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In an era of online streaming, it may be difficult to recognize the importance of a woman who in 1908 established the first silent movie theater in Richmond, Virginia: the Dixie nickelodeon. But Amanda Thorp, an independent, self-made woman, was on the ground floor of a popular culture that would grow to be enormously influential in our modern era. In Nickelodeons and Black Vaudeville: The Forgotten Story of Amanda Thorp, Kathi Clark Wong’s extensive archival research uncovers Thorp’s impressive contributions not only to moviegoing and its growth in America, but also perhaps even more surprisingly, Thorp’s support of early Black vaudeville in the Jim Crow South. Movie theater entrepreneurs like Thorp, who got her start at her Wonderland Theater in Bucyrus, Ohio, helped create our culture’s insatiable appetite for film. But it was after she established the Dixie in Richmond, that Thorp—a White woman—also saw a market for providing Black-centric entertainment. She converted the Dixie to all-Black patronage and began to bring in scores of Black vaudeville acts. Later, she built the Hippodrome Theater, in the heart of Richmond’s now-historic Jackson Ward, expressly for Black entertainment. Though she eventually left the field of Black entertainment behind, Thorp developed other movie venues in Richmond that brought in tens of thousands of (White) moviegoers over the years and which were widely admired for their elaborate trappings. Thanks to Wong’s research, contemporary readers can now benefit from the story of Amanda Thorp, a woman who amidst severe gender role constraints not only claimed social capacity on the crest of a rapidly growing industry but also, almost inadvertently, contributed to the success of early Black vaudeville, a subject which thus far has not received the scholarly attention it deserves.
Rayne Morrow trusts no one, she's been burnt too many times. All she wants is to lay low and keep her little flower shop open. But too many people owe her big money and refuse to pay up. If she can't collect soon she'll have to close. Golden Towers needs to decorate their building, but Rayne misses her appointment and is immediately suspicious when the Goldens wish to work with her anyway. Especially since she knocked their enforcer, Brock, on his ass just for touching her.Neal Golden is growing restless with his job as the corporate accountant and is not too happy with Ryland when he wants Neal to look over the flower shop's books. He is sent to The Pretty Flower to speak with Rayne with a warning from Ryland not to touch her without her permission. The instant Neal meets the sassy vixen, he knows her for who she is―his mate. Rayne is not happy, she doesn't need or want a man telling her what to do, even a sexy Weretiger. Neal has to go.Neal wants his mate and has no qualms about seducing the feisty woman into seeing everything his way. He just has to figure out how to get around her supernatural barrier to touch the woman to earn her trust and eventually her love.Rayne and Bronwyn Golden are alike in many ways: beautiful, powerful, and lethal. Both are hunted by a secret organization for what they can do. These men will stop at nothing to hunt them down and bring them in―kill if necessary.The Goldens must band together with a natural enemy, a vampire, to get their women back. Weretiger blood is very seductive to a vampire. Can they work together for a mutual cause? Will they be in time to stop the madmen? Find out in the third installment of the Golden Streak Series―Neal.
A Woman Driven By Guilt... Mechanic by day, hunter by night, Gab Parker is no stranger to the supernatural world. Nicknamed the Silver Queen by those she hunts, Gab, in turn finds herself the hunted. Riddled by guilt because of the death of her brother, she hunts the species she hold responsible---vampires. A Wolf on a Mission... James Burger is an enforcer for Samuel Payne's Pride. Jimmy has no intention of finding a mate---ever. But when he finds this beautiful mechanic---a human no less---bleeding to death, his wolf kicks in to save her. She has no scent, but he's pretty sure she's his mate... His plan? To save her, then stay as far away from her as he can... Gab isn't any happier to find out she has a mate than Jimmy is---she's a loner and just wants everyone to leave her alone. However, Stephen and Samuel have other ideas... Thrown together, Gab and Jimmy have to work out their issues. And after one taste of her Jimmy is warming up to the idea...maybe this "mate" thing isn't so bad after all...that is until he accidentally converts her to a wolf without her permission... With the hunter now the hunted, they turn up the heat when Jimmy joins her. Some very powerful beings are after the elusive "Silver Queen". When they kidnap Samuel as bait, all bets are off. Things are never as they seem, and the supernatural world has big plans for Gab. But the mental link everyone has with Samuel is been blocked. Will they find him before the vampires sacrifice him, or will Gab just be walking into a trap? Find out in the 2nd installment of the Samuel's Pride Series---James.
