Now, she’s breaking into rom-com territory with a new series, Reluctant Royals, which kicks off with A Princess in Theory. In all of her work, Cole uses romance to engage with the real world, proposing hope amid turmoil. In those books, Cole shined a new light on what we may think of as a well-known period of American history, complicating simple narratives with stories inspired by true events, giving unsung heroines their hard-won happy endings. The heroines of both books are free black women in the Civil War, working in the South against the Confederacy. As they embark on a mission to intercept Jefferson Davis and thwart European meddling, their dual hidden agendas are threatened by the ghosts of their pasts and a growing affection that could strengthen both the Union and their souls - or lead to their downfall.The first two books in Alyssa Cole’s Loyal League series were two of the biggest things in romance in 2017. Under duress and blaming herself for the arrest, Janeta agrees to infiltrate a group called the Loyal League as a double agent - and finds a cause truly worth the sacrifice.ĭaniel is aggravated by the headstrong and much too observant new detective he's paired with, and Janeta is intrigued by the broken but honorable man she is tasked with betraying.
When the Union Army occupies the Florida home of Cuban Janeta Sanchez, daughter of an enslaved woman and the plantation owner who married her, her family's wealth does not protect her father from being imprisoned. When he's offered entry into the Loyal League, the covert organization of black spies who helped free him, he seizes the opportunity for vengeance against the Confederacy and those who support it.
Daniel is rescued, but he's a changed man.
An assassination plot that could end the Civil War and a hidden enemy that could destroy a secret league of unsung heroes.ĭaniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with dreams of helping his people - dreams that died the night he was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
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