Black Coffee

by Tracy Price-Thompson

“I may be a supersoldier but I sure as hell ain’t no Superwoman. Yes, it’s true my hand is steady, I have the eye of a marksman, and I can hit a moving target dead center at four hundred meters, but when it comes to making clever love decisions, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer. While I look pretty lofty in my spit-shined combat boots and razor-sharp battle dress uniform, like a lot of young sisters from the ’hood, I’ve taken a few wrong turns down the back alleys of life.”

Meet Sergeant Sanderella Coffee, who has just completed a three-year overseas tour and is now reporting to a military installation in Virginia. She is a single mother whose goal is to attend the Army’s prestigious Officer Candidate School, which will guarantee a better life for her and her children.

Sandie meets a man who matches her ambition and determination step for step in the form of Drill Sergeant Romulus Caesar, who literally marches into her life and turns it upside down. They fall in love, and Rom is everything Sandie could want—supportive, confident, self-reliant—but he’s also married. Because of the military’s tough policy on fraternization and adultery, Sandie could find her carefully orchestrated career slipping away like sand in a breeze.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 8, 2002

About the author

Tracy Price-Thompson is the national bestselling author of the novels, Black Coffee, Chocolate Sangria, A Woman's Worth, Knockin' Boots, and Gather Together in My Name. Tracy is a highly decorated Desert Storm veteran who graduated from the Army's Infantry Officer Candidate School after more than ten years as an enlisted soldier. A Brooklyn, New York, native who has traveled extensively and lived in amazing places around the world, Tracy is a retired Army Engineer officer and Ralph Bunche graduate Fellow who holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a master's degree in Social Work.

Tracy is also the co-editor of the anthologies Other People's Skin and Proverbs for the People and composes professional literary reviews based on established elements of writing for several print sources.

Tracy lives in Hawaii with her wonderfully supportive husband and several of their six bright, beautiful, incredible children.

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I truly enjoyed. It’s really gives you a inside view of a soldiers life.

[Teaguem2005 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really 3.75 , lol. This was the 2nd book read by this author. Glad I read the other one first because this one started out so slowly I almost abandoned it! That would've been a huge mistake because it picked up steam. The author has a way of weaving a story so intricately that you have to pay attention. This tale revolves around military life which hasn't been widely told as far as I recall. King Solomon is the father of King Romulus. Their history started out beautiful but ended badly. King Romulus meets the dark and beautiful Woman who should be his queen only problem is that he already has a wife. Their forbidden relationship is detailed in this story and delves into true soul searching, betrayal, retribution, and then redemption. Points shaved off for slow build to story

[Julienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

[LaToya Wilson]

good read as well