Kieva Douglass left Coney Island for college and built a career preserving Black history. So, when Beverly Hill—the woman who mothered half the neighborhood and her, specifically, after her mother died—called her home to help shape their first Juneteenth celebration since Hurricane Sandy, Kieva immediately said yes. She didn’t expect the neighborhood to feel so different, and she definitely didn’t expect to meet Jordan Maxin.
Jordan Maxin came to Coney Island as a teenager and never left. Now a firefighter rooted in the neighborhood with big ideas for its future, he’s determined to make the festival something the whole community shows up for.
Even as their visions clash, the spark between them becomes harder to ignore. When history and hope pull them in different directions, Kieva and Jordan will have to decide what they’re willing to fight for…and what they’re ready to risk for love.
Lift Every Voice — a Juneteenth romance about heritage, homecoming, and two people who had to find their way back to the same place before they could find their way to each other.
