Wow! Thank you all so much! What did y'all do? This is truly amazing!

THE PRINCESS AND THE P.I. by @nikkipaynebooks.bsky.social is the hard-boiled, true-crime-savvy romance you need as the days get colder. Heavy on religious trauma, but also sometimes you have to go undercover as a couple in a sex club. You know, for justice. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752214...

I have no words. This Kickstarter campaign has raised 👑a million dollars!!👑👑Thank you all so much for everything you have contributed to make the After The End Kickstarter a success 😲😲 Thank you Adriana Herrera and Ali Hazelwood for thinking big over empanadas

Young Thug's phone calls were leaked and he is telling on everybody... My new substack is live and I talk about the feminization of gossip and performative masculinity in hip hop. WHO is actually putting on a show? paynefultruth.substack.com/p/the-real-p...

I feel like this book has been a pre-order for 84 years share.google/UrAW1hbWkSUw...

I mean...I'm very much a thug, But don't these book spines look so cute together?🥰🫣

Sinners and K-Pop Demon Hunters are the👏🏾 same👏🏾 damn🧵 movie. Not about vampires. Not about demons. About the monster we all live with: Netflix Fight me, or read why →open.substack.com/pub/payneful...

Essence Fest bombed. African braiding shops are getting boycotted. Tyla sold 3.7K units after a Grammy. Are African Americans beefing with Africans? And why Is interracial romance catching strays? 📖 The Anthropology of a Flop → paynefultruth.substack.com/p/tyla-flopp...

🚨SALE ALERT🚨 My book is just $1.99 now through August 3! ✨It’s Black Pride and Prejudice with Washington, D.C. as its beating heart.✨ Plus get to know Maurice from Princess and the PI before he ever picked up a badge or broke a heart. tag a fellow Austen girlie for a buddy read🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 a.co/d/a7ZHpNl

What do "Good jeans" and All white Arkansas towns have to do with your TBR? paynefultruth.substack.com/p/sidney-swe...

THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE COMING TO YOUR CITY 📚 THE PRINCESS AND THE PI @berkleyromance Will be out September 16th and she's a bit of a genre shift. Will you ride with me? I'm hitting the road with the DOPEST lineup. Come see about me friends!

You could pre-order my book and save me from a life of crime. share.google/TpIkoKtsoQFC...

I wrote a post about the Black subversive and creating counter hedgemonic spaces within capitalist structure...so you know a fun post👏🏾👏🏾 paynefultruth.substack.com/p/beyonce-in...

AI romance in the substack this month. Come fight me in the comments paynefultruth.substack.com/p/sex-and-th...

We got to talk about these boobs open.substack.com/pub/payneful...

Oh y'all bout to feel this one... Get the Goodreads Galley today. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Princess and the PI Is available for request at #netgally www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... This one’s for the Veronica Mars girlies, the Castle fiends, and the sickos who watch SVU mostly for Elliot and Olivia to kiss already! Request it. Pre-order it. Ask your library if they plan to hold it!

God forbid a girl love an asshole... open.substack.com/pub/payneful...

Elon Musk is an incel, corny, built like a deep breath, and has 14 children. I'mma just sit that right here. 🤔 Today's newsletter: Why our Mr. Darcy fantasy is rooted in scarcity and hoarding Mammoth meat. open.substack.com/pub/payneful...

Can't wait for you all to meet Fiona 💖💖 bit.ly/41xv9RV

Wish I could give this more than 5 stars! I absolutely loved this modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice! It's LOL hilarious with great slow burn tension 🥵 and the sweetest ending! @nikkipaynebooks.bsky.social @berkleyromance.bsky.social #prideandprotest #romancebooks #nikkipayne

🚨New post is live! Get into why they make your blood boil but you're still staring at their junk open.substack.com/pub/payneful... #blacksky #booksky

Be good to your future self! #booksky#blacksky bit.ly/4b4fs7D

I promise you I have read the book. We don't have to have a rap battle every time 🙏🏾 #booksky #blacksky

The ancestors are....activated Happy Black History month #blacksky

I finally have a good use for all of the obsessively saved Jacob Anderson gifs I've been saving 🤌🏾 Y’all, I cannot WAIT for you to meet Maurice Bennett. You’re gonna want to follow him down every dark alley. Maurice Bennett is coming… and trust me, HE TALKS YOU THROUGH IT #booksky #blacksky

Had the absolute honor of being in conversation with the one and only Charmaine Wilkerson, author of the newly released and gorgeous Good Dirt. she is as brilliant and warm as her words. Big thanks to Parkbooks for making this magic happen. #booksky #blacksky

You're so funny!!

Thank you all for the newsletter love!!!

As promised, first episode droped today! "I always wanted a brothaaa" paynefultruth.substack.com/p/your-broth...

After intense navel gazing,I have decided to hop onto Substack. Subscribe here👇🏾 bit.ly/4h6ELbc First post drops tomorrow where I tease out my theory of why "best friends brother" gives me the ick and the anthropological principle of community P***y. Don't miss it! 🚀 #booksky #blacksky

#booksky #janeausten #kendrick @skylight.social

Trying out the video feed 🤌🏾🤌🏾 But also please pre-order my book bit.ly/41xv9RV

Lovestruck Books Is That Bitch, I Fear... Not the launch already giving main-character energy! Romance authors this is THE STOP in Boston. 👯‍♀️Me and @jasminepics just opened Boston’s FIRST-EVER romance-only bookstore, Lovestruck Books, right in the heart of Harvard Square. Fun times!

🚨 PRINCESS AND THE PI COVER REVEAL TIME! 🚨Okay, I told artist Amacieforever I wanted a sexy noir detective vibe, but she heard, “Why not make them want to F#@$ the cover?” I am not mad at it. 👏🏾 Thank you to my team at Berkley Romance 💕 #blackbooksky #booksky #blacksky Preorder here👇🏾 bit.ly/41xv9RV

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I simply cannot hear the phrase "figure out your why" anymore. I won't be explaining.

Cover Snob continues to absolutely dominate the diverse book box market. Perfect!🤌🏾 10/10 no notes www.coversnob.com/shop/nikki-p...

I'm so proud of Sex, Lies and Sensibility...she's just a very chill girl on @elleusa.bsky.social list of best romance books of 2024!! www.elle.com/culture/book...

Y'all new to this...I'm true to this👏🏾👏🏾 #blacksky

In Pride and Protest *spoiler alert*, my fiery activist Liza and deep pocket developer Dorsey came to a public/private solution much like the ones that are working right now in southeast DC! This is historic❤️❤️ #romancelandia #blacksky youtube.com/shorts/Nlyau...

In Pride and Protest *spoiler alert*, my fiery activist Liza and deep pocket developer Dorsey came to a public/private solution much like the ones that are working right now in southeast DC! This is historic❤️❤️ #romanclandia wtop.com/dc/2024/11/h...

Hyped to be on NPR’s 2024 Books We Love list!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #romanclandia #blacksky #blackbooksky #booksky

#romancelandia Watch me be hilariously confused by love scenes in video games! youtu.be/pBTIdHBC5_A?...

#romancelandia should we do #Fridaykiss here?

"White people are just fun to be around. They smell like Lemon Juice and Pledge Furniture Cleaner"

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Everything is bigger in Texas!!