still wasn’t enough time with King. I watch him as he sleeps. He turns over, opens his eyes. He smiles. Tells me, “Go into my jacket pocket. There’s a small, red box in there for you. White bow.”
Like a kid on Christmas day, I rush to retrieve the surprise. Climb back into the bed. I smile. Look at my King. I say, “Baby, what’s this?”
“Something I got for you about six months ago.”
“Baby, we didn’t know each other six months ago.”
“Yes we did. We’ve been speaking to one another for over a year, through our words, at “Nights.”
I open the box. He looks with excitement in his eyes.
“Oh My God…”
Meet Elissa Gabrielle
Empowering, Enlightening, Engaging and Inspirational, Elissa Gabrielle is a powerhouse in the literary industry. Respected by many, revered in the highest regard, Elissa Gabrielle maintains a spirit of excellence in all she does. She is known to have the midas touch. The sky is the limit for this sassy, sundry and prolific author. Elissa Gabrielle has broken the ceiling of literary excellence with her gift in the skill of multi-genre writing. The author of multiple poetry books, numerous novels and contributor to several anthologies, Elissa has proven herself to be well-versed in artistic creativity.
Elissa Gabrielle has the uncanny ability to take newcomers and mold, shape them into literary superstars and has created multiple award-winning authors and best selling books in the process.
Her colloquial and imaginative creations have lead to sensual and seductive inclusions in Zane's Purple Panties, Erogenous Zone: A Sexual Voyage, Mocha Chocolate: A Taste of Ecstasy, The Heat of the Night, Historie Chocolate D'Amour, Pillow Talk in the Heat of The Night, Zane's Busy Bodies: Chocolate Flava 4 and more.
As a Literary Entrepreneur, Elissa is the founder of the greeting card line, Greetings from the Soul: The Elissa Gabrielle Collection, collaborator and creator of The Triumph of My Soul, and publisher of Peace In The Storm Publishing. Elissa has managed to turn relatively unknown authors into household names and has molded and shaped the careers of some of today's brightest literary stars. In addition to these innovative achievements, Elissa has graced the covers of Conversations Magazine, Big Time Publishing Magazine, Disilgold Soul Magazine and has been featured in Urbania Magazine and Black Literature Magazine.
Peace In The Storm Publishing has been nominated in several categories in the African American Literary Awards Show, and has won Independent Publisher of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In addition, Elissa Gabrielle won for Self-Published Author of the Year in 2010 for her explosive novel, "A Whisper to a Scream." Elissa also won for Self-Published Author of the Year for the collaborative effort, "The Heat of the Night."
Her writing and publishing passion is rooted in her desire to give a reader's soul a rise, one page at a time and grounded in her quest to bring forth the Triumph Anthology series, an ongoing testament of faith. The first anthology in the series was the highly acclaimed The Triumph of My Soul, which will be followed by The Soul of a Man and The Breakthrough respectively. "I started the Triumph series because in life, we all fall down, but by the Grace of God, we get back up. There is always victory in tomorrow," Elissa says about the Triumph series.
From the novelty of her writing, to her highly-regarded greeting card line and the successful culmination of her publishing company; Elissa Gabrielle remains an ingenious and creative force to be reckoned with in terms of delivering distinct, fulfilling and entertaining literature. By pushing herself to stay a cut above the rest, Elissa Gabrielle brilliantly and consistently delivers Literary
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