Today is the anniversary of when the remaining anti-miscegenation laws in the US were struck down. This couldn’t have happened were it not for Richard and Mildred Loving. They didn’t take their fight all the way to the Supreme Court to simply make a point. They did it because they loved each other. Because of them, we are free today to love who we please.

One of the best things about being able to love who you want to is being able to write about it in a book. As of  the 2010 census, there was a 28 % increase in interracial marriages which is roughly 5.4 million couples and that number is steadily growing. As a romance writer, there’s nothing I love more than reading  and writing a book featuring couples from different backgrounds. A few weeks ago, there was a campaign that was started called We Need Diverse Books. Well, I’m here to say, the diverse books are already out there and here are a few of my favorites.

This is the book that got me started with my love for multicultural romance. A classic. The Color of Love by Sandra Kitt

The Color of Love

This is one of my absolute favorite books. If you love sexy sheikhs check out Delaney’s Desert Sheikh.

Delaney’s Desert Sheikh

If you like your books a lot spicy Marilyn Lee was one of the first multicultural erotic authors I read.

The Taming of Serge Dumont

And if you like outside of the box romance, than check out Stephanie Burke

Keeper of the Flame 

If you enjoy Sci Fi, check out Octavia Butler.

Kindred

There are so many books that celebrate diversity. They’re just waiting for readers to pick them up and discovers all the fabulous authors who pen these tales.  Be sure to visit the rest of the blogs  on the loving blog hop today! And please click the link below to  enter to win awesome prizes!!!

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Artist, Sarah Devereaux has been running from her past for as long as she can remember, suppressing the painful memories of her parent’s brutal murders. Things go from bad to worse when an enemy from her past catches up to her, and she learns she’s not completely human! Can she learn to trust the roguish Constantine Kyriakis when he offers her refuge?

Constantine Kyriakis has resisted his father’s matchmaking attempts for decades, but when he’s offered a reprieve if he finds the artist of a painting his father is interested in, he takes it. The only thing he hadn’t bargained on was meeting and falling hard for Sarah. But there’s three problems: she’s a half breed shifter who not fully aware of her heritage, she doesn’t trust other shifters, and someone wants her dead.

As they both give in to their most carnal fantasies, an enemy is closing in. What happens when a woman on the run meets the man, determined to catch her?

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I’m really excited to announce a meet and greet on Saturday July 12th At the Tyson’s Corner Maggiano’s from 12:30-3:30. I’m even more excited to announce my some of my fellow author friends will be in attendance: Mya Lairis, Reana Malori, Stephanie Burke and more!

The cost is 30 dollars which includes meal (appetizers, main courses, desserts, and non alcoholic beverages.) and goodie bags. There will be some giveaways as well.  Because I’d like to keep this gathering small and intimate so we can all chat and have a good time, I’m limiting the amount of guests to 40.

Payment can me mailed or sent via paypal. Send me a message via the contact page for further details or any question. Really looking forward to meeting everyone!!!

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2001 International Dr.

Mclean, Virginia 22102

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Christine Summers is content with her life as is, a good job, a nice home and good friends. However when she spies hunky Romeo Grimaldi in a bar, she figures a little flirtation can’t hurt. The flirtation leads to an explosive night of mind blowing sex. Sex leads to more sex, and more than that, love. But Christine has a secret… 

Ages old, vampire Romeo Grimaldi is a self-proclaimed hellraiser and thrill-seeker. He can’t see himself tied down to one woman for the rest of eternity because his motto is, ‘the more the merrier. However when he meets Christine, he can’t seem to walk away. And when an old enemy shows is face, Romeo must decide whether he’s willing to trade lust for love in order to protect his mate. 
This bad boy has finally met his match. 

This book is an expanded and revised version of previously titled Romeo Unleashed.

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He makes your heart pound and melts your resistance away. He promises you a world of passion and you find it impossible to resist his dark charm. When he catches your eye across the room, you know he means business. He could be an executive, cop, shape shifter, or a bad boy looking for a little fun. Once he has you in his sights, you can’t get away–and after one sizzling night in his arms, you won’t want to. He’s Tall, Dark & Alpha. The alpha male is the ultimate indulgence…the richest dark chocolate…and we’re offering him to you in abundance.

Delve into the sensual worlds of award-winning authors: Randi Alexander, Koko Brown, Sam Cheever, Delaney Diamond, Eve Langlais, Afton Locke, Dawn Montgomery, Farrah Rochon, Paige Tyler, and Eve Vaughn. Immerse yourself in the alpha male experience.

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*New, Boxed Set Exclusive* Rock My Boat by Afton Locke: Rhonda Simms embarks on a cruise to create an ad campaign. Instead, she lands Simon Mann, a blue marlin shape shifter who will do anything to be human again. Will she let him rock her boat?

*New, Boxed Set Exclusive* Silver Tongued Devils by Dawn Montgomery: Captain Na’varr and his executive officer, Brom, know they have a good thing when they capture stowaway hacker, Raesa, with her hot temper and dangerous curves. They want her, body and soul just as she wants them. But such trust endangers them in ways none of them can anticipate. Dare they risk it all?

Fight for Love by Delaney Diamond: Rafael Lopez, former professional wrestler and “Sexiest Athlete Alive,” is back and determined to hold onto the woman he lost, but still loves, and the son he never knew existed.

Crazy (Vampire Love) by Eve Langlais: Ella hears voices and they don’t like anyone. But not even poltergeists can stand in the way of a vampire in love.

*New, Boxed Set Exclusive*  Sex with an Ex by Eve Vaughn: When these two divorcees reunite in the bedroom, the sex is hotter than ever. But can their hearts survive the second time around?

In Her Wildest Dreams by Farrah Rochon : When Erica Cole, owner of “Your Wildest Dreams” event planning, requests his help in creating a Valentine’s Day fantasy date for her clients, chocolatier Gavin Foster sees it as the perfect opportunity to show her just how sweet their reality could be.

*New, Boxed Set Exclusive*  Player’s Challenge by Koko Brown: Sports agent Gemma Clarke must face the biggest challenge of her young career: represent her former lover and bad boy footballer, Devin Spencer. Their passionate love affair ended badly. Now he’s back to prove to Gemma he’s changed and convince her to give them one more chance.

Two Cops, a Girl, and a Pair of Handcuffs by Paige Tyler: Cilla Garner has it bad for hot cops Hayes Prescott and Reed Lockwood. If they both end up asking her out, she doesn’t know how she’ll choose. Having a threesome doesn’t even enter her mind until they hint at it, and then it’s all she can think about.

Chase and Seduction by Randi Alexander: Country music superstar/actor Chase Tanner has never wanted anything or anyone more than gorgeous screenplay writer Reno Linden. To Reno, Chase is larger than life, sinfully sexy and hell-bent on getting her into bed. Reno risks the plunge into Chase’s arms, but will their attraction survive the glitz and stress of fame?

Tall, Dark and Apocalyptic by Sam Cheever: He’s a hunter in a world turned upside down. She’s his prey, a creature of dark magic. But the passion burning within them may be their undoing.

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Book Two in the Blood Brother’s Series

She was the one he couldn’t forget…

Vampire, night club owner Niccolo Grimaldi has made a lot of hard choices. The hardest? Walking away from his child and the woman he could never forget. But for their safety, he knows he must stay away.

When witch, Sasha Romanova met Niccolo Grimaldi, she believed she had found the one who would love her, faults and all. That is until dark forces were used to keep them apart. When tragedy struck, Sasha and Niccolo sought comfort in each other’s arms. But that one night of bliss doesn’t last and Sasha is left to raise their son alone.

Years later, Sasha must come face to face with the man she never stopped loving when their son goes missing. In order to find their son before their enemies do, she must convince him to listen to his heart as they journey on a path of danger, intrigue and lust.

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GianMarco Interview:

Eve: Today I’ll be interviewing Mr. GianMarco Grimaldi. You might know him from the first book in the Blood Brother’s series GianMarco. Thank you for the honor of this interview Mr. Grimaldi.

GianMarco: You’re welcome. But please call me GianMarco or Marco.

Eve: Okay. GianMarco. How about starting out by telling us a little about yourself.

GianMarco: Well, I’m a vampire. I’m over six hundred years old. I’m the youngest of four siblings, all brothers.

Eve: Wow, a vampire. What’s that like?

GianMarco: What’s it like being a vampire?

Eve: Yes

GianMarco: *smirk* What’s it like having breasts?

Eve: (awkward pause) Errr….great?

GianMarco: I’m just teasing you, my dear. I imagine being a vampire is no different from you being human, except I have extraordinary abilities like mind reading, exceptional hearing and eye sight and incredible speed. I’m also mastering the ability to teleport but that ability comes when one is really ancient. Even at this ripe age, I’m not considered an ancient yet. My brother Dante however is nearing that milestone.

Eve: That’ pretty interesting. Speaking of being a vampire, I hear you guys have an interesting way of feeding. Could you tell us a little bit about that?

GianMarco: I don’t think there’s anything particularly interesting about the way we feed but since you asked so nicely I don’t mind explaining. My kind can eat food just like humans. We enjoy it in fact, but it does not give us enough sustenance to sustain our body’s unique physiology. What’s gives us our fortitude is human essence which can be found in either blood or sexual secretions.

Eve:*clears throats* Uh, sexual secretions?

GianMarco: Yes, I’ll spare your delicate sensibilities by not going into detail but let’s just say, that’s one of the reasons we’re very sexual creatures.

Eve: *nods* I appreciate your discretion, GianMarco. But as far as feeding on blood goes, how does that work?”

GianMarco: When a vampire is younger he gets his blood from a close relative like a parent of their guardian. As we grow older when usually get it in the act of sex. I do enjoy the warm flow of blood in my mouth, Type O being my favorite, but there’s nothing like the other stuff…if you catch my drift. *winks*

Eve: *wiggles in seat* So…six hundred years is a long time to have lived. What have you done with yourself over the past few decades?

GianMarco: I’ve held many occupations in my lifetime. I’ve been an artist, a carpenter, a sailor, a farmer, a police officer. You name it, I’ve probably dabbled in it. Currently I run a detective agency with my best human friend Oliver Townsend. And when I’m not working my day job, I’m an agent in my brother Dante’s agency called The Underground.

Eve: That sounds fascinating. What exactly is The Underground?”

GianMarco: There’s only so much I can tell you since our missions are usually top secret but I can tell you its purpose which is to eradicate the rouge threat. Dante started the Organization because rouge vampires killed our parents. We’ve been on the hunt for a particularly nasty rouge named Il Diavolo. Dante feels, and I agree that he is behind a lot of the terror plaguing the immortal community.

Eve: Wow, that sounds dangerous and exciting. I hope you guys find this guy.

GianMarco: Thank you, my dear.
Eve: You’re welcome. So I hear congratulations are in order on finding that someone special.

GianMarco: *smiles*Thank you. Maggie is very special to me. She saved me from myself.

Eve: How so?

GianMarco: Before I met her, I was on a path of self destruction. I took my pleasure wherever I could find not caring who I hurt. She made me see I didn’t want to be that person anymore. You see, I had lost someone very special to me before she came along but she taught me how to love again.

Eve: Aww, that’s so sweet. You’re a big softie aren’t you?

GianMarco: Don’t tell my brothers that or I’ll never hear the end of it.

Eve: So what can we expect next from you?

GianMarco: Well, I intend to focus on my family and help Dante out when I can. One day we will get il Diavolo so that all will be safe.

Eve: That’s very noble of you GianMarco. I’d like to thank you for allowing me to interview you. Anything else you’d like to add?

GianMarco: You’re always welcome. And to all those who enjoyed hearing my tale, my brother Niccolo has his own story to tell and I hear it’s coming soon.

Eve: I can’t wait! Thank you, GianMarco.

GianMarco: *inclines head graciously* It’s been my pleasure.

Find out more about GianMarco in his story: GianMarco which is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Once bitten, twice shy…

Private detective GianMarco Grimaldi takes his pleasure wherever he pleases. A six-hundred-year-old vampire, he’s tortured by his past and jaded by immortality. Once a promising artist, a personal tragedy had turned him to a life of bitter solitude, avoiding anything and anyone who reminds him of the life he used to have.

Fed up with GianMarco’s habit of sleeping with the administrative assistants in their agency, GianMarco’s business partner hires someone he thinks GianMarco will have no interest in: Maggie Williams.

Maggie’s trying to put the pieces of her life back together after her husband of twenty-three years left her for another woman. Determined to start her new job with pride, she’s dismayed to meet her arrogant, super-sexy boss.

As passion threatens their hearts, a powerful enemy from GianMarco’s past threatens their very lives.

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A grieving sister…

Twelve years after the brutal murder of her brother, Jessica Smith

 still deeply mourns his loss. Afraid to branch out and take chances, she isolates herself from most of the world until a chance meeting with a handsome stranger 

changes everything.

With one look, Jessica and Simon fall in love and enter a passionate all consuming love affair. But when Jessica learns of Simon’s connection to her brother’s death, the devastating truth threatens to tear them apart.
To err is human. To forgive is divine. But will love be enough bring to heal two broken souls?

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