• #BlackGirlMagic,  Books 4 Boys,  E books,  Scifi,  Urban Fantasy

    The Boys R Back in Town

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    From left to right: Ronin Bey, Firedrake. Ash the Hellraiser, (center) Andre Santana, Alpha X Werewolf, Karnage Xian, Gargoyle

     

    The Werewolf art is by rhabwar-troll-stock.deviantart.com, and you can view more of this artist’s work here

     

    Check out a rock classic written by the founder and frontman of Thin Lizzy, the black Irishman himself, the late, great Phil Lynott (singing lead and playing bass) called The Boys Are Back in Town:

     

     

     

     

    I also needed a smaller GIF for social media in order to promote HUI

     

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  • Contemporary Romance,  E books

    The Love and Ballet Series Begins

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    Click the image to be redirected to Amazon.com Read an extended excerpt via Amazon’s Look Inside feature

     

     

    Excerpt:

    Weak and disoriented as he finally slid into her, all Imani could manage was a feeble caress along his arm. It wasn’t fair. She was so crazy about him.
    Sensing her despair, his movements slowed. “What’s wrong?”

    How could she put it into words what she didn’t understand? “Why are you doing this . . . like this-”

    The bed stopped creaking. She felt his eyes on her, trying to read her expression. “Don’t you want me to love you?”

    He probably didn’t realize how loaded that question was. “I do. I want you to love – to make love to me.”

    After getting the go-ahead, instead of measured thrusts, Hui acted on pure unbridled lust. Now he was simply fucking her, rough and without any inhibition. This was brutal, take no prisoner’s sex. The kind that played on the Discovery Channel, where the male lion mounted the female and just went at it, until his roar of pleasure echoed from miles around. The female? Well, unlike Imani, she didn’t have much choice. When things slowed down to hard grind, the air escaping and gathering in Imani’s lungs blasted hot as a furnace.

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    Copyright 2014, 2015

  • Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Black woman, Asian male . . . Finally, Hui is ready!

    I’m late, the book should have been on Amazon yesterday, and for that I sincerely apologize. My hope is that the love story between Imani and Hui will be live on Amazon.com later today. I thank all the readers who want to buy the book for your patience.

     

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    Imani Fairchild and Le Jong Hui, from the interracial romance set in the world of ballet, HUI

     

     

     

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    Interracial Romance and Ballet, HUI
  • Contemporary Romance,  E books

    The Carina Press watch continues

    Back in mid-September (of 2015), I mentioned on Dear Author how Carina Press lacked a multicultural or IR category. I got a response and a request to send an email to Angela James. I followed up with an email as requested, on September 16th.

     

    I kept it short and to the point:

    Hello Ms. James,

    Thank you for responding to my comment on Dear Author. 
    I just thought a category on Carina’s main listing of genres could benefit from an additional category representing diverse protagonists. 
    It would also make the books you offer that feature a diverse range of lead characters easier to find on the site. 
    Again, thank you for responding and being receptive to this suggestion.

     

    I wish I had better news to report, but as of the date of this post, Carina still lacks a category for either IR, multicultural or diverse characters.

     

    Here’s a screen shot as of November 26th:

     

    Carina Press screen shot

     

    Why is this important? Well, for readers who enjoy romances featuring Angels and Demons (a niche category that’s listed on the site) they can readily find them, or male/male or female/female, djinn, BDSM, Minage, Shifters, Dragon, Vampires and Ghosts . . .

    Quite simply, making it easier for a reader to find books with diverse leads benefits not just the reader, but also the publisher. Buyers can’t purchase these books if they don’t know the publisher carries them. 

    There’s an irony about all this that I hope won’t be lost. Imaginary creatures are front and center, but including a category or categories that reflect the world as we know it, somehow aren’t?

    And in fairness, Carina Press isn’t the only publisher without a category or designation for diverse reads readily visible. 

    Here’s my hope, that publishers will start routinely including categories for readers who enjoy romance between people of different races and people with disabilities.

    I’m a reader first and foremost. I also support authors who write for major publishers as well as indies. Yes, change takes time. As someone who has contributed labor for a web site redesign (for a large company), I recognize this. So, I’ll just stay patient.

     

     

    UPDATE:  No change as of 6/27/16.  

     

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    Moving on:  

    Torii and Ethan are getting a sequel. I’m doing more research, and I’ve got a solid story line for their next ebook.

     

    Torii and Ethan’s romance continues in a sequel to AT LAST
    Torii and Ethan’s romance continues in a sequel to AT LAST

     

     

    The next ebook release is HUI

     

    Ballet sex symbol Le Jong Hui, from the interracial romance HUI

     

    African American ballerina Imani Fairchild, practicing with soloist Lenny McGill

     

     

     

  • Adult Novellas,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Hello from the Other Side

    Hi!
    If this is your first time visiting this site, I hope you’ll take the time to look around. I write for an underserved population. That is to say, my books feature leads of color (or co-leads who are minority). Most of my in house created book covers and promos reflect my writing platform, which is multicultural in scope.

     

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    Torii Theas falls for her paraplegic neighbor, in the ebook AT LAST – low resolution promo

     

     

    While I write primarily in the IR or interracial romance genre, my manuscripts also include scifi, historical romance, NA, YA and non-fiction.

    Thank you for stopping by!

    Le Jong Hui and Imani Fairchild, from the upcoming interracial romance set in the world of ballet, HUI

     

     

     

    Kenya Paul and Brandon Jefferson Wingate from the ebook IVY League

     

     

     

    A paraplegic male and forty something businesswoman go from friends to torrid lovers, in the erotic romance AT LAST

     

     

     

  • Contemporary Romance,  E books,  Excerpts

    The Dinner Date

     

     

    HUI
    A beautiful partnership – Imani and HUI

     

     

    “In Korea and China we have baby mice wine. It’s a cure for everything. You got asthma? Drink some baby mice wine. Bones ache? Nothing like baby mice wine.” The horrified WTF look on Imani’s face only egged him on. “We drown newborn mice in rice wine and it takes 12 to 14 months to ferment. Then it’s safe to drink.”

    “How are dead mice ever safe to drink?”

    He countered with, “Ah, but you Americans drink Tequila and swallow a worm.”

    “Uh, sure. But I still think you’re punking me. I don’t think there’s any such thing as baby mice wine.”

    “It’s true. Look it up on your phone, look it up on the Google.”

    “I’m gonna do just that. You better not be messing with me.”

    “Or what?” he challenged.

    She pinched a crouton from her salad in order to throw it at him, but changed her mind after he kept laughing at her. No, she needed something else. Maybe a chickpea or a baby tomato bonking him right on the forehead would work.

  • Adult Novella,  E books,  Urban Fantasy

    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.

     

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    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.

     

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    Lilith, a very old skol but glamorous living African American witch

     

     

    Pagan, A Gothic witch
    Pagan, A Gothic witch who longs for the good old days