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30/09/2020

I love spoken word and I love this young man!! Brandon Leake

30/09/2020

Defying Gravity

There is a book being tomorrow, October, 1st written by the husband and wife writing team of A.M. K**i, “Defying Gravity”

I don’t write reviews for books that I work on but I will tell you this book is a MUST read. It is every fear, every truth, every disbelief, every lie, every honesty, every love rolled into the confines of 88,532 words/255 pages.

I met this husband and wife team about two years ago when they hired A Book A Day to be their sensitivity editor. We are now more than author/editor or professional/client. We are family.

Their books are filled with in*******al couples struggling with the realism of life and not the fantasies of romance. Their stories are my life, your life, the life of the person next door, down the street or around the corner. They are the stories of the fear instilled in people. The bias people show. The prejudice people harbor. The healing that can happen.

In writing about in*******al couple, A.M K**i are more than qualified. She is a white woman from Vermont and he is a Black man from Ghana (I just love listening to him talk). Their story is just as amazing as their words.

When they sent us Defying Gravity to edit they gave us no precursor to the story. We didn’t have a blurb, an inkling of what we were about to delve into. We went in totally blind. All I can say is I was mesmerised by this story, and the emotions it stirred in me. Once I finished I Facetimed them and my first words were, “I hate you”. Ash turned around to her husband, Marcus and simply said, “Renita hates us.” And then I cried. I sat there in front of these two authors and cried real tears. Tears of understanding. Tears of compassion. Tears of anger. Tears of joy. Tears of pride.

I won’t tell you the story. I won’t talk about the characters. I won’t delve into the core. I won’t do anything but let you know this book is my top read of 2020. I suggest, I implore and highly encourage you to read Defying Gravity. I can assure you when you read the end you will be a different person.

A Black nurse with a teenager to raise. A White cop hiding a tender heart. Do they have what it takes to indulge their forbidden passion?

26/09/2020

Yes!!!

Vote.org saw a 68% increase in voter registration the Saturday and Sunday following Ginsburg's death compared to the prior Saturday and Sunday.

26/09/2020

What's on your mind today?

26/09/2020

More than 160 Black men and women have been killed by police from January through August, according to a CBS News analysis.

01/09/2020

Fantastic new resource for book lovers.

LAUNCH AND GIVEAWAY!!!! We are thrilled to present our new and exciting, user-friendly website for romance readers. It offers thousands of romance books organized by tropes, allowing readers to search and EASILY find their next great read. No more guessing games!

Like our page, like this post, comment on it, and you’ll be automatically entered to win a signed paperback, e-book, or gift card from one of our 270 authors.

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We are going to have some very special giveaways on our website at www.lovetropes.com and our reader group at www.facebook.com/groups/lovetropesreadergroup.

20/06/2020

06/06/2020

New release from Gina L. Maxwell - Author

IT'S LIIIIIIIVE!!!!

https://geni.us/BadTeacher

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He's her student, but he wants to teach HER a few things...in the bedroom.

It wasn’t easy for substitute teacher, Miriam Fox, to ignore the blatant flirtations of the senior class president and All-American jock, Devin Adler, but she managed—despite her brain conjuring the exact opposite in her dreams every night.

When summer break arrives and Devin graduates, Miriam forces herself to shake off the inappropriate attraction for her former student and move on…until he shows up in place of his father to do the landscaping job she contracted him for.

Now Devin’s working in her backyard for an entire week, shirtless, gloriously sweaty, and back to his old tricks, with one major difference—now that school’s out, Devin’s determined to seduce Miriam until she agrees to his proposal: one week, no strings, anything goes.

And with every heated glance, Miriam forgets more and more why giving into temptation is such a bad idea.

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BAD TEACHER is a seriously hot novella with a guaranteed HFN (no cliffhanger), but Miriam and Devin’s story continues with more naughty fun in WICKED STUDENT (https://geni.us/WickedStudent-Preorder).

Each book can be read as a stand-alone but why not double your pleasure with this Steamy Shots Duet!

06/06/2020

Catch up on our chat. P@s$w0rd: 6T!0344&

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06/06/2020

Thank you to all the FRIENDS, authors and readers who joined us for our Zoom chat tonight. Check these beautiful ladies out.

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10/04/2020

I mean if you gonna do it, you might as well do it right!!!!

The next Chicago Blaze title from Brenda Rothert.

EASY releases May 5th!

Preorder your copy now:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2SSMDEq

Apple Books: https://apple.co/2vci1Vv

B&N: https://bit.ly/2VjbG5m

Add it to your TBR Pile: https://bit.ly/2yJjWSX

Erik

Nothing rattles me. Well…almost nothing. As the most even-tempered player on the Chicago Blaze, I take everything in stride – hockey, fame and life in general. No one knows that deep down, even I’ve got a trigger. She’s a tall brunette with a gorgeous smile and an iron will. The woman who crushed my heart long ago. I never plan to return to Emery, Wisconsin and lay eyes on Allie Douglas again - until suddenly, I’m left without a choice.

Allie

Somehow, I’m keeping it all together. Raising my nieces and nephew alone and working takes everything I’ve got and then some, but I get by. I don’t have time for love, and who needs a man, anyway? I gave up the love of my life a decade ago, and now he’s just a distant memory. Until one day, he comes back home. And once I see him, I’m not keeping it together anymore.

Not even close.
Brenda Rothert

Easy: A Chicago Blaze Hockey Romance

01/04/2020

Wanna know what we're reading? The amazing Danielle Allen!

01/04/2020

Smoke, Fire & Ice

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬?
𝐀 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩?
𝐀 “𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝” 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥?
𝐀 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭!

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 (𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞), 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐲 (𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 (𝐈𝐜𝐞) 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲!

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 . . .

𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞, 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 & 𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞.

𝐒𝐅𝐈𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎.

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞!

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞! 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐆!

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