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The Tesano Boxed Set

Greetings, The Tesano Boxed Set is now available for those who don’t already have the full collection in their libraries. No changes have been made, so no need to repurchase if you already have the saga on your virtual shelves. 😉 Thanks so much! And, til next time, keep reading!

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Tesano Anniversary

This gorgeous, sexy couple has been through A LOT! Don’t take my word for it. Ask any RamseyTesano Reader and they’ll tell you the same. Throughout it all, they’ve triumphed like few in similar circumstances could ever hope to. Yet in every life, a little (or in Roman’s and Imani’s case-more) rain must fall. Join them as they gather with family, friends, and a whole lot of drama! Tesano…

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Once More Down the Rabbit Hole..

Happy New Year Ramsey/Tesano Fanatics! It’s about that time! Roman and Imani Tesano’s Anniversary celebration will soon be underway. February 14th to be exact! Over the next weeks, I’ll prepare you for a return to the Ramsey Tesano World. The September release of Suggestion was just the beginning!  ‘Til Next Time, Keep Reading! AlTonya 😉

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From My Romance Family... ❄☃❄

On Behalf of My Romance Family, Wishing Everyone The Happiest, Safest, and Merriest Holiday Season! ‘Til Next Time, Keep Reading! AlTonya 🎄

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Snow, Suspense, Romance❄☃❄

Happy Holidays! Happy Reading! Specifically, Happy Winter Romance Reading! This weekend and next will be devoted to those steamy snowy time romances we all love cozying up to! Yes, the time has come for the conclusion of the Not By Blood series, this mini-saga will wrap just in time for Christmas (notice my pun there? Wrap just in time…) 🙂 Seriously, I want to thank you all for your tremendous…

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A Saga Upon Us!

Hello All! By now, most of you have heard of my new family saga featuring The Kentts of Montana. The series originally premiered on the Kindle Vella reading platform and was very well received (thank you!). You may also have heard that the platform will be closing in February. Never fear! The Kentts are just getting started. Books I & II (Areeys & Leontez) are now available where ebooks are…

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To invite & inspire ✒️✨️✒️

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I’d like this space to invite readers into a new literary world and delight them by what they’ll find. I’d like to inspire the writers who discover this space. 📚💞✒️💞

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My World Blend

What’s a World Blend? Chances are you’ve read one already. Maybe the author referred to it by a different name. This is something I’ve thought about for years, but never put my mind to creating one. Still, I’ve thought about it. What would it look like to have Mercuri Nikolaides and Gibson Taylor from Ally Fleming’s Sleeping Giants series have a sit down with Quest and Quaysar Ramsey or Brogue…

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Season 4 Concludes

It’s been quite a ride this season. Mandel and Faera didn’t disappoint. This was a fast-moving installment and it seems I left little time for this couple or their crew to take a breather! This week, we wrap things up but don’t worry, the fam will soon return with a new season. Til then, thanks for reading, rating, and reviewing! ***** FYI- There are 3 episodes left, but episode 3 won’t release…

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It's About That Time!

Prepare yourself with this week’s episodes! “My World”, “Daylight” and “Back to Birdsong” Next week, Season 4 “Man of War ~Mandel” concludes. 🔥📚🔥📚🔥📚🔥📚🔥📚 Images Courtesy of Aurelien-Barre and RuslanSikunov on Pixabay

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One More Week Until...the Penultimate Episodes!

Hey Everyone! Yes, it’s that time! One more week until the penultimate episodes and then Season 4 Man of War~ Mandel concludes on Kindle Vella! It’s been quite a ride and there is still soooo much more to be revealed. Artwork Courtesy of: Conquero on Pixabay, DariuzSankowski on Pixabay and Depaulus on Pixabay This Week’s Episodes: Rodeo Hoax, World Traveler, and Duke Salters’ Safe Enjoy!

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May the 4th~ From A 30yr Fan...

No, you won’t frequently find my social media pages splashed with Star Wars fanfare but don’t doubt my love of The Force. I’ve been a fan since college (yaaay 90s!) The original films were still being released when I was a kid, but I refused to like them and my reasons were ohhh so petty! There were only the big three networks when I was growing up and cartoons dominated on Saturday mornings. So…

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A Library Love Letter

I was recently asked to make remarks at a work event in celebration of libraries. I’d like to share it here with you. Thanks for reading… Created by AlTonya Washington using Adobe Firefly AI Anne Herbert said, “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” Anne Herbert was an American journalist and the author of Random Kindness…

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Happy Saturday!

Hope you're enjoying this February Saturday! Read, write, eat, listen to music, relax- just enjoy it!

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"Intoxicated" Ally Fleming's Sleeping Giants come to Radish Fiction ~ Get caught up in Mercuri Nikolaides now... 🔥📚🔥📚🔥

Check out "Intoxicated: The Sleeping Giants (Greek Gods) Series: Book 1: BWWM Interracial Romance" on Radish via @radish_fiction https://radishfiction.com/stories/30422

Or Get the complete series wherever books are sold! #interracialromanticsuspense

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An Excerpt of "Not By Blood" by AlTonya Washington ✒️

Yaz woke around 3 am after a fretful sleep. Surprising, given the busy day she’d had. She tried to fight her way back to slumber but eventually counted it a useless task and was out of bed just after 4 am.

It was customary for her and Candace to have breakfast together on work mornings. Since her work morning was getting started about 4 hours ahead of schedule, Yaz prepared a light meal of toast, mixed fruit, and coffee.

Treat yourself to delights beyond the business, Candace had said. 

Before yesterday, Yaz hadn’t realized that she hadn’t been doing that. Before yesterday… she thought, as her coffee transitioned from black to creamy beige. How had so much been turned on its ear in the span of a brief, supposedly run-of-the-mill meeting?

There was that weirdness with the picture, compounded by the weirdness of Lakia Volley, but that was all relegated to sideline positioning next to Noah Volley. She’d indeed had tunnel vision where her business was concerned. Yes, she’d heard of the Volleys, though her interest was only in bringing them on as clients.

She had completely overlooked the brown-eyed and ‘super gorgeous’ Noah Volley. Still, she told herself to dismiss the train of thought. Delights beyond business were a whole other thing next to delights connected to the business. She’d met Noah Volley for business reasons and business was the area where he should remain. Besides that, her meeting had given rise to even more beyond the business. 

Why had her parents never mentioned knowing the Volleys? They were well known in Manchester. The fact that their child lived there- the place where they began their lives as a married couple- should’ve generated some conversation on that score, right?

Maybe it was as Lakia Volley had said- the responsibilities of life had drawn them apart. Perhaps it was as simple and sensible as that. Only…God…why couldn’t she stop thinking there was more to it?

And so what if it was? If drama was involved, it had probably happened long before Yaz and her brothers were born. What was the saying? Stay out of grown folks' business.

That advice had never sounded more excellent. She certainly had enough on her plate. She’d just landed her biggest event to date. A bonafide success with the Volley party could post her to a level she’d been working toward from the start. That left little time for delving into family drama. Correction- it left no time for delving into family drama.

Yaz left her apartment just before 9am. That would give her and Candace plenty of time to talk business before she had to leave to be in time for the 11am meeting with Noah. It would also give them time to discuss Candace’s big date.

At least, Yaz hoped it would. She’d texted just to make sure her friend hadn’t decided to spend the night out after all. Candace hadn’t texted her back which was no surprise. Yaz had sent the text before 6am. Candace would’ve probably been turning over for another few minutes of shut-eye.

Yaz opted for the elevator instead of the stairs and used the wait time to reflect on Candace’s contagious excitement from the night before. That early relationship glee…it was a sensation few others could match. Yaz hadn’t experienced that in a long time. In her case, however, the glee stage had left a lot to be desired. Was that really why the ‘super gorgeous’ hadn’t been registering on her radar?

She smirked as another old saying came to mind- ‘once bitten, twice shy’.

“Come on,” Yaz muttered, pressing the elevator’s down button again. She let ten more seconds drift by before reminding herself that this was why she usually took the stairs.

Decided, she moved down the hall to the door leading to the stairwell. The din of mixed voices met her ears as she rounded the landing to the last flight down. 

Yaz pulled open the stairwell door and froze in place at the sight meeting her eyes. The 2nd floor hallway teemed with people. It wasn’t the crowded corridor that had her heart pounding, though. It was the fact that they were all in uniform- police-issued uniform.

Yaz tore from the doorway, stumbling in a walk/run that took her closer to the end of the hall. She was halfway there when one of the uniforms called out for her to wait. Someone tried to grab her arm. She shook them off.

Her heart was in her throat. She barely registered dropping her purse and tote bag as she neared the end of the hall and the door to Candace Barnes’ apartment.

She stopped short of crossing the threshold. She didn’t need to in order to see the woman in the chair she’d tumbled into the night before as she’d laughed.

There would be no more laughter.

Yaz looked on in horror at her friend’s head lolling to one side of the chair. The bodice of her lilac pantsuit was caked in blood around a hole in the center of her chest.

Yazmine screamed.

"Not By Blood" is now available 📚✒️📚

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