Author Empi Baryeh's Blog

It's time once again for the COLOR OF LOVE Blog Hop! Hosted this year by Love Bites and Silk  in conjunction with Empi Baryeh (me), Kiru Taye , and Nana Prah , from today until Monday ( 4th - 8th December ) we are celebrating romance in colour and offering you a chance of discovering new books, new authors and new settings as well as winning prizes. It's bigger and better this year. We have 50 blogs participating, each featuring an interracial and multicultural romance book that you may not have read yet! This is your chance to let the blogging world know what you love about interracial or multicultural romance novels. Is it the diverse cultural setting of the stories, the exotic locations, the sexy accents or the hot bodies? For me, it's definitely the different cultures and settings. I love love love when the author uses non-English words and phrases. Throw in an interracial baby, and I'm in IR/MC heaven. LOL SOOOO, what do you like about IR/MC romance? Answer that q...

Yippee! Guess who's Black Opal Books' Featured author for November! Now now, settle down. I know it's been a while, and hopefully you haven't given up on me. I promise I have a good reason and it's all in my guest post at Black Opal Books Authors blog. Find out what I've been up to and what my next book is about: http://www.somestoriestold.com/entry/from-ghana-with-love .

Hello World!!! yes, I'm back after sooo long. It's been a very eventful few months and I'll tell you all about it in due course. Today, I'm announcing the 2nd Color of Love Blog Hop! We are celebrating romance and characters of colour in romantic fiction in the Color of Love Blog Hop . Are you an author or blogger who loves writing/reading interracial or multicultural romance novels? If your answer is yes, then this is your chance to tell the world about the books you love and why. Last year we gave away over $300 worth of prizes in Gift cards and eBooks. This year we are hoping to exceed that total. Would you like to donate to the Grand prize draw? You have the option of donating an eBook or donating towards the Gift Card total. Each $5 donation will earn you an entry place in the rafflecopter (e.g. Like Facebook page or Follow @Twitter) The cover of the eBook donated will be featured on the Color of Love post page. LIST YOUR DONATION HERE . You don't have to donat...

In 2011, Harlequin Desire put out a submission call for new writers to pitch their story ideas to their editors. At the time I was a new writer and had only ever written two romance stories previously. But I was a huge fan of the Harlequin Desire line with some of my favourite authors being Day Leclaire and Brenda Jackson. So you can imagine how excited I was to pitch a story to them. The pitch event went well and I can still remember how excited I was when I messaged Empi to say they had requested the first 3 chapters of the story, which meant I had to actually write the full story. Yikes! Anyway, long and short of it, I wrote the draft while blogging it and a few of my online friends read the story as I went along and gave me helpful pointers. I submitted it to HD. Eventually they came back and said it wasn't for them. At the time, I had just signed a contract with Breathless Press, so I decided to park the story and concentrate on completing the Men of Valor series which I had ...

Happy Monday, people! Today, I'm over at the RWOWA (Romance Writers of West Africa) blog with my heroine from Most Eligible Bachelor , answering seven pertinent questions posed by my flirty and feisty friend,  Stella Eromonsere Ajanaku . Anyway, I would love to hear from you about this heroine who snatched the most eligible bachelor, the incredibly hot business mogul, Lord McKenzie. Click here If you missed the interview Lord McKenzie granted on author Nana Prah's blog, here's the link (warning: you may need a cold shower afterward) Have a great week.    

Hi folks! Happy 4th of April. Today, I'm taking part in a special cover reveal. Keeping Secrets by the fabulous Kiru Taye is coming out on 12th May, 2014, and I am helping her celebrate her brand spanking new cover! *drawing curtains* Tadaaa! Keeping Secrets By Kiru Taye Series: The Essien Trilogy, Book 1 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Multicultural Length: Full length novel Release date: May 12, 2014 The Essien Trilogy - Series Blurb Secrets, Scandals, and Seduction under the African skies. The Essiens are the kings of African finance. A close-knit family, their father is the patriarch of a finance dynasty that ranges from retail to investment banking spanning the African continent. Yet all is not as it seems as the three brothers—Felix, Mark and Tony—soon discover when their family is rocked by secrets and scandals. Blood ties or not, family is family. If you like your book boyfriends to be tall, dark and handsome billionaires, then say hello to the Essien b...

So my long awaiting book reading is nearly here! If you're in Accra or can be in Accra on Wednesday, 26th March, 2016, please don't forget to come. Autographed copies : you know you love owning books that have been autographed by the author :-), and since I'll be there with my special pen, you can buy a copy of Chancing Faith and have it autographed. How awesome is that! 15% off! I should probably have mentioned this first - print copies of Chancing Faith will be on sale at 15% off their retail price (shhh). Meet other book lovers and readers:  The Ghana Voices Series (which is what Writers Project Ghana calls the book reading sessions) is a good way to meet like-minded people who share your passion for reading and books (like the fact that you love the smell of new books)  There's a fourth reason, but it's a surprise - teeheehee. Okay, enough goofing around. Seriously, it will be a fun one hour of your time. Don't miss out.  

Hi folks! I am so happy to be sharing this particular book release blog hop with my friend, Nana Prah , because I saw a few chapters of her latest release, Midwife to Destiny , as it was being developed. I can't wait to experience the journey in full and find out how the HEA happened. Nana also happens to be a fellow Ghanaian author, so needless to say, I am tickled to bits to introduce you to her and her freshly released novel, Midwife to Destiny , from Decadent Publishing's Ubuntu line. Welcome to casa Empi, Nana. It seems not so long ago that we were celebrating the release of your debut novel, Love Through Time. How time flies! Let's get right to it: EB: When did you decide you were going to be a writer? Why fiction? For that matter, why romance fiction? NP: Writing decided for me. A few years ago I wrote an e-mail to a friend telling her how she would meet her husband (as encouragement, not because I’m a psychic). The tale turned into a novel. Although it never got p...

I’ve been enticed (read: harpooned) into participating in the ‘ My Writing Process Blog Hop ’, which seeks to introduce you to authors you may not know and gives a little insight into each author's writing process. For that reason, I’ll stick to author friends of mine (I'm pretty sure if I tagged Nora Roberts, she won't play). Author, Nana Prah, nominated me for this blog hop. I am currently reading her most recent release, Midwife to Destiny, which I’m thoroughly enjoying (don’t forget to drop by on Wednesday for an interview with Nana Prah and a sneak peek into her novel + a chance to win a cool prize). Okay, so back to the hop: I’m supposed to answer four (simple) questions about my writing, then pay it forward by tagging three authors and linking to their website and/or blog. The three authors will in turn put up a similar post on their blogs next Monday. Here goes: 1) What am I working on? I’m working actively on book 2 of the ‘From Ghana with Love’ series, i.e. the se...

I’ve been enticed into participating in a blog hop that introduces you to authors you may not know and gives a little insight into each author's writing process. For that reason, I will stick to author friends of mine (I'm pretty sure if I tagged Nora Roberts, she won't participate). Author of two fantastic paranormal romance novels, Debbie Christiana nominated me for this blog hop. Her first novel Twin Flames will forever be on my list of favorite books, her rendition of past lives was amazing. Solstice introduced me to the world of Strega and had me sitting on the edge of my seat with the action sequences. Here's how it works. I answer four questions about my writing then pay it forward by tagging three authors and link to their website and/or blog. The three authors I chose are all fabulous, in very different ways.   EmpiBaryeh writes spicy romances set in Ghana. Her books will leave you knowing you have read a great romance. She writes characters I fall in love with...

  It's been a fun week, hasn't it? I am sure we all had a blast with the love scenes of various heat levels. I'm not going to ask about favourites since that would be hard to do for many of you. What I will say is, I hope you had a wonderful hop (I know I did) and that you had an even better Valentine's Day (creating your own love scenes). Anyway, enough beating about the bush. Time to announce my Rafflecopter winner....(drumroll) MELISSA C! Congrats to you, Melissa C., and thanks for participating in the blog hop. Your gift will be heading your way soon.

Hi Peeps! It occurred to me the other day that I hadn’t posted anything in 2014, and then I heard about the Evernight Love Scene Blog Hop and thought this would be a perfect way to start my blogging year. So I welcome you to the Love Scene Blog Hop where EP authors are sharing a love scenes from their books – as you know, Valentine's Day is only a week away. The  Grand Prize  is a $100 Visa gift card for a night out to be randomly chosen from all blog comments. Please include your email address in the comments. My Prize is   a $10 Evernight gift card (see rafflecopter link below). My love scene is from my Evernight novel Most Eligible Bachelor , which also happens to be a Valentine’s Day story. It's the beginning of the first love scene in the novel, and to give you context, here's the blurb: BLURB - MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR Heat level: 2 Magazine columnist Chantelle Sah doesn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day—not since her fiancé’s betrayal three years ago—and after botching her ...