Books

	The Stylist Hayden Risley—Harvard drop-out-turned-hairstylist, and estranged from her father and two sisters—has found a satisfactory life among women at Pizzazz, the Hoboken hair salon where she works. Her life is turned upside down when Emory Bellew is hired. After a rocky beginning the two forge a friendship, but neither is prepared for what will happen when they venture to a Costa Rican eco-resort to rescue Hayden's injured father.			His Mother's Son Jana Thomas is an ER doctor with a gentle husband, Cooper, and a six-year-old son, Evan.  Her life is seemingly perfect.  But when Evan begins first grade and exhibits startlingly violent behavior, Jana is forced to expose and explore the long-held secrets from her past.
	Now Write "Braiding Time" is Cai's contribution to this provocative collection of writing exercises from writers across the country.			The Seventh Tenet (working title) is the story of Cal Hogan, a white California minister, and Charise Johnson, his black journalist wife, also a dyed-in-the-wool Californian. Hogan, fresh out of seminary, is called to his first ministerial position in a small town outside of Boston. Charise has doubts about moving back east, but eventually they decide to go.  Welcomed like royalty, their charismatic presence changes this small town and in turn they are changed themselves.