Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 5. Rilzy Adams is from Antigua and Barbuda. She’s the author of the “Love on the Rock” series. In this first segment, we talk about how she started writing romance with Caribbean characters and the difference between her experience as an English-speaking Caribbean author and my French Caribbean…
[Podcast] Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! – Joanne C. Hillhouse (2/2)
Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 4 Part 2 Joanne C. Hillhouse is from Antigua. She’s the author of “Dancing Nude in the Moonlight”. In this second segment, we talk about the importance of writing from our point of view as Afrocaribbean women and not from the white gaze perspective. We talk about being…
Café au Lait series
“Café au Lait” is a trilogy that was first published as a novel in 2008 (427 pages). Here, I will go along with the 2021 Kindle edition Title: A Heated Encounter (Book 1), A Flaming Attraction (Book 2), A Greater Lover (Book 3) Author: Liane Spicer (Twitter Page) Country: Trinidad & Tobago Genre: contemporary romance…
Hurricane of the Heart
Title: Hurricane of the Heart Author: Jewel Amethyst (her Facebook page) Country: St. Kitts (The story is set in Dominica). Genre: contemporary romance Summary: The Player:When Kyle agrees to be the best man at his best friend’s destination wedding in Dominica, he has one thing on his mind: partying. But all that changes when a…
[Podcast] Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! – Joanne C. Hillhouse (1/2)
Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 4. Joanne C. Hillhouse aka Jhohadli g is from Antigua and Barbuda. She’s the author of “Musical Youth” and “Dancing Nude in the Moonlight”. She’s been in the game since the early 2000’s. To me, she’s the blueprint of what a 21st-century Caribbean author can do and can…
Brand New
Title: Brand New Author: Rilzy Adams (her website) Country: Antigua Genre: contemporary romance (erotica) Summary: Quentin Brown is the kind of man Regina Jonas is desperate to avoid. She believes antagonizing him will keep her safe from the underlying attraction she can’t deny. But what happens when a faulty lock lands them trapped together as…
[Podcast] Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! – Callie Browning
Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 3. Callie Browning is from Barbados. She’s the author of “The Girl With the Hazel Eyes” and “The Vanishing Girls”. In this second segment, we discuss how intentional she is about representing her culture in a multidimensional way. We also take a look at our definition of being…
You, Me + Baby
Title: You, Me + Baby Author: Rilzy Adams (her website) Country: Antigua Genre: contemporary romance Summary: Fran Piper lives by the rules but after being attracted to Andre Jonas for months, she throws caution to the wind. One night of passion turns into an eighteen-year commitment when Fran discovers she’s pregnant on Christmas day. She…
[Podcast] Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! – Callie Browning
Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 3. Callie Browning is from Barbados. She’s the author of “The Girl With the Hazel Eyes” and “The Vanishing Girls”. In this first segment, we talk about her approach to Caribbean literature growing up, why she doesn’t call herself a romance writer, her writing process to writing novels…
Twelve Dates of Christmas
Title: Twelve Dates of Christmas Author: Rilzy Adams (her website) Country: Antigua Genre: contemporary romance Summary: Rashad Cole and Zia Ralph weren’t just friends. They were friends plus. Friends, plus fondness. Friends, plus undeniable chemistry. Friends, plus passion. Zia cuts off their friendship unexpectedly and six years fly by. After an unexpected meeting, Rashad wants…
Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! 