The Albatross and the Mermaid

by Amanda Fox

After having experienced the ravages of a fire at the age of eleven, the smoldering images of a dead mother and sister live in the faces of every Black woman whom Adrian Moreaux meets. One failed relationship has this Caribbean-American man also convinced that White women aren't for him either. Plagued by the nightmares of his past, Adrian thus resigns himself to a life of sex without love, until the day that an enchanting flaxen-haired beauty comes along. Sometimes you got another chance at...