How do you feel about Interracial
Romance Novels?
So readers I’m talking to
you. How do you feel about interracial romance novels? I write mystery and
interracial romantic suspense novels. The genre is extremely popular but hasn’t
hit a mainstream level yet. Hopefully it will as these novels continue to grow.
Romance novels centered on black women and white men dominate the sales of these books, but there are many books with other interracial romantic pairings. As an IR author, I know how the IR audience feels about these books. They love them of course. But I often wonder what romance readers who read more mainstream books feel about interracial romance books.
I want to pick your brains if
you let me. I think there might be some misconceptions about interracial
romance books. The majority of them don’t focus on race or racism. I know that
can be an uncomfortable thing to read, but I believe this is one big
misconception. In fact if you read most IR books you will see that the issue of
race never comes up at least in a negative light. So if you’ve skipped IR books
because of that, you don’t have to worry.
Maybe you feel like you can’t
relate but an IR romance is no different than a romance between people of the
same color. Love is love. The only difference is that the characters are
different cultures and races, but that should be something to celebrate and not
to shy away from.
Maybe IR romance isn’t your
thing. That’s cool. Of course there are genres I don’t like to read as well. I
respect people’s opinions and I wouldn’t want anyone to read something they
just have no interest in. But I want to reach those readers that don’t mind
going out of their comfort zone but might have misunderstood some things about
interracial romance.
I urge you to give IR books a try if you haven’t. You might enjoy them. You can start with The Wild Life! LOL!
Excerpt from The Wild Life
“What do you expect me to say, Steve?” Brianna sat beside
Jayce. “I don’t even know what’s going on.”
He bent over her. “Can’t anything go well for you, woman?
Why do you keep getting yourself in these predicaments?”
“Oh excuse me for coming home and finding a man in my kitchen!”
Jersey tugged on her ears. “I have a huge headache and one
of my officers has just been attacked. The last thing I need is for you two to
argue.”
Steven and Brianna made faces at each other.
“We’re worried about you, Morris. Tell us what’s going on
so we can help.”
“I don’t know if you can help.”
Davis slunk into the room and rested at Brianna’s feet. She
scooped up the brown feline.
“The guy that tried to kill me…” She scratched Davis’ ear.
“Well he worked for Milan Varela.”
Steven gaped. “What the f*** did you just say?”
Brianna shrugged.
“Are you f***** kidding me? A man who worked for the head
of the Southern Cuban Mafia was here? Here?”
“I was telling Bree that a friend of mine in the FBI might
be able to help her,” Jayce said. “It’s about her father. They’re looking for
him.”
“George?” Jersey’s green eyes beamed from behind her
glasses. “What the hell would the Cuban Mafia want with George?”
“No telling. You
know the life my father lives. It’s full of risks and he makes no apologies for
it.”
Jersey touched the back of her neck. “How the hell could he
even get close to Milan Varela in the first place?”
“So this is the type of stuff your father’s always into?”
“Jayce my father has never been a father to me. He stays
gone for decades at a time and pops up probably once every ten or fifteen years
when he wants something. I wonder if he even remembers he has a
daughter half the time.” She kissed Davis’ head. “Right now
what’s important is this mess he’s got going with Milan. Why would he want my
dad dead?”
“I just can’t believe this. I mean your dad has been
involved in some shady things during his life but nothing like this. What are
you gonna do, Morris?”
“As much as I hate him, I can’t let anything happen to him.
I gotta find out where he is.”
The Wild Life is available in print and ebook.
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wild-life-stacy-deanne/1115940484?ean=2940148408963
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Giveaway Question:
Have you ever read an interracial romance book? If not, why? What would make you open to the idea?
Five people who provide the most interesting answers to these questions will each win an ebook copy of The Wild Life.
Giveaway ends at 8 pm Central Time. Ebook copies will be emailed to participants by Stacy-Deanne. Commenters must leave email address with comment to be eligible.
Thanks for having me today!
ReplyDeleteAs far as IR romances go, I can honestly say I haven't read that many. Not because I haven't wanted to it's just been a lack of them have caught my attention enough to buy them. I'm really easy to please when it comes to romances, whether they're gay, IR, or M/F as long as there is a good story to go with the characters. I'm good! :) Besides now a days most people are multi racial if they want to get techinical. I myself am a Heinz 57, LOL. My great grandparents migrated from Scotland, sweden...germany...
ReplyDeleteBut in the end you're right. Love is love, it doesn't differentiate between sexes, it just is.
By the way the story sounds really interesting ;)
Yes, I have. The characters are interesting to read.
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I have read erotic scenes but not a whole book. Why? Bc I haven't seen one and didn't thought to look for one.
ReplyDeleteWhat would make it interesting to me is a good story. That's the only thing that matters.
~ Marla