My favorite character is Shay Brentwood. Sonia Seerani has created a strong multifaceted character. He's self-confident, funny and successful. He is a product of his own personal zeal, his family background and his Morehouse College education. The development of characters like Shay Brentwood by authors who can understand and translate cultural nuances is what attracts more readers to multicultural romances.
Readers enjoy books where they can find characters with whom they can identify.
It is refreshing to see the new crop of emerging authors from throughout the African diaspora. Sonia Seerani will go into my emerging authors list. She is one of a growing number of Black authors from Africa, England, South America, Canada and the Caribbean who are joining African-American authors in the romance genre. I'm looking forward to reading their stories and tracking their development.