Warm or cold vast is she with her constant movement
Serenity, calm, and tranquil from peace
Unseen are the currents within her depths
Dangers in plain sight of unmatched power
Keeper of treasures and secrets below
Lady Ocean, show them your beauty beyond the waves.
Are the moments in life and love just coincidences or could it be destiny?
Curvy Chantal-Marie Delacroix is a proud biracial woman focused on her successful international career. Over the past few years, she's preferred wine, gourmet food, traveling, fine literature, and being with her college sister-girlfriends. Happily, she has remained celibate and single with no interest in dating. However, a chance encounter with a foreign man feels cosmic without reason.
He lives by a strict set of codes, unbending rules, and traditions. Although desired by many, he selects only acceptable females for brief and private dalliances. He doesn't deviate. But strong forces pull him toward this unknown American woman with rare and mystical eyes.
Willfully throwing caution to the wind, their magnetic chemistry lures her into a world of seduction and secrets, while simultaneously igniting an inferno that can engulf and destroy everything.
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2023 Firebird Book Award Honorable Recognition
A few things were paramount in the proud Black American Murry family, and Delphine could recite them in her sleep.
Don't trust anyone that doesn't look like you. Color lines are permanent.
Don't bring home any grades lower than the first letter of your middle name.
Don't ever forget the history of our people and honor them with Black excellence.
Delphine had an almost insatiable appetite for learning. Living in New Orleans, the French language, history, and culture became one of her passions. By her college years, she was focused on becoming a doctor and determined to explore Paris one day.
French-born Professor Philippe' Delacroix was one of the highest, ranking doctorate fellowship candidates under thirty at Sorbonne University. He knew his resume would be even more impressive after teaching in Louisiana, giving him future leverage in Paris, and credibility in America if he chose to return. Being gorgeous himself, he adored beautiful women. But he didn't date his students, nor was he enticed by the melanin melting pot of New Orleans.
Since the past is never forgotten, it will take courage, faith, and true love to make a blend of French Chocolate.
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This is a novel spanning generations. A journey through family bonds and their dysfunctions, taboo relationships, love, oppression, lust, torment, heartbreak, good, evil, myths, and truth.
Enslavement – Three African Sisters
Stolen from the West Coast of Africa, three young girls are taken to a new world. As they learn the ways of a plantation house slave, the bonded sisters become skilled in the language, and the duties required. Unfortunately, all will not heed the warnings to hide their feelings and safeguard their hearts. The results will lead their lives down very different paths. Details of their stories will be passed from generation to generation.
Ensnared Heart – Ripples in the Bloodline
At the turn of the Century, descendants of settlers, slaves, and natives had their own communities. The Magees were a massive colored family flourishing within the confines of Jim Crow Laws. Lurell Ann saw life differently than foretold. Her feelings and choices made it difficult to balance her heart, and the concrete boundaries for a colored woman of the time. Will her decisions bring her ultimate happiness or great suffering?
Empowered – Beyond the Split Tree
In a time of civil rights activism and Black power, Hellene Ann loved being with her family in Washington Parish, Louisiana. She learned so much from her grandmother and the older generation of women. However, will the legacy among gravestone secrets inspire her to escape the trap of hatred, or will it detonate the destruction of her family?
Enlightenment – Truth, Wisdom, and Happiness
Delphine had no intention of sharing her past pain. But when her adult daughter said she was losing the connection to her roots, Delphine decided it was time. As the triumphs and devastation from their bloodline stories are revealed, will the truth bring them closer, or will it chisel away the bond between mother and daughter?
A reset is a new beginning.
By the spring of 2029, Chantal-Marie had been blessed with unimaginable happiness and the rare wonder of having true love. But now it’s gone.
Struggling with all the changes, Marie is desperate to find answers and hope. As she navigates her new life, Marie learns more about herself, and the truth of things. In time, opportunities will be presented, relationships shift, and more secrets are revealed, uncovering the good and evil of people.
Will she withstand attempts to derail her pursuit of the best life ever?
Did the past change her life’s trajectory?
Can new moments take her down the path to true love again?
Will she lose sight of an awakened promise, waiting just around the corner?
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The Splendor of Us is an exclusive, epic two-book series that follows the lives of childhood friends and their relationships as they embark on journeys of discovery, endurance, success, healing, and transformation.
Recipient of 2025 Firebird Book Award Honorable Recognition
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As a Pacific Northwest native, I took the leap from writing short stories and reflective poetry to creating my first collection of novels during the pandemic.
My descriptive writing style delivers a full experience of layered stories. Readers can visualize, relate, and feel many emotions along their journey.
Initially, I was inspired by a quote from Toni Morrison, “If there is a book you want to read that hasn’t been written then you must write it.” So, I did.
As an Indie author, I've been very blessed with readers finding connections with my work and receiving recognition from some of the industry's top professionals, book reviewers, and judges.
Although I may not always publish or publicly share my writings, I'll continue crafting compelling poetry and stories that expand the minds and move the hearts of those who seek to discover.
Merci beaucoup, mes amies!
Rich and compelling stories can be much like a blooming flower in spring.
In the precise moment of wonderful, delicate pedals slowly unfold, and true beauty appears.
What genre do you write?
"This is difficult to answer. I don't particularly like categories, because I don't fit into one. My storytelling novels blend several genres of adult fiction. From historical to contemporary and even beyond, I write complete stories that depict life. Perhaps women's fiction that encompasses multiple layers of drama, romance, and psychology. Told the way I feel it. See it and hope for it. Fiction from facts with a holistic view of relationships, faith, and love."
Why did you decide to have music or images in some of your stories?
"I want readers to take their time and follow the ride with the characters. Be submerged in the time, culture, and location of the story they are reading. Rather, it's music or images, readers should imagine themselves in the story. Part of the journey is to visualize and process the experiences read."
You've said it's not romance. Why?
"As beautiful as they are, there is so much more than just the development of a love story. I create time and space for a foundation to build upon. Character personality, backstory, and in some cases their evolution, as well as interconnecting relationships, are an important part of my writing style. So a saga, or epic women's fiction, is more accurate. especially since conclusions may not take a reader where they expect to go."
What has been your experience as a self-published, indie author?
"I wrote stories burning in me to tell, and it's all my voice without compromise. It was an expensive risk and challenging. However, I learned a lot about the business side, connected with amazing individuals who support and share, and I kept going."
What kind of challenges?
"I can say one was finding the right audience beyond my initial group because my style of storytelling doesn’t fit into a typical category. Only after I finished my first book did I realize where my work belongs. Not all readers want to delve deeply into people and situations that could force them to analyze themselves, as well as release emotions that can hit hard and fast like a tsunami."
What does success look like for you as an indie-author?
"My father would say to have them made into a mini-series, and Denzel Washington play him. Ha! When readers are not only moved emotionally from the connections but also inspired to explore. Taking away teachable moments and gaining a new awareness, or even clarity, about people, cultures, locations, histories, and beliefs, while appreciating the similarities that unite us all as humans. Leaving a lasting impression that imprints deeper and far beyond mere entertainment is very rewarding."
Is there a time of the year when you feel more inspired?
"Not really, no. I do tend to write more often when it rains. So in Washington, that's often. Ha-Ha1."
Can you explain why you disagree with trope disclaimers, statements, and reviews?
"It's pretty much like having Cliffnotes and is often subjective. Feels like cheating the reader out of having their own experience. If the description, cover, or even a reaction doesn't stimulate interest, perhaps it's not the right story for them."
Is there one female character who is most like you?
"There is a piece of me in everything."
Why have you limited some of your books?
"It seems the majority follow trends, or want quick thrills, and then move on. That is not my style. Outside of my intimate circle, it takes a curious, open mind and heart to take the time to really dive in. Treasures are not found just lying around for all to grab; a diligent person will search and often dig for them. Very special readers will understand and treasure an O'Shan Waters' book."
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