Literature & Fiction
Dare To Imagine Publishing presents Keith Lee Johnson’s classic tale: Little Black Girl Lost; a story that transcends time and circumstances that confront young adult women any nationality or background before they’re prepared to handle evil in all of its forms. Her beauty is a magnet for unscrupulous prominent men who ignore her age and devour her chastity without fear of the illegality of doing so. Her beauty is also a provocateur of envious women who want her destroyed because of the betrayal of their men who refuse to leave her alone. This novel has numerous scenes that many readers may find hauntingly reminiscent of the horrors of trafficking and other modern day events covered by the media during daily news cycles. Fifteen-year-old Johnnie Wise is a good girl who is suddenly confronted with the knowledge that she’s been sold as a sex slave in her own home by her own mother. As she matures and becomes more skilled in the arts of physical love she becomes smitten by the high school football star and all-around bad boy, Lucas Matthews, who adores her. Shortly after Johnnie and Lucas become an item, Lucas learns of the “arrangement” that Johnnie finds herself in. As Lucas wrestles with his feelings for Johnnie and her “profession” he too finds himself confronted with a similar offer from a woman more than ten years older.
Read Reviews
Keith Lee Johnson is a United States Air Force veteran, the author of 14 novels, and the former editor of Insight Magazine. He served his country in Texas, Mississippi, Nevada, California, Turkey, and various other places in his four years of active service. He has written in several genres including, suspense/thrillers, drama, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction. His most successful novels are the Little Black Girl Lost stories, seven to date.
The journey to publication was an arduous one and began at Robert S. Rogers High School during the Fall semester when his Composition teacher ridiculed him in front of his peers for a poorly written paper. Humiliated, he dropped the class, and no longer pursued education. Two decades later, he entered Owens Community College as it was more cost effective. Upon graduation, he planned to attend a fully accredited local university to get a degree in psychology as he never intended to be an author. That, too, was interrupted by a literature professor who challenged his ability to write a credible story early in the Fall semester. Unlike his high school experience, he accepted the challenge, picked up a pen that very day, and has been writing ever since.
His failed past turned into fierce determination. He worked fulltime and was a fulltime student. He went on to graduate with honors and became the commencement speaker for the December graduating class. He lives in Toledo, Ohio.
