KR Bankston is a Dark Romance & Black Mafia fiction novelist, Ghostwriter, and Screenwriter.
With some 40+ published works to her credit, including the highly successful Thin Ice and Gianni Legacy series, KR is a believer that operating outside the law, or society’s expectations, doesn’t disqualify one from being loved, happy or committed. KR crafts stories with an edge. Strong men who know how to handle their business and keep their power, while loving their women with profound gentleness. KR’s stories afford readers the opportunity to live inside the fantasy with none of the pitfalls. Step into the BGC (Bad Guy Collective) and experience the larger than life legends who grace her pages.
KR’s “BookOpera” series Thin Ice was voted Serial Novel of the Year, and Urban Fiction of the year. Her other series The Gianni Legacy has been touted as The Godfather of modern day. Her novel, Christian was voted #75 of Top 100 Books of the year. Her novel X-Mafia: The Rise of Pirate and Creeper, was voted Urban Fiction of the Year. Her publication, Shattered Peace, is nominated for two Book of the Year awards, for Women’s Fiction and Christian Fiction.
KR has been a featured panelist for Building Relationships Around Books annual summit; Driven Diva’s Book club Event for Literacy, as well as a featured author at the Urban Fiction Experience. KR has been featured in the Daytona Times ‘What to Read While You Wait’ her books Shattered Peace, Interception, and The Destroyer. KR has been a guest on multiple online radio shows throughout the years.
Never one to rest on her laurels, KR also pens drama filled everyday contemporary romance under the pen name, Kay Raneé. You can find those offerings under the Cayenne Drama tab, here on site.