Lindsay Barrett

thumb Carlton Lindsay Barrett (born 15 September 1941), also known as Eseoghene, is a Jamaican-born poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist and photographer, whose work has interacted with the Caribbean Artists Movement in the UK, the Black Arts Movement in the US, and pan-Africanism in general. Leaving Jamaica in the early 1960s, he moved to Britain, where he freelanced as a broadcaster and journalist, also travelling and living elsewhere in Europe, before deciding to relocate to West Africa. Since the latter 1960s he has been based mainly in Nigeria, of which country he became a citizen in the mid-1980s, while continuing his connection to cultural ventures in the UK and US. Quotes I am. Savannah Royals is a historical romance heist novel. It's set in 1919 to 1920, Savannah, Georgia. And it follows a con artist female main character who has grown up in the catacombs running underneath of Savannah. And she belongs to a gang who's targeting the blue blood and wealthy elite of the city of Savannah. So they target them and then they rob them or steal from them. So, yeah, the hook of the book is she meets a mark who is different than anybody who has ever come before him. He is very witty, perceptive, charming, and she's kind of falling for him and she's conning him. But it is also a love triangle story. So the conflict really comes in. She's been [00:02:00] in a long-term relationship with the leader of her criminal gang. It's an open relationship. They're not exclusive. But as the book is progressing, she's still seeing these two different men. And, and the promise of the premise is these worlds are gonna collide. It's pretty early in the book. I'm gonna read from chapter three. So just the basic background you need to know going in is Kat, Katarina Quinn is her name, main character. She's part of a gang. They call themselves the Wolf Pack or the Wolves. Her childhood, like friends to lovers situationship, his name is Paul and he's gonna be in this scene and where we are in space and time in the morning, she has met the new mark, Matthew DaMolin for the first time. And this is now evening. She is in her dorm room. She's at a [00:03:00] finishing school. So she's in her dorm room with her roommate where we start. And I do just, I have to give like the disclaimer. There is gonna be an abridged sex scene in the chapter that I'm gonna read. So, disclaimer, it does fade to black, this sex scene, but the book is Open Door Romance. Anybody who's listening who wants open door romance, I just wanna be clear, this is an open door romance book. Just this one scene is not, 'cause it occurs so early. External links Category:Living people Category:1941 births Category:Jamaican novelists