African American Book Club

Love in Catalina Cove, by Brenda Jackson

A book club dedicated to reading books by and about the African American experience. The group meets the second Thursday of every month, except July and August.

For more information on the virtual meeting, please contact Julia Rader at jrader@pwcgov.org or call 703-792-8330.

Brenda Jackson welcomes you to Catalina Cove, where even the biggest heartbreaks can be healed....

In the wake of a devastating teen pregnancy that left her childless and heartbroken, Vashti Alcindor left Catalina Cove, Louisiana, with no plans to return. Now, more than a decade later, Vashti reluctantly finds herself back in her hometown after inheriting her aunt’s B and B. Her homecoming gets off to a rocky start when the new sheriff, Sawyer Grisham, pulls her over for speeding, and things go downhill from there.

The B and B, a place she’d always found refuge in when it seemed like the whole world was against her, has fallen into disrepair. When a surprising benefactor encourages Vashti to reopen the B and B, Vashti embraces a fresh start, and soon, old hurts begin to fade as she makes new memories with the town - and its handsome sheriff....

But some pasts are too big to escape, and when a bombshell of a secret changes everything she thought was true, Vashti is left reeling. With Sawyer and his teenage daughter determined to see her through the storm, though, she’s learning family isn’t always a matter of blood - sometimes it’s a matter of heart.

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