Ivy's Twisted Vine

Latrivia S. Nelson

Format ISBN Price   Paperback (6x9) 9781434341174 £ 10.70   Dust Jacket Hardcover (6x9) 9781434381767 £ 15.20

Memphis, TN is buzzing over a sex scandal that could upset one of the city’s oldest black political families, and it is all centered around one woman – Ivy Winters. 

Ivy Winters is a college queen on the rise to becoming the next big thing to hit the Memphis marketing industry.  All she has to do is finish her last year of college with top honors and plan the biggest wedding event of the year, before she's off to being Mrs. Grey Henderson. Her five-year plan is working out smoothly until her fiancé dumps her. In utter despair, she falls into the arms of another man and ends up pregnant by either the love of her life or the man of her dreams.

Grey Henderson knows what he wants and gets it. Labeled the most eligible bachelor in Memphis, secured by riches and power, and son to the most hated and loved Mayor the city has ever seen, his only goal is to become the next Congressman of District 17. But like many men, Grey is a slave to sex. Marriage to Ivy would win the seat, but his desire to continue as a single man creates waves when he breaks off their engagement only to discover he wants her back. 

Italian lover, Lt. Nicola Agosto is one of Memphis' top cops. Living life on the edge and sleeping around is a past time he enjoys when he's not serving as the Mayor's henchman. Operation Paycheck is a opportunity that will put his specialized unit in the forefront of a huge movement. However, all his plans come to a halt when he possibly gets Ivy pregnant. Now, not only does he have to face the Henderson family, but he also has to face his love for Ivy.

 

 

Latrivia S. Nelson is native Memphian and a graduate of LeMoyne-Owen College.  During her years in undergrad, she wrote Ivy's Twisted Vine to express some of her many adventures as College Queen, sorority president and marketing intern to some of the biggest nonprofits in the city.  However, she did not finish the project until she finished her MBA.  She is now a fundraiser on the coast of North Carolina, married to her husband Adam (USMC), the mother of two beautiful children and working on her PhD.  She is currently working on her second book due out in 2009.www.latrivianelson.com or www.myspace.com/ivystwistedvine

Opening the door slowly, Ivy looked at Nicola in surprise.  Standing in her pajamas, she stepped aside and invited him.

“What are you doing here this late? Aren’t you supposed to be on duty or something?” Ivy closed the door.

“You’re a smart girl.  What do you think?” Nicola took off his jacket.

“I think that you’re probably gonna want to keep that on.  You won’t be here long,” Ivy said shortly. 

“Why be Billy Bad Ass tonight?” Nicola asked sitting down on the couch.  “I’m here, because you’re pregnant.” His voice raised in irritation.

“Lower your voice.”  Her heart skipped a beat. “Who told you that?”  This was not the way she had planned on him finding out. 

“A little birdie.”  Nicola smiled sarcastically.  “Anyway, who told me really isn’t the bigger issue here is it?”  Planting his face in his hands, he looked down at the floor and yawned.  “I’m tired, and I’m pissed.  I’m not here to play games with you.  So tell me, why did you not bother to tell me that you are pregnant?”  He looked over at her standing with her hands crossed. 

“Because I don’t know who the father of the child is, and I don’t want any unneeded confusion right now.”  Ivy rolled her eyes as she sat down in the chair across from him.  Although she was in the wrong, she couldn’t help but be defensive. 

“What are you going to do, get married and hope he doesn’t notice that his kid is half white?” 

“No, I wouldn’t try to trick him like that.”  Ivy tried to stop crying.  “I had planned to leave right after graduation.  Go across country, get a job and start a new life.” Inside she knew that her plan was ridiculous, but she told him anyway.