Books written by La Toya Hankins

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  Challah and Callaloo

  Leah Tubman had no way of knowing the informational interview she had in 2008 with the shapely marketing manager would lead to her planning a same-sex Southern wedding, complete with a rabbi and rum cake, seven years later.

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  Sometimes She Gets Lucky

  The number had always brought her good luck. Her name meant nine, inspiried by her being ... When she returned, the table appeared to have filled up, so she settled in to enjoy the rest of her evening. Around her, the room seemed to hum ...

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  Icing on the Cake

  Red velvet cake may be just a mixture of eggs, butter, and milk, but the icing on the cake is the love two Southern women have for each other. Note: This short story was originally published in the charity collection, Love Is Proud.

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  Heat Wave: Southport

  When Zora comes to visit her childhood hometown for the Fourth of July, she expects to be helping with the family business, greeting old neighbors and friends, and carefully avoiding the topic of her sexuality.

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  Ghosted

  Sometimes, in order to find the thing missing most, you have to open yourself up to being Ghosted.

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  K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood

  "Track star Kiara Michaels didn't expect to find two lifelong friends at her sorority membership interview.

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  SBF Seeking ...

  Four months before her wedding, Yvette Thurman realizes this might be her last chance to have a sexual fling with a white man.