Give Me One Good Reason . . .

Give Me One Good Reason is a tale of love, passion, and commitment, but yet there's betrayal, dishonesty, deception, and deceit. It gives you a twisted perception of a certain situation and then explodes into the unthinkable. But just when you think that all hope is gone, as we sometimes feel in life, there's a silver lining. That certain someone or something comes along and makes it all better. We can either accept certain situations, people, and things within our lives or we can let it go. We know that life isn't always as sweet as a bed of roses, but it doesn't have to be a bed of thorns either. Give Me One Good Reason is just that tale of failure to Faith. Life sometimes come with drama and dissatisfaction, but you don't have to deal with that and why would you want to. It's all about being happy and enjoying life to the fullest. Happiness starts with you and you only, other people may come along to enhance that happiness or add to it. Never let anyone determine your happines, because they can be a part of your life one moment and decide to walk out the next.

Avis P. Raines was born and raised in sunny south Florida. Avis is a Miami Native and the sixth child of seven children; as well as the first girl. Being the sister of five older brothers, Avis was surely under a watchful eye, being that all her brothers were ten years or more her senior. Avis grew up listening to music and singing. She had a thing for entertaining, so it wasn't surprising when she became a part of a local R&B singing group, that went by the name of MEANT2B. Once Avis joined the group; that's when her love for writing began. Avis soon found her self writing and arranging all of the groups songs. She wrote love ballads, pop, rap, and a little bit of country. Befor you know it she found herself writing a song a day. She than realized that writing was the thing for her. She had found her calling. Avis left the group a few years later to pursue her dream of writing. She then began to work on her first book; which was a book of poetry. Avis is now the author of three books: Occasionally Yours, Family Bond, and now her new release; Give Me One Good Reason, . . . and surely her sights is set on another one. Avis is a very passionate writer. Her first sign of interest in writing came about when she started writing poetry. Her new found love for writing poetry lead her to branch out and peeked her interest in writing short stories, songs, and then novels. Avis utilizes her talent of writing to help others, as well as herself to cope with the dealings of every day life. Sometimes we can't always say the way we feel and we need someone to put it in words for us; that is where Avis comes in. She has been writing poetry and sentiments to and for friends and family for years and now she is sharing it with the world. She have a very eccentric imagination and can pull her readers into the characters of the story as if they were the person them self. She sure knows how to stir up emotions