Amara's Calling
Billionaire's Club Series Book 1
by C.L. Donley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Looking for your next billionaire book boyfriend? Meet Grayson Davis.
He's a brilliant, bullied computer nerd turned handsome playboy, with a penchant for blondes. She's the
assistant to the assistant, who works on the third floor and is... not blonde. And secretly obsessed with
him. Complete with all the classic "plain Jane" tropes you thought were hopelessly overdone, read the
smart, sexy, binge worthy debut exceeding "billionaire romance" expectations!
Amara's Calling is the first book in the Billionaire's Club series of sinfully sexy romances. If you like
unexpected love, lucrative deals, and billionaires with as much prowess in the bedroom as the boardroom,
then you’ll love C.L. Donley’s steamy office affair.
Mya's Pride
Billionaire's Club Series Book 2
Mya McIntosh is attending the wedding of the year as the maid of honor to her best friend Amara Davis,
the former employee and wife of billionaire social media mogul Grayson Davis. A dazzling destination
wedding in Spain seems like the perfect setting for Mya to finally lose this pesky virginity of hers, but her
prospects don't look promising. Amara has high hopes that Mya could land one of Grayson's billionaire
best friends but Mya isn't so sure, especially when it comes to Grayson's obnoxious business partner Dale
Abernathy. After a few awkward moments, bad first impressions, a ton of assumptions and a sexy
interlude on top of a hill, Mya's search for Mr. Right Now lands her somewhere she least expected: in
love.
Kim's Courage
Billionaire's Club Series Book 3
The final book in the Billionaire's Club Trilogy!
A year after her best friend Amara's wedding united them, Kim Pritchard finds herself in the hospital with
the baby she conceived with billionaire internet mogul Bel Hafiz. Not only has Kim neglected to tell Bel
about his son, now she will have to tell him he's fighting for his life in the NICU. Since the handsome
middle eastern playboy "ghosted" her, she wonders if he even cares enough about either of them to reach
out. Little does she know that Bel Hafiz has plenty to hide, including the fact that he hasn't been able to
get the gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Kimberly Pritchard out of his head, or his heart.
C.L. Donley is a future New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of multicultural and
interracial romance, who believes romance novels that are impossible to put down are the only kind that
should exist! Armed with a B.A. in English and M.A. in Writing, she is new to the romance game, having
written her first novel, Amara's Calling, after discovering the romance genre in September 2017. Donley
writes in a style she calls "romantic realism" that is sophisticated yet simple, grounded yet
unapologetically escapist, and character-driven rather than plot-driven. This style creates a unique,
modern reading experience ideal for book club discussions, personal epiphanies, satisfying re-reads, and
the occasional spiraling reviewer! Love it or hate it, fans and critics alike can't deny her talent, and always
find themselves coming back for more!
She loves hearing from readers and discussing her favorite parts of her own books, so feel free to indulge
her.
GUEST POST
Describe
your writing style.
I call my style “romantic realism.” It’s sort of a blend of the
fairy tale nature of the traditional romantic scenario combined with
the wrench of actual human behavior. My writing background and
influence are in modern fiction and because I have an advanced degree
in English, it has more of a literary bent. So, while I’m committed
to the HEA ending, it doesn’t always come in a conventional way,
because I’m doubly committed to realism. Almost to a fault. Most of
the feedback has been overwhelmingly good, where I have readers
saying, “I will literally read anything that you choose to write.”
But then the people that hate it… really hate it, lol. Which I
understand. Because my characters are usually flawed and do and say
questionable things. And in the midst of a romance, it can make the
resolution emotionally unsatisfying for some readers, who expect to
read about the coming together of two likable people that absolutely,
positively deserve each other. Meanwhile, others who find the genre
to sometimes be a bit stale usually find my style refreshing.
How did you come up with the concept
and characters for this book? This was my first ever foray into
becoming an author. It started out as an idea for a story. I hadn’t
written in years and then suddenly I was getting an idea that I loved
so much, that I actually left myself notes about the characters and
the plot, and that weekend I had 12K words. In three weeks, Amara’s
Calling was finished. Around the second week, I think, I got the idea
to do a series out of the secondary characters, which was a great
organic moment.
Do you see writing as a career?
I do. Even though I don’t make a lot of money at this stage
(although I guess that’s relative) and I’ve kind of taken a break
from it, it definitely goes far beyond being just a hobby for me. I
definitely feel like I’m building something, with each book I
finish and release. And it’s something I’m getting better at all
the time.
What makes a good story? A very
good question. I like to play with this notion a lot. Because there’s
a lot of “how to” guides out there, and while formulas are great
and I genuinely respect them because extra work sucks, I tend to
always end up saying, “no, I don’t cwanna do it like that,” and
for some reason, I end up with these really sparse stories. I think
I’m trying to strip storytelling down to it’s core elements, but
that could be b.s. Haha. I’m just the type of person that when
everyone says, “this is how it ought to be done” I’m like, “oh
really?” Because I’ve always understood storytelling down to its
core. Like, what keeps people reading Twitter threads? It’s not
always about this contrived, three acts, “save the cat” thing,
and even though I’m “just writing romance,” I’m still a
writer, and I’m interested in getting down to the core of what is
it about stories that move us.
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