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Reviewed by Lorraine Cobcroft for Readers' Favorite
Jessica Leigh is poor and black, and she is in love. She believes wealthy white college student Geoff Worth wants to marry her. When Geoff breaks up with Jessica, without explanation or apology, she tells him she is pregnant. Despite telling him she will abort his child, she cannot go through with it. She leaves college and turns to her sister for help. In Part 2 of One Family Now, Maria McKenzie takes us forward twenty-six years to when Jessica and Geoff reconnect and find the spark is still there. Forced so long ago to abandon his lover to protect his father’s political future, Geoff has never stopped loving Jess. But these star-crossed lovers are destined to face more challenges as they unravel the mystery of their pasts, uncovering their parents' stories of adultery, bribery, and treachery. And while they fight against Geoff’s parents’ prejudice, and his ex-wife’s conniving, their sons struggle to accept the shocking truth that they are half-brothers.
Maria McKenzie’s One Family Now is a story of love, loss, and forgiveness. It is a story of two families from two vastly different worlds and how they overcome their prejudices and the hurt of their painful pasts to become one. It’s full of surprising twists and astonishing revelations and shines a light on the issues of racial prejudice and social class division. Will acceptance eventually prevail over bitterness and intolerance? The author paints vivid word pictures with her detailed descriptions. She keeps us turning the pages as we join the characters on their quest for the truth. And she keeps us rooting for Geoff and Jessica, praying love will ultimately triumph over anger and bigotry. If you love romance, mystery, and timely social comment, Maria McKenzie’s One Family Now will not disappoint.
