Imminent, new author Keya answers this question and more in When Lightning Strikes, a novel about Ms. Taylor Devereaux, her three best friends, and her spiraling-out-of-control life. Taylor is on the road to happiness and success. She is a gorgeous and classy woman with a thriving career and a wonderful fiancée. One day, Taylor’s near perfect world is turned upside down when she discovers her future husband is cheating.

To make matters worse, while trying to put the pieces of her life back together, she finds out someone at her job has filed a sexual harassment complaint against her. She realizes someone is out to ruin her life. With Taylor’s personal life, profession, and overall reputation at stake, can she overcome it all? Or, will the stress of it all bring out another side of Taylor? See how Taylor reacts “When Lightning Strikes.” 

Readers Guide

Buy the book at: Barnes and Noble, Alibris or Amazon, Authorhouse, or directly from Keya, the author

 Book: When Lightning Strikes Details
ISBN-10: 1434393917
ISBN-13: 9781434393913
Format: Paperback, 180pp
Publisher: Authorhouse Pub. Date: November 2008
Author: Keya; Location: Texas
 

Interview Topics
 Keya is available to discuss the following topics that pertain to her book, When Lightning Strikes. Important topics that relate to current affairs or the world in general:

· Domestic Violence
· Corruption in the workplace
· Infidelity · Workplace politics
· Interracial Dating
· Death and Adoption
· Bipolar Disorder and  Depression
· Betrayal and infidelity


Meet the Main Characters

 Taylor’s Bio:
 Taylor is young, beautiful, successful, confident and full of life. Taylor is on the road to having everything she has ever dreamed of. She is engaged and currently an advertising executive in her career. Taylor is also naïve and nowhere near ready for the things that are about to happen to her.

Keya's thoughts on Taylor: Although Taylor is my main character, she is not at all my favorite. Her goals and dreams are very admirable, but her actions throughout the story help me to see all of her flaws. In the book, we see that Taylor is not perfect, she gets upset, angry, and the entire time she is trying to make people believe she is stronger than what she actually is. Also, at times she can be very hypocritical of her friends.

Michelle’s Bio:
 Michelle is a smart, but mentally unstable young woman. She has experienced a lot of pain due to losing loved ones and an unsettling childhood. Since Michelle doesn’t know how to re-direct her energy or how to keep her pain and anger under control she tends to focus her attention on other people and making their lives as miserable as hers.

Keya's thoughts on Michelle: Michelle was my favorite character in the book to create. Even though she had a wicked nature, I felt that she was the most vulnerable in the book. It was quite obvious that she was longing to be loved. Michelle also had a quality of honesty to her to a certain degree that I don’t think any of the other characters had. Everyone knew she was miserable and needed help and she didn’t apologize or try to hide that side of herself.


Download the Media Sheet for Interviews:
The pdf version is listed below. Keya can furnish a Word document that is great for copying and pasting the information into your network. You may also go to the EDC Creations Book Tour site where you will find a comprehensive media sheet and complete book tour listing.

Interview Talking Points:

· Looks can be very deceiving, no one in the world has it all.

· Envy is one of the worst sins in the world. If it gets out of control it can lead to terrible things.

· Lack of self-worth will make people around you feel the same way about you, and can eventually cause self destruction.

· Karma is nothing nice. Forgetting who your friends are and mistreating people will cause you nothing but trouble.

· Don’t be afraid to let go. Sometimes God has a better plan in store for you.
 

The Buzz:

 “When Lightning Strikes had my attention from page one; it was a true page-turner. Ground-breaking author, Keya has a voice that hasn't been heard in black literature: street, sophisticated, and sexy. She's my combination of a tamer Zane, a female Carl Weber, and a short-winded Terry McMillan. When Lightning Strikes had scenes which made me laugh, get angry, and sigh aloud in disbelief. It was an easy read with an unpredictable ending; a definite must read.” - Sharp Sisters Studying Literature

Share your reviews
Have you read When Lightning Strikes? What was your take on each of the main characters? Who did you love? Who did you want to choke? Share with us your opinions, or book reviews. We would love to hear from you.
 

Meet Keya Online www.keyalit.com www.myspace.com/keyax

Author's Bio: Keya, originally from Dallas, Texas is the breakout author of When Lightning Strikes. She attended Stephen F. Austin State University, and is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree. Keya enjoys reading, music, writing, and spending time with her children, Treyvion and Desirae. She presently resides in Plano, Texas with her family. Keya is very anxious to begin working on the second installment of When Lightning Strikes. You may contact Keya personally to arrange speaking engagements, interviews, blog visits or live readings at: wlstrikes@yahoo.com


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