Named one of the Top Fifty Favorite African American Writers of the 20 th century by the African American Literature Club in 1999.Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals novella) (2019).An Unconditional Freedom: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War(The Loyal League #3) (2019).Can’t Escape Love (Reluctant Royals novella) (2019).A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals #3) (2019).Inspired to write romance after reading Sandra Kitt’s The Color of Love when she was 11 years old. Milk and Honey (Kappa Psi Kappa #5) (2019).Her book Comfort of a Man was a 2003 finalist for the Georgia Romance Writers Maggie. Sold her first novel to Kensington Publishing. With that said, here’s the “who’s who” list of black romance writers you should check out. Nope, none of that, just pure black love down to its core. Not all of it is what you probably see on TV with cheaters and baby momma drama. They made me happy particularly because they show black love does exist. Later, I discovered black romance authors Beverly Jenkins and Alyssa Cole. I didn’t think deeply about it at the time I was too busy gobbling up their books. It hasn’t crossed my mind until I started digging into some deep research.Īs a black romance reader, I grew up reading romance novels from Bertrice Smalls, Virginia Henley, and Cassie Edwards. Has this thought ever cross your mind as you type in “romance writers” on Google and see no people of color on the first results? I feel you. “Where are the black romance writers!? WTF?!”
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