The Governor's Sons - Softcover
The maid, the rich boy...will what happened between them, stay between them? The Governor's Sons, a heart thumping account of forbidden love and political ambition in the deep South, a suspenseful tale of romance, deception, racial tension and ultimately, racial reconciliation within a powerful southern family.
"McKenzie proves herself to be an effortless storyteller who sympathetically portrays the ironies and hypocrisies of those precarious times... Realistic, multifaceted characters make for an especially engaging novel." Kirkus Reviews
"The Governor's Sons is tender and touching, and also quite terribly and frighteningly true. Maria McKenzie is definitely a young novelist to watch." Stephen Birmingham, New York Times bestselling novelist and renowned social historian, author of The LeBaron Secret and Our Crowd
"This book is amazing. The story is well told with well developed characters that are easy to fall in love with in spite of, or because of their frailties...It is definitely a captivating and thought provoking tale,examining love and the destructiveness of hate, well worth reading." Mela,United Kingdom, Amazon Review
During the summer of 1936, Ash Kroth, a young law student from a southern family of wealth and political prestige, falls in love with the help, beautiful "Negro" college girl Catherine Wilkes. Nearly thirty years later, as a segregationist governor in the midst of civil rights turmoil, Ash is forced to confront the inevitable consequences of his love for her.
In 1965, Harland Hall, a black Civil Rights leader, moves to the capital city in an effort to quell the racial violence occurring not far from his mother's home. But what mysterious link does this young man have to the Governor's past?
"McKenzie proves herself to be an effortless storyteller who sympathetically portrays the ironies and hypocrisies of those precarious times... Realistic, multifaceted characters make for an especially engaging novel." Kirkus Reviews
"The Governor's Sons is tender and touching, and also quite terribly and frighteningly true. Maria McKenzie is definitely a young novelist to watch." Stephen Birmingham, New York Times bestselling novelist and renowned social historian, author of The LeBaron Secret and Our Crowd
"This book is amazing. The story is well told with well developed characters that are easy to fall in love with in spite of, or because of their frailties...It is definitely a captivating and thought provoking tale,examining love and the destructiveness of hate, well worth reading." Mela,United Kingdom, Amazon Review
During the summer of 1936, Ash Kroth, a young law student from a southern family of wealth and political prestige, falls in love with the help, beautiful "Negro" college girl Catherine Wilkes. Nearly thirty years later, as a segregationist governor in the midst of civil rights turmoil, Ash is forced to confront the inevitable consequences of his love for her.
In 1965, Harland Hall, a black Civil Rights leader, moves to the capital city in an effort to quell the racial violence occurring not far from his mother's home. But what mysterious link does this young man have to the Governor's past?
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Essie Mae Washington Williams's memoir Dear Senator provided the idea for The Governor's Sons. Ms. Williams is the love child of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond by his family's African American maid. After reading her story, I wondered what would have happened if a southern governor fathered a son by a black woman, and that son grew up to become a civil rights leader.
About the Author:
Essie Mae Washington Williams's memoir Dear Senator provided the idea for The Governor's Sons. Ms. Williams is the love child of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond by his family's African American maid. After reading her story, I wondered what would have happened if a southern governor fathered a son by a black woman, and that son grew up to become a civil rights leader.
Weaving together history, scandal, romance and suspense, Maria McKenzie is the author of the Amazon bestsellers The Governor's Sons, and books one, two and three of the Unchained Trilogy: Escape, Masquerade and Revelation.
Taking a brief departure from historical fiction, Maria is currently at work on her next release, the comedic mystery/clean romance, From Cad to Cadaver, featuring ex-FBI agent turned detective,Tracy Black, of Black Ops Detective Agency, and her partner, ex-Marine Raider Adam Slade. She's black, he's white, but the situations they stumble into are hardly black and white! Join them in a series of adventures that will keep you laughing!
Maria lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two boys. Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, small business owner and author, Maria worked in Georgia and North Carolina as a librarian for several years.
She attended Wittenberg University and received a bachelor's degree in English, and later graduated from Atlanta University with a master's in Library Science.
You can visit Maria at mariamckenziewrites.com or send her an email at mariamckenziewrites@gmail.com. She would love to hear from you!
Taking a brief departure from historical fiction, Maria is currently at work on her next release, the comedic mystery/clean romance, From Cad to Cadaver, featuring ex-FBI agent turned detective,Tracy Black, of Black Ops Detective Agency, and her partner, ex-Marine Raider Adam Slade. She's black, he's white, but the situations they stumble into are hardly black and white! Join them in a series of adventures that will keep you laughing!
Maria lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two boys. Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, small business owner and author, Maria worked in Georgia and North Carolina as a librarian for several years.
She attended Wittenberg University and received a bachelor's degree in English, and later graduated from Atlanta University with a master's in Library Science.
You can visit Maria at mariamckenziewrites.com or send her an email at mariamckenziewrites@gmail.com. She would love to hear from you!
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1466473002
- ISBN 13 9781466473003
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages370
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