Interracial and African American Paranormal discussion
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What is the pairing in Sins of the Heart (Eve Silver)?
Makefetch wrote: "What is the pairing in Sins of the Heart (Eve Silver)?"BF/WM
I thought it was pretty good for a first in the series. I downloaded it from my library because I was looking for anything paranormal with african americans. I need to get back to the series. Plus it was something different from vampires and shifters.
Good idea. I'm going to check and see if my library carries the e-book. I've been burned too many times to buy anything, unless it's ridiculously cheap.
If your library doesn't have ebook check your surrounding ones too. I registered online for the one I get my ebook from, it's a couple of cities over. I know what you mean too especially for series or authors you don't know.
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The character of Capricious Jones is AA, but there is another character who is biracial. I really want more people to read this series because it's awesome!
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I'm looking at the cover and wondering if this is IR. Anyone know?"
Hi! I'm the author of 'Blessed' and a reader pointed me to this thread. Yes, Blessed is IR and MC. The leading lady is half AA and half Dutch. The next novella is the series is about a Brazilian and Egyptian woman, and the next book is about an Asian woman. My heroes are of all different races as well.
I grew up in a very vibrant and multi-cultural neighborhood where I had friends of every race/creed/color. As we were growing up we would nab our Mom's bodice ripper romance novels and giggle over them, but it was always noted that there was a lack of leading ladies that were anything but white.
As my friends and I have grown older our tastes have grown beyond the bodice rippers and we all devour paranormal romances and urban fantasies now. Still the same problem, a lack of anything besides super skinny chicks in leather pants that look like they stepped off a runway.
So, when I decided to follow my lifelong dream of writing, I decided to make my heroines represent my friends. In fact, each leading lady is based, looks and somewhat personality wise off of a real life friend.
Eliana, the leading lady in Blessed, is based off of a girlfriend of mine who is German and Jamaican. Beautiful woman with a generous heart, but we grew up in the 90's when having curves was considered a bad thing.
In 'Blessed' Eliana embraces her curves and who she is. Of course she has things about herself she would like to change, who doesn't, but they are mostly things on the inside, not the outside.
Wow, sorry to have given you such a long response! I'm passionate about women loving who they are, and embracing the things that make them unique. Thanks for reading my long winded explanation!
Ann
Ann, your book sounds great. Thanks for blessing us with such diverse characters in your books!
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@Ann: Just added your books to my TBR list. Can't wait to dive in!
-Forgive me for my long posts. I'm a very chatty chat board person.--Thank you so much for the support, ladies. :) I was told by an agent, who shall remain nameless, that there was no market for ir/mc paranormal romance, that I would be better off making her leading lady white. I was so glad that agent let me know what a total mistake it would have been to sign with them right away. Instead I found a publisher that believes love comes in all shapes and colors and gives me the freedom to follow my heart.
I would encourage any potential authors out there to write what you love and the right people will find it and love it too. :)
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Ann wrote: "-Forgive me for my long posts. I'm a very chatty chat board person.--Thank you so much for the support, ladies. :) I was told by an agent, who shall remain nameless, that there was no market for ..."
Ann, yours is a story I've heard many times before and it still makes me face-palm that people are still that ignorant. Once again attitudes like that are why e-books are kicking the crap out of traditional publishers.
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I believe these books by Katie MacAlister are interracial.
Just finished this one. It was good in the fact that I liked that he was a working class person and she was a southern bell with a hellova lot more money and class than he had.
Yes I saw your review. It wasn't the best book, but I thought it had its place here!! I still have a couple that I have read in the past few days that I want to share. I hope people will do the same. Please let me know of any new paranormal romance out there that had a AA leading lady. I have come across a few recently that I was pleasantly surprised to find actual women of color.
My short story, Turquoise Moon, is IR(BW/WM/WM). It is also a menage with interaction between the men and the woman. If that's your cup of tea I hope you'll check it out. :)
Thanks Ann! I will have to check it out.
I believe that the new ghostwalker book by Christine Feehan is going to be interracial. The hero is black and the heroine white.
Oh, awesome. Is the hero Tucker or Sam? I am soooo excited!
Yay! Too bad we have to wait until July! Thanks for the info, Jessica.
Can I add my African American paranormal novel, "Imagining Things" for the group's consideration? It's about the rewards for following your intuition — and the punishments for ignoring it. Ever care for the wrong one, when you KNEW better; someone looked good but was no good, and you loved them anyway? What was the price of not following your intuition and your gut instincts?
I picked up the two books known as The Felig Chronicles. Takes place on an earth that has been invaded by hostile Aliens. The Felig Chronicles and Something Else Wicked. The books feature the same IR (BW/WM) couple. Haven't read them yet so I don't know how good they are, but they sure looked interesting and different.
Thanks, Deva! I'm new to goodreads. Can you tell me how I add it to the African American list, the General section, or point me to directions on the website?
Not yet. It's on the list, though.
Deva, I read it. It was a solid 3-star for me. I remember not being too thrilled with the heroine's family back-story.
Y'know, I think it might provoke thoughtful discussion. So yeah.
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by Mya are pretty good, the 1st book is IR menage and the second is bw/bm
Deva wrote: "IR? Anyone?
"I just read an excerpt from Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/r...
The heroine is biracial and the hero is white. I might check it out....
I was looking around the site and I found this book.
by Heather Graham. #3 in a series called the Krewe of Hunters. It centers around a small FBI unit who are dispatched to investigate murders that often have a paranormal element. This one heavily features one of the Krewe, Whitney who is biracial and her romance with a white NYC cop. Good series with a wide racial divesity of characters throughout the series.
Main Character: Black female
Two Love Interests:
One is White, and the other is half Black and Iranian.
Disclaimer: I wrote this book.
OOOOOOO I'm adding this to the shelf. Will we be reading this soon?
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! There are alot of menage interracial books out there. Its like for some reason when black and white characters get together in a novel they have to be having sex.... lol!
I appreciate the warning, Deva. I really do!
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"I'm reading this one right now. So far it's been pretty enjoyable.
I have my eye on Violette Dubrinski's books.
This looks interesting. I'm going to add it to my to-read list
I just saw this one today and the cover is definitely a sista! The Red Heart of JadeNow I haven't read this series, but since this book is $1.99, I decided to get it. I also bought Tiger Eye(Book 1) for $1.99 some months ago.
Did any of you try this series yet?
Deva wrote: "Its on our reading challenge list so let me know what you thought when youre done :-)Dennis wrote: "Deva wrote: "
"I'm reading this one right now. So fa..."
Most definitely. ;-)
E, I am a fan of the Dirk and Steel novels. I have read the first two. You know how I am about series! Takes me FOREVER!She has a lot of diversity in this series.
@Deva: you made me think I was seeing things. I went back to Amazon and you are kind of right. The Paperback version has an Asian Lady on the cover. The Kindle version (which was the one I got) has a sister. I zoomed on it just to make sure, but is pretty obvious.**I took out that note to Lady D as it didn't pertain to this thread!
Ezinwanyi wrote: "@Deva: you made me think I was seeing things. I went back to Amazon and you are kind of right. The Paperback version has an Asian Lady on the cover. The Kindle version (which was the one I got) has..."Wow two different chicks huh! lol!
I want to start by saying I have not read this book nor have I read anything by the author. But the PRG reivew gave this particular book 4stars.
http://www.paranormalromanceguild.com...
and a few other books by Charisma Knight are:
The Beast Within
Another one the PRG reviewed and gave 5 stars is:Black Rayne Silent Screams by Yvonne Nicolas. It is Urban Fantasy with Dragon shifters, Vampires & Demons.
Interracial and African American Paranormal
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Wm Kane (other topics)Shiree McCarver (other topics)
Shiree McCarver (other topics)
Shelly Laurenston (other topics)
Nia K. Foxx (other topics)
(the other two books in her pack series have already been mentioned up-thread. All the heroines are women of color, the second is AA and the third is Latino)
I do rec reading the whole series, this author is not shy about bringing back previous characters in books. This series sometimes reads like a huge family reunion.
And not Shelly Laurentson but also IR Urban Fantasy