Zepha Dodge wore the title of entrepreneur at a time when few women could claim such an accomplishment. For a black woman in the 1930s, that accomplishment was remarkable indeed. Rudine, Colorado wasn't a place that boasted such occurrences, but Zepha Dodge had built an extraordinary establishment.
Still, the Great Depression loomed and its presence was felt regardless of race or social status. Somehow, Zepha's life remained a quiet one. Her business ran smoothly and without any of the nasty surprises that could so easily find their way to one's door. That is, until a blinding rainstorm brought with it a most unexpected guest. The woman on the other side of Zepha's door was beaten, shivering, soaked through from the rain...and she was white. On the door of a black establishment in the 1930s, such a combination could mean nothing good. But things are not always what they seem.
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AlTonya Washington has been a romance novelist for 20 years. She's traditionally, independently and scholarly published, a winner of the Romance Slam Jam EMMA Award, and two-time winner of The Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award.
She's a Librarian, film buff, and music junkie. She enjoys writing in an array of genres and is best known for her long-running Ramsey/Tesano multicultural romantic suspense series.