If You Were My Man
A Novel
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · March 2, 2010
Nathalyia Fontaine has been the sole proprietor of the restaurant Fontaine since her husband died four years ago.
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- Who it’s for
- A guarded widow and a commitment-shy hostage negotiator make for romance with real emotional stakes.
- Themes
- Grief and opening up to love, Fear of commitment, Secrets and past trauma
- Pacing
- Fast
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Nathalyia Fontaine has been the sole proprietor of the restaurant Fontaine since her husband died four years ago. She hasn't dated anyone in all those years, choosing not to open her heart again, or risk revealing her dark past. That is, until she meets Rafael Dunlap. Rafael is a hostage negotiator with his own set of problems. Though he loves women, he vows he'll never marry because his job is just too unpredictable. He can't imagine leaving a widow and children behind.
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But his thinking and game plan of loving and leaving changes when he meets Nathalyia. Though she tries to resist him, Rafael sweeps her into a whirlwind romance. When the unexpected happens, and Nathalyia is forced to keep it a secret, she ends things with Rafael before he can break her heart. But when Rafael is in harms way, will Nathalyia resolve to tell him the truth before it's too late? Or will past demons keep them apart forever?
Risk and Romance
A guarded widow and a commitment-shy hostage negotiator make for romance with real emotional stakes.
Come here for
- A love story shaped by grief, guarded hearts, and dangerous work
- The tension between keeping a secret and risking a second chance
Expect
- A whirlwind romance with an edgy, emotionally charged feel
- Two people reconsidering the rules they made to protect themselves
Where it sits
| Black Romance | 99% |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Romance | 43% |
| Police & Law-Enforcement Romance | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black Women's Fiction
- Black Romance
- Authors
- Francis Ray
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- March 2, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Grief and opening up to love · Fear of commitment · Secrets and past trauma
- Reading lane
- Black Women's Fiction