Ponder: Three Romance Novels

I have found a new romance author I like, at least this particular series where the characters are intertwined from one book to the next. The author's name is Jasmine Guillory. Per the Amazon information page 

Jasmine Guillory is an American romance novelist. Her works' protagonists are often African-American professionals. In February 2019, her book, The Proposal, was ranked on The New York Times Best Seller list for paperback trade fiction.

Each novel has an interesting premise for how the male and female of the couple are introduced. 

• In The Wedding Date © January 2018 Alexa and Drew are stuck in an elevator during a power failure for the building, He laments he needs to go to a wedding for his ex and lacks a plus one. He asks Alexa if she will go with him and she agrees.
• In the Proposal © October 2018, a man blindsides Nikole by proposing to her on the JumboTron™ at a baseball game. They have been casual dating for a very short period and he even misspells her name on the big screen. When she turns him down, Carlos, from a few seats back, comes to her rescue to save her from the wrath of the crowd and the media attention. (Carlos is a friend of Drew from the first book.)
• In The Wedding Party ©July 2019 Maddie and Theo (who hate each other) wind up sharing duties in the wedding party of Alexa, a mutual best friend (and from the first book).

In the couples from first two books are of mixed races – white/black and black/latino – and the novel tastefully and subtly made me aware of the struggles or concerns of a minority group.  The couple from the third book, although black/black come from diverse backgrounds and each learns to drop his/her prejudices and appreciate rather than condemn the other's differences.

All three books are filled with lively banter both in person and via text messages that caused me to smile quietly. There was an overall theme of fun and acceptance in these books that made for a pleasant read. Was it rocket science? Hardly, especially not with a book published about every ten months. But I still gained some insight into other life experiences. I rate each of them three stars.

★★★☆☆ Better than average; not a waste of time