With summer swiftly approaching, my thoughts are on a vacation, or rather a staycation since my family and I aren’t going anywhere but the house this year thanks to COVID19. Thank goodness for books so I can escape to anywhere I want.
I was so excited when I came across the eight-book Luminous Cruise Chronicles series, which I couldn’t wait to share with you.
About the Series:
The Luminous Cruise Chronicles is a series written by a group of authors who found themselves inspired during an otherwise stressful situation.
Book 1
Love On the Luminous
by Chencia C. Higgins
Dragged on a singles cruise by her sister, Morgan is dead-set against finding “love”. Fresh out of a decade long union, she’d rather just pick up the pieces of her life and try to create something she could be proud of again. Random glimpses and a few mind-scrambling encounters with a man who makes her heart beat wildly have her questioning her stance, but she manages to keep her hands to herself and her legs firmly closed until the last day of the trip.
When the return to shore is delayed because of health concerns on land, Morgan takes it as a sign to throw her caution into the wind and let that man have what he wants. Spoiler alert: he wants her.
About the Author:
Chencia C. Higgins is just a girl from Texas writing about sassy, southern women finding love. With more than ten titles under her belt, she has made it her mission to create stories in which Black women are loved out loud. In 2019 she won an Romance Slam Jam Emma award for her debut paranormal romance, Janine: His True Alpha. When she isn’t hunkered down in her writing cave, Chencia can be found with her nose in a book (or two, or three), saving recipes on Pinterest, and traveling as much as possible with her family.
Website: www.therealchencia.com
Twitter: @therealchencia
Instagram: @ohchencia
Facebook: www.facebook.com/chenciachiggins
Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/dhCDsz
Book 2
Love On Deck
by AshleyNicole
Raegan is not on The Luminous to find love. That’s everybody else’s agenda. She’s only here for some sun, sand and simple relaxation. All that floats away when she runs into the man who walked out on her and broke her heart. Can they stay away from each other until they’re back on dry land? Or will their love be rekindled on deck?
About the Author:
AshleyNicole fell in love with literature at a very young age. Reading has always been her go-to activity. Before E-books, she wouldn’t go anywhere without making sure she had a book to read. Then she decided she wanted to be the one who wrote the books she constantly found herself purchasing. Writing was the easy part. It was all that came along with writing that was difficult for her. She finally got over that hump and here she is: a published author. As long as the characters are talking to her, she’ll continue to write their stories…
Book 3
Love Overboard
by D. Rose
Havana Lee boarded the Luminous with the sole intention of being her best friend, Marley’s wingman for the next five days. When she meets Sean Pierce, her plans quickly change.
A night of lust-filled decisions takes them overboard, forcing them to decide if the time they shared was a fling or a relationship in the making.
About the Author:
D. Rose is a blogger and author based out of the DMV. She writes contemporary romances with African-American heroes and heroines that are guaranteed to fill your heart. Since childhood, she has always had a passion for reading and writing. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family.
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Website: authordrose.com
Instagram: @whoisdrose
Email: authordrose@gmail.com
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Book 4
Love On Cruise Control
by T. Key
Malaysia Rivers was seeking a getaway. Now that social media was buzzing about what they THOUGHT were facts about her, she just wanted to escape. An unexpected gift from her best friend put her on the Luminous’s Singles Cruise. It her mind, it might not be a good idea. She wasn’t exactly looking for love. It was a man that her looking for a getaway in the first place. Damn industry men!
All that went out the window when she met Chance…
He intrigued her…
Was the perfect gentleman…
He had her thinking about changing her mind…her taste in men. She had plenty of time to find out when they were told they were being quarantined for the next two weeks. Would Malaysia and Chance make a love connection…or would their romance be a distant memory once they docked?
About the Author:
T. Key is a wife and mother born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She loved writing poetry and songs as a young girl up into adulthood. She and her family reside in Tennessee where she first discovered her love for creating beautiful love stories. Her love for Christ and romance novels were her inspiration for diving into the world of writing.
Book 5
Love Unexpected
By Turtleberry
Penny went on the cruise hoping to find love. She didn’t think she would find it in such an unexpected form.
About the Author:
Turtleberry is a writer of realistic fairy tales. She was born and raised in Baltimore, with a few stops in the mix. Turtleberry is a graduate of Towson University and the University of Baltimore, where she received a master’s degree in publication’s design and creative writing. Turtleberry is currently doing what she loves… writing.
Book 6
Love’s False Start
By Diana W.
Dragged onto the Luminous by her bestie, Aspen Lawless came aboard in an attempt to salvage her dating life. She wasn’t looking for anything but a good time and as her bad luck would have it, a blast from her not too distant past that she thought she would never see again, Jerome Nielson, happens to be on the ship too. Will their reunion be short-lived or proof that sometimes things are better the second time around?
About the Author:
Diana W. hails from the city of gumbo, Mardi Gras, and the WhoDat nation. She released her first novel in 2017 and has been bitten by the writing bug ever since. She hopes her stories give her readers the escape they need in their daily lives. Make them smile and maybe even cry as they enjoy these characters as much as she does. Her approach to life is simply to keep her energy positive no matter what the situation will be. It’s amazing how many great things you attract when your spirit is good.
Please follow her on social media:
Instagram: @dianawwrites
Twitter: @dianawwrites
IG: @thecookiecatalog (She bakes too!)
https://www.facebook.com/authordianaw
Book 7
Love Lessons
By Honesty Price
Wesley needs a lesson and Charmaine is the best teacher.
About the Author:
Honesty Price is an author, among other things, who jumped into the world of writing romance with her first project Back to Us in 2019.
Book 8
Love Under Quarantine
By Nicole Falls
Juliette Taylor’s living her best life—she’s been blessed with her dream job and the perfect cutty buddy situation with the Captain of her ship. A little disturbance in the waves of her life, however, causes her to reassess just how perfect it is is as is and whether or not she needs to change it up to make things even better.
About the Author:
Nicole Falls is a contemporary Black romance writer who has taken entirely too long to complete her first project. She’s also a ceramic mug and lapel pin enthusiast who cannot function without her AirPods constantly blaring music. When Nicole isn’t writing, she spends her time trolling her friends and family while drinking coffee and/or cocktails or checking off yet another of these great United States visited in her quest to see some land! She currently resides in the suburbs of Chicago.
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