Coffee With Milk: a love story

Coffee With Milk is a love story between a couple on opposite sides of the racial divide. The protagonists are two well educated professionals who meet on a fictitious island-of the author's imagination-in the Caribbean sea. Set in the Caribbean and the USA, it is a love story first and foremost but not the sappy kind where everything goes smoothly without any hiccups. The novel, in passing, makes allusions to real life events, such as 9/11. An element of humour flows throughout, for example, when a minor character named Bernie entertains the crowd at a New Year's Eve party in Times Square. A few historical tid-bits about Trinidad are also thrown in for good measure. There are a few instances where the dialogue is in the West Indian dialect but it is not overdone and should be easily understood. Adult genre with tastefully done sex scenes.

The author was born on the sunny Caribbean isle of Trinidad in the West Indies, and has been writing since childhood. She writes in many genres but prefers doing short stories, one of which was chosen for the anthology ＂Across The Caribbean＂. Another, ＂Looks＂ was longlisted for the Brighton Cow ＂Winter Sport＂ 2011 Flash Fiction competition. She has also had several articles published in ＂The Caribbean Compass＂.