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“Raw. Next Question."

On Bear, Hero of Sex, Lies, and Sensibilities

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An amateur online sleuth enlists the help of a jaded PI to clear her name while taking down a shady tech start-up in this spicy romantic thriller.

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Romance Author and professional remix artist of all things Jane Austen.

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about me

Jane Austen's Sassy Black Friend

Nikki Payne is an anthropologist who can. not. turn. it. off. 
I love to force my characters into new environments  new cultures and in finding love, they change the way they see the world. Church, cemeteries and romance novels are still the most segregated places in America. My romances, inspired by the classics turn expectations on their head. It's cultural commentary, for the hopeless romantic.   

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