Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3068960 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
" Tracy Price-Thompson is an awesome storyteller who has a wonderful way with words." -- Kimberla Lawson Roby, author of It's a Thin Line
" Tracy Price-Thompson writes with candor and power, creating characters so real you can't take your eyes off the page." -- Lolita Files, author of Child of God
" If you are ready for an adventure that will take you through the psyche of not only a female heart but, interestingly enough, a male mind as well, you will love Black Coffee. Price-Thompson's writing is good to the last drop." -- Timmothy B. McCann, author of Forever
" Price-Thompson's is a voice that needs to be heard. Refreshing and tastefully charismatic, her novel is a kind of real that only a person who has been in the military can relay." -- Camika Spencer, author of When All Hell Breaks Loose

Synopsis
While combating sexism, self-doubt and the powers that be, sassy Sandrella Coffee fights an uphill battle to attend the army's prestigious Officer Candidate School. But soon Sandie meets a man who matches her ambition and determination step for step in the form of Drill Sergeant Romulus Caesar, who literally marches into her life and conquers her heart. Rom is everything Sandie could want - supportive, confident, self-reliant and fantastic in bed - but he's also married. The military's policy on fraternisation and adultery is tough, and if she's not careful Sandie could find that her passionate affair of the heart and body is also the downfall of her whole carefully orchestrated campaign.

Customer Reviews

Black Coffee gives us a realistic and insightful intake of a Military relationship.
This is a second book that I've read that tells the story of the military woman of color, the first being "Knockin Boots" which was great. Tracy takes the reader to the front lines and allows the reader to experience sexism existed in the service and what African American women went through. Tracy also takes it a step further and allows realistic issues/family hardships to be the icing on the cake, if you will!!! How much more can Sanderella endure? I tell you what; I would not want to be in her boots that's for sure.

In her debut novel she introduced us to characters that we will cared about and keep us flipping the pages to see what would happen to Sanderella and Romulus, two soldiers ready to defy strict Army rules for their love. Romulus Caesar calls himself a "king", believes himself to be one down to the deep recesses of his mind and soul. Through a very believable male voice, we see Rom as a man with strong convictions, a man who loves his children so much he has sacrificed 10 years of his life to be with them, thus staying in a loveless marriage for the sake of maintaining his position as the No. 1 domino (an analogy I found to be right on point). While Sanderella Coffee is sassy, funny, a good mother, and an excelling soldier, we are able to see her as she really is all that and two bags of chips! A woman with an ability to admit her past love mistakes, trying with all her might not to make another one. She stumbles, ponders, falls, then brushes herself off and keeps on keeping on!

Tracy captures the essence of being in a "real" relationship, with all the questions, the sensuality and the wonder of getting to know someone of the opposite sex. She shows us both sides of the puzzle, not just the woman's, and that's great. In my opinion, Tracy shows us what goes wrong in relationships, namely, that communication breaks down. The man never says what is really going on in his mind, gets angry, says horribly mean things he doesn't really feel, he begins to drink, and eventually shuts his woman out. While the woman expects him to know and realize how she is feeling, what she has been going through and she expects him to understand without ever revealing herself to him! A real relationship killer -- lack of communication.

Tracy Price-Thompson is an extremely talented author. Not only does she possess the ability to guide the reader into the emotions and turmoil's of the female heart, she captures and penetrates the inner thought of the male mind. What a rare and wonderful gift she has presented to the literary world. Tracy throws us a loop toward the end, but oh how satisfying the ending is! "Black Coffee" truly is smooth that requires neither sugar nor cream.