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The Pro and the Con: Cover of The Pro and the Con by Nikki Payne, a revenge romance and romantic suspense novel from Berkley,

A disgraced socialite recruits the help of a childhood friend turned lawyer with his own mysterious agenda to unravel the conspiracy that destroyed her life in this sizzling romantic suspense novel.

FEBRUARY 2, 2027

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Black turtleneck headshot: Romance author Nikki Payne smiling in glasses and a black turtleneck

Nikki Payne is a romance author, cultural anthropologist and enthusiastic investigator of the trouble people get into when they fall in love.

 

She writes sharp, sexy, subversive stories about Black women, complicated desires, and the social order that is practically begging to be questioned.

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Pride and Protest: Cover of Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne, a Black Jane Austen retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Sex, Lies and Sensibility: Cover of Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki Payne, a spicy Black retelling of Jane Austen's Sense
The Princess and the P.I.: Cover of The Princess and the P.I. by Nikki Payne, a Black romantic suspense novel, showing a woma

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