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 [...]