![]() However, be warned…once you finish a Rebekah Weatherspoon romance novel, it will be hard not to immediately read your way through her backlist. I’ve collected three of my favorites, all of which I think would be amazing entry points into her writing. She’s written over 20 romances, so it can be hard to know where to jump in if you are interested in reading one of her books. Rebekah Weatherspoon is a hybrid author who has both self-published and traditionally published romance novels and novellas. Instead it gives room for Black women of various body types and with various traits to be. ![]() She also created the website Women of Color in Romance as a trans inclusive place to support and promote women of color in romance fiction. TREASURE is bold and unflinching in describing the beauty of Black women's bodies in unambiguous terms - terms that celebrate everything from thickness to curves to dark skin, while not pigeonholing into one specific type of 'perfect' Black female body. And I haven’t stopped reading her romances since! Her books exemplify diversity in many ways, with many different characters who are Black, plus-sized, disabled, dealing with trauma, queer, and/or into kink. ![]() ![]() I found out about Rebekah Weatherspoon on my first visit to The Ripped Bodice, a romance-only bookstore in Los Angeles. From sweet, lighter romcoms to deeply emotional erotic romance, I’ve loved every single Rebekah Weatherspoon romance I’ve picked up. On Home by Becca Spence Dobias City of Night by John Rechy Cam Girl by Elliot Wake w/a Leah Raeder Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon Jonny Appleseed by. ![]() Rebekah Weatherspoon’s novels are such a gift to the romance novel community. ![]()
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