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Would you have the courage to risk your life for what is right?Shona, Cuban, Elbie and Chloe. Four lives inextricably linked. Will tragic events part them forever?It's 1958 and Shona Jackson is on the run for her life again, she was forced to flee Mississippi and the town she'd called home. Arriving in Alabama, she hopes to save up enough money to continue her journey to safety, and convinces Jeffrey Ellis, the wealthy co-owner of a machinery plant, to give her a job.
There she strikes up a bond with the equally courageous Cuban. Cuban is on a similar path to Shona. Relentlessly abused because of the color of his skin, his sole ambition is to earn enough to escape to New York, but Ellis's brutal and callous business partner, Larry Bruce, and his racist workforce are hell-bent on making Cuban's life unbearable. As events unfold, Shona also finds herself in Larry Bruce's murderous and bloodthirsty sights.
Their only hope is Elbie, the elderly tool room supervisor, who has been covertly keeping a diary to one day expose all the horrific and disturbing acts perpetrated over the last five years by Bruce and his associates. But when Chloe Bruce, Larry's beautiful daughter, returns from college and is introduced to the workforce, there are devastating and irreversible consequences for all those involved. Will Elbie's diary end up in the wrong hands?Will Cuban achieve his dream of making it to New York?And will Shona's past finally catch up with her?Buy now to find out... Meet Me at 10 is the second enthralling novel in an epic historical fiction trilogy about a story of secrets too dangerous to confess in a time of cruel, unforgiving and relentless intolerance to difference.
Readers describe it:"This is a fantastic book. Captivating storyline that kept me reading every night until I finished it. Been years since a book had me so hooked!""I found myself putting the book down and then 5 minutes later picking it back up because I wanted to see what happened next. Just one more page I would say to myself.""Brilliant page Turner. Best book I have read in a long time!" The Complete TrilogyBook 1: ShonaBook 2: Meet Me At 10Book 3: The Beach HouseThese should definitely be in your historical novels collection!
