Jayne Allen is a black girl who absolutely loves to write. BGMDE is her first novel, which she calls “the epitaph of my 30’s.”
Genres: General Fiction, Romance
Series
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
1. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted (2018)
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: And Baby Makes Two (2019)
2. Black Girls Must Be Magic (2022)
3. Black Girls Must Have It All (2023)
1. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted (2018)
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: And Baby Makes Two (2019)
2. Black Girls Must Be Magic (2022)
3. Black Girls Must Have It All (2023)
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