Eva Cardon has never taken the easy path through life, but shes never faced a challenge like this.

In 1947, few women own upscale restaurants in Washington, DC. Fewer still are twenty-four, Black, and wildly successful. But Eva Cardon is unwilling to serve only the wealthiest movers and shakers, and she plans to open a diner that serves Southern comfort to the working class.

A war hero and one of Georgias native sons, Courtland Hardiman Kingsley IV is a junior senator with great ambitions for his time in DC. But while his father is determined to see Courtland on a path to the White House, the young senator wants to use his office to make a difference in peoples lives, regardless of political consequences.

When equal-rights activism throws Eva and Courtland into each others paths, they cant fight the attraction they feel, no matter how much it complicates their dreams. For Eva, falling in love with a white Southerner is all but unforgivableand undesirable. Her motherandgrandmother fell in love with white men, and their families paid the price. Courtland is already under pressure for his liberal ideals, and his family has a line of smiling debutantes waiting for him on every visit. If his father found out about Eva, hes not sure hed be welcome home again.

Surrounded by the disapproval of their families and the scorn of the public, Eva and Courtland must decide if the values they hold most dearincluding loveare worth the loss of their dreams . . . and everything else.

The author ofWhen Stars Rain Downreturns with a historical romance about all that hasand has notchanged in these United States.