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A Civil War romance with spying and plenty of danger

August 10, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

From Goodreads: Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts, she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South – to spy for the Union Army.  Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton’s Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling, but he’s facing his deadliest mission yet – risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia. Two undercover agents who share a common cause – and an undeniable […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, American Civil War, An Extraordinary Union, anti-slavery, cbr9, historical romance, the loyal league

Malin's CBR9 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, American Civil War, An Extraordinary Union, anti-slavery, cbr9, historical romance, the loyal league ·
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I didn’t like this as much as everyone else has :\

August 1, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

I liked this book! I did. But I wanted to love it, and I didn’t. Ugh, and all the pieces for me loving it were in place! Tensions over class, racial and gender divides. A romance involving characters who logistically will find it difficult to be together (white man/black woman). A badass heroine who does really cool things all while still experiencing the full range of human emotion. The idea that the heroine was black was also appealing, because my favorite genre of romance (historicals) […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, An Extraordinary Union, historical romance, narfna, romance, the loyal league

narfna's CBR9 Review No:48 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, An Extraordinary Union, historical romance, narfna, romance, the loyal league ·
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Despite the great reviews, I hesitated

June 14, 2017 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Despite all the the good reviews and word of mouth from fellow Cannonballers, I was reluctant to start Alyssa Cole’s An Extraordinary Union. How can a romance between a black woman and a white man set during the Civil War be anything other than hugely problematic? If this book had been written by a white woman, I wouldn’t have touched it at all. Alyssa Cole is not white, and she is gaining a reputation for writing historical romances that challenge convention. This is the only […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, An Extraordinary Union, historical romance

Emmalita's CBR9 Review No:46 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, An Extraordinary Union, historical romance ·
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