Author Empi Baryeh's Blog

It's 3 Weeks to release day ! (I'm gearing up for my happy dance) A huge thank you to those who came by the past two weeks to read the excerpts, and especially to all who left me a comment. I hope you enjoy this week's excerpt too. If you missed the first two posts, here are the links: Prologue Chapter 1: part 1 ¸.•´¨ ❥ ¸ . •´¨   BLURB ¸.•´¨ ❥ ¸ . •´ ¨ Esi Afriyie has been in love with Michael Yaw Badu since childhood. When he receives a scholarship to study in America, all hope seems lost ... until he returns to Ghana ten years later. An arranged marriage contracted by their families makes her dreams come true, but does the reality of being Mrs. Michael Badu live up to the fantasy? Michael may have married Esi, but he is in love with someone else—Forest Girl, a mystery woman he encountered just once in the forest. His heart belongs to her, and he doesn't need his beautiful wife awakening his carnal desires. He is even willing to sacrifice ...

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The countdown continues: 4 Weeks to release day. Are you getting as excited as I am? You're here, so I'm going to take that as a yes! Thanks to all who left me a comment last week. I hope you enjoy this week's excerpt even more. If you missed last week's post , read it here . Here's the beginning of Chapter one where we meet the hero, Michael Badu. Genre: Multicultural Romance, Africa Length: Full-length novel ¸.•´¨ ❥ ¸ . •´¨   BLURB ¸.•´¨ ❥ ¸ . •´ ¨ Esi Afriyie has been in love with Michael Yaw Badu since childhood. When he receives a scholarship to study in America, all hope seems lost ... until he returns to Ghana ten years later. An arranged marriage contracted by their families makes her dreams come true, but does the reality of being Mrs. Michael Badu live up to the fantasy? Michael may have married Esi, but he is in love with someone else—Forest Girl, a mystery woman he encountered just once in the forest. His hea...

Woohoo! Forest Girl is out on Pre-Order . If you're like me, you want it in your hands already! So here's what I've decided to do. I'll share an excerpt here on my blog every week until the book releases in 19 June! Scroll down for this week's excerpt. ¸. • ´¨ ❥ ¸ . • ´¨ PRE-ORDER NOW ¸.•´¨ ❥ ¸ . •´ ¨   Title: FOREST GIRL Author:  Empi Baryeh Genre: Multicultural Romance, Africa Length: Full length novel ¸. • ´¨ ❥ ¸ . • ´¨  TAGLINE ¸.•´¨ ❥ ¸ . •´ ¨   He fell in love with her at first sight,  but didn't recognize her when he saw her again. ¸. • ´¨ ❥ ¸ . • ´¨  BLURB ¸.•´¨ ❥ ¸ . •´ ¨   Esi Afriyie has been in love with Michael Yaw Badu since childhood. When he receives a scholarship to study in America, all hope seems lost ... until he returns to Ghana ten years later. An arranged marriage contracted by their families makes her dreams come true, but does the reality of being Mrs. Michael Badu live up to the fantasy?...

Hello friends, and welcome back to Sexy Snippets. Today, I'm sharing a snippet in honour of Mother's Day! So it's clearly not going to be a 'sexy' piece, but I thought it was cute. This snippet comes from my soon-to-be-published (unedited) book,  Expecting Ty's Baby. A scene between the heroine, Patricia and her mother. Here you go. Enjoy 💗 And Happy Mother's Day!

❤ 🎉🎈😍 📚🔞 ✔ 💯 ❤ Title: Bound to Favor Author: Kiru Taye Series: Bound #4 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Africa Tagline: He doesn't want to get married again. She doesn't do families. Can they fake perfect together? BLURB Kamali Danladi has sworn never to get married again. But his meddling mother is bent on hitching him to any eligible female that comes along to the next family gathering. There's only one thing for it. Get fake-hitched to his executive assistant. If anyone is more averse to marriage than he is, it's her. So they'll be perfect together. Or at least, they'll fake perfect together. Ebun Forson doesn't do families. She certainly doesn't do festivities. So when she has to spend a week playing fiancée to her boss, how is she going to cope with the extensive Danladi kinsfolk without breaking out in hives? Her next shopping trip funded by the bonus he's giving her should more than make up for th...

So these are two words that I often seem people use interchangeably. They both have something to do with 'two' and 'yearly', but let me say it right from the start - they do not mean the same thing. BIANNUAL [bahy- an -yoo-uh l] Adjective 1. occurring twice a year; semiannual. BIENNIAL [bahy- en -ee-uh l] Adjective 1. happening every two years: biennial games. 2. lasting or enduring for two years: a biennial life cycle. 3. (Botany). completing its normal term of life in two years, flowering and fruiting the second year, as beets or winter wheat. Noun 4. any event occurring once in two years. 5. (Botany). a biennial plant. Now you know Empi