As broke as I was, I returned a few of them only to go back and buy them again! Those on Kindle Unlimited I kept on the indefinite rental because I could not do without them.Ĥ The Fancy The Fancy- Suga and Quinton’s story Back then, when I was struggling to buy groceries, I found a way to buy her books or rent them because they were a necessity in my literary growth. Soon came my obsession with her work, and I devoured or rabidly read every book she had to offer. More than I had before reading her work, most definitely. As a historian and college professor who teaches this subject, I appreciate her books even more.Īfter reading The Fancy, Quinton, and Suga’s story, I saw love past color, socioeconomic class, ethnic group, and culture. Now, here I am a twenty-two-year-old Black woman, and I’m thinking, “I’m not reading a book about a slave falling in love with her white slave owner!” but something pulled me to read it, and I am so happy I did! The slavery aspect of the book was a part of the world, in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, also known as the Orient from the 15th-19th centuries. Quintin Thaddeus Caine and his gift/slave/servant and eventual wife, Sarah Caine AKA Suga. Scrolling through my Kindle apps bookstore, I came across her book, The Fancy, an antebellum, pre-Civil War historical romance novel. Insecure about my life and where I wanted to go in life and who I wanted to be. I was a struggling full-time college student at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. My first encounter with one of her amazing books was in 2013.

Princess Ces'alena by Mercedes Keyes