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Harleigh Rae

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Harleigh Rae resides in Baltimore, MD, a hidden oasis of art and culture. She has been writing since she was old enough to firmly grasp a pencil between her thumb and pointer finger. A millennial influenced by the 90’s era that brought us some of the greatest love stories like Kinfolks, Blues Dancing, and, Rooms of the Heart she considers herself a culture-fed romantic.

On her ninth birthday, she sat alone in her bedroom, furnished with only 2 bunk beds and 2 four-draw dressers, reading a gifted copy of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, her pages only illuminated by the tiny stream of light from the streetlamp outside her window. She was amazed at how full of life the words on the page were. How they danced around in her mind, stirring up emo Harleigh Rae resides in Baltimore, MD, a hidden oasis of art and culture. She has been writing since she was old enough to firmly grasp a pencil between her thumb and pointer finger. A millennial influenced by the 90’s era that brought us some of the greatest love stories like Kinfolks, Blues Dancing, and, Rooms of the Heart she considers herself a culture-fed romantic.

On her ninth birthday, she sat alone in her bedroom, furnished with only 2 bunk beds and 2 four-draw dressers, reading a gifted copy of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, her pages only illuminated by the tiny stream of light from the streetlamp outside her window. She was amazed at how full of life the words on the page were. How they danced around in her mind, stirring up emotions of insecurity, complacency, and self-contempt that lay dormant even in her tiny nine-year-old capsule of repressed memory. At that moment, she realized the healing power of literature. She vowed to one day usher black women, much like herself with no prominent place in the world, into a place of loving, wholly.

That mission stuck with her throughout her educational pursuits. It’s what landed her at Coppin State University where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in creative writing and a minor in African American Studies. Since graduating her time has been divided between teaching Pre-K literacy, writing black romance novels, and hand-making candles and teas that center the black romance reader’s experience.

As a black romance author of over 15 books and an avid reader of the genre, she has cultivated a deep commitment to breaking literary boundaries and obliterating genre norms by telling stories that fuse romance and reality to demystify the stereotypes surrounding black love. An early oeuvre of love stories written as an ode to love within you, her work speaks your deepest thoughts, fulfills your wildest fantasies, and echoes your quietest vibrations.

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	Coffee in the Noon (Welcome to Solace Point Book 1) by Harleigh Rae (Goodreads Author), Ranisha Mcbride (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 96 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Extended Play (Noëlle and Ezra Book 4) by Harleigh Rae (Goodreads Author), Telia Williams (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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