Shewanda Pugh
When an insecure, bi-racial woman begins a cloak-and-dagger love affair with a Japanese American man, she is intent on keeping her bigoted family in the darkâ€”albeit with devastating consequences. ,On the night of her brotherâ€™s murder, Deena Hammond stumbles upon Takumi Tanaka, lost and on the wrong end of a .32. After rescuing him from the certain fate driving through the hood in a Ferrari will bring, a sweet kind of friendship begins. A balm for her grief. ,Maybe, Deena likes to think, it happened the day her white mother killed her black father. Or maybe, it was always a part of them, like DNA gone bad. Whatever the case, Deena knows that her family would never approve, hell, never acknowledge her fast-growing love for Takumi. And had he never made love to her that way, in that unraveling, soul-searching sort of way she couldâ€™ve done the same. But loveâ€™s a devil that way. ,So, their game begins. One where they hide what they are from everyone. From anyone. And Tak understands thisâ€”for now. After all, Deenaâ€™s career hinges on the favor of her mentor and boss, his hard-ass of a father. And the Hammond family is already stretched thin with grief. Yet, each step Deena takes toward family and career brings her closer to an acceptance sheâ€™s never had. And away from him.
Romance,Romance,Interracial Romance,Contemporary,Romance,Contemporary Romance,Fiction,New Adult,Cultural,Adult Fiction,Romance,African American Romance,Womens Fiction,Chick Lit
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