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Kai "L.A.Banks is BlkLitHistory" Leakes , MA✨🙅🏾
@kaileakes.com
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Author of SinEaters/Rebels & BOK Series-HWA member,STL Libra. She/Her.
Conjurer of #Fantasy #Romancelandia #Scifi #Horror
#VampireOracle🙅🏾‍♀️♎#BlackLivesMatter & #Rootin4BlkGirlMagic

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Happy Book Release Day!!! 📚✨️

BOK Presents: Between Pleasure and Friends 🫦

BUY: linktr.ee/kaileakes

#Romancelandia | #BookSky💙📚🌶️ | #BlackBookSky | #Books
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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💋💫[Romance,Speculative Fiction: Pararomance, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Scifi, Horror/Thriller]🦇🖋️
#BlackSky #BlackBookSky #Romancelandia #BlackWriters #Authors #BookSky💙📚 #books
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October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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.
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#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.
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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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.
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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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.
October 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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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
October 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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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
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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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
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Join amazing author Johnna Brown as she curates a literary event long in the making for the STL Region! Join us. www.theblackinke25.net
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🏘: Jade Event Center
3411 N. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Ann, MO 63074
⌚️: 12pm-4pm
#BlackBookSky | #BookSky | #Blacksky | #STL | #books
August 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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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). 😔💜
July 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Happy 1 year Que, the bad man of BOK.🥳

📚https://books2read.com/BOKRULES

#Booksky💙📚🌶️ | #romacelandia | #blackbooksky
July 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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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
July 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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
July 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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/
July 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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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
June 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers of every ilk! 🥰
May 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Met Looks & Books: @nikki-michelle.bsky.social told me to get up on this, so...here we are! Clock it!

Part II

#Blackbooksky | #Booksky | #books | #MetGala2025
May 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Met Looks & Books: @nikki-michelle.bsky.social told me to get up on this, so...here we are! Clock it!

Part I

#Blackbooksky | #Booksky | #books | #MetGala2025
May 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Celebrate #AANHPI and #Blacklove by reading something spicy featuring a BOK Brotha.
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The Rules of Pleasure: BOK series #3, by Kai Leakes.

📚https://books2read.com/BOKRULES

#Booksky💙📚🌶️| #BlackBooksky | #Romance | #Authors | #books
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May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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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.
April 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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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 ]
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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: ----- 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...
April 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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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
April 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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“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.
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The Rules of Pleasure: BOK series #3

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#BlackBookSky
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March 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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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!

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March 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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.

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March 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM