@taliacadet: ✨8 authors share the most underrated books in their catalogs✨ Chatted with some of your favorite indie and hybrid Black contemporary and urban romance authors about their work at @Jahquel J. - Author’s biennial summertime literary experience Empire State of Stories: Lit in the City in NYC. 🚨 ESS returns in 2028. Author applications are now open. It’s linked on the event’s Instagram page. 📚Book titles mentioned and authors interviewed📚 📖 Nevermore (Poe series) - Danielle Allen 📖 Tell-Tale (Poe series) - Danielle Allen 📖 Annabelle and Lee (Poe series) - Danielle Allen 📖 The Cask (Poe series) - Danielle Allen 📖 Pier 31 - Jessica N. Watkins 📖 Reluctant Love (Welcome to Emancipation 2) - elle kayson 📖 Tender Offer (Chance at Love 3) - Tanvier Peart 📖 When Secrets Collide - Kimberly Brown 📖 Forever More - Authoress Masterpiece 📖 Grand Master - Authoress Masterpiece 📖 Conflicts of the Heart - T’Lyn 📖 Finding My Way to You (Finding My Way 2) - Briyanna Michelle #BookTok #blackbooktok #blackromancebooks #BookRecommendations #esslitinthecity

Allison :

Lemme write all this down 📝

Stephanie :

I’m so upset I didn’t know about this event! I would have attended 😩

msanewu :

wait i love poe and im about to get into the poe series ... im not big into romance and that might just keep me

aniabobby2 :

Like how did I miss this?!!

Honeydew08 :

I love Kimberly Brown!!! 🫶🏽🫶🏽 I have to read that book.

CinnamonSugar :

But gonna get them all. 😂

Niki :

Love black women down!!!!

Babsy :

oh my I live in NYC I’m so sad I missed this 😭😭😭

🌻LW🌸 :

My TBR list keeps getting longer 😩. Adding them all!

April :

Love when you do this! Let me go and grab these 😌

Amaka BSN, RN 💚 :

There you go again, adding to my TBR. 🙃

cosmicfairiex :

Not “and.. some hunching” 😭 i’m dead! Anyway, lemme gone head and look up all of these books!

fmc..jayyy :

Netra Antionette body count and body language

Neen❌ :

Well I’m going to grab a few that I don’t already have!

Brandy with a Y! :

Period

Calah :

I love this, getting us the knowledge we want to know!!!! Adding all to my tbr asap ♥️

Jennifer E Thomas :

Adding to my TBR.

blaquebeautyy :

Yessss thank you Taliaaaaa...

🌻wherenextvee✈️🌱📚 :

Lisa M :

I appreciate you

Cremii :

Elle kayson

DrPsychMama 📚📖💜 :

Idk why I haven’t been able to find “When Secrets Collide”

My imagination :

Running

rococometal :

The list I needed.

Alicia :