About the Book
Title: A
Brooklyn Love Affair: Vixen and Gino’s
Story
Author: Tya Marie
Genre: African-American urban fiction
Vixen Williams has always been known as a woman of many faces. The
fiercely devoted one she uses for her best friend, the one of a lover and
confidant to her fiancé, and the real one she keeps reserved for looking in the
mirror and battling her inner demons. Life is fairly normal for Vixen until her
verbally abusive mother reenters her life, dredging up traumatic childhood
memories, and bringing a handsome stranger into the mix with her devious antics
causing Vixen to reprise her role as caregiver and bread winner.
Gino
Romano is infamous for many reasons: his notoriety for being one of the
youngest king pins in New York City, the cold manner in which he handles
business, and the notable political ties he's managed to create along the way
through “profit sharing.” However, the most prominent thing he is known for is
the ice fortress he has built around his heart. Because of his past, Gino keeps
women at an arms length, believing it hard to find one who could accept the
scarred past he comes with. Until he lays eyes on Vixen.
Brought
together for all the wrong reasons, Vixen and Gino find a common ground that
not only develops into a budding friendship, but sparks a love affair. From the
moment they become one they must fight to protect their love from those who
plan to destroy it by any means necessary, one of which being the very reason
Vixen ran away from home ten years ago in the dead of night.
Will
the forces determined to see Gino and Vixen destroyed win? Or will their love
prevail?
Set
in a spicy Brooklyn backdrop, A Brooklyn Love Affair brings to life pain,
forgiveness, and the never ending possibility of finding love.
Author Bio
Born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of
Brooklyn, Tya Marie has always had an overactive imagination. So much that she
would daydream and make up “movies” in her head, which would eventually turn
into the stories she would later pen. By the age of twelve Tya decided it was
time to take her daydreams to life and began writing young adult novels which
helped her hone her skills and provided the literary fix she needed after
plowing through her entire book collection. It wasn’t until she reached sixteen
that she became intrigued by urban fiction and related to it more than she did
the mainstream fiction she binged on. Deciding that she wanted to bring her own
heart and soul into the urban fiction genre she penned countless novels and has
continued to do so over the past eight years with A Brooklyn Love Affair: Vixen
and Gino’s Story being her first published piece. Tya still resides in Brooklyn
where she continues to create new love affairs.
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Book Excerpt
“Vixen,
what’s your story?” Gino observed me over his glass. “And don’t say ‘there
isn’t much to tell.’”
“My
mother made me a prostitute when I was twelve years old. My first john was my
father,” I admitted for the first time in my life to anyone. “When I was
fifteen I decided I couldn’t take it anymore. I ended up running away and never
looked back.”
“What
happened to him?”
I downed
the rest of my drink, the bubbles from the champagne offering a decent cover
for the tears welling up in my eyes. “He’s exactly where he belongs. Locked up
in a cage like an animal.”
“Good,”
he replied, staring up at the starry sky partially obscured by the bright
lights. When he spoke again, his voice barely reached above the city din below
us. “Am I the first person you’ve ever told?”
“Why do
you ask?”
“Because
you look relieved.” He turned his heated gaze to me. “Why haven’t you told your
boyfriend?”
“As
strong and independent as Trey is, he still relies heavily on the approval of
his family. My past might not matter to him, but it will effect the way his
bourgeois family treats me.”
“It’s
easier to pretend to be someone you’re not than live as you really are,” Gino
replied coolly.
“What
the fuck is that supposed to mean?” I felt my hackles rise at the dismissive
way he was treating my personal problems. “You think I like being Vixen ‘the
orphan’ or Vixen ‘the commitment-phobe?’ How dare you sit back and act like I’m
supposed to wear my emotional scars on my chest for the world to see.”
Gino
shrugged, the corner of his mouth tugging into a small smile. “All I’m saying
is that this ‘boyfriend’ is in love with a woman who doesn’t exist. If you
really want to know where you stand with him, show him the real Vixen and see
if he stays.”
“Easy
for you to say but not practice,” I spat, standing up and adjusting my dress.
“You sit here in your anonymity and luxury afraid of anyone getting too close
to you not because you’re a thug or whatever else you feel like it is. You’re
afraid of rejection just as much, if not more than me, Gino.”
I turned
to leave when he grabbed my wrist, leaving me no choice except to acknowledge
his existence. “We may both have a fear of rejection except there is one huge
difference between you and I: I live in the real world while you live in a
world you’ve manufactured. At least when I’m rejected it’ll be because of
something she didn’t see in me. I am visible and my intentions always remain
clear.”
“How
about I make one thing clear for you: this date is over.” I snatched my hand
away from him and stormed into the living room to grab my purse.
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