Bestselling Interracial Romance Author

Buy all three books from The Lonely Heart Series in paperback today for only $19.99 plus shipping and handling.  Books will be mailed out on September 1, 2011.  Pre-order yours today.  Books include:
The Ugly Girlfriend
Finding Opa!
The Grunt

Staff Sergeant Brett Black has a bad feeling that something is going to go terribly wrong. And as a Recon Marine, he pays attention to his gut. Only nothing can prepare him for what he encounters when he arrives at home from the base. His wife is leaving him, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Abandoned with a kid, the super alpha-male has to become domesticated quickly or find a willing substitute to help him with his son. Only the substitute he finds is no substitution.

Courtney Lawless is a true wild card. The budding librarian loves the classics and carries herself like a lady by day. But she also is full of life and surfs the waves of the Atlantic Ocean by night. Since her parents won’t pay for college because of bad decisions in her past, the reformed bad-girl takes a job as Brett’s live-in nanny to finish paying for school.

Brett has never seen a woman of such complex duality. Used to a wife who won’t clean, cook or even talk to him, when he starts to live with Courtney, he realizes what he’s been missing his entire life. Educated, amazing and refreshingly honest, the only thing that that this transparent beauty hides from her new boss is that she’s also the Lieutenant Colonel’s daughter.

Faced with another deployment to Afghanistan soon, the brooding Marine is forced to come out his shell to fight for what he loves, only this time, the war is at home.

Enjoy the interracial must-read romance of the summer, The Grunt, the third a longest book in Latrivia S. Nelson’s Lonely Heart Series and today.

Page Length:  312 pages
Format: Trade Paperback
Author:  Latrivia S. Nelson
Publisher: RiverHouse Publishing
Release Date:  07/26/2011

What does the Greek word Opa mean? According to some it is a word or pronouncement of celebration; the celebration of life itself. It is another way of expressing joy and gratitude to God, life, and others, for bringing one into the state of ultimate wisdom.

Stacey Lane Bryant has three rules. She doesn’t drive; she doesn’t travel; and she most definitely will not date. From the outside, this odd-ball, thirties-something, single black woman is simply a creature of habit who has been beaten down by the tragedies of life. However those on the inside know that she’s the widow of esteemed astrophysicist Drew Bryant, a highly sought after best-selling romance author and a devoted cat lover. The rules are simply designed to keep her safe and keep her sane.

However, someone didn’t tell the Greek bombshell, Dr. Hunter Fourakis, that rules weren’t meant to be broken. While at his favorite pub, he eyes Stacey and instantly falls under her spell. Only, his rusty moves don’t get him far with the brilliant introvert, who quickly leaves just to get out of his grasp.

What is meant to be will be, and the two run into each other in another chance encounter. This time Hunter is able to convince Stacey not only to go out on a spur-of-the-moment date with him but also to consider an unorthodox proposal that would benefit them both.

Hunter’s late wife was killed while serving in Iraq, and he mourns every year for two months and three days. The mourning period is usually miserable for Hunter, but this time, he wants to celebrate life. Stacey’s second romance novel is due to her agent in two months but is totally lacking motivation or passion, because she hasn’t gotten over her late husband. Considering that they both need someone for a short period of time to fulfill very specific needs, they agree to be each other’s help mate temporarily. Only as deprived widows, pressured professionals and lonely hearts, they find that while deadlines pass and mourning time ends, love lasts forever.

Read this romantic tale about two people who fight through tragic personal loss, family prejudices and age-old traditions to find good old fashion love in the second book of the Lonely Hearts Series, Finding Opa!

Page Length:  201 pages
Format: Trade Paperback
Author:  Latrivia S. Nelson
Publisher: RiverHouse Publishing
Release Date:  05/21/2011

LaToya Jenkins is the quintessential woman: smart, successful, grounded and determined.  She only has one problem socially - she's overweight.  As the "big one" of her girlfriends, she often faces rejection from the men of their social circle because of her size and/or her dark skin.  And due to a painful past relationship, she gives up on love completely  until, she takes on Mitchell "Mitch" O'Keefe as a new client. 

The Irish born architect needs a professional cleaning service to help him literrally clean up his life after a nasty divorce, but he  winds up finding a true friend in LaToya, the owner of It's An Honor Cleaning Service.   

While LaToya is handicapped emotionally by her baggage, Mitch thinks she's the strongest woman he's ever seen and breath of fresh air in his hectic life.  His only goal is to prove to her that his interest in her is more than lust sparked by curiosity.  

Read the story of two beautiful people in totally opposite ways who help each other see that beauty is not skin deep but soul deep in the first book of Latrivia S. Nelson's Lonely Heart Series, The Ugly Girlfriend.  

Page Length:  150 pages
Price: $3
Format: Trade Paperback
Author:  Latrivia S. Nelson
Publisher: RiverHouse Publishing
Release Date:  12/07/2010

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: RiverHouse Publishing, LLC; 1st edition (July 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0578060116
• ISBN-13: 978-0578060118
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.5 inches

From the bestselling series, the Medlov Crime Family, comes the highly-anticipated story about America's favorite bad boy...

Anatoly Medlov is the youngest crime boss in the Medlov Organized Crime Family’s history. Now, he has to prove himself to a council who thinks his legacy has not been well-earned, amidst a grueling investigation by Lt. Nicola Agosto of the Memphis Police Department and during plot to destroy him by his ex-lover, Victoria. In his loneliness, the only one he can confide in is the shop girl, Renee, an old friend who knows more than anyone about his personal journey but would never tell a soul. His friendship soon turns to love for a woman he knows that he cannot have. Can he?

When his estranged mother dies suddenly, Anatoly flies to Russia to pay his last respects and discovers a jolting secret. The late Ivan Medlov’s own brutal legacy still lives through his son, Gabrielle, and his young, New York Crime Family, built on his sweat and hard work. Anatoly’s father, Dmitry, sees it as an opportunity to unite two major families and blesses both men to carry on operations. However, Anatoly sees Gabrielle as a threat to his empire and competition for the affection of his father. Will cousins kill because of brothers?

Gabrielle Medlov has always resented his existence. Now as an undercover DEA agent working for the other side, he plans destroy the Medlov Crime Family and the life that his father left him for. Only in order to get close enough to destroy the Medlov’s, he must also get close enough to love them. Will blood prove thicker than water or will one man’s revenge end the Family for good?

Follow the story of one young man who fights to be king in a room full of royalty and suffers the pain of his position in the romantic suspense guaranteed to make you want more.

• Paperback:404 pages
• Publisher:RiverHouse Publishing, LLC (January 20, 2011)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0983218617
• ISBN-13:978-0983218616
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.9 inches

The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One If you've been waiting to buy all the volumes of Book One of The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Volumes 1-4, the time has now arrived. By popular demand, Latrivia S. Nelson is proud to announce a compilation of the first four of the twelve volumes from the Medlov Crime Family Short Stories Series. Dmitry Medlov wasn't always a billionaire crime boss. His rise to the top was a painstaking process that took many years and many trials and tribulations. From breaking out of prison on a twenty-year bid in Russia to trafficking guns in the back alleys of London and finally toppling a dynasty run by a blood-thirsty Czar, this seven-foot tall, bad boy had to earn every penny. Along the way, however, he also learned about a woman's heart, the pain of losing a sick wife, the drain of taking care of a psychotic kid brother, the knowledge of finding out that he was a father and pride of building an empire all before his 25th birthday. Read about America's favorite mob boss in four short tales that will have you flipping through the pages and begging for more. The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One by national bestselling author Latrivia S. Nelson.

• Paperback:416 pages
• Publisher:RiverHouse Publishing, LLC (January 9, 2012)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0983981906
• ISBN-13:978-0983981909
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1.2 inches