![]() And I think I couldn't write a book last year that didn't deal with that theme because it was so important to so many of us in the past year. You know, I know that my most recent book, While We Were Dating, I wrote during the pandemic, and there's a lot about mental health in there. Fans of Jasmine Guillory associate her name with contemporary rom-coms, anchored by characters who are genuinely trying to be good people. And so while none of these books that I've read, at least, have specifically touched on it, I think a lot of the themes really have touched on it, right? There's a lot about friendship and how our friends evolve, about loving family, about mental health. It's an interesting year, right? Because I think a lot of the books that have come out this year were written at least partially during the pandemic. And that's one of the things that I loved about it so much. Does she want to be in this relationship? Does she want to be an NFL girlfriend? And there's so much about friendship and family and knowing who you are as a person before you're in a relationship in this book. Jasmine Guillory shares 6 books to refresh your fall reading list The New York Times bestselling author of 'The Proposal' recommends what to read now. And so she's figuring out herself and kind of who she wants to be as a person. She finds out that he's cheating on her, breaks up with him, but then there's a new player in town, and she has kind of a past with him. This story is really about Marlee, who starts out the book dating an NFL player. And Alexa Martin really knows how to deal with all of that - both sides of it. There's so much that we love about watching them, but we all know so many of the bad things that happen in sports, from the health struggles to assault to all of the kind of ways in which the teams don't treat their players well. And I've always had a kind of love-hate relationship with football and, I think, a lot of sports. One of the things that I love about Alexa Martin's writing is a lot of her books have been set in and around a football team. In February 2019, her book, The Proposal, was ranked on The New York Times Best Seller list for paperback trade fiction. Her works protagonists are often African-American professionals. And I kind of loved the way that they learn about each other, figure out their families and figure out their selves as they're working through their relationship. Jasmine Guillory is an American romance novelist. And so she gets Luis to pretend to be her fiancé. They broke up right before, and she feels like she has to save face in front of her family. So that's why she has this fake fiancé, because she was supposed to come on this family vacation with a fiancé. And Sara, especially, feels like her family looks down on her. They both love their family so much, but have kind of difficult relationships with different individuals. And I think there's a lot of that in this book.īoth Sara and Luis are figuring out their families. And so, sometimes, you're really figuring out who your family is in relationship to you. And they - I should have probably said this at the beginning - one of my favorite things about romance novels, honestly, is I feel like they're always kind of secret family stories, right? Because when you think about who you want to spend your life with, a lot of times that's because of your family and the people that you grew up with. Nothing is more contagious than a Black woman's joy.So this story is about Sara and Luis. ![]() And then there are the instances when we have good news-a new job, a book deal, a new relationship, a baby!-and cheer for each other. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and Margot is delighted. Enter Luke: sexy, charming, and best of all in the too-small world of Napa, a stranger. Margot Noble needs some relief from the stress of running the family winery with her brother. Or when we tell each other stories and laugh and laugh, so loudly that the whole restaurant hears us and smiles, too. An intoxicating and sparkling new romance by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. Or the moments when I walk by another Black woman on the street and she tells me she loves my lipstick, and I tell her I love her shoes, and then we grin at each other. There are the times when we’re in a room together, dressed to the nines for no one but one another. But there’s also a lot of joy in being a Black woman, too, and I strongly believe there aren’t enough stories out there that reflect that.Īs a Black woman, there are some things you can only experience around other Black women. This is not to say that I don't experience the challenges of being a Black woman in America I do every single day. There’s also a lot of joy in being a Black woman, too.Įven as a kid, solely seeing negative portrayals of Black girlhood and womanhood have never rung true to me. ![]()
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