Charlotte, a young secretary for a famed Negro lawyer in 1887 Philly, has her world flipped upside down when she saves wealthy, widowed banker Spencer Rain from being robbed.
Spencer is instantly captivated by Charlotte’s beauty, wit and charming strength. In her presence, he finds the solace from the pain of his wife’s death and the strain of his suffocating, upper class life.
For Charlotte, Spencer opens her up to a lavish world and an unbreakable love she could only dream of.
Despite the laws of society telling them it’s wrong, Charlotte and Spencer fall in love, willing to fight whomever to be together.
But it won’t be easy because Spencer’s oldest friend, Dax O’Connor, sees Charlotte as a threat to everything Spencer’s built, and vows to keep them apart.
Stacy-Deanne (pronounced Dee-Anne) is an award-winning and bestselling novelist of contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction novels.
Her work includes Everlasting, Melody, Bruised, and Captivated. Stacy is a 2011 and 2012 African-American Literary Award nominee.
This was such a lovely story. I truly enjoyed reading it. Spencer was such a wonderful gentleman and Charlotte was a sharp as whip, beautiful in and out, amazing woman. Dax was such a horrible weasel! ( yeah I said it 😂😂) He was a horrible evil man. His fate was justified, served him right. But I’m happy Spencer got right in the end because Charlotte deserved a good man. Bravo on the story!!! Ps i need to make my way to an Opera show myself.
It’s so beautiful crafted! Just a nice refreshing read of an interracial couple when being in that relationship was looked down upon! Books like this must be my guilty pleasure because ughhhh so adorable I loved it
I realize that this story is intended as a short and spicy narrative but I can't help but wanting and needing more closure. Historical is one of my favorites and I do so enjoy Ms. Stacy-Deanne's writing. I just need the ending to not be so open ended.