NOVELIST, ANITA BUNKLEY, RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM ROMANTIC TIMES MAGAZINE

Bunkley's current novel, Between Goodbyes

Houston, TX (BlackNews.com) - Houstonian, Anita Bunkley, an NAACP Image Award Nominee, will receive from Romantic Times Magazine (www.romantictimes.com) its 2007 Career Achievement Award in African American Fiction for her body of work in the field at Romantic Times' national convention in Pittsburgh, PA on April 18, 2008.

Anita's current novel, Between Goodbyes (Dafina/Kensington/ ISBN-13: 978-0-7582-1247-4), tells the unforgettable story of a beautiful survivor with everything to offer -- and to lose.

Long, lean, and exotically beautiful, Afro-Cuban Niya Londres has achieved a great deal since coming to America ten years ago. Through talent and hard work, she climbed her way to the top of her glittering career as an exotic salsa dancer, and then as the star of a hit Broadway musical. Now she's planning her lavish Acapulco wedding. There's just one hitch -- she hasn't said "Yes" to any of the three men who are madly in love with her!

Tremont Henderson, a gifted jazz musician with a checkered past, was the first to capture Niya's heart. He pulled her out of a Florida swamp and into his exciting world of hot music and sultry dance.

Broadway producer and her long-time manager, Granger Cooper, fell in love with Niya at first sight and now holds a claim on her affections. She owes him everything, as the man who made her a star. And then there's Astin Spencer, a tanned and devilishly sexy entrepreneur who calls the Nevada desert his home, and who unexpectedly comes into Niya's life and turns everything upside down.

A story of survival, triumph, and the search for true love in sultry Miami, sophisticated New York, and the rugged mountains of Colorado. Three men desire her. Three men have claimed her. Which one will Niya Londres choose?