In a series called Cultural Cocktails we meet Leah
Daniels, a handsome, twentyish Florida lady, and her
Jamaican boss. Well actually he's her boss's boss, and he
shows her around on her first hectic day at work at Rush
Media. Nathan Moore approves of his new executive media
consultant, especially since she likes reggae.
LOVING NATE at first sight makes Leah act out of normal,
professional character. Getting to know him means that she
doesn't think to befriend the other executives on her
level. They feel slighted and some rebuff Leah when she
introduces herself a week later. She loses touch with her
best friend, who luckily understands romance. She even
takes long lunch breaks, because Nate has a table at a
nearby Jamaican restaurant, and he'll make it okay with her
boss. From a flirtatious and growing relationship, Nate
suddenly disappears for two months, off on a business trip
around the country. Should Leah trust a man who doesn't
call her?
Waiting around for a boyfriend who walks out of her life
for months at a time, then returns and swears he loves her,
starts to erode Leah's self-confidence. Her friends warn
her not to let herself be used. They say that a man might
amuse himself elsewhere while keeping a good woman on hold
to marry when he's ready to settle down. Leah can't even
imagine seeing anyone else; she's not a cheat. But what
kind of relationship is this?
I love the busy, excited Leah from the start, but when her
handsome, personable boyfriend started messing her around-
you know, I went right off him. Was I right? Should I have
been more forgiving and patient? Read this novella to the
end, in fact, there are two alternate endings provided, and
make up your own mind.
Janice Ross was born in Guyana and is now a US citizen. She
likes to support women and other authors. She addresses
social issues in her vibrant, realistic stories, shedding
light into some as-yet undiscovered corners of
relationships. I greatly admire her writing in LOVING NATE
and would like to see more. This is a story of all women
everywhere, and if Janice Ross can, with her works, help one
woman find strength in a confusing, difficult relationship,
she deserves all the applause we can give her.
Loving Nate is Leah's story of falling in love with Mr.
Perfect. Leah falls fast and hard, losing all sense of
reasoning. Love can do that to a gal, especially when the
guy is as smooth as Nathan Moore. Loving Nate is about
Leah's journey of falling in love, when she should have been
standing in love. *Author’s Note* I’ve decided to provide
two very different endings to this novella. Have you ever
made a decision and wondered whether or not it was the right
choice? Or perhaps you made the right choice because you
knew that the alternative would’ve been disastrous? This is
my gift to readers. Regardless of Leah’s final choice, I
wanted readers to be able to reflect on the possibilities.
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