I headed toward him, knowing there was a good chance I’d get the same icy reception, but I wasn’t strong enough to stay away. The relief loosening my chest did not go unnoticed. Patrice looked after him, his face stony. I was still trying to decide whether I should just keep moving or go say hello when the man he’d been talking to walked away. That was before Patrice Denis walked into my life. I’d spent my entire adulthood thinking I just was not the jealous type. An unexpected flare of jealousy, coming out of nowhere, just from seeing someone in his space. As I watched the guy lean in close enough to brush against Patrice’s shopping cart, I gripped the handle of mine so tight it squeaked. He had his locs coiled on top of his head and was wearing glasses that I’d never seen before, distractedly talking to a man who seemed a lot more invested in the conversation than he was. I stood there observing him from a distance, once again feeling spooked by what Patrice’s presence did to me. Too bad I was so inconsequential to him that he’d been in Ithaca for over a month and was yet to send me a text with as much as a “fuck you.” Over a year had passed since I’d seen Patrice Denis for the first time, and still, he was the most beautiful man I’d ever seen.

“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” You have always mattered.Įxcerpt from American Sweethearts by Adriana Herrera For those who are brave enough to speak truth to power. It’s a promise!įor those who put their bodies in the struggle.

This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. And when the issue at hand hits closer to home than either could imagine, they’ll have to work to forge a path forward.together. But as tensions between the community and the sheriff’s office grow by the day, Easton’s personal and professional lives collide. Even if their nights together have turned into so much more.įor the first time, Patrice is tempted to open up and embrace the happiness he’s always denied himself. With local law enforcement unfairly targeting young men of color, and his career-and conscience-on the line, now is hardly the time to be thirsting after Patrice again. One particularly dangerous distraction: Easton Archer, the assistant district attorney who last summer gave Patrice some of the most intense nights of his life, and still makes him all but forget they’re from two completely different worlds.Īll-around golden boy Easton forged his own path to success, choosing public service over the comforts of his family’s wealth. Haitian-born professor and activist Patrice Denis is not here for anything that will veer him off the path he’s worked so hard for. No one should have to choose between love and justice.

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