Emunah La-Paz

La-Paz released her first novel, Chocolate Burnout, in 1998. The short book touched on multi cultural relationships. The main character, Chantel, has never dated outside her race or comfort zone, and seeks therapy from a bizarre physiologist. The doctor sways Chantel into believing that she may have an issue known as Chocolate Burnout. She encourages Chantel to date outside of what she knows, and experience new flavors in life. Due to unresolved issues from her past (including an old relationship), Chantel finds herself trapped within the walls of self-hate and chocolate addiction. The original book was a short novelette that focused on Chantel. The new release (published in 2017) focuses on a wide range of characters and their twisted views.[4]

Chocolate Burnout was embraced by Mavis, an outreach program that promotes awareness among multi-cultural communities. The novel reached the AALBC Top Ten Sellers List, and was featured in SBH Magazine.[5]

La-Paz published the memoir in 2011, which chronicles the blog portion and healing journal surrounding a supermodel named Judie.[6] Judie was ready to settle down (trading in her world of high fashion for the simple life), and she thought that she had found the right guy with her photographer husband J.T. However, she finds out about her husband’s affair with a fast food worker (whom her friends consider unattractive), and takes her concerns to an online chat room. The online community eventually turns on Judie.[7]

The book was well received by critics. Irene Roth of Blogcritics praised La-Paz's "10 years of research surrounding the topic." [8]

Why Do Married Men Cheat With Unattractive Women? brought forth women who have dealt with similar situations, and women who felt less-attractive in a world that worships vanity. The real life stories helped build the core of the spin off book, Memoir of a Jaded Woman: Tainted Love.

In November 2016, La-Paz published Memoir of a Jaded Woman: Tainted Love.[9][10] In this book, La-Paz, inspired by a friend's troubled marriage, held focus groups of women and explored marriage and infidelity alongside Bible study. A reviewer called the novel "a compendium of raging, amusing, and ultimately balanced perspectives, including those of many men and their girlfriends." [11][12]

La-Paz's most recent project is Say What: The Black Butterfly Series, a series of four novels which delve into black dysfunctional and abusive relationships.[13]

La-Paz's passion for writing prompted her to create an outlet, Top Social Media Male and Female Writers, for seasoned and passionate writers in their early stages of creativity.