Malcolm D. Lee & Jayne Allen Discuss The Best Man: Unfinished Business

MahoganyBooks and the DC Public Library are excited to host writer, director and producer Malcolm D. Lee and bestselling author Jayne Allen as we celebrate their novel The Best Man: Unfinished Business! Continuing the story for our beloved characters from The Best Man movies and television series, Malcolm and Jayne weave a powerful story of friendship, heartbreak, and hilarious recoking of love.

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A big thank you to our partners and co-hosts at the DC Public Library and the DC Public Library Foundation for your generous support of this event.

ABOUT THE BOOK: The Best Man: Unfinished Business

The beloved characters from The Best Man movies and hit television series reunite for a sexy and soulful, heartbreaking and hilarious reckoning of love.

Recently divorced and fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win, Harper Stewart is in a new era. He's working on a movie and living the ultimate bachelor life in his Brooklyn penthouse. But still, something is missing. What else explains the stubborn creative block? The carousel of women? And seventh-wheel status with his friends?

Jordan Armstrong had to flee New York. First, to give herself distance from Harper and, second, to escape the corporate grind. In her beachfront Malibu property, the façade of a "healed" Jordan flourishes. Yet she finds herself unmoored. Despite the physical distance, she still feels Harper's magnetic pull.

Meanwhile, in Ghana, Robyn has gone full bohemian restaurateur. She has finally found peace and won't let another man ruin it--that is, until a handsome local entrepreneur commands her attention. But it's all too much change for her daughter, Mia, and when she secretly calls Harper with an emergency Robyn would rather hide, their world is shaken and relationships are tested once more.

Book one of The Best Man trilogy follows Harper, Jordan, and Robyn as they try to establish lives away from the hurts of the past and come to realize that some love is impossible to break. With support from their close-knit crew of chosen family--Quentin, Shelby, Lance, Murch, and Candace--they fight for a future that proves one's second act can be the extended chapter worth it all.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Malcolm D. Lee is a writer, director, and producer whose directorial work includes his critically acclaimed feature film debut, The Best Man, as well as Girls Trip, Night School, and The Best Man: The Final Chapters. His company, Blackmaled Productions, is dedicated to telling diverse stories that contribute to changing and amplifying narratives of people of color.

Jayne Allen is the author of the bestselling Black Girls Must Die Exhausted novel series and The Most Wonderful Time. Allen crafts transcultural stories that touch upon contemporary women’s issues

• 6:30 PM - Doors Open | 7 PM Conversation Begins
• Event guidelines are subject to change.
• Non-refundable but tickets can be transferred.
• Only books purchased at MahoganyBooks will be signed.
• For reasonable accommodations, please contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or RENQTGFjY2VzcyB8IGRjICEgZ292. For ASL or tactile interpretation, please allow at least seven (7) days notice.
• Parking is limited. Ridesharing highly encouraged.
• Masks optional.
• Photographs may be taken during the event WITHOUT FLASH.
• Please note, books not picked up at the event can be retrieved at our National Harbor location for two weeks after event day. Afterwhich, they will be donated to a local organization.
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  -- Let's have an amazing evening,

The MahoganyBooks Team

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