Announcements

Beginning 4th February 2008, members will be able to read Rochelle Alers' "Stree Life", a prequel to AFTER HOURS which chronicles Adina’s life as a hustler before she’s forced to flee and change her name.

wj 

I have a copy and intend to read it sometime. Of course, my romance novels (fiction) are at the top of the pile, so I may have to promote it upward.

Kelli Martin has been hired as the new senior editor, Kimani Romance, and will bring ten years of excellence and editorial innovation to the only African-American series imprint in the marketplace today. She has previously worked with many award-winning, Essence, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times bestselling authors such as Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, and Darren Coleman along with other reader favorites such as Erica Simone Turnipseed and co-authors Denene Millner, Angela Burt-Murray and Mitzi Miller.

Kimani Romance offers sexy, dramatic, sophisticated and entertaining love stories featuring realistic African-American characters that work through compelling emotional conflicts on their way to committed and satisfying relationships. Told primarily from the heroine's point of view, Martin will be publishing stellar authors such as Brenda Jackson and Donna Hill, along with new voices on the literary scene who have garnered great reviews such as Gwyneth Bolton and A.C. Arthur.

Prior to her tenure at Kimani Press, Kelli Martin served as senior editor at Jump at the Sun (Disney) and editor of Amistad (HarperCollins), and began her career at Simon & Schuster.  Martin is a graduate of Williams College, and currently serves on the board of directors and teaches at the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center in New York City.  A self-proclaimed book addict, she enjoys reading romance, women’s fiction and thrillers.  She resides in Brooklyn with her husband.  

Yeah, I'll be the host here and share the Simply Series.  Of course, I'm a fan of Harlequin/Silhouette series books, so I get to be host in the best of two worlds...

wj

La-Tessa

Welcome and thanks.

wj

Rochelle

Thanks for dropping by.  It's was great to see you at Slam Jam.

I'm in total agreement. PLEASURE SEEKERS is one of my favorite reads for 2007 and is deserving of the Romantic Times Award.

I consider it a masterpiece of epic proportions.

Wayne