“I may be a supersoldier but I sure as hell ain’t no Superwoman. Yes, it’s true my hand is steady, I have the eye of a marksman, and I can hit a moving target dead center at four hundred meters, but when it comes to making clever love decisions, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer. While I look pretty lofty in my spit-shined combat boots and razor-sharp battle dress uniform, like a lot of young sisters from the ’hood, I’ve taken a few wrong turns down the back alleys of life.”
Meet Sergeant Sanderella Coffee, who has just completed a three-year overseas tour and is now reporting to a military installation in Virginia. She is a single mother whose goal is to attend the Army’s prestigious Officer Candidate School, which will guarantee a better life for her and her children.
Sandie meets a man who matches her ambition and determination step for step in the form of Drill Sergeant Romulus Caesar, who literally marches into her life and turns it upside down. They fall in love, and Rom is everything Sandie could want—supportive, confident, self-reliant—but he’s also married. Because of the military’s tough policy on fraternization and adultery, Sandie could find her carefully orchestrated career slipping away like sand in a breeze.
“Tracy Price-Thompson is an awesome storyteller who has a wonderful way with words.” —Kimberla Lawson Roby, author of It’s a Thin Line
“Tracy Price-Thompson writes with candor and power, creating characters so real you can’t take your eyes off the page.” —Lolita Files, author of Child of God
“If you are ready for an adventure that will take you through the psyche of not only a female heart but, interestingly enough, a male mind as well, you will love Black Coffee. Price-Thompson’s writing is good to the last drop.” —Timmothy B. McCann, author of Forever
“Price-Thompson’s is a voice that needs to be heard. Refreshing and tastefully charismatic, her novel is a kind of real that only a person who has been in the military can relay.” —Camika Spencer, author of When All Hell Breaks Loose
From the Trade Paperback edition.
