Contemporary Romance
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Masters of our own Universe
I’ve had to rediscover my love of writing, due to my mom’s death and a change in my family duties. Books were put on hold, but I plan on releasing new ones this month. I thank all readers for your patience during this trying time.
What I love about writing is the ability to world build as I see fit (but still within the confines of reality when creating fiction based on real life). That’s why I’m excited about the upcoming New Adult offerings, like the basketball romance ONE on ONE.
RHEA poster It’s not over when you lose it’s over when you quit -unknown 
Yohan Sukari’s “jock” collage 
Body by Yohan – Collegiate Basketball and NBA prospect Yohan Sukari, from the IR New Adult ebook One on One 
Pictured: Point Guard Jeloni Thorpe, from the IR New Adult ebook One on One This book focuses on two elite NCAA basketball players, one male and one female. The supporting characters include Hispanic and LGBTQ voices, because being inclusive is one of the reasons I decided to self-publish.
Excerpt:
Make-up sex is the greatest thing ever.
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Rest & Renewal plus Tall Story
Writing and editing can cause eye strain (I somehow forget to blink when I stare at my computer and smart phone!) so my family dragged me away from my tech tools. This gave me a chance to be a fangirl and catch up with one of my favorite TV shows, What We Do in the Shadows.
Star Vampire cameos from What We Do in the Shadows Episode 7:
Top row shows Danny Trejo, Evan Rachel Wood, Wesley “Blade” Snipes. Lower left is Tilda Swinton, Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman)I also got treated to Avengers: Endgame and of course I’ve been watching Game of Thrones.
Tall Story – She’s 6’8, he’s a 7 footer from Indonesia.
Rhea and Yohan, two NCAA collegiate basketball players fall in love 
Rhea underneath the basketball hoop 
Rhea and Yohan 
The Selfie – pictured is Rhea and her friends 
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Basketball Jones and Woke Music History
Remember this name: P. P. Arnold. In 1966 at the tender age of twenty she went over to England, recording with the greats of British music: Mic Jagger, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, the band Small Faces and Barry Gibbs.
P. P. Arnold – Then and Now Patricia Arnold sang backup for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, and traveled with them overseas. She quit the tour in 1966 and stayed in England, noting this: “A young black woman on her own in America in a white environment would not have been treated as well as I was in England.”
Pat’s UK hits included “Angel of the Morning” which became a big hit in the US for Merrilee Rush and country singer Juice Newton.
For more on P. P. Arnold’s legendary musical history, please visit her website: https://pparnold.com/biography
In later posts I’ll have more info on black women who made music history, since two of my novels deal with groundbreaking fictional singers (Jukebox Vol. One and The Queen of Comedy)
I’ve got new ebooks coming out in
Aprillate May, including:
Big vs. Big – Tenifah “Teenie” Ibekwe faces off against Rhea Chappelle in the IR romance ebook One on One 
Pictured: Collegiate basketball players Rhea Chappelle and Yohan Sukari, from One on One. 
Dominican Mercedes Abreu, point guard and collegiate All-American, from the New Adult ebook One on One -
B-Ballers
One on One excerpt:
Rhea had already decided that a quick hug would be appropriate for his chivalry. Lean in, squeeze and separate. Only she hadn’t figured on Yohan catching hold of her hand. He held it a beat too long while stepping backwards, as he if wanted to pull her to him. That moment in time, a sort of shy indecision made her words pour out. “You-you . . . I mean, I’ve got some strawberry wine coolers upstairs and-and video games. We could play Fortnite if you want.”
His brows rose and quickly lowered at her offer. Fuck playing Fortnite. ©
Pictured: Yohan Sukari and Rhea Chappelle, from the erotic New Adult ebook One on One 
Tenifah “Teenie” Ibekwe is on defense while point guard Mercedes Abreu dribbles in One on One 
Teenie Ibekwe makes a shot in the ebook One on One 
Rhea goes bonkers over Yohan – low resolution promo pic One on One excerpt:
Yohan Sukari was in her dorm room. Spooning her. Spooning. Her.
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Teach Me Tonight
Play Ball:
Rhea Chappelle realizes resistance is futile once big man Yohan Sukari turns on the charm, in the New Adult erotic romance One on One:
Pictured: Rhea Chappelle and Yohan Sukari from the erotic New Adult romance One on One. 
Adults at play:
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Big Love
He’s a comedian. She’s an up and coming singer in the 1950s during segregation:
The chanteuse Contessa Earle, and her husband comedian David Latimore, from the decades spanning novel The Queen of Comedy 
Big Love for Rhea Chappelle comes in the form of big man on campus Yohan Sukari, in the new adult ebook One on One 
Pictured: Rhea Chappelle going for a jump shot in the ebook One on One. 
One on one female athletes depicted 
Nyesha and Takeshi, from the erotic Interracial ebook SENSEI -
The Romantics
Witches need love too:
Pictured: sister witches Pagan, Lilith and Ondine. And also random acts of affection, like when Karnage decides to unzip Pagan’s dress:
Karnage the Gargoyle and Pagan the witch – when he unzips her dress to get it on. Low resolution promo. 
Yuri and Lilith – Larger color photo depicts how he greets her. Smaller blk and white photo shows how he wakes her up. Low resolution promo. 
Sex on the beach – Karnage and Pagan, low resolution promo. 
Piano Man – Pictured: Pagan and Karnage. Low reolution promo. 
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Mine
Well, February has come and gone. My apologies, but I really wasn’t in a Valentine’s Day mood since my mom’s death, but I’m slowly getting better.
So, here are a few of my fictional lovers who rock:
Pagan and Karnage promo. She seems to be smitten with him in this promo, happy that he’s “mine.” And his expression seems to be “back off, because yeah, she’s mine.” 
Paranormal Power couple: Karnage and Pagan are quite adventurous in the bedroom. That’s all I’ll say for now. 
I did a few more with this couple. They are featured in an upcoming ebook. I think I’ll use this image for a new page on this site. 
Young Love – Tanner Joseph and Nathalie Childress, teen lovers from The Saint of BOYStown. I’m going to use this promo for my upcoming novel The Queen of Comedy:
And since TQOC takes place over several decades, including the 1960s, this JET magazine cover is sadly ironic:
Blast from the Past:
I want to end this post on an upbeat. So I’m posting this actual photo of an African American flapper from 1920s, by African American photographer James Van Der Zee:
See more of his wonderful photos of the past here:
The works of James Van Der Zee