Welcome to my tour stop for the Chloe by Connie Briscoe book tour by Colored Pages Book Tours The story follows not, Chloe, but Angel, a private chef who has been hired to spend the month of August on Martha’s Vineyard for a wealthy Black family. Angel puts up with the haughtiness and temper tantrums of […]
Welcome to my book tour stop for The Filling Station by Vanessa Miller, hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours. Vanessa Miller’s latest novel, The Filling Station is historical fiction that tells the story of two sisters who survived the massacre and how they try to pick up the pieces of their lives left in […]
Book Review: Devil is Fine by John Vercher Devil is Fine book was equal parts darkly hilarious and tragic. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator is phenomenal. His voice characterization is so nuanced throughout the narration. The speeding up of his voice at key moments or the subtle drop that lends itself to […]
Looking for a clean, faith-based romance? Check out Rent a Bae by Unoma Nwankwor. It is the first in the Away to Africa series by the author. Rent a Bae follows the story of Arinze Kalu and Jasmine Bowman. Arinze is a A-List Nigerian American actor and Jasmine is a florist. They both live in […]
Ooowee! I’m not sure I have read a historical fiction book packed with as much drama and plot twists as this one. Welcome to my stop on The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenjé book tour hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours. Literary Detective If you are a fan of Jane Eyre, this gothic mystery definitely […]
Troubled Waters by Mary Annaïse Heglar Have you ever seen the Mississippi River? It is such a powerful; dominating and natural entity. Welcome to my stop on the Troubled Waters by Mary Annaïse Heglar book tour hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours. One of the things I loved about Heglar’s writing is the way […]
This one is for my girlies that love a good horror book that incorporates urban legends and folklore. The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro is the story of a woman who feels trapped by motherhood and trying to get through life without a support system. Adopted at birth, through DNA testing she discovers more about […]
Sisterhood, Drama, Family Ties and Harlem in the 80s/90s. Hold You Down by Tracy Brown will take you for a ride that will have you in your feels by the end of it. I picked Hold You Down up based on the cover featuring two Black women who looked like two stylish sisters – one […]
I got put onto Ring Shout by by P. Djèlí Clark by fellow Bookstagrammer @Bookish_Afrolatina after I saw it on her timeline. I was immediately intrigued and wondered whether it was a backlist title or something recently published. Either way, I had never heard of it before. But I’m definitely glad it turned up on […]