Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.
“That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.”
“Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?”