Breaking the Rules: A Short Story

by Nastascia Fletcher, Sarah Ferrari (Illustrator)

Overview

What does the unwritten rule say? Never like your friend's boyfriend.

But what if that girl is NOT Anessa's friend?

It's hard trying to convince herself not to like the guy when he's so irresistible. And their encounter on the Island of Jamaica makes Anessa blush at the memory.

What happens when the consequences of Anessa's risqué behavior follow her home? What happens when she's the only one willing to give in to her true feelings? But will Dean let go of what he already has for something he knows nothing?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823123464
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/18/2022
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

As a child, I have always been fascinated with relationships. Growing up, I continued to understand the importance of familial and romantic relationships and how they help shape a person. At the same time, I wished I could see more of the relationships I saw around me in the media or books; black women and black men falling in love. But when I saw that there wasn’t much representation, I decided to create it myself.

My company was founded on the premise of sharing black ‘Happily Ever Afters.’ A wildly underrepresented reality that we rarely see on tv, not nearly enough in books, TV shows, or even movies. Stories that weren’t built upon toxicity or negative stereotypes, just two people–or several people, going through the motions of falling in love. And in that process, I share a deep part of me that believes in true love. Because it does exist, and it exists for all shades of people.