Night Song

Published: March 12, 2019, 4 p.m.

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Night Song\\xa0by Beverly Jenkins - this is the first book by the First Lady of African American Romance, from 1994.\\xa0 Cara is a schoolmarm.\\xa0 Chase is a Buffalo Soldier.\\xa0 They do it.\\xa0 A lot.\\xa0 All over the house, y\'all.\\xa0 All over the house.\\xa0 Also there are some murders.

There is no sexual assault in the present of this book; however, several characters tell the traumatic stories of their pasts under slavery and one does include rape.\\xa0 There\'s also a romance novel-y rape threat by the villain but it doesn\'t actually happen, and an equally romance novel-y miscarriage (no vivid details.)

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