and on edge,
because she never knew what fuse Carlos was about to blow.
“Hey,
it’s okay. I’m sorry. Here, look at me,” he said, turning her face up towards
him. “Why are you crying?” he asked as he wiped her tears away with his
fingers.
“I’m
sorry. I just…I don’t know.” She couldn’t explain if she wanted to. No one
would understand her confusion or pain. She could forgive Carlos if he just had
not left her. Didn’t he love her? Didn’t he want to work things out? Maybe he
didn’t love her, after all. If he did, he would not have left her there like
that.
“Don’t be
sorry. You haven’t done anything wrong. I have the feeling you have spent many
years apologizing,” Wesley stated.
He
lovingly caressed the bruise that had formed on the right side of her face.
“Too
beautiful,” Wesley said, being drawn into the power of her presence in his
bedroom.
“Huh?”
“You.
You’re too beautiful for this. I don’t want you to be scared every time people
come near you. Relax, okay? Just be…I promise I won’t ever do nothing to hurt
you,” he said as he drew her nearer to him. Looking down into her big, dark
brown eyes, he felt himself getting lost.
Nikki
didn’t know what she was feeling or what was happening between the two of them.
And she couldn’t contain herself as he pressed his full firm lips against her
soft, lush ones. As their foreheads touched, he continued to gently apply
pressure to her lips, asking for permission to enter in.
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