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March 13, 2022
New Release!
"This Queen uses her sceptre and skills like a true warrior." ~PG Walker
Waking up from a coma—without her memory intact—isn't something Cassandra anticipated when she says her goodbyes to her best friend, promising to find her daughter, along with the other children who went missing since the arrival of an unknown criminal organization in Curaçao.
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January 31, 2017
I Will Follow: To Eternity And Beyond by Ju Ephraime
I Will Follow: To Eternity And Beyond
is a heady and sensual romance about a love that transcends time and place.
written by Ju Ephraime
Catherine is living a dream life, rescued from an orphanage and married to her best friend. Life couldn’t get any better, and she is the envy of everyone in the little town where she lives. But it turns into a nightmare the day she is given the news that will change her life forever… Her fairy tale life becomes a living hell on earth.
For two years she exists, barely acknowledging one day from the next. Suddenly, without any warning, a stranger walks into her life, and everything is about to change. Is Catherine ready for the change, or is she still only living to die?
Titus is only visiting the home of his brother-in-law’s distant cousin. He isn’t looking for a relationship; neither is he searching for love. Yet, they both find him, with no advanced warning. Titus is not one to succumb without a fight, and boy does he fight, but it seems the harder he fights, the more the force pushing him into Catherine’s waiting arms fights back.
You can find this book at your favorite online store, just follow this link: books2read.com/I-will-Follow
"Ju Ephraime's historical romance, I Will Follow: To Eternity And Beyond, is a heady and sensual romance about a love that transcends time and place. Catherine and Cameron are marvelous characters. She's the guiding star that he's inescapably drawn to, and he's the knight in shining armor who snatches her from the clutches of an unscrupulous nun who means her nothing but harm. This novel is set in the pre-WWI years, and the author does a beautiful job of setting the scene, especially in the care she takes with the descriptions of the landed gentility and the growing in roads the automobile makes into the British countryside. While there are a number of scenes involving love-making and sensuality, they are well-written and appropriate for an adult audience. The paranormal aspect of this novel is also enticing and adds a touch of mystery to the plot. I Will Follow: To Eternity And Beyond is most highly recommended." ~ Jack Magnus - Readers' Favorite
Enjoy A Sample from Chapter 21
Catherine continued on her way to her greenhouse, grateful she’d not run into Titus. She liked to think of him as Titus, not Lord Braithwaite, which somehow seemed too formal. He made her feel things. Things she hadn’t felt in years, and she resented him for it. She wanted him gone from Chatterwoods and her life back to being the way it was before the dinner party.
She spent a very satisfying morning taking care of her plants and working on a new scent she was trying to create. It was almost there, but something was missing. She had to go through the oils she had in her small apothecary to see if there was anything there she could use to enhance the scent.
Exhausted from the events of the previous night and everything that had taken place, including Titus entering her room, Catherine left the greenhouse and proceeded to go to her room. A long soak in her tub was what she needed. Catherine found it both a pleasure and a torture to soak in the tub. It reminded her so much of Cameron. He used to love to bathe her or use the bath water after her. She missed all these things about him. Everything about life excited him, and he had infected her with that excitement. It was like a contagion. Now that he was gone, she missed that excitement.
It was almost time for supper, so she got dressed, left her room, and was making her way to Suzan’s room to check up on her when she came face to face with Lord Braithwaite, walking out of Cameron’s room. Two things hit her at the same time. She could have sworn she saw Cameron walking out of his room. Rubbing her eyes, she looked again, but it was only Titus Braithwaite. He didn’t look like Cameron, except in their well-developed musculature, so how could she have mistaken the two? But all this aside, why was Lord Braithwaite still at Chatterwoods?
Ju Ephraime writes steamy high heat romances, packed with emotions and strong alpha characters and always a wonderful, happy ever after. She has won several awards for her writing, and had even seconded in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, with her White Magic Woman. When not writing romance novels, Ju could be found writing children’s books, which includes her, Too-Clever series, a collection of ten children stories. Ju writes her children's stories under, Dr. Julia E. Antoine. These days she stays busy helping in the community and donating her services to a not-for-profit organization, which she helped establish. Presently, she resides in CT where she has lived with her family for the past thirty years. She still misses her time on the sunny Caribbean islands, but takes pleasure in using them as backdrops to some of her stories.
Visit her blog at http://www.juephraime.blogspot.com
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What others are saying about Ju's books:
"...steamy, provocative and fresh..." ~Midwest Book review
"a new level of heat!" ~Readers’ Favorite
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September 30, 2014
~☆~☆~Happy release day Solange St. Brice ~☆~☆~
Book Description: Zoey Warwick knows she wants to escape her life of poverty in the small coastal village of Penzance in Cornwall, England. So she sets out to find the one man she thinks will help her better her lot, in more ways than one. She wants a rich man, but she wants a rich man she can fall in love with—a man who can fulfill the fantasy she’s been embracing ever since she walked out of her brief marriage.
Dangerously seductive, Declan Murphy has all the trappings of wealth that Zoey craves. He’s tall, good looking, and he also has a full head of hair, the most piercing obsidian eyes, and a generous mouth with lips to die for. On the plus side, he appears to be infatuated with her the moment they meet at the antique appraisal fair the humane society is hosting in her town, but Zoey is leery, he looks too perfect, there had to be a catch; a man so attractive wouldn’t be single and available--she would tread carefully. She’s there trying to discover if the vase she picked out of the trash from her deceased grandma’s room has any value. He’s there looking for one more piece of treasure to add to his collection—and, according to him, he’s found it in Zoey. But Zoey has no intention of giving in so easily. She has to check out the goods before she’ll commit, “once bitten, twice shy.” The plan she devises to examine the goods and the shock she receives when she finally gets to sample them are the stuff legends are made of.
Did Zoey take on more than she can handle…? Find out in The Englishman's Folly
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☆★☆Love Delayed Release Month Blitz + Giveaway ☆★☆
Book description: What happens when Zoey Barrett, an ingenuous Princeton scholar, meets NBA All-star rocker-boy, Stenton Rogers? Zoey has her life all planned out. She’s working hard at her degree and to help her family stay afloat financially.
Stenton’s at the top of his game on the court, but off, his life is out of bounds. That is until he happens upon Zoey, who represents something that he’s never had—family. Her world is spun completely out of control when they intersect. Could the lengths he decides to go destroy the future Stenton desperately desires to have with Zoey?
Find out in Love Delayed.
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March 31, 2014
Blog Hop Monday
Today I'm promoting two wonderful authors I've met along the way on this new and incredible journey in my life...and who've I come to appreciate very much.
First up is the extremely talented Ju Ephraime
Ju Ephraime began writing professionally at age 19; at that time, she wrote short stories for the local radio station in her home town. She gave up writing to pursue her education and has since earned several degrees, including two Masters and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University in Boston. Ju lives in Connecticut, where she is very active in her community. She is the administrator of a business school and the president of a non-profit organization that dresses individuals for job interviews.
Take a look at some of her work
Visit Ju Ephraime at: http://www.amazon.com/Ju-Ephraime/e/B...
http://www.juephraime.blogspot.nl/
Read a sample of State of Ecstasy here http://www.amazon.com/State-Ecstasy-L...
and enter the giveaway on my author page https://www.facebook.com/pages/SE-Fel... or comment below with I'd like to read this book to win one of the two eBooks up for grabs !!!
Next up is the lovely Love Belvin who writes some pretty addictive books
Love Belvin is a native of the Tri-State area and now lives in the Delaware Valley. She's an avid reader and enjoys dinner parties with her closest girlfriends. While she enjoys many things, nothing excites her more than curling up with a glass of wine and a good romance novel.
Love Belvin is the author of the "Love's Improbable Possibility" Series. The first installment of the adult romance series is "Love Lost", the second is "Love UnExpected", and the third is "Love UnCharted".
Take a look at some of her work
Love Redeemed, the last instalment in the Love's Improbable Possibility Series will be released this month, and I for one can't wait to read it !!!
Visit Love Belvin at:
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Belvin/e/B...
https://www.facebook.com/LoveBelvin
http://www.LoveBelvin.com
Read a sample of Love Lost here http://www.amazon.com/Love-Lost-Loves... and enter the giveaway on my author page https://www.facebook.com/pages/SE-Fel... or comment below with I'd like to read this book to win an eBook of Love Lost !!!
First up is the extremely talented Ju Ephraime
Ju Ephraime began writing professionally at age 19; at that time, she wrote short stories for the local radio station in her home town. She gave up writing to pursue her education and has since earned several degrees, including two Masters and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University in Boston. Ju lives in Connecticut, where she is very active in her community. She is the administrator of a business school and the president of a non-profit organization that dresses individuals for job interviews.
Take a look at some of her work
Visit Ju Ephraime at: http://www.amazon.com/Ju-Ephraime/e/B...
http://www.juephraime.blogspot.nl/
Read a sample of State of Ecstasy here http://www.amazon.com/State-Ecstasy-L...
and enter the giveaway on my author page https://www.facebook.com/pages/SE-Fel... or comment below with I'd like to read this book to win one of the two eBooks up for grabs !!!
Next up is the lovely Love Belvin who writes some pretty addictive books
Love Belvin is a native of the Tri-State area and now lives in the Delaware Valley. She's an avid reader and enjoys dinner parties with her closest girlfriends. While she enjoys many things, nothing excites her more than curling up with a glass of wine and a good romance novel.
Love Belvin is the author of the "Love's Improbable Possibility" Series. The first installment of the adult romance series is "Love Lost", the second is "Love UnExpected", and the third is "Love UnCharted".
Take a look at some of her work
Love Redeemed, the last instalment in the Love's Improbable Possibility Series will be released this month, and I for one can't wait to read it !!!
Visit Love Belvin at:
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Belvin/e/B...
https://www.facebook.com/LoveBelvin
http://www.LoveBelvin.com
Read a sample of Love Lost here http://www.amazon.com/Love-Lost-Loves... and enter the giveaway on my author page https://www.facebook.com/pages/SE-Fel... or comment below with I'd like to read this book to win an eBook of Love Lost !!!
February 3, 2014
Cover reveal + Giveaway
Synopsis:
Eva Rouge. Blonde and blue eyed. Shy and naive. Sensual and sexy. A porn star.
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Mateo Reyes. Just passing through. Until he sees something he wants. The girl next door, Ruby O’Conner.She shares her body, but not her heart. He wants it all.
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January 9, 2014
Giveaway
Hi I'm hosting a release day giveaway on my facebook page here is the url... if you'd like to win ebooks and swag packs
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December 16, 2013
Blog tour stop for Exit Strategy by L. V. Lewis
Exit Strategy The Highly Anticipated Follow-up to Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever!
Synopsis:
Ex*it Strat*e*gy(noun)1. A preplanned means of extricating oneself from a situation that is likely to become difficult or unpleasant. 2. The method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he or she has made in the past.
Will Keisha and Tristan exercise their elaborate EXIT STRATEGY and end their unorthodox arrangement?
Assailed by demons she thought she had conquered, Keisha Beale has uttered the words to end her tumultuous relationship with Tristan White. Separated, they grapple for a time with their personal demons. However, when their lives apart become unbearable, a credible threat brings them back together prematurely.
As they seek to discover who is responsible for the threats, several seemingly unrelated incidents throw them into a tailspin. Will Keisha’s youthful indiscretions or Tristan’s un-reconciled feelings for a former sub derail their tenuous arrangement?
In the meantime, trouble in Nathan and Jada’s paradise send dramatic ripples that hint of future difficulties in the idyllic pairing.
Nothing Ventured…
Tristan uses his vast wealth and connections to correct a gross miscarriage of justice, while Keisha makes herself utterly vulnerable to Tristan and fears he has chosen to exercise his own exit strategy.
…Nothing Gained!
Will this be the end of the indecent arrangement that became a fairy tale? Or will Keisha and Tristan reveal the trauma from their pasts so they may heal and completely embrace their relationship?
Sensual, suspenseful, and still infused with the riotous levity of Triple-G and Fairy Hoochie Mama, the Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy departs from full parody with a distinctive take on love, loyalty, sacrifice, redemption, and acceptance.
*****My Review*****
5 out of 5 stars
Exit Strategy picks up, right where Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever ended and let me just say that this sequel flowed flawlessly back into the story. In book one Keisha leaves Tristan after having another one of her episodes, she decides to put an end to their arrangement mostly out of fear that she might love him but it’s too late for her because she’s already fallen hard for him. And while Tristan’s trying his best to act as if he doesn’t care about her in that way he can’t stop thinking about her either, they find a way back to each other and all the fun and excitement in the grotto continues until the suspenseful parts in the book start to play out. In my opinion this book is even better than the first one and I want to give a big kudos to Ms. Lewis because I love to read suspense books and when I do, I always, well almost always guess who’s behind of everything before the plot reveals the perpetrator but she managed to have me second guessing myself the entire time...man, I really didn’t see this one coming and now I’m anxiously awaiting for book 3 to come out…
*****Interview with L. V. Lewis*****
So L.V., author of Fifty Shades Of Jungle Fever and the recently debuted sequel in The Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy ‘’Exit Strategy’’ I’d like to start off with some personal questions before we get into your recently debuted novel. I’d like to try and get your readers know a little more about you. (If that’s ok with you)
Q Is L.V. just a pen name or is it your real name?
It is both.
In that case, what does L.V Stand for?
L. V. is part of my real name, and Lewis is part of my hyphenated name, but I can’t say which part. LOL
Q. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Yes, I come from an exceptionally large family. I currently have 3 brothers and 5 sisters.
Q. What did you want to be when you grow up?
Early in my life I wanted to be a teacher, however, when I got older, I decided that wasn’t the vocation for me, and I began to write in my teens and loved it, however, I was counseled not to major in English, but to major in something that I could get a job in right after college. My father wanted me to be in the medical field, so I tried that, but ultimately, I finally figured out that I needed to do something that I enjoyed. I was a standout in business classes, so I got my undergraduate degree and masters degrees in Business Administration. However, I also learned that really wasn’t my passion, because I wrote all through college and that was what truly made me happy. It’s taken a lot of years for me to come to the conclusion that I was born to write, but I allowed indecision, fear, and life cheat me out of it until now.
Q. Who were your role models growing up?
My fifth and eleventh grade teachers were my biggest role models. Then if you count other authors, I’d have to say, Toni Morrison. Alice Walker. Anne Moody. Earnest J. Gaines. Langston Hughes. Countee Cullen. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones). Sonia Sanchez. Nikki Giovanni. Maya Angelou. (There are many more, but I would probably be listing for the rest of the night.)
Q. Where did you go to college, and what did you major in?
I went to several, but the final one I attended was Florida State University. I have a Masters in Business Administration.
Q. What is the name of a childhood pet that you still hold dearly to your heart?
A collie named Patsy who looked very much like Lassie.
Q. What was your high school prom like?
It was a fiasco. I went with a guy I didn’t like simply because he knew I planned to go alone and he had the bright idea that we should go together, as friends. He thought he deserved to celebrate a right of passage with me that night. After half an hour of spurning his advances, he finally realized I seriously wasn’t going to put out and he took me home (after I threatened to get out of his car and walk). The night continued to be the night from hell because the dog we had at the time, died that night. I cried like a baby.
Q. Who stole your heart? Are the two of you still together?
When I first went to college, I went to a private school which had an excellent summer health sciences program. There, I fell in love for the first time with a brilliant young man who stole my heart with his intellect (and his great dance moves to an Earth, Wind and Fire long-playing album. You guys are young and probably don’t remember albums. LOL). He was a junior and I was an incoming freshman. Of all the girls at the dance that night, he chose me as his dance partner. We became very good friends first. He challenged me to take my education seriously. He encouraged me in my writing, singing and other endeavors. Our relationship was eventually sabotaged by others. (I am writing a story loosely based on this). When he went on to Dental School, I transferred to a school in another state, and we eventually lost touch. Some years later, I moved back to the area and was on the elevator one morning with one of my former classmates who informed me that he had died. Needless to say, I was devastated by this turn of events.
Q. What’s your favorite fruit?
Pineapple.
Q. What’s your all-time favorite vacation hot spot?
Destin, FL
Q Coffee, Chocolate or books?
Damn you make it hard on a girl who likes all three, but I’d have to choose books if the answer has to be mutually exclusive.
Q. What can someone drag you out of your bed in the middle of the night for?
Great sex!
Ok moving on now on to the business side of this interview
Q How long did it take you to write Exit Strategy?
Too damn long. Approximately a year.
Q. When did you begin to write? And who inspired you to write?
I began to write in my pre-teen years. I was inspired by my love of reading first and foremost. Then I began to read authors that I went back to read again and again. Some I was introduced to by my English Literature teachers in school, and others I discovered on my own.
Q. What is in your opinion the most powerful challenge when it comes to writing a novel?
Adhering to craft as you create your story, and writing believable characters and a riveting plot.
Q. Which author(s) do you look up to?
The list in the earlier question I answered as well as many wonderful traditional and indie authors I call my friends today. However, If I have to name names, I love Attica Locke, Edwidge Danticat, Kathy Reichs, Tom Wolfe, James Patterson, Donna Tartt, P.D. James, Walter Mosley, Stephen L. Carter, J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts alter-ego), Tom Perrotta, Robert Olen Butler, Susan Lori Parks, May Lan Tan, and a whole host of others I won’t name for the sake of time.
Q What is your all-time favorite book?
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
Q. Out of all the books that have been turned into a movie or a TV series, which one captured the book, the most on the big screen?
Game of Thrones, I’d have to say. I am an unapologetic Winterfell girl. Winter is indeed coming!
Q. Do you have any work in progress that you’d like to share with your readers?
I’m working on Jada and Nate’s story, and let me warn my readers, this story is going to be darker than Keisha and Tristan’s story. Jada has some issues from her past that she will have to confront in her future. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
I’m also working on some stories that will be written by my alter-ego. I will share more as the stories progress, but let’s just say, I won’t always be writing erotic romance (or erotica for those folks who don’t care that there’s a difference).
On series I will eventually write is a YA series. I have held off writing it because I wanted to learn more craft before attempting it. My dream is for it to become the African American version of Harry Potter (and that does not mean I will writing about wizardry). LOL
Q. Are any of the characters in your book based on real life persons?
I believe most of my characters are an amalgamation of people I know or have known. No writer can seriously get away from this unless they write a character that is the opposite of everyone they’ve ever known.
Q. If any of your books were to be made into a TV series or a Movie, which actors would you like to see playing your characters?
It hurts me to say that my actor for Tristan recently died (Paul Walker), so now I have to find another fantastically hot blond actor to play him. Maybe the actor who plays Four in Divergent right now. Theo James. Yeah, maybe him.
My actress for Keisha is Denise Vasi, the actress from Single Ladies.
Actress Jennifer Lewis would definitely be Clara Lee Beale because it was her voice I heard when I was writing both 50SoJF and Exit Strategy.
Pastor Johnson, probably Courtney B. Vance.
And if Rihanna keeps acting, she could be Jada, because she’s got the whole self-destructive vibe down pat.
Q. What would you like to say to your readers?
I’d like to thank my readers for giving me a chance. Many people dismissed me out of hand when I came on the scene because I dared spoof Fifty Shades of Grey, but it was all in good fun. I shall be forever grateful for those who read and liked me work in the beginning and for those who have stuck by me through everything. I love you and can’t wait to share my other stories with you. The plot may not always be your cuppa, but I have to stay true to the story in me. Looking forward to writing many more that you like and take into your library.
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Synopsis:
Ex*it Strat*e*gy(noun)1. A preplanned means of extricating oneself from a situation that is likely to become difficult or unpleasant. 2. The method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he or she has made in the past.
Will Keisha and Tristan exercise their elaborate EXIT STRATEGY and end their unorthodox arrangement?
Assailed by demons she thought she had conquered, Keisha Beale has uttered the words to end her tumultuous relationship with Tristan White. Separated, they grapple for a time with their personal demons. However, when their lives apart become unbearable, a credible threat brings them back together prematurely.
As they seek to discover who is responsible for the threats, several seemingly unrelated incidents throw them into a tailspin. Will Keisha’s youthful indiscretions or Tristan’s un-reconciled feelings for a former sub derail their tenuous arrangement?
In the meantime, trouble in Nathan and Jada’s paradise send dramatic ripples that hint of future difficulties in the idyllic pairing.
Nothing Ventured…
Tristan uses his vast wealth and connections to correct a gross miscarriage of justice, while Keisha makes herself utterly vulnerable to Tristan and fears he has chosen to exercise his own exit strategy.
…Nothing Gained!
Will this be the end of the indecent arrangement that became a fairy tale? Or will Keisha and Tristan reveal the trauma from their pasts so they may heal and completely embrace their relationship?
Sensual, suspenseful, and still infused with the riotous levity of Triple-G and Fairy Hoochie Mama, the Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy departs from full parody with a distinctive take on love, loyalty, sacrifice, redemption, and acceptance.
*****My Review*****
5 out of 5 stars
Exit Strategy picks up, right where Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever ended and let me just say that this sequel flowed flawlessly back into the story. In book one Keisha leaves Tristan after having another one of her episodes, she decides to put an end to their arrangement mostly out of fear that she might love him but it’s too late for her because she’s already fallen hard for him. And while Tristan’s trying his best to act as if he doesn’t care about her in that way he can’t stop thinking about her either, they find a way back to each other and all the fun and excitement in the grotto continues until the suspenseful parts in the book start to play out. In my opinion this book is even better than the first one and I want to give a big kudos to Ms. Lewis because I love to read suspense books and when I do, I always, well almost always guess who’s behind of everything before the plot reveals the perpetrator but she managed to have me second guessing myself the entire time...man, I really didn’t see this one coming and now I’m anxiously awaiting for book 3 to come out…
*****Interview with L. V. Lewis*****
So L.V., author of Fifty Shades Of Jungle Fever and the recently debuted sequel in The Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy ‘’Exit Strategy’’ I’d like to start off with some personal questions before we get into your recently debuted novel. I’d like to try and get your readers know a little more about you. (If that’s ok with you)
Q Is L.V. just a pen name or is it your real name?
It is both.
In that case, what does L.V Stand for?
L. V. is part of my real name, and Lewis is part of my hyphenated name, but I can’t say which part. LOL
Q. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Yes, I come from an exceptionally large family. I currently have 3 brothers and 5 sisters.
Q. What did you want to be when you grow up?
Early in my life I wanted to be a teacher, however, when I got older, I decided that wasn’t the vocation for me, and I began to write in my teens and loved it, however, I was counseled not to major in English, but to major in something that I could get a job in right after college. My father wanted me to be in the medical field, so I tried that, but ultimately, I finally figured out that I needed to do something that I enjoyed. I was a standout in business classes, so I got my undergraduate degree and masters degrees in Business Administration. However, I also learned that really wasn’t my passion, because I wrote all through college and that was what truly made me happy. It’s taken a lot of years for me to come to the conclusion that I was born to write, but I allowed indecision, fear, and life cheat me out of it until now.
Q. Who were your role models growing up?
My fifth and eleventh grade teachers were my biggest role models. Then if you count other authors, I’d have to say, Toni Morrison. Alice Walker. Anne Moody. Earnest J. Gaines. Langston Hughes. Countee Cullen. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones). Sonia Sanchez. Nikki Giovanni. Maya Angelou. (There are many more, but I would probably be listing for the rest of the night.)
Q. Where did you go to college, and what did you major in?
I went to several, but the final one I attended was Florida State University. I have a Masters in Business Administration.
Q. What is the name of a childhood pet that you still hold dearly to your heart?
A collie named Patsy who looked very much like Lassie.
Q. What was your high school prom like?
It was a fiasco. I went with a guy I didn’t like simply because he knew I planned to go alone and he had the bright idea that we should go together, as friends. He thought he deserved to celebrate a right of passage with me that night. After half an hour of spurning his advances, he finally realized I seriously wasn’t going to put out and he took me home (after I threatened to get out of his car and walk). The night continued to be the night from hell because the dog we had at the time, died that night. I cried like a baby.
Q. Who stole your heart? Are the two of you still together?
When I first went to college, I went to a private school which had an excellent summer health sciences program. There, I fell in love for the first time with a brilliant young man who stole my heart with his intellect (and his great dance moves to an Earth, Wind and Fire long-playing album. You guys are young and probably don’t remember albums. LOL). He was a junior and I was an incoming freshman. Of all the girls at the dance that night, he chose me as his dance partner. We became very good friends first. He challenged me to take my education seriously. He encouraged me in my writing, singing and other endeavors. Our relationship was eventually sabotaged by others. (I am writing a story loosely based on this). When he went on to Dental School, I transferred to a school in another state, and we eventually lost touch. Some years later, I moved back to the area and was on the elevator one morning with one of my former classmates who informed me that he had died. Needless to say, I was devastated by this turn of events.
Q. What’s your favorite fruit?
Pineapple.
Q. What’s your all-time favorite vacation hot spot?
Destin, FL
Q Coffee, Chocolate or books?
Damn you make it hard on a girl who likes all three, but I’d have to choose books if the answer has to be mutually exclusive.
Q. What can someone drag you out of your bed in the middle of the night for?
Great sex!
Ok moving on now on to the business side of this interview
Q How long did it take you to write Exit Strategy?
Too damn long. Approximately a year.
Q. When did you begin to write? And who inspired you to write?
I began to write in my pre-teen years. I was inspired by my love of reading first and foremost. Then I began to read authors that I went back to read again and again. Some I was introduced to by my English Literature teachers in school, and others I discovered on my own.
Q. What is in your opinion the most powerful challenge when it comes to writing a novel?
Adhering to craft as you create your story, and writing believable characters and a riveting plot.
Q. Which author(s) do you look up to?
The list in the earlier question I answered as well as many wonderful traditional and indie authors I call my friends today. However, If I have to name names, I love Attica Locke, Edwidge Danticat, Kathy Reichs, Tom Wolfe, James Patterson, Donna Tartt, P.D. James, Walter Mosley, Stephen L. Carter, J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts alter-ego), Tom Perrotta, Robert Olen Butler, Susan Lori Parks, May Lan Tan, and a whole host of others I won’t name for the sake of time.
Q What is your all-time favorite book?
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
Q. Out of all the books that have been turned into a movie or a TV series, which one captured the book, the most on the big screen?
Game of Thrones, I’d have to say. I am an unapologetic Winterfell girl. Winter is indeed coming!
Q. Do you have any work in progress that you’d like to share with your readers?
I’m working on Jada and Nate’s story, and let me warn my readers, this story is going to be darker than Keisha and Tristan’s story. Jada has some issues from her past that she will have to confront in her future. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
I’m also working on some stories that will be written by my alter-ego. I will share more as the stories progress, but let’s just say, I won’t always be writing erotic romance (or erotica for those folks who don’t care that there’s a difference).
On series I will eventually write is a YA series. I have held off writing it because I wanted to learn more craft before attempting it. My dream is for it to become the African American version of Harry Potter (and that does not mean I will writing about wizardry). LOL
Q. Are any of the characters in your book based on real life persons?
I believe most of my characters are an amalgamation of people I know or have known. No writer can seriously get away from this unless they write a character that is the opposite of everyone they’ve ever known.
Q. If any of your books were to be made into a TV series or a Movie, which actors would you like to see playing your characters?
It hurts me to say that my actor for Tristan recently died (Paul Walker), so now I have to find another fantastically hot blond actor to play him. Maybe the actor who plays Four in Divergent right now. Theo James. Yeah, maybe him.
My actress for Keisha is Denise Vasi, the actress from Single Ladies.
Actress Jennifer Lewis would definitely be Clara Lee Beale because it was her voice I heard when I was writing both 50SoJF and Exit Strategy.
Pastor Johnson, probably Courtney B. Vance.
And if Rihanna keeps acting, she could be Jada, because she’s got the whole self-destructive vibe down pat.
Q. What would you like to say to your readers?
I’d like to thank my readers for giving me a chance. Many people dismissed me out of hand when I came on the scene because I dared spoof Fifty Shades of Grey, but it was all in good fun. I shall be forever grateful for those who read and liked me work in the beginning and for those who have stuck by me through everything. I love you and can’t wait to share my other stories with you. The plot may not always be your cuppa, but I have to stay true to the story in me. Looking forward to writing many more that you like and take into your library.
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