About the Author Maryann Reid a graduate of Fordham University, has written for Black Enterprise magazine, and her novella, Single Black Female, appeared on USAToday.com. Marry Your Baby Daddy is her third book. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Author’s Website: www.maryannreid.com Author Q&A 1. What do you like to do in your free time? I love to sleep and lay around my house watching television in my sweats.  I consume large amounts of cheesecorn at these moments and analyze the in-depth coverage of celebrity lives on E! True Hollywood marathons.  I also love to hike, eat other things besides cheesecorn at the restaurant of the moment, and I love to travel to the Islands, and sometimes, Europe. 2. What kind of music do you like to listen to? Why? There’s still something called music?  From the very little, I have to choose from these days, I have to say old school 80s classics, jazz, and reggae.  The jazz is my most creative force, which most of my novels are written to the tune of.  Just listen to Miles Davis’s . . .

When their unassuming Grandma June dies, Giovanna, Keyah, and Fatima are shocked to learn she had saved a small fortune and has left three million dollars to them, her granddaughters. But there’s a catch: each sister must marry the father of her children no later than six months after reading the will. Piece of cake, right? Wrong! Each sister has a complicated relationship with her “baby daddy.” Giovanna, a successful lawyer and a proudly independent woman, has no desire to marry Douglas—even if he makes her breath catch when he walks in the room and is a wonderful dad to their daughter. She’s got a feeling that Douglas is keeping secrets. Keyah’s boyfriend, Jag slipped a ring on her finger years ago but seems content to stay forever engaged. And Fatima’s on-again, off-again relationship with Dune is filled with more ups and downs than a roller coaster. So why would Grandma June want her granddaughters to marry these men? Because sometimes Grandma really knows best. The clock is ticking. Will it be a countdown to wedding bells or disaster? Pub . . .

Loletta Hightower likes to live big: exotic vacations, designer clothing, trips to the spa. But it gets harder and harder to support her lavish lifestyle working the reception desk at a luxury car dealership. And though Loletta can con athletes, celebrities, and wealthy businessmen into taking care of her bills for a few months at a time, she wants the holy grail of every gold-digging businesswoman: the ring. When she runs into Kavon “Big” Jackson, an NBA player and former college classmate of hers, she finds it really isn’t so hard to snag a high-profile husband. But it sure is hard to keep him satisfied. “Big” lives up to his name in every way, including his temper and his libido—neither of which Loletta can control. As violence and infidelity escalate in their home, so does Loletta’s resolve. She’s got a few surprises up her own sleeve, and the drama is just beginning.. Pub Date: 09/2006 | ISBN: 0-312-34199-7

Finally, Nina is fed up. Now that she knows for certain that her husband, a pastor of a small congregation that meets in their rural Texas home, has been “borrowing” from the church, Nina is ready to leave him for a new life, in a new town. And since Trent has never been an honest man, leaving him for New York City isn’t as hard as she thought. Her quest to reinvent herself leads her down a road full of new experiences…and new men who want to share them with her. Buy this Book at Powells Buy this Book at Amazon Buy this Book at Barnes & Noble St. Martin’s Press 240 pages $13.95 Trade Paperback St. Martin’s Griffin Pub Date: 08/2007 ISBN: 0-312-36909-3