One Night

Description

On a cold and rainy night during the Christmas season, a woman who has suffered great personal loss and a successful businessman from Orange County meet by chance at a gas station in Los Angeles County. They have nothing in common, but as they engage in conversation they end up sequestered in an upscale hotel room. During intimacy, they continue to confide in each other and try to come to grips with their problems and their seasonal loneliness. For one night, their passion is boundless, but with every tick of the clock, their separate pasts close in.

Eric Jerome Dickey is theNew York Timesbestselling author of more than twenty previous novels as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. Originally from Memphis, Dickey now lives on the road and rests in whatever hotel will have him.

Praise for One Night "Must-read romance...A cerebral, sometimes sensual, sometimes suspenseful, and quite a memorable ride."-USAToday.com's Happy Ever After "Best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey's work is known for its erotic situations, edge-of-your-seat twists, and relatable relationships. . . . The writer delivers all that and more in his latest novel. It's likely that after reading this romantic adventure, you'll see the one-night stand in a whole new light."-BET.com "If I wore a hat, I would take it off for Eric Jerome Dickey... Dickey ratchets up the plot in ways that are both risque and rewarding. He uses the power of dialogue to give us greater shades of a character's motivation."-Essence "What's special is the dialogue in One Night-the back and forth between Jackie and the man from Orange County, their give and take on what it means to be black in contemporary America, to be rich and poor in contemporary America."-Memphis Flyer "[With] lyrical use of repetition and dynamic imagery...Dickey has taken the anonymous one-night stand into the realm of art."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "Palpably intense."-Booklist More Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey "[O]ne of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century."-The New York Times "Eric Jerome Dickey's work is a master class in Black joy....[his] characters-bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability-navigate interpersonal conflicts using dialogue that crackles with authenticity."-The Atlantic