Sweet Romance

While some people consider romance novels to be mere brain candy, I believe they have a very serious purpose in our lives. These emotionally charged stories feature extraordinary African American characters who live their lives in exemplary ways. Hopefully you recognize these characters or have known people like them.

Although my novels provide an entertaining escape from your daily toils, they are also based in reality. Any woman can imagine herself in a relationship with someone like Jet Stevens, the hero in Passion’s Promise and Love on Hold. He’s just that approachable. But it’s his willingness to become vulnerable in his pursuit of Cara that makes us care for him even more.

And who wasn’t infatuated with Thomas Simmons, the head basketball coach in Sweet Desire? We were attracted to his tenderness toward Regina and his playfulness with his sons. I believe it is for this reason that Sweet Desire received the Romantic Times critics award for Best First Multicultural Romance.

In all my stories, the men have a strong sense of integrity, confidence and passion. Few of the heroines are the typical females we associate with romance novels. They are independent, responsible career women.

My novels are not about people struggling for economic survival. If finance is the only issue, all the couple would need to do is work harder, win the lottery or receive an inheritance and their story would be over.

I write stories with conflicts that can’t be solved with money. Relationship issues—trust, commitment, love and lust. Interwoven throughout my stories are historical facts about our culture and contemporary community values.

If you enjoy my stories featuring positive images of African-Americans, please share them with your sisters, mothers, cousins, mothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sorority sisters, co-workers, neighbors, church members, classmates.