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It’s Not Over Until Its Over
She’s the girl that got away, and newly elected House of Representatives member Brandon Wingate is intent on winning her back.
Pictured: Brandon Wingate and Kenya Paul, from the political erotic romance IVY LEAGUE 
Solo promo pic of Kenya Paul Excerpt:
Brandon darted through traffic, trying to catch up to the girl who reminded him so much of Kenya. Same build, same deep brown skin color excerpt her hair was straight, in some sort of shoulder length style that flipped under. And her outfit was plain. Nothing close to the colorful sweaters and sneakers Kenya loved to wear in college. By the time he caught up to the woman she’d dashed into a restaurant that had a line snaking around several tables. He stood directly behind her, wondering how he’d approach this. What if she wasn’t Kenya? This could be awkward, saying that she reminded him of someone else. He needed something besides visual conformation. He needed voice recognition. He needed-
Thankfully her phone rang and just about everyone in the place looked down at their own.
Lifting her phone out of the small purse slung diagonally over her suit jacket, one shapely leg cocked back while the other rocked up and down on the heel of her shoe. He couldn’t help watching her calf flex each time it raised and lowered.
With a ho-hum sigh she addressed the person on the other end of the line. “I just got here. Um hmm. Consider it done.”
As Kenya slid her phone back in her purse, Brandon made his move. “Kenya? Kenya Paul?”
She turned around to find him with a smile so wide, it was like he’d won the lottery. “Brandon? Oh wow, this is a surprise.”
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Release Date – November 15th
Many thanks to all the readers who’ve downloaded a FREE Sneak Peek excerpt of IVY LEAGUE and The Gorgeous Nothings, Bree and Stone
These books are scheduled for release on November 15th. Tomorrow (11/2) is the last day to download a free extended excerpt of both ebooks.
LGBTQ activist Kenya Paul reconnects on Capitol Hill with Brandon Wingate, a conservative congressman in the IR erotic romance IVY LEAGUE 
Pictured: Bree and Stone, from the IR erotic romance The Gorgeous Nothings Additional Excerpt from The Gorgeous Nothings:
“This isn’t happening,” he muttered, pacing around the room. “Somebody’s gonna walk in on us, like your dad.”
I giggled, loving how unnerved he was about the whole thing. “If it bothers you that much then just lock the door.”
“No.” With a shaky finger he pointed to my pants on the floor. “You-you put your jeans back on.”
“Only if you look at me. And I mean really look at me, Stone.”
He shook his head. I’d never seen his eyes that big before. They were wide and wild, like some animal trapped in a house, a poor creature filled with anxiety because they don’t know how to escape. It wasn’t funny anymore, so I reached for my jeans. “Never mind, this was stupid.” How pathetic was I?
“Bree, wait. You have a beautiful body.”
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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.
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All the Fine Young Cannibals
I’m ready to start marketing upcoming releases, so this weekend I’ll have a number of FREE extended chapter excerpts on Amazon and SCRIBD. I use excerpts as promotional tools for my books.
The other reason I use Sneak Peeks (especially on Amazon) is because periodically, the company changes it algorithms. If you are a new writer its important to be aware of this. Here are two recent articles on the subject (be sure to read the comments section also):
http://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-sales-rank-taming-the-algorithm/
I’ve had some plot details to iron out (I mean, who could’ve predicted the rise of Donald Trump?), but I plan on releasing extended SNEAK PEEKS for:
Kenya Paul and Brandon Jefferson Wingate take on Capitol Hill as a couple 
Bisexual LGBTQ activist Kenya Paul falls for conservative Brandon J. Wingate 
Promos from IVY LEAGUE 
Click the photo to read an excerpt of the erotic romance SENSEI New Adult erotic romance SNEAK PEEK will also be up:
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Gimme some lovin’
It’s a summer of love, with erotic romance featuring diverse couples:
Nigerian born Nyesha and Tokyo native Takeshi, from the erotic romance SENSEI 
Biker Ryan Maddox falls for Angel Voorhees, in the erotic novella Ride or Die Ride or Die is a spin-off novella from the ebook RUSH.
Biker falls for Somali Bantu refugee in the erotic romance RUSH, on sale at Amazon.com While I’ve worked on a number of novellas for the RUSH OMG (Outlaw Motorcycle Gang) series, I’ve decided that Turk’s story should be the next release. Ride or Die is also connected to the ebook CHERISH, the tale of a young black woman raised by a religious cult.
An excerpt of Ride or Die is included in the Sneak Peek of IVY LEAGUE, that will be up on Amazon.com shortly.
Kenya Paul is a sexy, confident bisexual woman. She’s also in an emotional love triangle with the very conservative big man on campus Brandon Wingate, and left winger Morgan “Mo” Garrity, in the ebook IVY LEAGUE -
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.
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 -
Dirty Dancing
This is another post I’ll need to come back to, but in the meantime here are more edited photos I’ve worked on to promote my ebooks:
Sexy dancer – Imani Fairchild does an edgy photo shoot, from the ebook HUI 
I love westerns, and I’m working on one featuring a strong African American heroine in the lawless west 
Brandon Jefferson Wingate loves Kenya Paul, in the ebook IVY LEAGUE 
One more edited photo for my WSC Romance Image Gallery To be continued:
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Dirty Dancing
This is another post I’ll need to come back to, but in the meantime here are more edited photos I’ve worked on to promote my ebooks:
Sexy dancer – Imani Fairchild does an edgy photo shoot, from the ebook HUI I love westerns, and I’m working on one featuring a strong African American heroine in the lawless west Brandon Jefferson Wingate loves Kenya Paul, in the ebook IVY LEAGUE One more edited photo for my WSC Romance Image Gallery To be continued: