African American Suspense

From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.

Courtney will be caught up in between two worlds as she finds herself falling for the detective, while having to become even more involved in her boyfriend's life of crime. Tyler would kill her if he ever found out what she was doing.... Giving up on everything she once believed in, she finds herself falling into a world of deceit, drama and explicit unbridled passion.