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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 24/09/2026

I'm glad the writers' room was DILIGENT w/ the notes & dotted their 'i's' & crossed their 't's, making this make sense w/ the new Wayne child. That was my ONLY anxiety. Oh, and where Freddy was. 🤣 Love the cameos for sure & the Netty money for more campus views. 💜HBCU Memories! #Adifferentworld

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 24/09/2026

So far, the continuation of ADW is not bad at all. I honestly didn't think that it would be. I went in accepting that this is for a new generation, w/ an embrace for us who grew up watching the OG IP. With that in mind... #Adifferentworld | #Streaming

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 20/09/2026

Need a little short excursion? Get into my spicy BOK Novelette ‘Between Pleasure and Friends.’ This book cover and the PB cover are among the favorites I’ve ever designed. I also had fun designing the destination promos. 🔥 amzn.to/4rmpgBH #books | #BookSky💙📚🌶️ | #Romancelandia | #blackbooksky

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 03/09/2026

Though it's hotter than a biscuit with honey butter outside, grab yourself an iced pumpkin spice whatever, or chai, and take a visit to Sojourner Falls! 🧋https://amzn.to/3rMSJa5 #Romance | #Romancelandia | #BookSky💙📚 | #Blackbooksky

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 01/08/2026

It’s August 1st, and I always like to do a remembrance of Mama Banks at this time. So…no it’s not Black History Month, but it’s ALWAYS Black Literary Remembrance Month. ❤️ open.substack.com/pub/kaileake...

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 08/07/2026

You've read the book series (Or have you? 👀). Now bop to some of the songs that inspired the series and characters, with a nice little update. Sin Eaters Devotion Book Series & Chronicles Spotify Playlist.🎶 #books #bookstagram #pararomance #darkfantasy #vamps #romance #stlbooks #supportblackauthors

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 19/06/2026

Historically African-American communities and settlements were known in various areas as "Freedmen Towns," "Freetowns," "freedom colonies," or "All-Black towns.".... Sojourner Falls reflects the legacy of such places and the vision of preserving such a town. Take a stroll in SOJO Falls.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 18/06/2026

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 12/06/2026

Sitting over here because FB-IG and them Threads are being glitchy today.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 17/04/2026

So, the new szn of Beef. I did end up watching it (after not really being interested due to its strong YT centeredness) bc it was shorter. So, my feelings abt this szn, it just wasn't giving like the first szn. Not in the same manner, I'll say. You feel the distinct shift in the storytelling/world.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 12/04/2026

I don't engage enough over here anymore. I might change that.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 14/03/2026

I did my S/O on Threads but...🥳🥳🥳🥳 Happy 314 Day to the Lou & all my folk. Let me share that I'm an STL author/Writer. My books always give love to STL. I like to label myself a Riverbend-Midwest author. So check me out! My most known books, Sin Eaters kick it all through STL. linktr.ee/kaileakes

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 14/02/2026

*sings* Happy Valentine'sssssssssssssss Day! 💜💜💜💜Every day the 14th! To you smexy lovas /my readers!!! Enjoy my BOK Book Sale and BHM Sale at #Smashwords! BHM ✊🏾sale: bit.ly/4ko6BlFValen... BOK in Love💜 sale: bit.ly/4qLkWuS #Books | #Booksky | #Romance | #Fantasy | #Darkfantasy | #Horror

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 10/02/2026

Good Morning!! This lova's weekend kicks off my BOK in #Love sale of my book series on Smashwords. Don't forget, my Black History Month Book sale too! Get what you can & love up on ya self while supporting this sista who writes! 🥰 #BHM ✊🏾sale: bit.ly/4ko6BlF BOK in Love💜 sale: bit.ly/4qLkWuS #books

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 02/02/2026

Mark your calendars & pinch ya coins in celebrating us!! ✊🏽 Sistas in Horror & Fantasy BHM Book Sale by moi, until 2.14-2.28th! 💳.99-$1.99 📚💋[Only at Smashwords: bit.ly/4qWVhj1 ] I'm also doing a BOK Valentine sale: 14-21st: 💋[ $.99-$3.99 - bit.ly/4qLkWuS ] #Romance | #Books | #Fantasy | #Horror

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 05/01/2026

Para my new year of stuff to watch. I finally watched H.I.M. I won’t be doing a review, however…it was a watch. Bloop! #Reviews | #Movies | #Streaming

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 27/12/2025

Though I did my final K-drama review for the year, I did manage to also finish Cashero [on Nettyflix]. Now I’m not doing a review for it & it won’t make my top faves of the year; but, it was a decent different take on the superhero genre & fun watch. So check it out. #Reviews | #Kdrama | #Streaming

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 01/12/2025

My collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book this month at smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 01/12/2025

Settle down with some cozy love and warmth this holiday with romance from Sojourner Falls! A Sojourner Falls Tales Series by me (Kai Leakes) & Nikki-Michelle Ring in the winter love at Amazon!🎅🏿🤶🏿🌲☃️ Buy: amzn.to/3FawNu4

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 01/11/2025

Happy Book Release Day!!! 📚✨️ BOK Presents: Between Pleasure and Friends 🫦 BUY: linktr.ee/kaileakes #Romancelandia | #BookSky💙📚🌶️ | #BlackBookSky | #Books

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 28/10/2025

KL Books🌐📚💙: kaileakes.com 💻FB: bit.ly/2uGeTkA 🧵Threads: @kaileakes.com 🧛🏾‍♀️https://linktr.ee/kaileakes 🔖Am: amzn.to/2v1oHW2 💋💫[Romance,Speculative Fiction: Pararomance, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Scifi, Horror/Thriller]🦇🖋️ #BlackSky #BlackBookSky #Romancelandia #BlackWriters #Authors #BookSky💙📚 #books

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 21/10/2025

Visit Sanna and Kyo's Aset Restaurant. 😊 Ever feel as if you're not alone, that you're protected by an unseen force? Halloween 🎃 Reads! Sineaters Devotion Book Series I-II #STL Tings. 📚 Linktr.ee/kaileakes #BookSky💙📚🧛🏾| ‍#BlackBookSky | #Romancelandia | #Books | #pararomance

Purple poster for "Sanna's Trinity Menu" - Sin Eaters: Devotion Book Series features various dishes with prices, names, and descriptions. Includes QR code and book covers at the bottom. Decorative graphics and musical themes are present.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 20/10/2025

I have my 1st official review (Goodreads)! 11.1.2025 meet the youngest member of BOK & his crush! See if they're just friends or more in their steamy novelette: Between Pleasure & Friends. PREORDER: linktr.ee/kaileakes 🥂Steamy #Romance Friends/Lovers-Standalone in Series -Novelette #BookSky💙📚🌶️

Alt text: Promotional graphic for the book "Between Pleasure & Friends" by Kai Leakes. It features a cover showing a man's face overlaid with a sunset. Keywords include "lust," "friendship," and "steamy romance." Review excerpts and availability on Amazon and Barnes & Noble are noted, with a QR code for more info. Tone is romantic and enticing.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 13/10/2025

Good Morning!! Coming Soon 11.1.2025 meet the youngest member of BOK & his crush! See if they're just friends or more in their steamy novelette: Between Pleasure & Friends.💜 PREORDER: linktr.ee/kaileakes 🥂Steamy-Romance-Friends/Lovers-Standalone in Series -Novelette #Romancelandia | #BookSky💙📚🌶️

Promotional book poster for "Between Pleasure & Friends" by Kai Leakes. Features two people, Asia and Malik, with preorder details and website link. Emojis and symbols are included, along with a QR code and available platforms like Amazon and Rakuten Kobo.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 08/10/2025

I had my cover reveal yesterday for my B-day on FB & here I'll drop the promo poster! Coming Soon 11.1.2025 meet the youngest member of BOK & his crush! See if they're just friends or more in their steamy novelette: Between Pleasure & Friends. 🧡 #BookSky💙📚🌶️| #BlackBookSky | #Romancelandia

The Brothers of Kemet Present: Between Pleasure & Friends.

Coming Soon: https://linktr.ee/kaileakes

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 01/10/2025

It's my month! Welcome to Black Speculative Book Month & ♎️month! If you love, 💜, but also like a spot of horror, I got you on BOTH fronts. 🧛🏾‍♀️ Sin Eaters Series, Slay, etc. Warm fall 💜 in Halloween (no scares): 'A Halloween Kind of Love.' 🎃 amzn.to/3pvMsSR #BookSky💙📚 | #BlackBookSky | #Books

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 26/09/2025

I did A LOT today. I'm tuckered with it. But...I have a gift for you all. Here is a hint, and look at my upcoming Novella. Cover reveal coming soon! #BlackBookSky | #BookSky💙📚🌶️| #Books | #Romancelandia

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 23/08/2025

Join amazing author Johnna Brown as she curates a literary event long in the making for the STL Region! Join us. www.theblackinke25.net :::::: 🏘: Jade Event Center 3411 N. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Ann, MO 63074 ⌚️: 12pm-4pm #BlackBookSky | #BookSky | #Blacksky | #STL | #books

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 21/07/2025

I was out and about when I got the text from my brother about this. I am absolutely shocked and devastated. I'm sitting here like, "Noo, not Mal, not Theo!" My heart is heavy. Rest in Honor, MJW ( #MalcolmJamal-Warner). 😔💜

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 16/07/2025

Happy 1 year Que, the bad man of BOK.🥳 📚https://books2read.com/BOKRULES #Booksky💙📚🌶️ | #romacelandia | #blackbooksky

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 16/07/2025

This is one that I didn't want to release for the longest...still feel that way, but...it's here. I love 'he' to the max for real. He stays in my mind with his jokes & sultry ways. Happy 1 year Que, the bad man of BOK.🥳 📚https://books2read.com/BOKRULES #Booksky💙📚🌶️ | #romacelandia | #blackbooksky

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 16/07/2025

Good morning!! Happy Book Day to my Mr. Qin! Pt I of Que's story is officially 1 year old. Happy 1 year Que, the bad man of BOK.🥳 📚https://books2read.com/BOKRULES #Booksky💙📚🌶️ | #romacelandia | #blackbooksky

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 08/07/2025

Treat yo self and get you some books! July 1st through the 31st is your chance to snatch up some summer reads by me at a promo price via @smashwordsbooks as part of their Annual Summer ☀️ ebook sale all month long! 📚 Visit: www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 12/06/2025

A JUNETEENTH KIND OF LOVE (SOJO TALES #3) BY NIKKI-MICHELLE & KAI LEAKES📚💙 Sojourner Falls was in trouble… -An ornery cow 🐄 -Love @1st sight 💘 -Small Town Magic, Legacy & Danger🏘️ -A #JuneTeenth celebration!🥳 -🖤✊🏾 Black Love & 🏳️‍🌈 in the community #romance | #Blackbooksky | #Blacksky 📖: amzn.to/3gGR9lx

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 02/05/2025

Celebrate #AANHPI and #Blacklove by reading something spicy featuring a BOK Brotha. ------------------ The Rules of Pleasure: BOK series #3, by Kai Leakes. 📚https://books2read.com/BOKRULES #Booksky💙📚🌶️| #BlackBooksky | #Romance | #Authors | #books

A close-up of a man in a suit adjusting his tie, overlaid with a quote from "The Rules of Pleasure" by Kui Leakes, and a book cover in the lower left corner.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 20/04/2025

With all this rightful #Sinners love, I just wanna say...don't forget about L.A. Banks. Weaving the power of Black history/folklore, music and vamps was her thang. That is all.

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 18/04/2025

After you see #SinnersMovie ...read the suggested books and my short: 'DI CONJURING NECTAR OF DI BLOOD,' in SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire [ amzn.to/2ZTZMjQ ] #movies | #BlackBookSky | #BookSky

Kai Leakes supporting banner of Sinners Movie Poster, with supporting books to read for suggestion: LA Banks 'Minion', Kai Leakes 'Sin Eaters' & 'Sin Eaters Retribution', and 'Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire.'

Kai Leakes supporting banner 2 of Sinners Movie Poster, with supporting book to read for suggestion: 'Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire.'

Ft. an expert from Di Conjuring Nector of Di Blood, by Kai Leakes:
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Comfort laughed while they styled her hair. To the right of her were paintings and various pieces from Easy’s travels home on display. She reached in a drawer of the dresser he always kept for her and pulled out a box, “As you’re always used too.”

“Here.” She gently placed the box in his larger hand. “I made it before ma’ rest during the Great World’s Fair. I fed very well then, an’ freed a few.”

Eyes shining, she gave a fanged smile, “As ya know tis yah replenished gris-gris—”

“To keep me protected an’ camouflaged,” Easy murmured looking it over.

“Mmhmm. Yuh hunger will be abated and they won’t see yuh change with the gris-gris, yuh know that.” She adjusted the beaded bracelet and necklace with its carved wood and bone amulet.

“Wume. Asanbosam,” she stated, naming his race of vampyre. She pressed the enchanted adornments against his warm flesh and muttered verses in Yoruba to a song of protection. Triggered and vibrating with awakened power, the amulet and necklace melted into Easy’s flesh.

He cried out in pain. His fangs dropped...

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 04/04/2025

And you know that I support them 'Sinners'! Can't wait! Watch the movie, then read my books 📚 & short in SLAY. #BlackBooksky | #Booksky💙📚| #movies | #Sinners

Sinners Movie Promo & Kai Leakes Books Promo

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 19/03/2025

“Que…I’m with my husband,” she whispered as the music bumped. Laughter continued in my ear. I calmly kept driving, amused at her game, and then shifted the gears of my ride. Baby girl wanted me to command her. -- The Rules of Pleasure: BOK series #3 🌶️💙📚https://books2read.com/BOKRULES #BlackBookSky

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 14/03/2025

Happy 314 Day STL!!🏵 Creating an STL Riverbend fantasy supernatural world was my goal that turned into an epic dark fantasy series that became my mini-hit that's stuck w/ readers for years. Check it out & remember: these 'Sineaters' are an influence! 📚https://books2read.com/ap/8NYmlO/Kai-Leakes

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 12/03/2025

In celebrating Women In Horror, I'd like to remind my readers and newcomers that I do have a few books that give you jolts, terror, and for some, screams. 📚https://books2read.com/ap/8NYmlO/Kai-Leakes 💻kaileakes.com #BookSky | #BlackBooksky

Image of book catalog by Kai Leakes featuring her pararomance/horror books

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 08/03/2025

#blacksky, without using anything overtly sexual or erotic, quote this with a meme, gif, photo or video of the energy you're bringing to the bedroom after you haven't seen bae for a while. 👀 _____ So I'm currently working on book 2 of The Rules of Pleasure, and if you read it...IYKYK, cus:

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 24/02/2025

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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾 @kaileakes.com · 03/02/2025

"There is a certain draw to the way a woman commands her surroundings when she shows that she’s the shit." [ BOK: #3 The Rules of Pleasure ] bit.ly/3Lti2HZ #BlackBookSky | #Booksky💙📚🌶️ | #Romancelandia | #Romance

Promotional poster featuring the book: "The Rules of Pleasure" by Kai Leakes. Includes images of two people, book covers, quotes, and purchase links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Draft2Digital. www.kaileakes.com

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