ESSENCE Relationship Editor Demetria L. Lucas celebrates the debut of her first book, A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-To Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria L. Lucas and Malaika Adero celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria L. Lucas and ESSENCE Editor-at-Large Mikki Taylor celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Christina Rice and a guest celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
A guest celebrates the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Jacque Reid and Demetria L. Lucas celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Shani Perez celebrates the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Bevy Smith and Demetria L. Lucas celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Valeisha Butterfield, Dahntay Jones and Demetria L. Lucas celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Michelle Sprott, Nicole Grimes, Shani Perez, Demetria L. Lucas, Nicole Senior, and Isis Adewale celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Sennie Clark, Ahyiana Deldridge and Princess Keisha Omiliana celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Ahyiana Deldridge, Demetria L. Lucas and Sennie Clark celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria L. Lucas and Melyssa Ford celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria L. Lucas and her parents celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Claire Sulmers and Shani Perez celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Brooke Hall, Bene Viera and Niema Jordan celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Jacque Reid and Dr. Gary Grant celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
X-Rated Fusion Liqueur provided the cocktails for the celebration of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life.
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Decor at the book release celebration of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Letesha Thomas celebrates the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Anslem Samuel and Jennifer Williams celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Nichole Kirtley and Letesha Thomas celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Travis Sylvester and guests celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Guests celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria) at the residence of Dr. Gary Grant.
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Liris Crosse and Phindi Kekana celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Briana Bingham celebrates the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Travis Sylvester celebrates the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
A guest and Yazmin Jenkins celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Arlene Pitterson, Fabrice Armand and Jey Van-Sharp celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Erik Pettie and Travis Sylvester celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Bevy Smith offers a congratulations to Demetria L. Lucas at the book release celebration for A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria L. Lucas celebrates the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria) with a toast.
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Michelle Huff and Bevy Smith celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria signs copies of her book, A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Dr. Gary Grant and Liris Crosse celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria L. Lucas signs copies of her book, A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Guests take a first-peek at A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Briana Bingham and Fabrice Armand celebrate the release of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).
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A Belle in Brooklyn Book Launch
Demetria signs a copy of her book for Bene Viera at the book release celebration for A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life (Atria).