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Six degrees of Sequels
Reinventing Lisa is a spin off book. Characters from The Player (Ozzy, Reina, Harlow and Kyle) take part in this ebook about one of Ozzy’s talented backup dancers. That’s all I’ll reveal about the storyline đ
Backup dancer and budding singer Lisa Witherspoon 
Pictured: Seth Fahey and Lisa Witherspoon 
Pictured: Seth Fahey and Lisa Witherspoon, from the IR ebook Reinventing Lisa 
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Supernatural
Witch . . . please
Pictured from left to right: Lilith, Pagan (middle) and Ondine from the erotic paranormal romance Long Ago and Far Away 
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An AA heroine with vitiligo
In keeping with my theme of diversity (with a focus on underrepresented women of color in publishing), I’ve got a New Adult romance featuring a young woman who discovers just how strong she really is:
Young lovers Bree and Stone, from the ebook The Gorgeous Nothings 
Pictured: Bree Silvestre, lead character in my New Adult romance about a sexual assault on a college campus. Excerpt:
If a six foot-something man could shrink to two feet, thatâs what Tyshawn did. My words seemed to make him fold into himself. His shoulders slump, and his face is crestfallen. âBree, please . . . I just need to explain.â
âNo, you-you get back. Get back or Iâll scream. You were there, and you didnât do a damn thing except laugh. You saw me on the ground, but you didnât do anything to help me-â
âI didnât know you needed help! Jamie said you had too much to drink, and he was gonna help you get home.â
âAnd you believed him.â
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Trigger Warnings
Free Sneak Peeks go into effect tomorrow, Oct 31st until Wednesday, Nov. 2nd for the upcoming ebooks Ivy League and The Gorgeous Nothings, Bree and Stone.
I’ve got a couple of books that I’ve decided to label with a trigger warning.
Here’s the definition of a trigger warning:
A statement at the start of a piece of writing, video, etc., alerting the reader or viewer to the fact that it contains potentially distressing material (often used to introduce a description of such content).
The Gorgeous Nothings deals with sexual assault on a college campus. Since the assault happens to the lead character, I think its only fair to warn readers who may find the subject matter upsetting, especially if they have experienced rape. The Sneak Peek doesn’t contain the assault scene, that’s why there’s no trigger warning on it.
Pictured: Bree Silvestre and Stone Ulrich, from the IR erotic romance The Gorgeous Nothings I’m debating whether I should put a trigger warning on SENSEI, since the lead character experiences both rape and sexual trafficking. However, in SENSEI, I don’t use first person or have the main character describe in detail what happened to her.
As I familiarize myself with Amazon’s publishing process again (it’s been almost a year since I uploaded a manuscript), the Sneak Peeks serve a number of purposes for me. While Sneak Peeks are for marketing purposes, I’m able to correct format errors and process any changes Amazon has made. All my books, from the covers to the blurbs, are created in-house.
IVY League is a love story that begins in college and continues on Capitol Hill. Kenya Paul is a liberal and active in the LGBTQ community. Brandon is conservative, and has just been elected to the House of Representatives when they re-connect in Washington, DC.
Pictured: Kenya Paul and Brandon Wingate, lead characters from the IR romance IVY LEAGUE -
When a book writes itself
This is the third time its happened. The first time was when I penned The Stone Boy. Then it was the refugee/biker romance RUSH, featuring the motorcycle gang The Suicide Kings. It happened again with an upcoming ebook, and I can’t explain why it happens, but sometimes a story line, its characters and most of all, the scenes(dialogue and descriptions) are clear enough to type, and the pages soon make up a book.
Readers, thank you for your patience. I’m gearing up for a roll out beginning this month. Because I’ve been busy writing, I’ll need to do some marketing. Part, but not all of the roll out will include free sneak peak promos with several chapters to generate interest. Advertising and marketing can sometimes be the toughest part of being an indie writer, so please keep on the look out for:
She’s bisexual and a democrat. He’s straight and conservative. Somehow the left and the right will meet in the middle. 
Who needs a fairy godmother when you’ve got three sister-witches in your corner? Because it will take the power of three to face off against an old adversary, in order to give this couple a happy ending. 
Pagan, Ondine and Lilith, witches from the ebook Long Ago and Far Away 
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Tokyo after dark
Pictured: Nyesha and Takeshi, from the erotic romance SENSEI 
Takeshi Nishikowa, the leading male in my IR erotic romance SENSEI 
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Crazy N Love
First up is my new cover for the ebook RAZHER, the tale of an African American/Maori she-wolf who teams with a Russian Vampire and Chinese Gargoyle, to take on the corrupt elders of their respective species.
Here’s my new cover for RAZHER. One of the changes is the addition of Havoc Xian on the cover, since he is in the book. Havoc is the younger brother of Karnage, who’s featured in NIGHTSTALKERS 
The Talented Mister Matsuda, from the upcoming erotic romance SENSEI 
Lovers on the run – Angel and Maddox, from RUSH: Ride or Die. Click photo for an excerpt 
Witchy woman Lilith, from Long Ago and Far Away 
Mariah Hawthorne, from Long Ago and Far Away Excerpt:
âAwwww suky suky now,â Keenan sang, nodding towards the entrance. âLooks like Cleopatra Jones just joined the party.â
âCleo who?â Joran could never figure out half the stuff coming out of Keenanâs mouth.
âJust turn around, man. A fine lookinâ sista just came in. Sheâs Lupita Nyong’o and Halle Berry rolled into one. Donât tell me you havenât met Mariah Hawthorne yet, âcause sheâs the best thing about this damn Arias Industries take over.â
Joran was about to chug down more of his drink when his hand stopped in mid-air. It was like heâd been struck by lightning. The woman was of medium height, very curvy and wore a perfectly round Afro, as if she were a throwback from another decade. Somehow it worked for her, because coupled with her form fitting blouse and skirt, the 70s afro gave her an edginess that had all heads turning. The fact that she was positively beautiful probably had a little something to do with it.
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March Madness is back!
It’s that time of year again. I call it March Madness, which loosely coincides with the college hoops March Madness.
For a set amount of days I’ll have a selection of my Sneak Peek excerpts listed for free on Amazon.com (including new ones). I use these excerpts for promotional purposes. My Elite Eight starts on March 20th.
Pictured: Comedienne Honi Hawkins, upper left. Her nephew, stand up comic David Latimore (center) from the ebook The Queen of Comedy A couple more edited photos for my WSC Romance Image Gallery
Edited stock photo, changed to show IR couple. I’ll have another excerpt from TQOC posted shortly.