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Reading from the Song of Solomon, an expression of God’s Love for his people

Reading from historical romance Author Alyssa Cole, Celebrating Black Love

Alyssa Cole is an award-winning author of historical, contemporary, and SFF romance. Her Civil War-set espionage romance AN EXTRAORDINARY UNION is the winner of the American Library Association’s RUSA Best Romance for 2018. She’s contributed to publications including Shondaland, The Toast, Vulture, RT Book Reviews, and Heroes and Heartbreakers, and her books have received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Library Journal, Kirkus, Booklist, Jezebel, Vulture, Book Riot, Entertainment Weekly, and various other outlets. 

The following Excerpt is from her novel, Be Not Afraid

Both heroine and hero are only free to love each other because neither yet belong to themselves. This is a story of enduring love set at the height of the Revolutionary War.

I also read from first of 3 book series, An Extraordinary Union

The Heart Wants what the heart want when the Black Heroine who is a spy, Elle, falls for the Scottish American Pinkerton, Malcolm in the this Civil War Era romance fraught with danger and romance.

All of these books I discuss on this and previous episodes are available on my online Bookstore, Chattabooks

Along with Art books and other swag.