Token

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A sexy, whip-smart, enemies to lovers romcom thats fresh and topical, tackling racism and tokenism as experienced by a young Black American woman in the cutthroat world of Publicity.

Kennedy Mitchell is brilliant, beautiful and tired of being the only Black woman in the room.

Two years ago, she was plucked from the reception desk and placed in the boardroom in the name of diversity. Rather than play along, she and her best friend founded Token, a boutique PR agency that helps diversity-challenged companies and celebrities. With corporate America diversifying workplaces and famous people getting into reputation-damaging controversies, Token is in high demand. With business booming, Kennedy discovers theres a lot of on-the-job learning. Some messes are not easily fixed, a pro hockey player overheard using a racial slur needs his image rehabbed; an executive team requires diversifying and sensitivity trainingasap. When Kennedys ex shows up needing help repairing his companys reputation, things get even more complicated. She knows his character is being wrongly maligned, but shes reluctant to get involved. Soon she finds herself drawn into a PR scandal of her own.

"This romance has it all - flirty banter, deep emotion, and a smart, sassy heroine." JENNIFER PROBST,New York Timesbestselling author
"A smart, sexy rom-com that had me chuckling from the first page. I loved it." BRENDA JACKSON,New York Timesbestselling author
"Tokenis a smart and sexy romantic comedy...that is quick-witted, funny, and dives into contemporary social issues." BUZZFEED, These 12 Romance Novels Will Knock Your Socks Off

Author Bio

Beverley discovered her love of books while growing up in, the then, small city of Barrie, Ontario Canada. With her love of books and romance, she always wished that everyone would find their happily ever after. She currently writes sexy historical, new adult and contemporary romances. As the mother of one too bright and mischievous young boy, she pulls full-time duty on all fronts. When she's not writing full-time, running The Season review website or mothering, she's probably reading or sleeping and dreaming of a time when she'll have time for her favorite hobbies: knitting, crocheting and sewing. Beverley has lived on two continents, in three countries, two provinces, and four states. She stopped her nomadic existence and settled in the southeast. All things artistic feed her creative passion, but none more than writing. Readers can visit her at: beverleykendall.com.