The pseudonym for Shaundale Rénā, Stony Rhodes is an international award-winning author, who celebrates the debut of her first series being voted Best Newcomer on Wattpad.com prior to its 2019 debut with over 33,000 global reads. She was also a contributing staff writer for WattMag Magazine, which has reached more than 78,000 readers worldwide. Having taken a leap of faith in 2021, Stony now writes fiction full-time. Her pursuits include all things reading, writing, fine dining, and traveling—with an occasional dose of Tiffany’s!

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Book Two: A Sacred Kind of Love

In book two of the Sweet & Sour Series, choices are often the result of chaos.

After the death of a picture-perfect marriage and the newfound love of a friend catch Kendal at her weakest moments, she is now faced with saving her family’s image or satisfying her soul. Will Chase hold on to the hope of having Kendal that he never let go of, or will Jason be forced to trust that what he and his wife once shared is still enough to keep them going?

When Kendal’s love is to be gained, who will be willing to give up the most to have her—without causing her more harm? And if a woman can only love one man truly, then who will win the heart of the woman who craves her childhood friend and is obligated to her children’s father?

Join Stony as she continues to weave the best of two worlds in the telling of one tale, A Sacred Kind of Love, where surrender means loving yourself and loving yourself means letting go of everything—and everyone—else. Because, sometimes, life’s greatest lessons are hardest learned through love... And life’s greatest decisions are often called sacrifice.

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Stony says, "Metaphorically speaking, behind every good man is a strong woman. But literally behind most strong women is the fool who let her go."

Book Specifications:

Black and white interior
Cream paper
Matte finish
333 pages

Book Club Selections:

2023 Black Pearls Book Club Pick-of-the-Month (February), Richardson, TX
2023 Bookish Book Club Pick-of-the-Month (July), Mansfield, TX
2023 Self-care Sunday Book Club (October), Desoto, TX

Book One: Sweet & Sour Series

In book one of the Sweet & Sour Series, join Stony Rhodes as she weaves two worlds together—one where she is the star, the other where Kendal could potentially be outcast.

After running into the only man to ever love her while in Chicago on a business trip, Kendal must choose whether to return to the ultimate lie she's built with a husband who is no longer worth the future she thought she'd have with him, or free herself to live the ultimate dream as the woman of a childhood friend, turned NBA all-star. Can they stop what never ended decades ago, or did her husband deliver her into the arms of a man who's waited a lifetime for his Second Time Around?