The Light Always Breaks
Book Feature - The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown
HBL Note: I don’t have the numbers to back this up, so I’m just sharing my own personal experience working with authors and publishers through this blog, but historical fiction seems super behind in diversifying stories., especially historical romance and especially compared to its contemporary counterpart, which is doing so much better in bringing diverse stories to readers. Is it just me? Are any of my other book people seeing this too?
So when I see a historical romance story written by a black female author with a black female protagonist set at the beginning of the equal-rights activist movement, I jump at the chance to feature it. You won’t want to miss THE LIGHT ALWAYS BREAKS by Angela Jackson-Brown about a star-crossed romance between a young black woman with a successful career and a young white southerner. Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown
Book Feature - The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown
From the publisher:
Few women own upscale restaurants in civil rights era Washington, D.C. Fewer still are twenty-four, Black, and wildly successful. But Eva Cardon is unwilling to serve only the wealthiest movers and shakers, and she plans to open a diner that offers Southern comfort to the working class.
A war hero and one of Georgia’s native sons, Courtland Hardiman Kingsley IV is a junior senator with great ambitions for his time in D.C. But while his father is determined to see Courtland on a path to the White House, the young senator wants to use his office to make a difference in people’s lives, regardless of political consequences.
When equal-rights activism throws Eva and Courtland into each other’s paths, they can’t fight the attraction they feel, no matter how much it complicates their dreams. For Eva, falling in love with a white Southerner is all but unforgivable—and undesirable. Her mother and grandmother fell in love with white men, and their families paid the price. Courtland is already under pressure for his liberal ideals, and his family has a line of smiling debutantes waiting for him on every visit. If his father found out about Eva, he’s not sure he’d be welcome home again.
Surrounded by the disapproval of their families and the scorn of the public, Eva and Courtland must decide if the values they hold most dear—including love—are worth the loss of their dreams . . . and everything else.
Book Feature - The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown
