“H&R BLOCK BAE”
This week Danielle hosts the podcast with special guest author Nicole Falls as we discuss our favorite Black Romance male MCs
EP 131 HOST
> DANIELLE (she/her) is the voice behind LoveReadListen.com where she writes about her adventures in reading romance, YA, and audiobooks. Danie has a passion for promoting Black Romance and can’t wait to share her favorites with you. When she’s not reading, Danie enjoys anime, cartoons, and hip-hop. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @DanieReads
EP 131 GUEST
> NICOLE FALLS (she/her) is a contemporary Black romance writer who has never not bee writing. Nicole is particularly interested in writing Black romance and Black women’s fiction because that’s where she cut her teeth growing up. Of course she read your Babysitters and Sweet Valleys, but she really hit her stride when she was gifted a box of books by a co-worker of her father’s. In the box was A VALENTINE’S KISS which featured short stories from Brenda Jackson, Carla Fredd and Felicia Mason and FRIENDS AND LOVERS by Eric Jerome Dickey. She’d never read about people who looked like her prior to that as crazy as it sounds. These authors continue to inspire her writing today. Nicole can only hope to bring out a fraction of the feelings these writers brought out in her to a new crop of readers. You can visit Nicole’s website at http://www.nicolefalls.com/ which includes links to her blog and podcast, Falls On Love. You can also follow Nicole on Twitter and Instagram @_nicolefalls
EP 131 DISCUSSION
NOTE: This discussion was recorded during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic
> Title: A Natural Transition
Author: Nicole Falls
Relation to theme: Male MC Langston
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: none identified
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45694268-a-natural-transition
> Title: Someone Seeking Someone Else (More to Life #1)
Author: Nicole Falls
Relation to theme: Male MC Rux
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: none identified
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48586495-someone-seeking-someone-else
> Danielle mentions Nicole’s Holliday Sisters series, plus her other holiday shorts
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/278743-holliday-sisters
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49858848-a-merry-little-filthmas
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51256582-a-dirty-valentine
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52511775-a-good-luck-f-ck
> Title: Care for Me (POSTGRAD #2)
Author: Bria Felicien
Relation to theme: Male MC Derrick
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: death, mental health, ptsd
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52129424-care-for-me
> Title: The Follow
Author: Eliza David
Relation to theme: Male MC King
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: sexual addiction, therapy
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35159447-the-follow
> Title: Love on Greener Pastures: A Novelette
Author: Britt Joni
Relation to theme: Male MC Tennyson
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: none identified
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51053911-love-on-greener-pastures
> Danielle mentions Nicole’s book from the Distinguished Gentlemen series Switched at Bid
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44310433-switched-at-bid
> Title: The Contingency Bid (Distinguished Gentlemen)
Author: Sherelle Green
Relation to theme: Male MC Kadaris
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: anxiety
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44308797-the-contingency-bid
> Danielle refers to Christina C. Jones and the current wave of indie Black romance authors
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7465914.Christina_C_Jones
> Nicole mentions iconic Black romance authors Brenda Jackson and Beverly Jenkins
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23809.Brenda_Jackson
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/199260.Beverly_Jenkins
> We Googled D. Rose + Mecca + Nina so you don’t have to…
> Title: Because of Love
Author: D. Rose
Relation to theme: Male MC Mecca
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: none identified
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45715894-because-of-love
> Title: Love’s Language
Author: D. Rose
Relation to theme: Male MC Danilo
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: none identified
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52237587-love-s-language
> Title: Brown Sugar (Roseville #1)
Author: D. Rose
Relation to theme: Male MC Marquis
Representation: Black author, Black MCs
Content Warnings: past imprisonment
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45359866-brown-sugar
> Which favorite #BlackRomance reads did we miss? Let us know on Twitter or Instagram @RomBkPod
Happy Reading!
EP 131 MUSIC CREDIT
Music: “Lift Off” by Jahzzar
From the Free Music Archive
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