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I’m thrilled that Before I Let Go has been optioned by Universal and is in development with Peacock. John Legend, Malcolm D. Lee and Debra Martin Chase producing.
TY to everyone who has loved & supported this book. And ME. I take nothing for granted.
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May is mental health awareness month. I take an antidepressant. I see a therapist. I’m adding my voice to the chorus of voices who hope to normalize getting help and not suffering in silence. You are not alone even though sometimes it feels that way. Call or text 988 for help 🫶🏽
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We need to just call this the best white romances of the year. I can name at least 5 written by Black or brown women that should be here. And I don’t have a new book this year, so not even talking about me. The anti-Blackness is so blatant. Discouraging.
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Not Before I Let Go just casually hanging out with Keke Palmer and family on vacation in Italy 😜
So many folks sent me this IG post yesterday 🥰
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Wow. What is this life, man??? I’m still reeling from this night. I was so humbled and honored to be a part of history. No black woman has won in the 37-year history of the RITA Awards. Please do not believe I am…
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Meeting
@authorMsBev
is not only a highlight of
@essencefest
, but of my career and life!
@robbiiiiee
sent this video to me. I hope it captures my gratitude & awe for this iconic trailblazer on whose shoulders so many of us stand 🙌🏾
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Seeing this beautiful brown girl on the cover on the USA Today list feels so good THIS WEEK. It doesn’t feel like a coincidence. It affirms what we already knew. We matter. Our STORIES matter & people want to read them! Thank you to everyone who supported me and this book. Tears.
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These banners are at the LA Times Book Festival. Seeing my book Before I Let Go as one of Universal TV’s upcoming adaptations…cannot even describe the feeling 😭😭😭
We are working hard behind the scenes on the show and will have updates..SOON
🫶🏽🧡🫶🏽
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I was doing an IG LIVE Queen Chat w/
@LucyScore1
when my notifications started pinging like mad and I realized Queen Move made USA Today! Lucy captured that moment! You’re my lucky charm. My “Lucy” charm! ❤️
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This is the masked face of a girl who hasn’t been on a plane in 2 years boarding a flight to see her little book on a billboard in NYC off Madison Square Garden.
Wish her Godspeed. ✈️🖤✈️
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From your lips to God’s ears! I want to see Reel onscreen sooooo bad 🙏🏽
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I’m living in a perpetual state of pinch-me-I’m-dreaming. So excired to get a few days in LA with my team at Universal to dream about how fantastic the Skyland series can be on TV! So many exciting developments I cannot wait to share. Thanks to everyone who has been supportive!
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COVER REVEAL!!!
@Cosmopolitan
is revealing the cover for This Could Be Us, my follow up to Before I Let Go. It releases March 5, but we have an exclusive excerpt, along with the cover here for you!
And watch this space for ANOTHER cover surprise :-)
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3 Black romances on the USA Today bestseller list this week? Heck yeah 🙌🏾
Congrats to
@Tia_W_Writes
&
@KristinaForest
🖤
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This Could Be Us is a NYT bestseller! I’m proud. I’m humbled. I’m tired. LOL! I’m all over the place, but thank you to everyone who has bought it, borrowed it from the library, recommended or reviewed. Forced it on your friends 😜
I literally could not have done it w/out you 🙏🏽
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Text from my husband this morning at the Atlanta airport. He’s been gone all week and is meeting me in NYC for the Booktok/B&N Festival ☺️🖤
📲 Got tired of missing you so I headed to the nearest bookstore to find you 🖤
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Imma Georgia peach fresh from the polls. I felt such a sense of purpose and accomplishment just from voting. I want GA to be blue in this runoff! Vote early! 🗳
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I can finally share this news! I started my writing career
@readforeverpub
& it feels fitting to take this next step forward w/ them to launch my new series SKYLAND! I started writing the 1st book, Hindsight, years ago, and it’s never left me alone. TY
@BookEndsKim
4 everything!
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When your friend
@NanaMalone
doesn’t see the photos she wants for her covers...so she BECOMES THEM!! You look stunning, Nana!!!
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Every time my husband is in Target or an airport, he always checks for BILG and let’s me know what’s up, even if it’s sold out.
Last night’s text: “Only 1 left, baby.”
Having a real one just as excited about and invested in your dreams as you are? Priceless 🧡
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I’ll share all my fave pics from RWA tomorrow, (tired!) but having the love of my life share this moment with me was the most special thing!
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Can you believe I did it?! 😭🙌🏾
The 1st draft of SKYLAND 3, Hendrix’s book, is w/my editor. still work to do, but that 1st draft being done feels so freeing in a year when I’ve had such a hard time writing. I cried a little 😜
Cover reveal coming soon. Releasing Spring 2025!
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Woke up with this still being true & feeling like a dream. LOL
Working w/John Legend, Malcolm D. Lee & Debra Martin Chase to adapt BILG into a TV series…surreal. TY to all who shared yesterday, messaged me, encouraged me. I feel the community’s support and so appreciate it 🙏🏽
‘Before I Let Go’ Adaptation In Development At Peacock From Universal TV & UCP
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Shout out to the barnes and noble at altamonte mall in FL for featuring Reel. I actually rarely see Black romance featured on the
#BookTok
tables/tags so this is encouraging and I hope we see MORE…
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Ahhhhhh!! President-elect Biden.
And we have our FIRST woman VP. A black woman.
Glory be. Glory beeeeeee!
😭😭😭
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Are you ready for Hendrix’s story coming early 2025??! I’m working on Skyland 3!
And Before I Let Go is in Kindle Unlimited for a limited time 🫶🏽
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🎬 COVER REVEAL! 🎬
➜REEL Ebook, Paperback & Audio: June 8
➜Pre-Order Links & FULL Chapter Excerpt!
A Hollywood tale of wild ambition, artistic obsession, & unrelenting love! Unlike anything I've written before. I hope you'll love! Shares appreciated!
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About last night…if you already saw this on FB or IG, sorry! LOL! Times have been HARD, & I so needed this spike of joy. So many of you have wished me well, encouraged me this week. Thank you for that. I love seeing romance, Black romance, showcased this way! TY
@amazonbooks
! 🙏🏽
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What an amazing experience on The TODAY Show talking about great books…and MY book This Could Be Us out today 🫶🏽
Kennedy Ryan has book recs for March, including:
📖
@NikkiPayneBooks
’s “Sex, Lies and Sensibility”
📚
@DennySBryce
&
@ElizaKnight
’s “Can’t We Be Friends”
🏠
@RuPaul
’s “The House of Hidden Meanings”
& more — including
@kennedyrwrites
’ own "This Could Be Us"📲
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OUT TOMORROW!
“A woman who wants more and realizes she deserves it is a dangerous thing.”
One of my fave quotes from TCBU, and one of the things I hope resonates with women as they read 🫶🏽
Pre0rder & tour info here:
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This little indie pubbed book has outdone all I ever imagined or hoped. Thank you to everyone who has read it and reviewed to help it reach 1k reviews! TY for taking a risk on me. If you decide to read, please pay attn to CW & let reviews guide you. Take care of yourself. 🧡🏀🧡
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When hubby sends you this b/c you haven’t seen This Could Be Us in Target yet! It wasn’t there upon release, but you can find it there now! Whooop 🙌🏾
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And I’m also sick of the only time Black characters are amplified is when they are written by non-Black women. THIS IS ANTI-BLACKNESS 👎🏽
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I got the news this morning that This Could Be Us is one of the
@amazonbooks
editors’ Best Books of 2024 So Far, but I just found out it’s on a billboard in NYC! What is life right now?!?
See the full list here:
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The cover for QUEEN MOVE is here!
Releases May 26!
✮ Pre-Order:
(Special pre-order price increases upon release)
➜ Childhood besties to grown folk lovers
➜ A bar mitzvah!
➜ A single Dad
➜ Girl Swagger on steroids
➜ Hot sexy times in a mud room
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I’m beyond excited to be working with
@theTPSC
&
@ash_sadia
to bring the Hoops & All the Kkng’s Men series to screen! It’s a dream come true and I’m so very humbled. It feels great to finally be able to share this news! More to come! 🥰
Kennedy Ryan’s ‘Hoops,’ ‘All the King’s Men’ Acquired by Traveling Picture Show Company (EXCLUSIVE)
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Covers for my upcoming duet are revealed in
@EW
today! There's also an interview where I talk RITA win, Shonda Rhimes & deets about my upcoming duet.
THE KINGMAKER - Oct 28
THE REBEL KING - Nov 18.
I hope you like the covers!
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I had no idea what 2 expect w/this release. I've hit the Amazon Top 25, but always in KU. Much harder to do when you're wide, so..no idea!
So to see Queen Move in the Amazon Top 100 with this beautiful black girl on the cover...just thanks 2 all who shared & supported! *bawls*
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I’m thrilled that This Could Be Us is on the USA Today list for a 3rd week in a row, but what’s better than 1 on the list? TWO! It’s Before I Let Go’s first time on the list! I’m feeling blessed and so grateful to all the readers, librarians, booksellers who share my work 😃
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Signed copies in Raleigh, NC! Crabtree Mall location.
Get ‘em before they’re gone 🫶🏽
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Black LOVE Matters! This wedding at the Philly protest is EVERYTHING!
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This Could Be Us is a USA Today bestseller 🙌🏾
I’ve made this list before, but this is the highest a book of mine has ever listed. Thank you to all the readers who have supported this release. And thank you to my fabulous team at Forever. The hustle was REAL on this one 🙏🏽
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1-dose vaccine for the whole family! Praying you get yours soon if you haven’t yet! ❤️
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This Could Be Us is read now on NetGalley for 24 hours only. Ends tomorrow, Friday, Nov 17 at noon EST.
Better get the digital ARC now if you want it…
Get it here:
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When your assistant takes “Queen” to a whole other level with her RITA congrats gift. I’m not sure this tiara will fit over my braids...LOL! Love you, Melissa! I may not wear this, but I WILL treasure it! 😘👑😘👑
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50k votes left to count in GA!!
If...WHEN...we flip GA, you will hear me scramming from my house in Atlanta!
Dekalb county, stand UP! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That is MY vote working hard for democracy right now!
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Ahh! I’m thrilled to share that REEL is on an
@amazonbooks
billboard in NYC! Check out the full Summer Reading Guide here:
I love that this book is dedicated to Black creatives whose contributions have often gone overlooked. Also…
#BlackLove
🥰 🙌🏾
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Just a reminder that I have a free Juneteenth short story!
Happy Juneteenth to Black folks ✊🏾
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This Could Be Us is in the current issue of People Magazine! I knew about the digital article for March’s best books, but didn’t realize it would be in print. I guess I’m getting really excited for Tuesday? You? LOL. Come on, March 5 🥰
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COVER REVEAL for the PM Crowd!
I''m THRILLED to share the cover for my Nov 15 release BEFORE I LET GO in
@EW
! And read the interview!
Pre-Order:
-divorced couple
-grown folks
-ATL
-Joy + FEELZ + Spice
-there’s only 1 bed!
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I cannot even even right now. Grateful, humbled, honored - all words that feel insufficient. Thanks to every WOC writer who had been and is grinding to tell our stories!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽
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I’ve had many white friends asking how can I help? What can I do? How do I get better? I’m willing to have conversations. I do all the time, but we cannot be your short cut. You HAVE to do the work YOURSELF. Here is a great post on allyship, reading list included! All love! ❤️
For people who actively want to be support and be an ally right now, I have written a thread.
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I’m in that deadline state of mind! I’m trying to get this first draft of Hendrix’s book done by Friday.
Can I do itttt?
And the cover…GAH! May be my fave of the series???? 🤷🏽♀️
Cannot wait to share it with you 🫶🏽
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Thanks to all who have supported this release. You put This Could Be Us on the USA Today bestseller list for a second week 🫶🏽
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Pic of the day is Gayle holding This Could Be Us on the set of CBS Mornings after saying “I want to get that one.” Best release week everrrrrr! LOL
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Today would have been
#BreonnaTaylor
's 27th birthday. She was a 26yo EMT shot 8 times in her own bed by police in March. No charges have been brought. No arrests made.
Useful actions:
#SayHerName
#BlackLivesMatter
Artist: Ariel Sinha
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This Could Be Us is STILL on the USA Today list. This makes the 4th week in a row. A month! It’s readers and librarians and booksellers keeping this book on people’s radars. I’m so very grateful 🙏🏽🩷🙏🏽
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Great night in London with my
#LifetimeLovah
of 22 years. So many amazing readers at the signing yesterday and tonight a night on the River with this guy. It gets no better! Loved you, London! Tomorrow - Paris! 🇫🇷
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Ask me about romance…and I go on and on and on 😜
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Reel is being re-released traditionally in Sept! Books 2 & 3, Score & Seam, will soon follow! I love the new cover and cannot wait to see it on shelves
EVERYWHERE. Scroll for more details, incl info about the indie cover. Full post is here:
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★ COVER REVEAL ★
𝓡𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 9/10
-Second Chance
-Enemies-to-Lovers
-Explosive Chemistry
-2 Smart, strong-willed Sports Agents
-Standalone
Signed PB + $50 Gift Card
#Giveaway
:
Add GR:
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Left signed books in Atlanta! Readers have been tagging me when they see tables & end caps dedicated to my books! So today I visited 3 B&N in the A who have given my work this visibility. I signed EVERY copy they had! Check the Cumberland, Buckhead & Town Center/Prado locations!
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IF I write another HOOPS novel…and IF the heroine is a head coach (WNBA, but college)…you have this woman to thank/blame ☄️
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Our national youth poet laureate! Sage. Seasoned. Stunning.
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This Could Be Us is LIVE! Ebook, audio & print.
🌺Ebook, print, audio:
🌺 Signed paperbacks here:
🌺 Updated tour info:
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BLOCK SHOT is LIVE & FREE In KU!
Special release price $2.99 GOES UP SOON!
"A bold breath of fresh air!"
★ Standalone
★ Enemies-to-lovers
★ 2nd chance
★ 2 ambitious sports agents. Explosive chemistry
➜ Enter Giveaway:
➜
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Title Reveal for the follow up to Before I Let Go! This Could Be Us, Soledad’s story, releases March 5 and takes place in the same universe of Slyland. Can’t
wait for you to read
🔗Sign up to share the cover:
🔗PreOrder here:
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The mask policy I like to see. LOL! You get my business.
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Before I Let Go is in
@people
as one of Emily Henry’s top 5 love stories. What is this life???
Read full list:
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That time Karamo Brown from Queer Eye suggested you try Queen Move! 😭😭😭
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Before I Let Go - maybe my most heart-bending, soul-mending uplifting book to date is LIVE!
💔Divorced couple
🛏 Only 1 Bed
👨👩👧👦 Co-parents
🍽 Restaurant biz
✌🏾 ATL!
🧘🏾♀️ Mental health/Therapy
📚US:
📚UK:
📚AU:
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This was one of the best weeks of my life. Yes, the RITA Award, but also meeting so many like-minded creatives with huge hearts. And meeting people I deeply admire. Here are some of my favorite moments from
#RWA2019
!
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CAN YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING!!
Congratulations to Jakobi, Eboni, Nicole on making history tonight!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Congratulations to our Romance
#Audies2022
winner, REEL: HOLLYWOOD RENAISSANCE, BOOK 1, written by Kennedy Ryan, narrated by Eboni Flowers, Jakobi Diem, and Nicole Small, and published by
@lyricaudiobooks
.
#loveaudiobooks
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Y’all. This is my first time seeing someone with the paperback ARC of This Could Be Us and I’m in my feelings 😭
Sierra SLAYED this video! Digital ARCs will be on NetGalley and paperback ARCs will be limited, but some!! I’ll do some giftaways 🫶🏽
Preorder 🔗 are in my bio 🌺
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♛ Available NOW! ♛
"Kennedy holds up Kimba and Ezra's story to us like a diamond, every facet a beautiful part of a romance for the ages." -- Adriana Herrera, Author of the Dreamers Series
✦Single Dad
✦Childhood Besties
✦Reunion romance
➜Buy:
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Didn’t think this would happen 😭😭😭
Seeing
@kennedyrwrites
on the NYT Bestseller List is A MOMENT! Feels like she brought all her readers with her 💜💜💜✨✨✨
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Truly honored to be included in this
@KirkusReviews
piece on romance authors expanding the genre. So many friends! So many stars!
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Dressing up as Yasmen from Before I Let Go?!? Yassss 🫶🏽
#SerendipityLit
associate agent, Ameerah Holliday as Yasmen Wade from Kennedy Ryan’s Before I Let Go.
#SCAREndipity
#Halloween
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I love that when people asked Kobe (who had 4 girls) didn't he want a son to carry on his legacy, he'd always ask why did he need a boy when he had girls who were perfectly capable? He was NOTORIOUSLY supportive of women's basketball, esp since he started coaching 4 his daughter
One of my favourite interviews, where he talks about not needing sons to carry on his legacy, as his daughters have it covered.
It’s not often that sports players become as big as their own sport but he was one of the few. Legend of a player. RIP Kobe 🌹
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BOOK NEWS!
I shared the cover for the traditional Reel re-release yesterday, so just sharing the actual deal announcement. So honored to partner w/
@readforeverpub
to reach more people w/a series that is so special to me. Deeply grateful. Great things ahead 🙏🏽
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Happy release day to my girl Danielle Allen! This is her traditional debut, but the real ones know she is an incredibly prolific, talented author who has a huge backlist! I love watching her soar 🫶🏽
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I love seeing 3 Black romance authors on this week’s USA Today list!!
@xoDanielleAllen
@RissMNeilson
&
@RichardWritesOn
congrats!!! 🎉🎈🎊
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They say don’t meet your heroes, but they not like us! 😂
Meeting
@donnahill
@AuthorBJackson
&
@authorMsBev
(again) at
#ESSENCEFest
was INCREDIBLE!
Also cue the footage of me sobbing all over Ms. Bev. Sorry 🤷🏽♀️
All 3 of these trailblazers merit a deluge of gratitude! 🙏🏽
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I’m donating to the Gaza auction to help Palestinians evacuate to safety. The “swag” in my donation is one of the
This Could Be Us book beaus you cannot get anywhere!
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Forgot to share good news here! We recently moved back to ATL. It’s been tough. My identity was stolen & there was a lil’ pandemic that delayed our closing significantly. Original closing date: feb 27. Actual closing date: April 29! So grateful!! Me in my new natural habitat! ❤️
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Me so tired! LOL
But are we ready for Hendrix?? And i think her cover may be my favorite so far 🤷🏽♀️
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2023 blew my mind and also challenged me in ways I never saw coming. I hope it treated you well, and if it has been tough, praying for better days in 2024. Best to you and yours 🫶🏽❤️🫶🏽
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LIVE Early!
Because who DOESN'T release their novel when the whole world is otherwise occupied on a Sat night? LOL!
Amazon saw fit to release my book realllllly early!
This week only release sale! Goes up at end of week!
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First shipment of The Kingmaker paperbacks at my door!
Paperbacks up for pre-order now on Amazon & B&N! Eeep!
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Cool chance to visit Universal studios out in LA. They’ve optioned The SKYLAND series & it is in development for TV on Peacock. Their book club selected BILG to read! An honor to discuss the book they are bringing to screen 🫶🏽
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Did you see the B&N special edition cover?
(Main cover - orange flowers)
B&N Special Editon (pink flowers. Limited quantities)
signed PBs from Page 158 Books:
🔗 order This Could Be Us on other retailers:
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We have been in honk parades all day in Atlanta! We turned GA blue, babyyy! This is the sound all over this city! 💙🗳💙
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I am one-clicking
@courtneymilan
all day long. Here’s her complete catalog if you want to as well.
#IStandWithCourtneyMilan
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COVER REVEAL!
I''m THRILLED to share the cover for my Nov 15 release BEFORE I LET GO in
@EW
! And interview!
Pre-Order:
-divorced couple
-grown folks
-ATL
-Joy + FEELZ + Spice
-there’s only 1 bed!
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Biden is ahead in GA by 1,096!!!! We’re taking this state TODAY! Ya hear me????
Thank you, Lord!
Thank you, Stacy Abrams!!
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