Urban Fantasy
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Supernatural Love
“Bruh” saves the world
Edited photo – or basically, I changed the original model to a black man 
Graphic novel version 
Lilith, the head witch from Long Ago and Far Away 
Joran and Mariah, from the paranormal ebook Long Ago and Far Away 
Imani Fairchild, ballerina 
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Love SEXY
I’m focused and working on getting HUI out, so I don’t have too much to add from my last post.
Sanaii and Scott, from TAKEN: Saving Sanaii Harrison and Mariah in the parlor:
Mariah Hawthorne at the piano and Harrison Barthe Kendricks tips his hat, in Long Ago and Far Away -
Shall We Dance? And Wikkid Witches
My sincere apologies for the week long silence. HUI should be out any day now for those readers wondering when Le Jong Hui and Imani Fairchild’s tale will be told.
HUI – an interracial romance set in the world of ballet
Wikkid Witches
I’ve written a couple of books that feature teen witches (Damalia from RAZHER, Malia Toussaint from Boys ‘n Love and Magic). So once another story came to be, I figured it would be the perfect vehicle to introduce a trio of sexy, adult African American witches who reside in the present time period.
Lilith, a very old skol but glamorous living African American witch 
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The Beautiful and Bold Women of Fantasy
Renditions of the main male characters from OFFWORLD have been up for a while:
OFFWORLD Promo 
I’d searched all over for photos that best represented the men in the book, because I was still learning how to digitally edit photos.
Now that I’ve got the hang of it, I decided to post some of my own fantasy renditions of otherworldly African American women since we’re underrepresented in the Scifi and Fantasy genre:
The Fantasy and Scifi women of WSC books 
The Mad Queen of OFFWORLD – Rhandeia is the Empress Regent. She’s also a powerful Alchean Deaconess. -
Cray for Trez
I have to thank Jinni, who commented on Dear Author for this post. I didn’t realize there was a podcast discussing book covers with author Farrah Rochon. You can listen to it here:
But in the DA thread, I briefly mentioned how glad I was to see this cover:
Cover for Nalini Singh’s new book featuring a South Asian heroine named Ash Not only was I excited about this book, but my anticipation was building over JR Ward’s 13th novel which is going to feature the brothers Trez and iAm. There’s even a Goodreads thread with cover mock ups and GIFs showing all the excitement here
Then I got a look at the publisher’s new cover for The Shadows:
Was I disappointed? Yes. Inwardly I was like, forget it you big baby. That’s how it is with some major publishers. The ambiguity is so that the people who wouldn’t normally pick up a book with a person of color on the cover will feel more at ease, because you can’t really tell what the guy is (at least to my eyes). But this isn’t the Trez I recall from the novel.
Trez was described as dark brown with green eyes when he and his brother iAm were first introduced (their initial “duties” were another source of frustration though. Thankfully JR dropped the whole pimp and servant routine with Trez, who also waited hand and foot on Revenge). When I find the exact passage I’ll post it. So, what’s a reader and now a new author to do? Here’s my mock up of Trez. I like it so much, I think I’ll use it for one of my own covers. I also think another longer post with more historical examples and also delving into just why there’s resistance from the major publishers to put a person of color front and center on their covers still exists.
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There will be blood
First an update on Aaliyah’s story from the sequel to RUSH.
I’ve found a stock image for the character of Amelle, though I don’t have my title for the book truly set yet. Right now I’m just calling it RUSH 2:
RUSH 2: Aaliyah and Aiden’s story continues and Amelle’s tale begins Aaliyah made a number of decisions in book one that affected her family and their standing in the Somali Bantu community. But more important, she strayed from her religion. Book two explores what the repercussions are and how she and Aiden deal with them. Aiden has questions and concerns regarding how close Aaliyah and Turk became while he was away, as Turk’s presence is still felt even though he’s nowhere to be found. That’s all I’ll reveal for now, but the Suicide Kings re-form with a surprising new leader.
Also nearing a release date:
Confessions of a Shapeshifter cast. Julian Armitage Larouche, the Victorian era vampire, Kris, the dark child, and Andre Santana, the werewolf - Contemporary Romance, E books, Historical fiction, New Adult, Paranormal romance, Urban Fantasy, YA Contemporary, YA historical, YA Paranormal
NA Sneak Peeks are FREE this weekend!!
The following New Adult Ebook Excerpts are free for downloading this weekend (Saturday May 10th and Sunday May 11th).
Here’s your chance to read about the volatile bad boy Derek Keane from the NA contemporary The Stone Boy:
The Stone Boy featuring lovers Nicole and Derek JUKEBOX has The Burr Brothers, Eli and Johnny, two rockabilly teens who switch musical genres to perform as soul men, and along with the female classmate they both love, all three make history in the process.
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A Woman is a Weapon
That’s my tagline, and the very first sentence of my epic, Scifi multi-cultural romance QUEENSREALM.
In QUEENSREALM, the war between man and woman is inevitable. Once I started with a powerful opening sentence, a major stumbling block was the prose that followed, which had to be just as riveting. Hopefully I’ve succeeded in doing just that. I began writing this book a few years ago, left it alone, then came back to it.
While the novel is done, I need to release RUSH before I send out the full ebook of QUEENSREALM. My tentative release date is May 15th (I say tentative, due to the demands of my 9 to 5). Marketing for this book will be much different for me, since the genre will include African American fiction, scifi and urban fantasy.
I’ve woven published modern scientific theories into the story and current goings on so that the premise isn’t so far fetched. And its also because I do love actual science.
But it’s also a futuristic look at the military, and a bleak, dystopian tale. And there’s no fade to black sex scenes. Not even with the aliens. To read the first chapter, please click on the photo.