Released on = October 2, 2006, 4:09 pm

Press Release Author = The GRITS COM Literary Services

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Readers get ready! If Love Is Good to Me by Francine Craft is a wonderful new romance novel that depicts one of the most fascinating facets of African American history.

Press Release Body = National best-selling author, Francine Craft, is back with another titillating novel that is destined to receive rave reviews from her fans and new readers discovering her for the very first time. If Love is Good to Me (Kimani Romance; paperback; October 1, 2006; $5.99) is definitely more than just "another"
romantic tale by this author. With elements of clandestine affairs, treachery, death, and steamy sex, this novel is sure to take readers to another place and time in the lives of some incredible characters they won't soon forget!

Vowing never to fall in love again, Dosha Steele, a gifted musician from the United States, travels to Tenerife, Spain to visit relatives and escape the misery of her failed engagement. While there she meets the ruggedly handsome Christian Montero, a wealthy bank manager, who is haunted by secrets surrounding the death of his late
wife, Isabel. The attraction between Dosha and Christian is instant and in a month\'s time, they are engaged to be married and planning a long happy life together on his
home island, Puerto de la Cruz. But this happy union seems doomed from the start
according to the death card that Dosha picks during a Tarot reading with Christian's
famous fortuneteller grandmother, Socorro. Socorro, who is part-African, part-Gypsy,
part-Spanish, adores Dosha and wants her marriage to Christian to be a success.
Still, she cannot dismiss the death card, and warns them to be careful for there is
envy and malice all around them. Two days before the wedding, Dosha receives a
photograph of her lying dead in her wedding gown; thus the treachery and evil that
Socorro warns them about begins. How can they stop their heavenly marriage from
turning into hell on earth?

Readers get ready! If Love Is Good to Me by Francine Craft is a wonderful story that
depicts one of the most fascinating facets of African American history.

Praise for Francine Craft . . .

"This is far more than a love story. There is mystery and an air of danger,
culminating in an intense conclusion. Craft wonderfully blends together all of the
elements." - Romantic Times Review on Dreams of Ecstasy

"An exciting story filled with sympathetic characters, a touch of spiritual
atmosphere and warm relationships make this a touching read." -- Page Traynor,
Romantic Times Review for Wild Heart

About the Author
When Francine Craft first published Devoted in 1995, she touched a whole generation
of readers with her exquisite tale of romance and passion. Today with 19 titles in
her repertoire, she continually stays on the Amazon.com's bestsellers list for
multicultural romances and her acclaimed "Give Move," an anthology, was number one
on the list for many weeks. It is being republished in November 2006. Ms. Craft, a
native Mississippian, currently resides in Washington, D.C. Visit Francine Craft's
official website for more information about her writing and this new novel -
www.francinecraft.com

If Love Is Good to Me is available nationwide where books are sold and online at
www.eharlequin.com, www.amazon.com, and www.barnesandnoble.com.


IF LOVE IS GOOD TO ME
Francine Craft
Kimani Romance; October 1, 2006
$5.99; ISBN: 1583147837


Web Site = http://www.francinecraft.com

Contact Details = The GRITS COM Literary Services
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