THE CINNAMON GROVE UNIVERSE

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A monthly book club at altitude, with The Cockpit Chix
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A book club about the books, the fantasies, and what happens when you say them out loud

It started in Cinnamon Grove...three women, a table at the coffee shop, and a few too many day drinks. After spending much of their twenties and half their thirties on self help, they traded those tired themes for something delicious, dark, and filthy. Then the strangest thing began to happen: whatever they whispered out loud in their book club meetings started showing up in real life. In-Flight Entertainment is where the Cockpit Chix meet at that same table, once a month, only with the microphones on. We read a book together, we say the things we actually want out loud, and we wait for our wildest dreams and fantasies to come true.

Say It Out Loud, and Mean It

EPISODE 001  ·  THE COCKPIT CHIX
RECORDED. NOT YET RELEASED.

The first flight
is on the runway

One episode in the can, a producer locked, and a manifest that keeps growing. You will hear it here first.

What's On the Manifest

SEASON ONE, COMING SOON
Episode 001: Say It Out Loud, and Mean It
RECORDED
Episode 002: The Billionaire Problem, and Why We Have It
ON THE MANIFEST
Episode 003: We Never Wait to Be Taken Anywhere
ON THE MANIFEST
Episode 004: Reading the Ending First, a Defense
ON THE MANIFEST
Say It Out Loud, and Mean It
IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
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Meet your pilot

Crafting high-heat Black romance rich with heart, heat, and guaranteed happily-ever-afters, award-winning fiction podcast producer, novelist, and screenwriterT.L. Martin invites you into the intoxicating world of Cinnamon Grove, Georgia. A city where passion brews at HollyDates, secrets unwind at Sanctuary, and the Atlanta Strikers play for keeps.

Eleven swoon-worthy books deep, her universe expanded beyond the page to spawn The Cockpit Chix, a real-life haven born because readers insisted on bringing her characters' bold, unfiltered brunch toasts and undying friendship into reality.

Welcome to just one of the many front doors into her irresistible world, darling.

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The Four Rules of the Club

AND THEY'RE NOT NEGOTIABLE
01

You must say it out loud.

Whatever the fantasy, nothing arrives until somebody names it. Ask the women it already happened to.

02

Nobody has to choose between book boyfriends.

There is no jealousy in our fictional harem.

03

We Toast Black women.

Being Black is not a requirement. But you must celebrate the brilliance and beauty of Black women.

04

We Show Up. Attendance is not optional.

Whether it's a virtual book club meeting or a kidnapping gone wrong, we show up for each other.

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There is no button on this one and I don't list the criteria. Founding Members are chosen based on their genuine participation in the community and their love for Cinnamon Grove. Only fifty chosen at a time, four times a year. They board first on every release for as long as this thing exists, they get first refusal on anything we only make forty of, and their names stay on the founding manifest permanently.

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A new episode every month, one book at a time, plus the letters in between. The Cockpit Chix read what they want, say what they want, and then wait to see what shows up. There are worse ways to spend an hour.

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