Genre:
Erotica / Erotic Romance
Themes:
Angsty
Body Positivity
Butch / Femme
Dating Disaster
Erotic
Fated Mates
FFM
Found Family
Friends to Lovers
Second Chance
Sex Toys
Soulmates / Reincarnation
Starting Over
Heat Level:
Extra Spicy (sex scenes are very graphic and may also include toys, kink, BDSM, etc.)
Archetypes:
Restaurant / Bar / Club Owner
Social Media Influencer / Reality Star
Writer/ Author
Geographic Location:
United States: South
Setting:
Small Town / Rural
Suburban
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Bi or Pansexual
Lesbian
Femme
Butch / Stud
Protagonist Identity:
Black / African American
Trigger/Content Warning:
Conversion therapy is talked about.
Beautiful Onyx Array
The Beautiful Gems Series, Book 1
By Aricka Alexander
A chance meeting in a club one night started a chain reaction of events that led to a couple reconnecting and the birth of a healthy and loving friendship.
When Maddox Christian goes out to a club one night, he isn’t expecting to run into one of the most beautiful women he’s ever seen. Immediately he’s attracted to her and she openly flirts back with him. But when she suddenly disappears after giving him a false name, he figures nothing was meant to come out of their meeting.
Imagine his surprise when that same woman shows up at his coffee shop the next day. They hit it off pretty well, but he realizes that she is in the middle of a complicated relationship with her bestfriend of 15 years, Onyx. Although he’s attracted to her, he clocks that she is deeply in love with this other woman he’s never met. So what does he do? He befriends them both.
Follow Maddox, Arya, and Onyx as they navigate a stream of heartbreak, trauma, and all the other things that come your way during your later 20s. They take time to explore love, and their sexualities and just enjoy life. With time, they all learn what it means to be real lovers and friends.
This story is chaotic and messy, but full of love, friendship, acceptance, and of course sexual tension.