![]() ![]() Publishers Weekly wrote, "The leads are well suited and the series conceit-which diversifies the upper echelons of Regency society sans historical comment or justification-continues to make for memorable, Black-centered love stories". ![]() Verity and the Forbidden Suitor, the second novel in the Du Bells series, was published in 2023. Booklist also reviewed Aphrodite and the Duke. Christie Ridgway in a review for Bookpage wrote, "The characters' somewhat formal voices lend a verisimilitude that balances the enjoyable escape of McAvoy's Regency world of balls, gowns and romance". About the first novel in the series, Aphrodite and the Duke (2022), Publishers Weekly said, "the melodramatic appeal of their romance is marred slightly by inconsistent pacing and some awkward language, but readers will easily fall in love with the protagonists". Her Du Bells series has been noted for its similarities to Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series. She published her first books when she was a university student. She stated that she wrote 10 novels in two years. She wrote her first novel while in her teens. McAvoy began writing poetry when she was 12 or 13. ![]() She graduated from Carleton University with a degree in humanities in 2016. McAvoy was born in Montreal, Quebec to Nigerian-born parents. McAvoy (born Judy Onyegbado) is a writer of romance fiction. ![]()
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