Hello everyone. Today marks
Day 12 of the Swirling Around Love
event. We would like to introduce you to Author Yolanda Dumas from Blake
Karrington Presents. She’s a new author so make sure to check out her work.
Here she goes ...
Yolanda Dumas
Yolanda Dumas is a
native Tennessean, born and raised in the country on a farm. She lived in
Connecticut with her husband for a few years and received her associate degree
from Naugatuck Community College. Some of her hobbies include fishing, cooking,
taking care of her family and reading/writing.
Yolanda has been a bookworm since she first learned to read. Reading was and still is the one hobby she passionately enjoys doing every day. She began her writing journey in her teenage years and continued to jot down stories that would pop up in her head but never had the courage to write a full storyline. After her husband's death, she was ready to see if her stories would be liked by other readers. In June 2015, she was signed on with publisher, Blake Karrington Presents and is grateful for him taking a chance on an unknown writer. Her first book was published thus making one of her life long dreams a reality.
She a great fan of romance and she creates stories combining several genres into one storyline which includes Interracial/Multicultural, African-American romance with Urban Fiction.
Yolanda is very grateful and thankful to all the readers who support her. Always leave a review once you've read her material as she loves to read the readers’ comments on her writing - the good and the negative.
Yolanda has been a bookworm since she first learned to read. Reading was and still is the one hobby she passionately enjoys doing every day. She began her writing journey in her teenage years and continued to jot down stories that would pop up in her head but never had the courage to write a full storyline. After her husband's death, she was ready to see if her stories would be liked by other readers. In June 2015, she was signed on with publisher, Blake Karrington Presents and is grateful for him taking a chance on an unknown writer. Her first book was published thus making one of her life long dreams a reality.
She a great fan of romance and she creates stories combining several genres into one storyline which includes Interracial/Multicultural, African-American romance with Urban Fiction.
Yolanda is very grateful and thankful to all the readers who support her. Always leave a review once you've read her material as she loves to read the readers’ comments on her writing - the good and the negative.
Email: yapdumas@outlook.com
Author Interview
1.
What inspired you to become a Multicultural, IR or BWWM Romance writer?
I
love reading romance literature. Romance
and love is a beautiful thing. Seeing
romance being shown to people of all ethnic backgrounds made me want to write
about what I saw. The heart doesn’t see
color but only knows what it feels and I like to write about people finding
love without having to consider race as an issue. Don’t get me wrong I know there are struggles
when dating someone outside your race. But
the process of putting those problems aside to follow your heart is what motivates
me to write about finding love and the struggles couples go thru to hold on to
that love. My own marriage was
interracial and the love my husband showed me was due to who I was as a person. He didn’t see color. He was taken away from me too soon due to
illness and even after fifteen years since his passing I miss him dearly. I miss
the love he showed me every day. This is what mainly influences me to write the
stories that I do.
2.
Besides writing, what are some of your favorite things?
Reading is my favorite passion and I also love
to cook, watch TV, listen to all forms of music, taking care of loved ones an
playing games on my computer or game consoles.
3.
Name at least two (2) authors that you admire who write Multicultural, IR or
BWWM Romance?
Theresa
Hodge, Shani Green-Dowdell, Genesis Woods and Posey Parks. They are all great writers and I love reading
their work.
4.
What types or genre of books do you enjoy reading? What are you currently
reading?
I
read anything romance – Western/Cowboy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Historical
Romance, African American Romance to
name a few . I also love reading Urban
Fiction, Non-Fiction Self Help Literature, Mysteries, Science Fiction and
Thrillers.
5.
Are you working on anything new? If so, when can we expect it to be released?
I’m
working on the finale to Tempestuous Entanglements and it should be released
hopefully by the first of August. I’m
also working on the finale to Torn Between Love and Lust and I have begun
writing a new series that isn’t titled yet.
6. Do
you have any scheduled upcoming events; such as book signings, interviews,
etc.?
Nothing
yet but I that will be next on my agenda once I get my books printed in
paperback.
7.
Where do you expect to be in your career as an author five (5) years from now?
I
expect to have more books available for readers to enjoy and meeting with the
readers who support my work.
8.
What advice can you give to new authors who’s interested in writing in this
genre?
Write
with your heart. Know what you are
writing about and just enjoy doing what you love – writing romance.
Special message from Yolanda to you …
First, thanks for taking the time to read my stories. I’m new to the writing game having my first book published June, 2015. I’m enjoying creating characters that come to life on paper and I hope you enjoy them as well. I write Interracial /BWWM/Multicultural/Urban Romance. Once you’ve read my book(s) please don’t hesitate to leave a review. It helps me to know what you liked and didn’t like about what you read. The critique helps me to hopefully make the next novel I write better than the one before. I have another untitled series in the works I hope once it’s published you all will enjoy. Again, thanks for the support and I appreciate all of you reading my work.
Book Catalog
Complicated Love Affairs
Series
Complicated Love Affairs
(Book 1)
The Stewart’s – Lovely,
Balinna and Laria are three women trying to find love the only way they know
how. Lovely is trying to get over her lost love. She never expected to fall in
love and marry a white man, only to lose him suddenly in death. But now she’s
on the hunt again for that one true love and hopes she has found it with her
new Latin lover or will she always be doomed to being attracted to the wrong
kind of men. Balinna has always loved her some black men but her trip to New
York has her changing her tune when she becomes sexually involved with a white
man. Can she get over her reservations dating out of her race or will the color
difference always be the one obstacle holding her back from finding true love?
Laria Stewart has had a problem of finding herself involved with the wrong
black man over and over. Can she ever find that one true black man to love and
give her heart, mind and soul too? Will she be able to return the love she has
had locked up for so long to that one special chocolate bar? Family means
everything to these three women but will the men that cross their paths cause
more tension and conflict in their ever struggling relationships?
Available for purchase here.
Torn Between Love and Lust
(Book 2)
Lovely Stewart Alcoa,
Balinna Luden, and Laria Stewart return home from their trip to New York with
mixed emotions on how their lives would be affected by the new lovers they have
found and how ex-lovers will cause major drama in their lives. Add family drama
to the mix and you have more crisis than one family can seem to handle.
Lovely and Brian Soto’s relationship is treading on thin ice as he seems to be
hesitant to believe she is as innocent as she seems or a truly part of Reo
Sanchez criminal organization and if he really wants to be a father to her
unborn child. Brian wants to control her and her life which ain’t about to
happen as far as she is concerned. Lovely’s drama continues with the real
father of her baby, Zeke Cornish, who is determined to be a part of his child
life regardless of what he has to do to make it happen. When her very handsome
white bodyguard Daniel Alexander expresses his true feelings towards Lovely she
is definitely torn between love and lust and which man will she give her heart
and soul.
Balinna and Raymond (Bear) Aradolphus long distance relationship seem solid
until her children’s father Marcus “Doughboy” Atkins begins to cause trouble
wanting her back in his life and using their daughters to accomplish his goal.
When Bear’s has a sister suddenly appear on the scene and Balinna wonders if
she is the real deal or a secret he is keeping from her. Will their love
survive all the drama that begins to disrupt their new relationship? Will
Balinna realize he’s not as honest as he would have her to think, and her insecurities
cause her to do the unthinkable pushing her to return to her devious and
deceitful ways? Add her very gorgeous bodyguard Conrad Nevill to the equation
and you got a whole lot of love or lust in the making.
Laria is hoping her relationship with Carlyle Richardson is the real deal, and
he keeps the promise he made to her before leaving New York. Can she really
trust him with her heart? When Lemen (Fish) Crawley causes more trouble for
Laria and her family can her relationship with Carl survive the aftermath of
their love or will it be torn away ending with Laria regretting her decision to
give him her heart and soul?
Available for purchase here.
Tempestuous Series
Tempestuous Entanglements
(Book 1)
So what happens when a
good girl falls for a bad boy, only to be saved by a great man??!!
Lovely Stewart is a young beautiful black woman who happens to still be a virgin. She’s headstrong and taking charge of her life or so she thinks. With two totally opposite men competing for her love she finds herself involved in a tempestuous entanglement.
Her drug dealer boyfriend Marcus “Doughboy” Atkins wants to be her first and only lover and gives her luxurious gifts to win her over. But is he the good man he portrays himself to be? Or is he the type to be involved with Lovely’s cousin Balinna Luden who wants him only for herself and will do whatever it takes to keep him in her life.
White businessman, Patrick Alcoa, falls in love the moment he see Lovely for the first time. The chemistry between them is electric and he has to find a way to prove to her they belong together, make her see they are meant to be.
When her besties Robin, Lesa and her cousin Laria decide to take a trip to Atlanta. Will all hell break loose when everyone’s tempestuous entanglements are revealed?
Lovely Stewart is a young beautiful black woman who happens to still be a virgin. She’s headstrong and taking charge of her life or so she thinks. With two totally opposite men competing for her love she finds herself involved in a tempestuous entanglement.
Her drug dealer boyfriend Marcus “Doughboy” Atkins wants to be her first and only lover and gives her luxurious gifts to win her over. But is he the good man he portrays himself to be? Or is he the type to be involved with Lovely’s cousin Balinna Luden who wants him only for herself and will do whatever it takes to keep him in her life.
White businessman, Patrick Alcoa, falls in love the moment he see Lovely for the first time. The chemistry between them is electric and he has to find a way to prove to her they belong together, make her see they are meant to be.
When her besties Robin, Lesa and her cousin Laria decide to take a trip to Atlanta. Will all hell break loose when everyone’s tempestuous entanglements are revealed?
Available for purchase here.
Tempestuous Entanglements
2 (Book 2)
Lovely Stewart and
Patrick Alcoa are officially a couple. But the road to matrimony becomes the
ultimate test of their relationship. Her sudden insecurities from the betrayal
of her cousin Balinna Luden with her now ex-boyfriend Marcus “Doughboy” Atkins
cause Patrick and her friends to wonder if she’s headed on a downward spiral of
self-destruction when she begins doing things out of character. Will they be able
to stop her road to destruction before she loses everything including Patrick
the love of her life?
Balinna Luden’s revelation she’s pregnant with Marcus “Doughboy” Atkins baby
turns her life upside down. Her choices cause her to lose the one thing she thought
would always be there – The Stewarts. Her obsession with discrediting Lovely
and having Marcus in her life is her ultimate fall from grace having to depend
on Marcus to have her back. Finding out the feelings she has for the man she
loves isn’t mutual as he obsesses over getting Lovely back into his life leaves
her wondering if all her dirty deeds were worth losing everything When Robert
“Outlaw” Atkins is released from jail and the truth who is really in charge of
the running the drug game is revealed has her wondering if the decisions she
made to have Marcus in her life was the right one.
Laria Stewart‘s life has
become more complicated. Having her sister, Balinna, betray her cousin, Lovely,
puts her square in the middle of their feud; a place she doesn’t want to be.
Dealing with her parent's divorce and the men in her life leaves her having to
make decisions she doesn’t know if she ready to do. Can she survive the
aftermath of all the controversy that seems to be going on in the Stewart
family and come out unscathed?
Lesa Bamboo Nelson is jealous of Lovely’s happiness with Patrick and she
wonders if she will ever get her happily ever after with Ivan Morrison. Her
husband, Kevin, has made it his ultimate goal to keep her by his side by any
means necessary. When secrets are revealed about his past life and his affair
with Charlene Atkins will this be enough to finally get her freedom from her
horrible marriage and into the arms of the new man she’s fallen in love with
and stolen her heart?
Robin Lipperton thought Rodrigo Zavala was the one man she could count on and
trust. She’d finally found the someone to love unconditionally; someone to give
the key to unlocking her wounded heart. But all is not as it seems when lies
are told and secrets come to light proving Rodrigo isn’t the man he portrays
himself to be. The more secrets that are revealed, the more her insecurities
take over her thinking process putting. The decisions she makes puts the life
she’s made for herself in jeopardy. Will Rodrigo secrets and lies be the one
thing to have it all come crashing down around her?
Available for purchase here.
Book Excerpt ~ Tempestuous
Entanglements 2
Lesa Bamboo Nelson and
Robin Lipperton watch from the kitchen window at the Stewarts family farm as
their best friend Lovely Stewart wrapped in a heated embrace with Patrick
Alcoa, who a few minutes before officially became her fiancé. Lesa was happy Lovely was now able to
express her feeling for the new love in her life. She is free from the hellish relationship with
ex-boyfriend Marcus “Doughboy” Atkins.
The lying and cheating had caught up with him. He was known around the neighborhood for
having numerous women at his beck and call. Lovely knew about his philandering
ways but and had warned him countless times not to be messing around with her
trifling cousin Balinna Luden. That
woman felt she was entitled to have everything that belonged to Lovely – her
life, her men, her family.
Everything came to a shocking conclusion. Lovely cut their Atlanta trip short to find
out what Marcus was up too. She
literally walks in on a sexually charged scene between him and Bali giving her
the proof she needed to rid herself of the lying scumbag she once called her
man. She watched them fucking in his bed
at his house neither of them knowing they had an audience to their explicit
scene. Lesa didn’t know where Lovely
found the strength to videotape the raunchy exhibition confirming what she had
felt in her heart the whole time. The
truth was definitely exposed and Lovely was free at last. It was a very painful experience for her to
see the true reality of having her cousin betray her again and also finding out
from Balinna’s dramatic announcement she is pregnant with Marcus’ baby. It sent Lovely into a total meltdown until
Patrick arrived and reminded her of their love and strong connection to one
another.
Lesa was beginning to have doubts she would ever have a
relationship like the one Lovely had found especially being able to love
Patrick openly and freely. She was still
attached to her maniac husband Kevin Nelson.
She was unable to reveal the deep love she has Ivan Morrison. She never thought the emotions she
experienced with him would be so instantaneous.
Love at first sight and she wasn’t able to show him the love he deserves
to receive from her without stipulations.
“Girl, what has you so deep in thought? You thinking so
hard that frown is gonna leave a permanent wrinkle on your forehead” Robin says
playfully. Lesa doesn’t respond and
Robin continues “But for real Lesa what has you upset? This is supposed to be a happy occasion for
us all. Our girl is free from that
cheating asshole and Bali’s has been exposed for the snake we always knew she
was. You all frowned up like you ready
to go out there (pointing her finger out the window at Lovely and Patrick) and
kick our friend’s ass the way you are mean mugging so hard at her.” “Robin I’m happy for Lovely. Don’t pay any attention to me right now. I admit I’m jealous of her at the
moment. She has her happily ever after
and I’m still chasing after mine. I was
standing here wishing it was me and Ivan out there snuggled tightly together
like that declaring our love to one another.
But that won’t be happening anytime soon for me!” “Lesa ain’t nothing wrong with you feeling
the way you are. You’ve found your
knight in shining armor but at this point in your life, you are unable to show
your love for him openly because you are still tied legally to Kevin. It’s going to take some time to get your
happily ever after. Girl keep
remembering Ivan loves you. It doesn’t
look like he is going anywhere anytime soon.”
“Robin I know I got some major issues to deal with. Getting divorced from my husband isn’t going
to happen overnight. I wish it was a
done deal now and I was able to experience what they are feeling (looking out
the window at the Lovely and Patrick again).
I’m not one of those women who sneaks around hiding what I’m feeling for
my boo. As far as I know, Kevin doesn’t
have any evidence to hold up dissolving our marriage. “Have you told Ivan your concerns? He loves you Lesa and will understand what
you are facing. Damn the man purchased
you thousands of dollars in jewelry after knowing you a couple of days. I still think you gave that man a taste of
your honey and he loved how sweet it tastes.”
Lesa turns away from the window to conceal her discomfort at Robin
statement and where it looked like the conversation was headed. “Ain’t any use turning away Lesa. You’ve never been good at hiding anything
from me. C’mon and tell the truth. Ivan got a taste of you didn’t he?”
Clearing her throat she
turns back around to face Robin and says “Well, I did tell Lovely so I might as well confess the truth to you too. Yes, Ivan has had a taste. The first night together we lost
control. What I experienced with him was
amazing and a new discovery for me. I
found out how an orgasm is supposed to feel.
He made love to my vagina and afterward my whole world changed. If Lovely hadn’t called when she did we definitely
would have had amazing sex together.
The poor man was hurtin’ bad when I came out of my sexual haze and put
the brakes on his seductive foreplay.”
“You mean to tell me you’ve never had an orgasm before hooking up with
Ivan? What kind of sex have you and
Kevin had?” “The kind where he gets on
top of me pushes his dick inside my dry pussy for ten minutes or less. He grunts giving me a wet ass and rolls off
me and falls asleep. It’s been that way
since we got married.” “Girlfriend you
don’t know what you’ve been missing. I’m
quite sure when you and Ivan do consummate your relationship you’re going to be
one very happy and satisfied woman. I
can’t believe you’re technically still a damn virgin!”
Walking in on the end of
their conversation Lovely says “A virgin?
I thought I was the only one who fits that category?” “Hey, Lovely.
We didn’t hear you walk in.
Where’s Patrick?” Lesa asked. “He had to fly back to Atlanta for a
meeting he and Ivan have with potential new clients. I didn’t get into all the details. But back to what was being said when I came
in, who is the virgin you were referring to Robin? Is someone trying to claim my title?” and laughs. “Naw you still hold the title for being the
longest virgin to walk on this earth “Robin teases. “We were talking about Lesa’s sex life and
how unfulfilling it has been with Kevin.”
“Oh okay. Well, I can’t comment
since I’ve never technically made love to a man but after meeting Patrick, I’ve
had several orgasmic episodes. I can’t
wait to fully explore those feelings with him.
I don’t know if I’m going to be able to wait until our wedding night
before jumping that sexy body.”
They all laugh and Lesa asks “By the way, when is the
wedding going to take place? I hope
you’re not going to have a long engagement.”
“What? Engagement? Girl,
please! As far as I’m concerned we’ve
been engaged since the first day we met.
The wedding is in two weeks and I’m going to need both of you to help me
get it done. Will you both help
me?” “Count me in,” Robin says giving
her a hug. “Rodrigo is handling business
in Atlanta getting his dream of having several bakeries accomplished. I’m still on hiatus from modeling for another
month so I’m all yours.” “How about you
Lesa?” Lovely asks. “I know your life is
chaotic right now but maybe helping with the wedding arrangements will keep
your mind off your problems for a while.”
Lesa bites her lip. The last thing she wanted to do was be
reminded how Lovely life is was on track and she wasn’t. “I can help Lovely,” she says “as soon as I
can find a lawyer to get the process rolling to divorce Kevin. I want to be rid of that man as soon as
possible! “I think I can help you with
your attorney problem. You remember my
mom’s brother is an attorney. He has an
office here in Brentwood but later in the year he’s moving his practice to New
York. His name is Carlton Petawang. I can call him now and see if he’s available
to at least talk to you and if he not maybe recommend someone reliable who
can.” “Lovely you’ve done so much for me
already. I can’t accept any more help
from you. I need to be able to handle
this on my own” Lesa says.
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