• #BlackGirlMagic,  Contemporary Romance,  E books,  Excerpts,  New Adult,  Novella

    Thirsty

    I made more promos for The Saint of BOYStown, a New Adult IR (Interracial romance).

    Here’s a scene from the novel:

     

    Tanner Joseph
    Tanner Joseph, from the ebook The Saint of BOYStown

     

    Lovers Tanner Joseph and Nathalie Childress, from the ebook The Saint of BOYStown

     

     

    Pictured: Nathalie Childress and Tanner Joseph, from the IR romance The Saint of BOYStown
    Pictured: Nathalie Childress and Tanner Joseph, from the IR romance The Saint of BOYStown

     

    Pictured: Tanner Joseph and Nathalie Childress from the IR ebook The Saint of BOYStown

     

    Pictured: Justin Ybarra, Tanner Joseph and Cody Childress, from the IR ebook The Saint of BOYStown.

     

    There’s a lot going on in this book. There’s race, romance, economic disparity (and not just on the black folk side) That’s all I’ll reveal for now.

     

    Excerpt:

    Go away Tanner. Go far, far, away. He doesn’t. Instead of pulling out a chair like a normal person would, he leapfrogs over the top of the backrest and plops down next to me, with a tray full of food I’d never eat. I’m allergic to vegetables. I won’t eat rice with gravy, but I will snack on rice with butter. Tanner quizzes me on the lack of eats on my tray, to which I repeat that I’m veggie intolerant.

    His eyelashes flutter downward and his fingers steeple as he says grace. There are teachers and other students watching, just as shocked as I am at Tanner’s transformation. When he stops giving thanks he starts in with questioning me. “No, really? You really can’t eat vegetables?” he asks, mixing everything on his plate together before shoveling the stuff in his mouth. It’s such a Cody-like move. I give him a nod of assurance that my lie is the truth. I also can’t stop gawking at all the different foods he’s mixed together.

    One side of his face balloons as he tries to eat and talk. “Yeah, Cody convinced me and Justin to eat this way.”

  • #BlackGirlMagic,  Contemporary Romance,  E books,  Excerpts,  IR erotic romance,  New Adult

    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, that’s what Tyshawn did. My words seemed to make him fold into himself. His shoulders slump, and his face is crestfallen. “Bree, please . . . I just need to explain.”

    “No, you-you get back. Get back or I’ll scream. You were there, and you didn’t do a damn thing except laugh. You saw me on the ground, but you didn’t do anything to help me-”

    “I didn’t know you needed help! Jamie said you had too much to drink, and he was gonna help you get home.”

    “And you believed him.”