26 Friday Mar 2021
Posted in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Events, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Nature, Poetry, Resolutions, Romance
(Linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
midnight rendezvous
cleansing my soul
in the pelting rain
Celestine Nudanu – 26/03/2021
24 Thursday Dec 2020
Posted in African Women Writers, Events
Dear lovely friends, it has been a tough year all in all, with the pandemic raging everywhere. But God is good and He continues to be Sovereign. Glory be to His name. I pray the holidays find you well and keep you safe.
May the peace and joy of the Season reign in your homes, even as we usher in 2021.
Merry Christmas to you all and a Prosperous and Safe New year. Thank you so much for being part of my blogging journey. We are family now! 🙂
06 Friday Nov 2020
Posted in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Events, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Non-Fiction, Poetry
04 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, Dawn, Events, Ghana Association of Writers, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance
16 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in African Women Writers, Death, Events, Non-Fiction, Poerty
Sleep No More
flimsy wind
your candle glows to dim
on the whimsical threshold
of love…
the darkest side
2
on leafy green parchment
your story unfolds, glittering
to conclude
on a bare earth
one with the dust
not even ashes
grey as death
can seal the gaping holes
of your bullet riddled body
ash to ash
dust to dust
3
sleep no more
the hand that sheds
innocent blood
the blood you took
from her virginity
sinking your fangs in
to draw life
her essence
to feed your misplaced basest instincts
on the altar of her love
you desecrate
with booms of your gun
a soul is snuffed
hers…
kill and thou shall be killed
sleep no more
Celestine Nudanu – 16/09/2020
Rest in Perfect Peace, Barbara Tommie
01 Monday Jun 2020
Posted in African Women Writers, Events, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry, Publication, Religion, Trivia
Tags
COVID 19, Ghana, Haiku, lockdown, Muse, Publication, Stardust Haiku, writing history
But come out I should and did with this haiku of mine published in the Stardust Haiku online Magazine edited by Valentina Ranaldi- Adams. Very much appreciated Valentina. 🙂
I guess with this, dear friends, my muse might be back in full swing. At least I hope so. 🙂
echoes of silence
reverberating . . .
empty tomb
Celestine Nudanu – Ghana.
28 Thursday Feb 2019
Posted in African Women Writers, Events, Ghana Association of Writers, Guests, Publication, Romance
Tags
Africa, Black Opal Books, Contemporary Multi-cultural romance, Empi Baryeh, From Ghana with Love, Ghana, romance
Author: Empi Baryeh
Series: From Ghana With Love #2
Stand-Alone: Yes
Publisher:Black Opal Books
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural
Heat Level: Sensual / Expected Publication Date: Â March 23, 2019/Cover Artist: Kim Killion
#WTMOETB
Abandoned by her father at a young age, beauty therapist, Patricia Owusu, has learned the hard way that men can’t be relied on. She’s determined to make it on her own without falling into the cultural trappings of marriage. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a torrid love affair with African-American financial consultant, Ty Webber, she discovers one man’s resolve to stick around.
When Ty discovers Patricia is carrying his baby, he offers marriage; because real men take responsibility for their actions. He isn’t prepared for Patricia’s stubborn determination to make it on her own. But nothing will prevent him from claiming his child or the woman he considers his.
Can Ty convince Patricia to take a chance on him to help provide a loving home for their baby, or will Patricia’s mistrust lead her to miss out on true love and rob her child of the type of father she never had?
Add (Expecting Ty’s Baby) to Goodreads
Available March 23, 2019
Missed Book 1 in the series?
Grab it in ebook, paperback or audiobook formats
 (+ meet Ty and Patricia from book 2):
Black Opal Books |Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | All Other Buy Links
Book 1: Chancing Faith
He didn’t do short-term relationships…
American ad exec, Thane Aleksander, doesn’t date co-workers either—until business takes him to Ghana, West Africa, and he meets Naaki. Now he’s at risk of breaking all the rules. Can he stop this headlong fall before it’s too late?
Until he met her!
Naaki Tabika has a burning need to prove, to herself and others, that she’s more than wife and mother material. To do so, she’s prepared to give up everything for her job. Meeting Thane, however, makes her want to get personal. But falling for her boss could destroy her career. Will she be willing to risk it all for the one thing that can make her truly happy?
Two divergent cultures, two different races, two career-driven professionals, only one chance at true love—will they find the faith to take it, or will their hearts be sacrificed on the altar of financial success?
Add (Chancing Faith) to Goodreads
Empi Baryeh is the award-winning author of Most Eligible Bachelor (Book of the year, 2017 Ufere Awards). She writes sweet and sensual African, multicultural and interracial romance, which happens to be her favourite genres of romance to read. Her interest in writing started around the age of thirteen after she stumbled upon a YA story her sister had started and abandoned. The story fascinated her so much that, when she discovered it was unfinished, she knew she had to complete it. Somehow the rest of the story began to take shape in her mind and she’s been writing ever since.
She lives in Accra, Ghana, with her husband and their two lovely kids.
CONNECT WITH EMPI
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Instagram
LINKS
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​Website: https://www.empibaryeh.com/
Blog: https://empibaryehauthor.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empibaryeh
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/EmpiBaryeh
Google+: https://www.google.com/+EmpiBaryeh
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/empibaryeh
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empibaryeh/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5625111.Empi_Baryeh
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29 Wednesday Aug 2018
Hello, lovely people lovers of African stories.
If you’re in Accra, Ghana this week, have I got a treat for you! I and a group of Ghanaian authors (we’re calling ourselves 11 Authors (from) Ghana) have a stand at the Ghana International Book Fair, taking place from 30 August – 2 September, 2018 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). Time is 9am to 7pm daily. This event will bring together, publishers, authors, book marketers, editors; you name it, from all over the globe. There will be seminars, master classes, book readings etc. Exciting, isn’t it? 🙂
Here are some of the great books you can get:
As you can see, we’re catering to a whole array of reading taste buds. Bring your whole family and meet new authors! 🙂 Sure, it will be fun! 🙂
17 Friday Aug 2018
Posted in African Women Writers, Cherita, Events, Micropoetry, Poetry
FOR ARETHA FRANKLIN!
Sing on, Songbird!
Fly Baby Fly
fly baby fly
sexy songbird
crooning on
the heavens gain
a legend
and you, freedom
Celestine Nudanu
17/8/18
02 Thursday Aug 2018
Posted in African Women Writers, Events, Fiction, Ghana Association of Writers, Publication, Reviews, Romance
Tags
Ghana, Harlequin, Nana Prah, New release, Path To Passion, romance
My friend and fellow Ghanaian, Nana Prah, a multi cultural romance writer who also blogs at http://nanaprah.blogspot.com/ has just released her eighth book. Did you read that? Eighth book. Yeah, Nana is really making Ghana proud. And guess what I had the privilege of having lunch with her and another romance writer friend Empi right opposite my workplace. A possible Romance Writers of Ghana (RWOG) in the making? 🙂 Just make sure you get yourself a copy of this fabulous Path To Passion I will be reviewing soon. 🙂
Title: Path To Passion
Author: Nana Prah
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Print Length: 224 pages
Publisher: Harlequin Kimani Romance; Original edition (August 1, 2018)
Publication Date: August 1, 2018
 
BLURB
The man who broke her heart . . .Is the man she now needs more than ever!
Heir to his family’s global empire, branding genius Miguel Astacio turns everything into marketing gold. Only his best friend’s sister seems immune to his magic touch. Until Tanya Carrington comes to him to save her floundering nightclub. Miguel is ready to rectify past mistakes. But will his supreme sacrifice win the heart of the woman he loves?
Add to Goodreads:Â https://goo.gl/hbCASz
BUY LINKS
Amazon US: https://goo.gl/nbTvYU
Amazon UK: https://goo.gl/jkwRjj
Barnes and Noble: https://goo.gl/5gx7Mx
iBooks: https://goo.gl/cLpN6p
Kobo: https://goo.gl/YwVpWN
EXCERPT
Miguel’s blood heated as she gave him a wavering smile. She was just too beautiful, with clear skin marked only by a dark mole at the corner of her nose, angled dark eyes and full lickable lips.
“I mean,” Tanya continued, “I won’t even be able to recognize the place when it’s completed. Everything sounds incredible, but I may have to draw the line at the cages for dancers.”
He thought she might. “Trust me, if we charge people to dance in them, they will pay. The one rule is that they have to keep their clothes on.”
 “We’ll see.” She stared at the screen again with her eyes unblinking “Um…” She rubbed the back of her neck and a light sheen of sweat broke out on her forehead. “How much will this cost?”
Now for the heavy convincing. He got up and stood beside her to point at the CCTV screen showing the dance area, which had filled up a little more in the hour they’d been going over his ideas. “I can see this place packed, people waiting all the way up the street trying to get in. VIP area filled with actors, musicians and pro athletes flying in to experience it.”
Unable to resist, he leaned close so they were almost cheek to cheek. Her heat and honeysuckle perfume floated into him, and he turned his head so his starving lips could caress her one more time. He kissed along her jaw until he met the sensitive area of her neck, where he teased her with gentle nips until she moaned. She sprang as far away from him as the room would allow.
What had he been thinking? Why did she affect him this way? She took away his willpower like no other woman had ever done. Thinking became almost impossible when she was around. The desire to smooth his hands over her incredibly silky soft skin drove him to get closer, but he stayed rooted to the spot, watching her rub the goose pimples from her arms.
“Answer the question, Miguel.” He was pleased to hear her voice quiver. “How much will it cost?”
He’d rather discuss the turbulent heat swirling between them, but if she wanted to ignore it then he should, too. “You’ve heard the saying that you have to spend money to make money, right?”
Her slow nod brought her hair forward. He watched as she brushed back the strand she wanted to filter his fingers through, bringing her close so they could fall into the attraction drawing them together.
CONNECT WITH NANA
Facebook:Â https://www.facebook.com/NanaPrah.Author/
Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/NanaPrah
Instagram:Â https://www.instagram.com/nanaprahauthor/
Website:Â https://www.nanaprah.com/
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