Expect the Unexpected

Sneak Peek & Summary

Sneak Peek:

He leans in, and kisses me deeply. His long, beautiful eyelashes tickle my cheek, just as I'd predicted when I first met him. His soft, full, lips envelop mine, but I don't push him away because he needs this. I need this. I want this. I bury my hands in his hair, and he starts to do the same, but then he hesitates. He's probably wondering if it's ok to touch a black girls' hair. I smile against his lips, and grab his hands and bury them in my braids. He smiles back, and runs his fingers through my braids. I'm starting to think that he's having more fun with my braids than with my lips but then he runs his tongue across my teeth. I open my mouth and he deepens the kiss. Our tongues dance and he nips at my lower lip. Kissing him is wonderful; he's probably the best kisser that I've ever encountered. So much for the stereotype about White people being bad kissers.

Summary:

Shea Cruz is 17 years old, beautiful, intelligent, confident, and African American. Shea is a senior at a great private school, and although some of the white students can be slightly racist and insensitive, Shea and her tight-knit group of African American and Latino friends have learned to tolerate others' ignorance in order to receive a top notch education. But just because Shea has learned to tolerate some of her peers' racist behavior, doesn't mean that she hesitates to speak up when necessary. Shea's willingness to advocate for people of color and to educate her fellow students about equality and acceptance has earned her the nickname, "Miss Malcolm X"- And quite frankly, Shea is proud of that.

Anthony Donetelli has it all. Tony is popular, handsome, athletic, White, and he'd like to think that he's one of the good guys. Ok... So he might occasionally laugh at some of his friends' racist jokes. And yea... He might have laughed when his bros scribbled racial slurs onto some Latino kid's locker- but that doesn't make him a bad person right? Tony really isn't a racist; he's just a bystander. And sometimes he even thinks Black girls are beautiful- not that he'd ever mention that to any of his friends.

When Anthony's mom hires Shea to watch her kids after school, both Shea and Anthony deny the fact that they have feelings for each other. Interracial relationships never last, right? But what happens when Black activist, Shea, starts to fall for a White boy? And what happens when rich White boy, Anthony, realizes that he really needs a certain, outspoken, Miss Malcolm X in his life? Will their connection prevail against secrets, prejudice, and their peers?

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons is entirely coincidental.