She dearly wanted to offer them a home with her, but going from a destitute mother to a destitute aunt served no one.
Eddy loved the girls and hated the circumstances they were being raised under. She threw herself into Eddy’s arms, and Eddy held her tight and kissed her brow. Her twelve- year- old niece Portia answered the knock and her dark eyes brightened.
Setting the cookstove on the ground by her feet, she knocked on the shack’s door. Eddy guessed her sister would be asleep, too, and would probably not welcome the early morning visit, but it couldn’t be helped. The seedy area with its cribs, saloons, and bawdy houses looked tired and worn- out under the dawning light of day. Most of the residents of the red- light district were sleeping off last night’s excesses, so the streets were quiet. It was a chilly April morning and the city was just coming to life. Her clothing and the skillet were stuffed in an old carpetbag and the cookstove was balanced on her head. Hampton the key and being told, “Godspeed,” she set off. The following morning, Eddy gathered her things, took a bittersweet look back at the place she’d called home, and closed the door. It was a really good book and I enjoyed every minute of it! Highly recommend it, especially if you love reading historical romance or western romance! Historical romance was one of the first genres that I ever fell in love with and it was refreshing to see a new part of history that I had never read before. I couldn't even imagine having to choose over the person you love and the life you've always wanted for yourself.Īlthough I've been reading romance for over 20 years this is the first historical romance that I have ever read that has African American main characters. Rhine must choose whether to keep "passing" and help his community however he can as a wealthy, white man or tell everyone the truth and face prejudice so that he can show his true feelings for Eddy. They both have so much courage that you can't help but admire them. Rhine on the other hand was born a slave with skin light enough to "pass" as white, so when the war ends he heads off West in an effort to shed his old life and build a better future for himself and his people. She's hard working and determined and I absolutely loved her spirit. Eddy was born free and it is her wonderful spirit that causes her to set out west for California and a better life, her dream to own her own restaurant a fire in her soul.
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