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A bestselling romance author and cultural anthropologist examines love, desire, and race through essays on romance, culture, and popular storytelling.

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About Nikki Payne

Romance author & PhD cultural anthropologist Bestselling author of smart, sexy, subversive romance Interrogating race, desire, and popular culture

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