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D.L. White

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DL White writes romance novels that celebrate Black love across multiple series, including the Ruby's Novels, Black Diamond Bay collection, and Potter Lake Small Town Romance. Her fifteen-plus titles offer rich, nuanced relationships that center Black characters. Through The Books by DL White Bookcast, she shares her current reads and writing updates. An Atlanta-based author and Executive Administrative Assistant, White finds inspiration from lakeshores to white sand beaches. When she's not writing, you'll find her chasing the perfect Sunday brunch or enjoying a great cup of coffee.

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D.L. White Hi, Andrea. My books aren't in series so there isnt a reading order except for Rubys and Sam's. The order of publication is;

Brunch at Ruby's
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Hi, Andrea. My books aren't in series so there isnt a reading order except for Rubys and Sam's. The order of publication is;

Brunch at Ruby's
Same Time Next Week
A Thin Line
Beach Thing
Dinner at Sam's
Leslie's Curl & Dye

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Unexpected (A Holiday Novella)
The Pearl on Black Diamond Bay ( a followup to Beach Thing)(less)
D.L. White Hi Candy! Thanks for your question. I have several projects in flux right now but none are at a point where I know when they will be complete and read…moreHi Candy! Thanks for your question. I have several projects in flux right now but none are at a point where I know when they will be complete and ready for publication. The sad answer is... I don't know. I'll be sure to let everyone know if/when I get to that point. (less)
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“But day in and day out, I’m watching the man I know as my father disappear inside the shell of a man I’ve never met, who doesn’t know me.”
D.L. White, Brunch at Ruby's

“Malcolm is fucking my best friend.”
D.L. White, Brunch at Ruby's

“I realized that's all I've ever wanted. You're all I've ever wanted, Evangeline. I'm tired of pretending that's not true. I'm tired of thinking I can replace you with someone else. Anyone else. I'm tired of not being with you.”
D.L. White, A Thin Line

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“ 'Sugar, aint you ever had no good time?' she said with a bit of sadness in her voice.
'What you mean?' Sugar said,...
'Seems to me that I ain't never see you look up from whatever you were doing and just smile.'
'Just smile? Smile at what? At who?'
'Smile into the air, girl!' she said and waved her arm through the air....you better start, 'cause time is running and a life without good times ain't a life worth having.”
Bernice McFadden, Sugar

“Sugar ain’t spoiled, she just a little bruised, is all. Bruises can heal and fade away to nothing.”
Bernice L. McFadden, Sugar

“Keeping her man well fed and fucked are number one priorities that she can’t slack on because you can never know when a woman dressed to the nines with a blond wig, long legs and a high fat ass that should have been equal to you in almost every way may decide to hop on the first southbound Greyhound and end up looking at you through whispering letters on a dusty storefront window.”
Bernice L. McFadden, Sugar

“But day in and day out, I’m watching the man I know as my father disappear inside the shell of a man I’ve never met, who doesn’t know me.”
D.L. White, Brunch at Ruby's

“Malcolm is fucking my best friend.”
D.L. White, Brunch at Ruby's

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