At the end of April, I participated in a panel discussion at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College in St Kitts with other authors from St Kitts and Nevis. It was a pleasure to meet my fellow writers, chat with fans, and speak to a new audience about what drove me to write romance novels in the first place.

Confession: I love superhero and fantasy movies. So, when Black Panther hit the big screen in 2018, like everyone else in the world, I was hooked and immediately drawn into this alternative reality.

I get especially emotional when I think of my own mother who passed away two days before, and then was buried

“Why don’t you want to get up close and personal with me, Xiomara?”
“Because you’re a playboy, and I’ve been hurt before. Twice.”
“I won’t hurt you, baby. I would pleasure you, over, and over again until you beg me to stop.”

we need love and peace and joy and all the trimmings that come with them to make us feel whole and valuable. But in order to get to that happy place, we have to take the humble road to healing that starts with, “I’m sorry. please

Big Cats are some of my favorite animals: leopards, lions, tigers, cheetahs, jaguars, panthers, and cougars. I love them all. They are such beautiful, graceful animals. I used to be an avid viewer of the Big Cat Diaries

We all want to aspire to something, leave our mark on society, a legacy for our children, but sadly many of us stand by and watch our dreams sleep, slip through our fingers, die, or get crushed by others—sometimes unintentionally, and sometimes