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    <body><![CDATA[E. Lynn's last book was one of his best; in it he showed that even some the most devious, self-centered, seemingly unflapplable people can come full circle.  Yancey had the worst reputation in previous books but her heart changed in a way one would never expect.  As for her mother Ava...what can I s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75399026">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book! I loved the reunion of some of the older characters. Basil still has to be my FAV character of his.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book for my book club.  It was a very quick read, and brought back characters from previous books.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>One of E. Lynn Harris's incomparable heroines, Yancey Harrington Braxton, is working her way back to Broadway and beyond. And this diva supreme always stirs up drama in <em>and</em> out of the spotlight....</strong><p>New York City, you've been warned: Yancey Harrington Braxton is back. The ambitious singer and actress is fired up to move past her recent professional and personal setbacks -- including an explosive romance with NFL tight end John Basil Henderson -- and prove her talents are stronger than ever. After being out on tour, Yancey realizes what she really wants is to star in her own reality TV series, and she's even found a rich and well-connected lover to make it happen. There are, however, two women fierce enough to derail Yancey's plans with ambitions of their own: Madison B., a hot new bombshell taking the music industry by storm, and Ava Middlebrooks, who happens to be Yancey's own mama dearest.<p>Ava is out, about, and ready to reclaim her throne. Not even a stint in prison for attempted murder has curbed Ava's competitive nature, and it doesn't faze her in the least that her #1 rival is her own daughter. Ava is willing to do whatever it takes to make Yancey pay, including using Madison B. to turn Yancey's world upside-down by forcing her to confront the past...and making her comeback dreams more exciting and dangerous than she ever imagined.<p>Taking readers on a wild, passion-filled tour of the entertainment world, E. Lynn Harris's <em>Mama Dearest</em> delivers sensual thrills and electric plot twists -- with one unforgettable woman of radiant star power, sexual magnetism, and unapologetic ambition at the heart of the action.</p></p></p>]]>
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