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Author Profile: DeiIra Smith-Collard

by admin on June 1, 2008

African American author DeiIra Smith-CollardDeiIra Smith-Collard is an exciting new author from Houston, Texas. The 1st of 4 children, she has always had a strong passion for writing. She currently works in customer service for a telecommunications company while practicing her craft. To her the beauty of the world is that it’s not perfect and there is somehow comfort in life’s imperfections. Her writing style embraces those imperfections and compels her to write from the heart. DeiIra Smith-Collard is a multifaceted writer exploring more than one genre. She also writes poetry, short stories, and children’s fiction.

DeiIra currently resides in Houston, Texas with her husband and two children.

CONTACT INFORMATION

DeiIra’s Website

BOOKS

Love, Lust & a Whole Lotta Distrust

Secret, Sins, and Shameful Lies


Love, Lust & A Whole Lotta Distrust

Love, Lust & a Whole Lotta Distrust by DeiIra Smith-CollardTitle: Love, Lust & A Whole Lotta Distrust

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

299 Pages

ISBN: 978-1-4303-1903-0

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Employed by Synergy Wireless these four women work together and sometimes play together. Nicole and Kendra are best friends, co-workers and much like sisters, but their relationship is soon tested when Nicole feels threatened by Kendra. Nicole’s actions reveal a secret that can ruin Kendra’s marriage. Kendra’s once peaceful life has now been turned upside down by the one person she thought she could always trust. Consumed with rage she decides to beat Nicole at her own game.

Hired at the same time, Carmell and Natina are fast friends learning to confide and trust in one another quickly. Natina has ulterior motives for seeking a friend in Carmell. Her intentions are soon revealed causing these close friends to become bitter enemies. Contending for the same man’s affections, these once friends now rivals use old tricks and new games to outwit one another.

Entangled in a web of lies, entwined in a maze of deceit, and motivated by their own selfish desires, the women of Love Lust and a Whole Lotta Distrust find there’s a thin line between love and lust, and when combined distrust will soon follow.


Secrets, Sins, and Shameful Lies

Secrets, Sins, and Shameful Lies by DeiIra Smith-CollardTitle: Secrets Sins and Shameful Lies

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

200 Pages

ISBN: 978-0982245309

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Five years have passed since a storm of betrayal and deception swept through the halls of Synergy Wireless. Everything seems calm, but just as things have settled and everyone is back to the comfortable norm, long forgotten secrets and lies threaten to expose sins, both past and present.

Nicole, still hungry for love and craving attention is desperate to find a man to show her true affection. True to her nature she is willing to have it at all cost. Carmell constantly longs for Louis, but is she willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of his love? Natina is devastated by loss, and blames others for her misfortune. Anger causes her to employ her by any means necessary tactics of revenge. Years after, Kendra is still torn between desire and obligation, as she struggles to find her way, can she end up finding herself?

Secrets, Sins and Shameful Lies will again satiate your appetite for drama. Some secrets will be revealed while others concealed. Get ready for another turbulent voyage.

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