Against the Wind

A Contemporary, African American Romance, Interracial Romance book. The book kept me interested, good storyline. But the personality and speech of the love...

Leslie Collins, an African-American bank officer, is forced to flee her hometown to escape a man who attempted to rape her. After three years in jail, he is seeking revenge. Leslie takes a job as a cook on the Saber, Estate for Jordan Saber, a successful, white university professor. Even though there is a powerful attraction, Leslie fights the relationship. In the midst of the danger facing Leslie, Jordan becomes overzealous in protecting her, forcing her to leave the estate and putting her in easy reach of the stalker. Can Jordan break through and save Leslie in time?

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  • Filetype: PDF
  • Pages: 316 pages
  • ISBN: 9781585712137 / 1585712132
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I really struggled with this book. So much so that I stopped reading it for a few weeks then came back to it. It starts out really good. You have solid characters here, and you sympathize quickly with Leslie and her situation that brings her to Jordan's home looking for work. Jordan, I fell in love with instantly and the more I got... To begin with, the typos in this book were insane! I am not a writer or a publisher, but I would have been embarrassed by the whole thing. However, with that being said I actually enjoyed this book. I found the hero extremely likable. He was direct, somewhat brutish and to the point. The heroin, though crazy in my opinion, was likable... The book kept me interested, good storyline. But the personality and speech of the love interest was a little unrealistic. The book was published in late 90s, but the main characters aged 28 and 36 spoke too formally. Just couldn't get with that....


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