Review: Not too bad but some strange themes..
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2013
This is my first foray into this authors work and having read a second book I can safely state I won't be adding her to my list of regular authors.For what it is worth there were some good bits in here:The  plot was good and generally well executed though a tad clumsy.I liked that it was longer, too many multiracial authors can  barely churn out a hundred pages and when they do it's mostly sex and cheap filler. This was at least different.It had a nice gentle romance with some sensuality, just enough if you enjoy a bit of heat in your books but if you're all about super sexy/erotica, you'll be let down.You could tell some decent research went into this; if you're going to write about trafficking you need to be fairly accurate and I think the author pulled it off quite well.The bad bits:Poor grammar, editing and formatting, are good editors that expensive? I wouldn't know since I don't write and have no desire to but still. A writer is a professional, this isn't a hobby so do treat the readers with respect.The obsession with 'light skin/exotic/creole-type' heroines. And before someone comes back with 'light skin hater' etc that's beside the point. We don't need authors who allow their psychological issues to filter into print. Talk it over with a therapist. Or a good friend.Sadly the multiracial romance genre continues to be dominated by only a handful of quality talent and I can readily reel their names out- Sienna Mynx, Pepper Pace, Latrivia Nelson (produces mixed results but still better than most), Delaney Diamond (mixed results too but what IS good is outstanding), Violette Dubrinsky (mainly paranormal which is not my thing but her regular books are great), Kimberley Kaye Terry (when she makes an effort the results are worthwhile) and a few other old-school writers who are not quite as popular nowadays.Now everyone who won a writing contest in first grade believes themselves to be an author and has jumped on the bandwagon.Thankfully, time eventually sifts out the wheat from the chaff.