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Kianna Alexander This summer, Kianna Alexander is turning up the heat with Freedom's Embrace. This is a story that she believed in. And now, Ellora's Cave is releasing it this summer. August 1, to be exact. When Kianna visited the blog earlier in May, this is what she said about the journey to get her novel published. I was having a very hard time selling a story very near and dear to my heart, about a runaway slave and a quadroon doctor in the late 1840's. Five or six publishers had rejected it and I was about to tuck it away under my bed, never to be seen again. I felt this book needed and deserved the broader audience a publishing house could provide, so I didn't want to self publish it. I was at the end of my rope. Beverly Jenkins told me to write the book of my heart, and everything else would fall into place. Sure enough, I sold it when an editor finally saw my vision. It's now titled Freedom's Embrace , and is coming this summer ...

Saturday afternoon I got together with my HOT Mama Land sisters and a dozen or so readers to celebrate the release of Forces of Nature . Let me tell you, getting readers and writers together is always fun and exciting. Doing it in a hookah bar adds to the ambiance! Shout out to Red @ 28 for playing host to us. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us!

  Kianna Alexander , also known as Alexandra Kane is an empire in the making. She writes lovely historic romances, plans amazing book events and brings Hot Southern Writers together . This woman can do anything she wants to do and looks amazing while doing it.  Some times you meet people and you feel like you've known them all of your life, that's what it's like when you meet Ms. Kianna. And then you read her books and wonder -- where have you been all of my life.         What drew you to writing historical romances? I. love. Beverly. Jenkins. I can't even explain how much I love her books. Combine that with a natural curiosity I've always had about American history, and writing historical romance is pretty much unavoidable. Plus, I don't think there are enough African American/ interracial/ multicultural historical books looking at all the facets of American history, so I'm trying to fill that void. I love doing the research- I al...

ROMANCE AUTHOR CHERIS HODGES RETURNS THIS MAY WITH FORCES OF NATURE, BEING PUBLISHED BY DAFINA BOOKS Opposites attract in this contemporary romance about a straight-laced idealistic woman who meets her match. Author Cheris Hodges has the unique ability of being able to appeal to readers of women’s fiction as well as urban fiction with her edgy and sassy characters. Her stories are fresh, modern an d sexy. RT Book Reviews praised her most recent release Too Hot For Tv calling it a winning romance that readers will love” while author Farrah Rochon simply says “count on Cheris Hodges to deliver a sassy, sexy romantic read.” Now, Hodges returns with FORCES OF NATURE, a contemporary romance about a straight-laced idealistic woman who meets her match. When Crystal Hughes handcuffs herself to the receptionist's desk at the lobby of Welco Industries, she just wanted to prove a point--no one was going to tear down the more than 100 acres of farmland that had been in her...

Loretta R. Walls, author of The Majestic Dynasty After graduating high school, the Maxwell Posse are ready to take on college –except for Tiffany Me’ Lisa Rivera-English, that is. Prior to graduating, the popular teen was presented with an opportunity of a lifetime, thanks to a close family friend. One of her dreams – to become a supermodel – was about to unfold. Engaged to Trenton English, a new modeling career and living in another country couldn’t stop the Rivera Princess from achieving her goals – or could they? A secret from Trent’s past has the potential to put Tiffany in harm’s way. In the midst of learning the modeling industry, the legacy of Tiffany’s idol is placed within her grasp. The real question is does she have the heart to embrace all that Melody Montanez has left behind? Open your passports and prepare to jet set across the globe. Rocking runways to rickshaws, nothing is off limits when one desires…The Majestic Dynasty When you meet Lor...