 Two announcements in one day? Yes, because I have to tell you about this box set I'm participating in. I've been holding onto this for a while, and now I get to share the wonderful news! Isn't this cover gorgeous? Family First contains 𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚. I and seven other authors have a box set 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭. Right on time for Valentine's Day and during Black History Month. Each of the authors in the box set has submitted the first book in a black family series. My contribution is Unforgettable (Ivy & Lucas) from the Johnson Family series. The eight participating authors are Iris Bolling, Sharon C. Cooper, Delaney Diamond, Sherelle Green, Tina Martin, Stephanie Nicole Norris, Candace Shaw, and Kiru Taye. We have a great giveaway planned, so keep an eye out for that. In the meantime, grab your copy of the set, gift a copy to a fellow romance lover, and tell your friends. Help us spread the word on this great deal. The collection is on sale for only 99 cents and goes up to $4.99 after release. ❤️ Thank you in advance! Pre-order your copy for only 99 cents! The price goes to $4.99 after release. Inside the pages of this limited edition box set is an introduction to 8 family series containing 8 contemporary romance novels from bestselling authors. Get ready for captivating stories of passion, family ties, and Black love! INVESTED by Iris Bolling Myles Dunning, the thirty-five-year-old CEO of Dunning Bank and Trust, is fighting off one takeover attempt after another to save his family's historical bank. Chrystina Price is a voluptuous, lovable, powerhouse, whose sole purpose in life is too uplift and protect the man she has loved from the first day they met. When the integrity of the family always comes first is it worth Investing in love. LOVE UNDER CONTRACT by Sharon C. Cooper, Award-winning and bestselling author Sumeera Robinson refuses to settle for less than she desires, even if what she craves is the sexy Nicolas Jenkins-Moore. She’s ready for marriage and a family, but his five-year plan has those items at the bottom of the list. When Sumeera walks out of his life, Nicolas realizes what he's lost and will stop at nothing to win her back. UNFORGETTABLE by Delaney Diamond, USA Today Bestselling Author Ivy Johnson is stunned when Lucas Baylor makes an appearance at her family’s event in Seattle. When her deception is revealed, it throws his life into a tailspin and forces them to face the truth of their feelings for each other—feelings they’ve both tried in vain to forget. #BLESSED BY MALAKAI by Sherelle Green Overnight, Malakai Madden becomes a social media legend after the #BlessedMyMalakai hashtag starts trending. Avery Nightingale is the perfect image consultant to get his life back on track. However, avoiding their explosive chemistry proves to be a bigger distraction than either of them bargained for. EVENINGS WITH BRYSON by Tina Martin, Three-time Emma Award Winner, including Author of the Year, Book of The Year Award Winner, multiple Amazon #1 new releases Kalina Cooper doesn't believe in love since watching her father walk out on her mother years ago. But when she meets Bryson Blackstone in her aunt's cafe, he challenges everything she thinks she knows about life and love and reveals secrets about her family that she otherwise would've never known. SAFE WITH ME by Stephanie Nicole Norris Samiyah Manhattan is mourning the death of her six-year marriage when she vows never to trust men again. Celebrity ex-boxer turned business mogul, Jonas Alexander Rose never takes women too seriously. However, when he meets the beautiful Samiyah mulling over a mimosa, Jonas is overwhelmed by the heart throbbing heated attraction, and now he is on a mission to explore this thing called love. COOKING UP LOVE by Candace Shaw When Shelbi Arrington foregoes her medical residency, the last thing she’s searching for is love. However, that’s just what the doctor prescribes when she meets chef Justin Richardson, who is leery of doctors because of his mother’s death years ago. As their relationship heats up, Shelbi learns of a shocking revelation which may extinguish their flame. KEEPING SECRETS by Kiru Taye Have you ever loved someone and didn't know it? That's the dilemma facing Felix when he wakes from a coma to find he is married to the most beautiful and most sensual woman he's ever known. However, will he still feel the same way when he regains his memory and realises she's been keeping secrets and their marriage is not what he thinks it is?
Do you like friends to lovers romance? Well, I have a treat for you! Reese Ryan and I have put our heads together to promote our friends to lovers romance novels with an awesome contest for readers.
My book is Just Friends, currently part of the Johnson Family series 3-book box set. Hers is an interracial romance titled His Until Midnight. Before I tell you anymore about her book and give you the details about the contest, learn more about Reese in the interview below. 
What was the first job you ever had? I had a paid summer writing internship during high school, which I completely forgot about until this question. LOL. What are you currently reading and enjoying? I just finished RAFE: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon, which I absolutely adored. And I’m currently reading Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder. Favorite romantic movie(s)? There are many. Pretty Woman, Brown Sugar, Hitch. The Wedding Planner, Wedding Date, My Best Friend’s Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Notice a theme? ;-) If you could only eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? Salmon is one of the few foods I love enough to eat every day. Is there anything you want to do this year that you’ve never done before? Yes. The idea for a romantic thriller series has been brewing in my head for the past five years or so. In 2019, I hope to finally plot the entire series and complete Book One. His Until Midnight is a friends-to-lovers story. What makes Tessa and Ryan’s friendship so special? What I enjoy about writing friends-to-lovers stories is that the couple already has an established relationship and shared history to pull from. Tessa and Ryan have been best friends since they were very young children, plus they’re next door neighbors. So they’re incredibly close. That warmth, familiarity and history is evident in their teasing banter. As is the subconscious flirtation that’s constantly going on between these two. What was your favorite scene in His Until Midnight? In this book, I don’t have a favorite single scene. I love the entire fantasy weekend that Tessa and Ryan spend together in Dallas. It’s sweet and romantic but also smoking hot. They know each other so well. Yet, in exploring this new aspect of their relationship, they’re both feeling vulnerable and unsure. Confession: I’ve read that section of the book five or six times and counting. What are your writing goals for 2019? The last few years, I’ve had a pretty ambitious writing schedule and 2019 is shaping up to be the same. I’ll be writing four books and at least one novella. I’m most excited about the April release of the next book in my Bourbon Brother series, writing the next books in my Bourbon Brothers series and an anthology with Brenda Jackson this summer. 
Excerpt of His Until Midnight
“It’s time for the surprise you gents have been waiting for this evening. Fellas, please welcome our lone bachelorette, Miss Tessa Noble.” Ryan pulled out his phone. He’d promised Tripp that he’d record his sister’s big debut. There was a collective gasp in the room as Tessa stepped out onto the stage. Ryan moved away from the bar, so he could get a better view of his friend. His jaw dropped, and his phone nearly clattered to the ground. “Tess?” Ryan choked out the word, then silently cursed himself, realizing his stunned reaction would end up on the video. He snapped his gaping mouth shut as he watched her strut across the stage in a glamorous red pantsuit that seemed to be designed for the express purpose of highlighting her killer curves. Damn, she’s fine. He wasn’t an idiot. Nor was he blind. So he wasn’t oblivious to the fact that his best friend also happened to be an extremely beautiful woman. And despite her tomboy wardrobe, he was fully aware of the hot body buried beneath relaxed fit clothing. But today...those curves had come out to play. As if she was a professional runway model, Tess pranced to the end of the stage in strappy, glittery heels, put one hand on her hip and cocked it to the side. She seemed buoyed by the crowd’s raucous reaction. First there was the collective gasp, followed by a chorus of Oh my Gods. Now the crowd was whooping and shouting. A slow grin spread across her lips, painted a deep, flirtatious shade of red that made him desperate to taste them. She turned and walked back toward where Rachel stood, revealing a large, heart-shaped cutout that exposed the warm brown skin of her open back. A large bow was tied behind her graceful neck. Tessa Noble was one gift he’d give just about anything to unwrap. She was incredibly sexy with a fiercely confident demeanor that only made him hunger for her more. Ryan surveyed the crowd. He obviously wasn’t the only man in the room drooling over Tessa 2.0. He stared at the large group of men who were wide-eyed, slack-jawed and obviously titillated by the woman on stage. Tessa’s concerns that no one would bid on her were obviously misplaced. There were even a couple of women who seemed to be drooling over her. Ryan’s heart thudded. Suddenly, there wasn’t enough air in the tented, outdoor space. He grabbed his auction paddle and crept closer to the stage. Rachel read Tessa’s bio aloud, as Alexis had done with the bachelors who’d gone before her. Tessa stood tall with her back arched and one hand on her hip. She held her head high as she scanned the room. Was she looking for him? Ryan’s cheeks flushed with heat. A dozen emotions percolated in his chest, like some strange, volatile mixture, as he studied his friend on stage. Initially, he wanted to rush the stage and drape his jacket over her shoulders. Block the other men’s lurid stares. Then there was his own guttural reaction to seeing Tess this way. He wanted to devour her. Kiss every inch of the warm, brown skin on her back. Glide his hands over her luscious bottom. Taste those pouty lips. He swallowed hard, conscious of his rapid breathing. He hoped the video wasn’t picking that up, too. Get your copy here: Giveaway!
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Author Bio
Reese Ryan, a panelist at the 2017 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and the 2018 Donna Hill Breakout Author award winner, writes sexy, deeply emotional romances with family drama, surprising secrets, and a posse of deliciously-flawed characters. Reese resides in semi-small town North Carolina where she’s an avid reader with a serious 1-click addiction and a music junkie with a thing for brilliant singer/songwriters and quirky musicals. Visit Reese at ReeseRyan.com and join her VIP Readers email list for free reads, cover reveals, sneak peeks, reader giveaways, and more.
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I'm so excited! Wild Thoughts (Brooks Family, #3) is doing really well, and I'm happy for all the love Malik and Lindsay are getting from readers. To help spread the word about the novel, I worked with Honey Magnolia PR to set up a one-day book blitz and a giveaway. Enter using the Rafflecopter link below. Then visit the blogs and social media sites of the hosts helping me spread the word. Good luck! ? 
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Lindsay Winthrop’s weekly podcast on sex and dating has garnered thousands of listeners across the country, thanks to experience with a loving fiancé she’s been with for years. Except, her husband-to-be doesn’t exist, and now she’s in a bind. With a book deal on the line, she has to find a man fast, and Malik Brooks might be just the man she’s looking for. If he knows what’s good for him, he’ll stay away from her... A few years ago, Malik gave up sex and now works hard as a metal sculptor. In doing so, he’s created enough pieces to fill a gallery, and his vow of celibacy has kept him focused. When a major deal falls through, Lindsay makes him an offer he can’t refuse, and all he has to do is pretend to be her fiancé. Sounds easy at first, but after one kiss, he wants more. Then things really get interesting.
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