Carol Taylor, a former Random House book editor, is now a freelance editor, writer, and editorial consultant. She is the editor of the bestselling Brown Sugar series, the first of which was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and Gold Pen Award winner. Taylor is the “Off the Hook” relationship columnist for Flirt.com. She lives in New York City.

Essence Brown Sugar shatters taboos of African American love and sexuality.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHarold and PopcornWanda ColemanWho I Choose to LovePreston L. AllenPlay It AgainDenene Millner and Nick ChilesLove and the GameSharrif SimmonsClose EncountersLori Bryant-WoolridgeThe ContractLeone RossSo Much to LearnTrisha R. ThomasThe Happiest Butterfly in the WorldMichael DatcherCenter for AffectionsLisa TeasleyDiva MovesMiles Marshall LewisGod Bodies and Nag ChampaRaquel CepedaScenes from a MarriagePatricia ElamStanding Room Only Lolita FilesCrazy LoveMichael A. GonzalesAuld Lang SyneKaren E. Quinones MillerSumsJohn KeeneThe African in the AmericanTracy Price-ThompsonKoreaE. Ethelbert MillerContributorsAbout the Editor

Carol Taylor, a former Random House book editor, is now a freelance editor, writer, and editorial consultant. She is the editor of the bestselling Brown Sugar series, the first of which was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and Gold Pen Award winner. Taylor is the “Off the Hook” relationship columnist for Flirt.com. She lives in New York City.

Essence Brown Sugar shatters taboos of African American love and sexuality.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHarold and PopcornWanda ColemanWho I Choose to LovePreston L. AllenPlay It AgainDenene Millner and Nick ChilesLove and the GameSharrif SimmonsClose EncountersLori Bryant-WoolridgeThe ContractLeone RossSo Much to LearnTrisha R. ThomasThe Happiest Butterfly in the WorldMichael DatcherCenter for AffectionsLisa TeasleyDiva MovesMiles Marshall LewisGod Bodies and Nag ChampaRaquel CepedaScenes from a MarriagePatricia ElamStanding Room Only Lolita FilesCrazy LoveMichael A. GonzalesAuld Lang SyneKaren E. Quinones MillerSumsJohn KeeneThe African in the AmericanTracy Price-ThompsonKoreaE. Ethelbert MillerContributorsAbout the Editor