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Francis Ray

Francis Ray was a New York Times and USA Today bestselling African-American writer of romance novels. Her literary fiction series – Taggart and Falcon, the Invincible Women, Grayson Family of New Mexico, and Grayson Friends – have consistently made bestseller's lists. She was born in Richland, Texas, and studied nursing, receiving a bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University in 1967. She began writing in 1987, while continuing to work as a nurse, and had her first book published in 1992.

AWARDS

Romantic Times Career Achievement

EMMA

The Golden Pen

The Atlantic Choice

Romantic Times 2008 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners for AFRICAN-AMERICAN ROMANCE Reviewers' Choice Awards – Best Books Not Even If You Begged, St. Martin's Griffin (February 2008)

Borders 2008 Bestselling Multicultural Romance Award for Nobody but You

Written's 2010 Readers Choice Book of the Year for If You Were My Man


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“There wasn't a shed of doubt in her mind that he'd fulfill her every sexual fantasy and them some.But was a brief, hot affair worth losing his friendship?”
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“Relationships are a never-ending work in progress.”
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“do we not love each other enough, or do we love ourselves too much!”
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