Kayla Perrin

Biography

Kayla Perrin has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology and a Bachelor of Education, having entertained the idea of becoming a teacher--but she always knew she wanted to be a writer. Teachers were being laid off in Toronto when Kayla graduated with her B. Ed. Frustrated, she used her time to pursue her life-long dream of becoming a published author and proved that dreams can come true! Indeed, not landing a teaching job was a blessing in disguise. Today she is a multi-published, award-winning USA Today and Essence ® bestselling author with close to 50 novels and novellas in print as of August 2013.

In Kayla's 15 years in the publishing business, she has been a trailblazer in the African-American fiction arena. She has written for many major publishers including St. Martin's Press, HarperCollins Publishers, and Harlequin. She is published in suspense, romance, children's and general women's fiction. She has been featured on radio and on television shows such as Entertainment Tonight Canada, Who's Afraid of Happy Endings (Bravo documentary), The Writer's Corner (South Florida), CHCH TV, CBC's TEST THE NATION game show, the Gill Deacon Show and the CTV News. She has been featured in Ebony magazine, Romantic Times magazine, The South Florida Business Journal, The Toronto Star, The Hamilton Spectator and many other publications. In October 2007, she was featured in the Italian version of Vanity Fair after speaking at a women's conference in Matera, Italy. Her works have been translated into Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

In 2001, after only four years in the business, Kayla was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for excellence in multicultural romance. In 2007, her novel, MIDNIGHT DREAMS, was the Borders bestselling multicultural romance of the year. She has twice had books voted onto Romance Writers of America's Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year list. In 2011, she received the prestigious Harry Jerome Award in Canada for excellence in the arts.

Kayla can be found on a beach with her laptop when traveling, or at home in the Toronto area, working on her next novel. Visit her website: www.kaylaperrin.com.

Books

One More Night With You
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 29,950. Language: English. Published: February 18, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Bella and Andre are back in book 3 of the AGE OF LOVE series. Fresh from London, where Andre's ex dropped the bombshell that she's pregnant, Bella is left reeling. How can she move forward with Andre if another woman is carrying his baby? Andre doesn't want her to give up on him; he knows they can work it out. But neither he nor Bella have any clue just how far Clarissa will go to keep them apart.
One Night in London
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 29,020. Language: English. Published: April 25, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Romance, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Book 2 in the "Age of Love" series. Bella Sinclair is back from Paris, and ready to pick up where she left off with Andre Moore. But there's one snag. Andre's ex-girlfriend, Clarissa Evans. It seems she wants Andre back and won't let anything stand in her way. When Clarissa shows up at a wedding that Bella and Andre are attending in London, will she succeed in driving a wedge between them?
The Wolf
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 19,090. Language: English. Published: March 19, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Children’s books » Family / Siblings
13-year-old Connor goes into the woods after a fight with his twin sister. He's done it before. Only this time he doesn't return. Emily has haunting dreams about a werewolf and her brother. There are rumors that a werewolf lives in the forest and a kid at their junior high was reportedly its victim. It can't be true, right? Only once Emily sets off to find Connor, she discovers a new, scary world.
One Night In Paris
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 28,070. Language: English. Published: October 20, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Romance, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Bella Sinclair has been dumped by her boyfriend, weeks before her 40th birthday. She'd hoped to celebrate the big day with her beau on a business trip to Paris, but now that's not to be. But then her sexy neighbor, Andre Moore, asks her out. But he's 10 years younger...too young--isn't he? Andre doesn't think so. To him, age is just a number. And he's determined to prove they'll be good together.
The Disappearance of Allison Jones
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 15,270. Language: English. Published: August 9, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Law & Crime, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Rumors run wild about Whistlethorn Manor, the creepy old house in the neighborhood. Tracy Whistlethorn is shunned by everyone in her 4th grade class. Except the new girl, Allison Jones. But when Allison goes missing after being seen going into Tracy's house, Sarah and a few of her friends take action. Soon, they are convinced of foul play as they investigate the disappearance of Allison Jones.