It's ten years after the end of WWII when Camille Winters accepts a position as the only colored secretary in the office at Hargrove and Chase, an advertising agency on Madison Avenue in the mid-1950's. When the owner and senior partner Kenneth Hargrove takes a professional liking to Camille after seeing her potential, Camille thinks she's finally found her niche, vindicated after pursuing her career rather than settling down. Mr. Hargrove uses his influence to find an old acquaintance from the war as a favor to Camille. But instead of the gesture bringing closure, the ghosts from the past suddenly come back to haunt her, putting her hard-won successful career in jeopardy.

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C.L. Donley, self-published indie author/authorpreneur. Writes, edits, proofreads, and does cover design for her books. 

Formally educated Master's Degree in English/Writing

Genre(s): Literary Romance/IR and Multicultural/Steamy Contemporary

Comparable Authors: Jamila Jasper, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Theodora Taylor, Nia Forrester, Kenya Wright, Amarie Avant, C.D. Reiss, LaShawn Vasser, Colleen Hoover

Influences: Faulkner, Toni Morrisson, Walt Whitman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jane Austen, Cormac McCarthy

Writing style description: "I write stories about billionaires falling in love with introverts." Subtle, modern, original, balanced, refreshing, emotional, passionate, humorous, realistic, subversion of expectations, not your typical IR romance read