I’ve been tapped to write an article for Clutch Magazine (helps to fill the gap left by the demise of Honey and Suede) on black romance authors who are keeping the genre alive and how they are doing so. Anyone have any personal suggestions?

You’ve explored life for 19th century African-Americans in Again, and now in Gold Mountain. What drew you to exploring the lives lead by African-Americans during this period in US history? With Again, I was particularly influenced by two books I’d previously read that depicted the 19th century in rich, detailed imagery – Robin Schone’s Gabriel’s [...]

The black church has a history of being the pillar of the black community, and admittedly, most blacks–that is, blacks who consider themselves Christian–are pretty religious and/or spiritual. I have observed, however, in online conversations between black women and the issue of interracial dating, that a few of the black women conversation who are married [...]

The title says it all. The relationship between black women and their hair is a weighty matter. It is at once a political message and a beauty standard, the main, perhaps the only, physical attribute (since plastic surgery) that distinguishes us as “Other.” A man can run his hands though a European girl’s hair, through [...]

Blurb: As a member of Eshu, those who can shift into any animal at will, Jacob Adams is used to knowing and getting what he wants. And when he meets Mary Katherine Day as they work together on the Underground Railroad, he not only knows that shes going to be his wife, but he expects [...]

According to the RWA (their previous stats were more detailed, so I’m including them), the average age for a romance reader is around 45, tends to live in the South or the Mid-West, is married, has children, has at least an undergraduate degree, and is a white-collar worker. The stats aren’t broken down by ethnicity, [...]

From the Romance Slam Jam Newsletter: Named after the co-founder of the Romance Slam Jam Conference, the Emma Awards is THE premier awards event for readers and authors of Black romance. Congratulations to the 2010 Emma Award finalists: Favorite Hero Quest Ramsey, A Lover’s Soul by AlTonya Washington Lawrence Hightower, Law of Desire by Gwyneth [...]

The need for a break-out black romance author has been mentioned more than once. Monica Jackson has discussed the ingredients required of this author (multicultural cast, mainstream plot, et al), and I wholeheartedly agree with her. However, after reading a few stand-out contemporary romances written by white authors whose debuts have received a lot of [...]

In my quest to discover excellent AA romance, I’ve had to turn to new avenues for book reviews. Sites like AAR, DA, SBTB, TGTB&TU, etc don’t focus on AA romance, making reviews few and far between. I have found a few sites with a decent quantity of reviews, and do check amazon.com on a regular [...]

The Doctor’s Private Visit by Altonya Washington When Capri Timmons trades her chaotic Miami life for suburbia, the reserved photographer doesn’t realize her fantastic new house comes with a gorgeous doctor next door! Sexy, way-too-easy-on-the-eyes Tiberius Evans is just the kind of man Capri has vowed to steer clear of at all costs. Except the [...]