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A Radiant Soul
A woman's work is never done...especially when she is fighting for those who will come after her.
In 1881, Sarah Webster returns home to Fayetteville, NC for her mother's milestone birthday. Her suffrage work is unknown to her family. Carpenter Owen Markham is intrigued by Sarah, and her father is playing matchmaker. When Owen discovers Sarah's suffrage work, he's not sure a love match can be made.
*This story originally appeared in Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology. This is the only electronic version of A Radiant Soul currently available. *
In 1881, Sarah Webster returns home to Fayetteville, NC for her mother's milestone birthday. Her suffrage work is unknown to her family. Carpenter Owen Markham is intrigued by Sarah, and her father is playing matchmaker. When Owen discovers Sarah's suffrage work, he's not sure a love match can be made.
*This story originally appeared in Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology. This is the only electronic version of A Radiant Soul currently available. *
112 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 19, 2017
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About the author
Kianna Alexander
108 books557 followersI've always loved the written word. For as long as I can remember, I read as much as I could, as often as I could. Cereal boxes, newspapers, product packaging. Ebony, Essence, and Jet Magazine. Billboards. I loved it all. I read the entire Fear Street series, as well as the Sweet Valley Books, from Twins and Friends through Sweet Valley High. Each week I'd bring 15 or 20 books home from the library, and read them all before the due date.
Now, my mother owned a pristine, barely touched collection of Harlequin romance novels, and I was not to touch them under any circumstances. Well, as a teenager, you know what that meant. I read some of them, and got my first introduction to romance.
When I was sixteen, I picked up my stepmother's copy of Night Song, by Beverly Jenkins. The cover showed an obviously historical image of a black couple, against a beautiful backdrop, locked in a passionate embrace. With my love of history, I had to crack this book. What I read inside literally blew my mind. I was exposed to a wonderful, touching love story involving people who looked like me! What a thrill. To this day Night Song remains my favorite book, and I credit it with planting the seed of desire to write romance. I didn't get serious until many years later, but that's where it all began.
Now, my mother owned a pristine, barely touched collection of Harlequin romance novels, and I was not to touch them under any circumstances. Well, as a teenager, you know what that meant. I read some of them, and got my first introduction to romance.
When I was sixteen, I picked up my stepmother's copy of Night Song, by Beverly Jenkins. The cover showed an obviously historical image of a black couple, against a beautiful backdrop, locked in a passionate embrace. With my love of history, I had to crack this book. What I read inside literally blew my mind. I was exposed to a wonderful, touching love story involving people who looked like me! What a thrill. To this day Night Song remains my favorite book, and I credit it with planting the seed of desire to write romance. I didn't get serious until many years later, but that's where it all began.
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August 24, 2020
Sarah was a pastry chef in Wyoming territory and returns home for her mother's 45th birthday and to attend a women's suffrage meeting. Owen is a carpenter, asked to build a gazebo for Sarah's mother as a birthday present. Sarah's father is playing matchmaker and would like Sarah to move back home and get married.
Sarah and Owen clash over women's suffrage. He is of he mind that women agitating for the vote hurts his right (Black men) to vote. He would like to see the 15th amendment fully enforced and only then should women fight for that right too.
This was a super quick "I love you" after knowing each other for a few weeks. Nice lesson on Garfield's assassination (he died about 79 days after being shot) and women's suffrage groups. I would have liked more on the romance. However, I think this was well balanced given the length.
Sarah and Owen clash over women's suffrage. He is of he mind that women agitating for the vote hurts his right (Black men) to vote. He would like to see the 15th amendment fully enforced and only then should women fight for that right too.
This was a super quick "I love you" after knowing each other for a few weeks. Nice lesson on Garfield's assassination (he died about 79 days after being shot) and women's suffrage groups. I would have liked more on the romance. However, I think this was well balanced given the length.
February 8, 2022
This was sweet and I LOVED the history included.
I read this as an independent story but it was part of the 'Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology'.
I was unable to get a copy of the book so I purchased and read the stories separately.
I read this as an independent story but it was part of the 'Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology'.
I was unable to get a copy of the book so I purchased and read the stories separately.
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