Lovers BLVD ❤️ (BxB)

Welcome

Hello to the person who has taken time out of their morning, noon or night to tune into this creative gift of mine that I could not wait to share with the world. After a long time of having writers block and taking essential time to work on my personal journey of self, I have finally gotten back into the field of writing and have created a project that is dear to my heart. It's funny how God works in mysterious ways because I remember having an idea randomly about the very first chapter, so I decided to write it out not knowing a full book was going to follow after.

As a kid, I've always had a deep love and admiration for reading and when one of my closest friends told me about Wattpad eleven years ago, I couldn't wait to discover all the different genres and concepts that people pulled from their special creative talents and poured into this app. I discovered a lot of great authors and the first book I read was a Harry Styles fanfiction that that same friend raved about and least to say, that book had me hooked.

Over the years, I have grown to discover some great authors whose books have inspired me like Poetically-Damaged, BlazeBlue96, rotXinXpieces, EverythingBGKC,NEEGAMUSIC melaninbxb and so many more unique talents. This app has always been a safe space for me. It's always good to dive into different worlds and read books that not only take you through a rollercoaster of emotions, but would keep you craving for more and more.

As a person who wasn't comfortable with his sexuality and really open and expressive about it at the time, I was so elated to see the representation of LGBTQIA+ people within books. To know that there were people like me who had successful platforms in which they unapologetically expressed their queerness and authenticity in general was everything and more to me and even though I was represented in that aspect, I did notice however one thing was sort of missing: Lack of African American representation within books on this app.

Now granted, at that young age, I may not have dug deep enough but I only remember a select few authors who shined a light on black experiences, culture, love and the rawness from that perspective but it was only so much representation that I saw. I remember talking to my friend about it the other day and she said the same thing. As a young African American myself, I wanted to see that representation and yes there has been a tremendous increase since I first joined, but I always yearned for something that hit a little bit closer to home.

That's what Lover's Blvd is about. What better way to share that experience on a platform that has given me the creative control to do so? Often times more than not, it has been a sad story within the African American community for God knows how long about queerness not always being embraced. There are so many people from generations long before ours and even still in this day that never got to live in their truth and instead sacrificed their happiness to accommodate to everyone's comfortability just to feel "seen" and given a love that is in actuality not a real love, especially from their family. Most of them have craved to just spread their wings and be free and share the love that they see people who have a privilege of not being shunned about it have with another person, but somehow that curse has deep rooted its name into our community and progress has barely been achieved.

I wanted to dedicate this book to all of the ancestors and people in the world who left this Earth with a broken heart and didn't get the chance to really embrace the colors of their own rainbow due to fear of discrimination, abandonment and other consequences that may have fell in line. As you can see by my cover, it depicts a gay African American couple who looks like their love could've taken place in the mid 1800's through early 1900's. This is also an homage to those very same ancestors.

I want readers to allow this book to be a safe space for them and I hope that you enjoy this non-concept book as you dive into the world of the beautiful gay African American lovers, Juanderez (hun-dur-rez) and Xanurie (zuh-nur-rie). If you feel like getting your popcorn, favorite box of chocolates or that comfort food that you can't help but to crave cause of how good it melts against your tastebuds, then go ahead and get it boo! Don't forget to vote, comment and hit that follow button if you feel like it!

Without further ado, this is Lovers Blvd.