As Told By the Other Woman

by Janaya Black

Vanessa Jackson is on the job again for the Women’s Lib Magazine at the Wayne County Women’s Correctional Facility. After releasing the tragic story of Marion Hayes, Vanessa has made it her life’s mission to be a voice for emotionally troubled women sentenced to long prison terms. Her second assignment is to interview Timberlyn Crawford, a woman sentenced to life for cold-blooded murder.What would drive a young girl to commit such a heinous crime? Lust and lies are the underlying forces that drove this seemingly harmless girl to do the unthinkable. Travel with Vanessa into the tormented world of a mind that is haunted by ghosts of a troubled past. Find out what evil lies in the heart of a scorned woman that has nowhere to turn, except the ready ears of a stranger, who she hopes will help the world understand her need to tell it all.Delve in to the story, as it is told by the other woman.

114 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

As the president/CEO of Black-Smith Enterprises, Janaya Black is a woman who thrives in the capacity of wearing many hats. A passionate writer at heart, she seamlessly blends her creative drive and aspirations into the many other facets that make up her impressive resume.

In 2004, Janaya wrote and published her first fiction novel The Breaking Point, followed by her second release in November of 2006, As Told by the Other Woman, and the third and final installment of the “Prison Chronicles” series Beautiful Rage: The Break of Dawn in 2008.

With the release of her first book followed the spark that ignited her love for the art of independent filmmaking. After teaming with her husband Rockey Black to create a trailer for The Breaking Point, she then went on to write, direct and produce several short film projects and released her first feature length film, Till Death…Do Us Part, to DVD in 2009. In subsequent years, she went on to complete a collection of other stage and film productions that include The Breaking Point, Idol, I Am My Sister’s Keeper, Why Do Men Cheat and Loud Pack, and most recently Warrior Pride, which was released in 2018.

Reviews

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not your typical "other woman" story. It tells the story from the young mistress's point of view and why she winds up where she is! It's a fast read and compelling! I highly recommend it!

[Tia · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this story, the plot wasn't anything new however the story did deliver. I don't know how she turned the simplest plot into an engaging read without me just acknowledging that Mrs. Black can truly tell a story. She just has the ability to pull you in from the first page ensuring with juicy tidbits that you will keep the pages turning at all cost, even sleep deprivation. I never knew what was going to happen next.

The characters were believable for the most part. The young love struck girl Timber “Suga Pie”, the no good loathesome cheating husband Tre, the middle-aged BFF who is a surrogate mom to Timber and the Model who doubles as a whooping ass Wife. Now that one didn’t seem real to me and it was hard for me to embrace that characterization. How many Models do you know that would risk their livelihood by fighting and damaging what others pay to see?

All in all this was a fantastic read and now I’m on to the last “Beautiful Rage: The Break of Dawn (The Prison Chronicles Series)”....Can't wait...

[Claudia · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this tale Vanessa Jackson works for Lib magazine and her job is to give women in prison a voice. She comes across a lady name Timberlynn that is in prison for being that other woman. She tell Vanessa her story of being the other woman of where and when it all started and how she landed up in prison.
This story of Timberlynn was fiction but this is something that does really do happen in real life. The story was a moving experience for me because it was brought out in details after details.

[Adra · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's ashame how some men will come into a young ladies life and truly mess her entire life up.

[Felicia Savage · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Other Woman

This story of was touching like the other one. This goes to show you things aren't always as it seems. He used her. But I had unanswered questions. Good read...