Free (nook/Kindle/Kobo) Zora & Nicky [Xtian Interracial Modern Faith Drama w/Romance]

[ATDrake]

Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney is is her standalone contemporary literary fiction/spiritual drama novel with strong f/m romantic elements, centred around the love story between the children of two preachers, one African-American, one the other a white Southern Baptist, dealing with the materialistic church privileges which they feel have disconnected them from true faith, as well as the racial tensions in their local area, free courtesy of Christian publisher David C. Cook.

This has previously been offered free in 2013, but doesn't seem to have been mentioned at the time on MR, so might as well count it as a new offering for today. Also, while the love story between the titular characters is central to the plot of this one, according to the customer reviews, apparently it's written more as a faith drama than the usual sort of inspirational romance that we get, so YMMV whether or not it actually ends HEA enough to also qualify as one of those.

Currently free, probably just for the next couple of days @ B&N, Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), iTunes & Google Play (both available to Canadians), Kobo (not available to Canadians), ChristianBook (DRM-free ePub available to selected countries, if they cycle around to a phase where they let you download the freebies again instead of reading them online or in their app), and might also be free at other retailers listed on the publisher's webcatalogue page.

Description
Two Hearts, One God.? Should Anything Else Matter?

Zora Nella Hampton Johnson knows exactly where she comes from—and her daddy won't let her forget. Of course for that privilege he keeps her in Prada and Kate Spade, Coach and YSL. He chooses her boyfriend, her car, her address, and ignores her love of painting, art, and the old ways of her grandaddy's soulful AME church—where the hymns pleaded, cajoled, and raised the roof. Her daddy may be a preacher, but some-where among the thousands of church members, the on-site coffee house, and the JumboTron, Zora lost God. And she wants Him back.

Nicky Parker, a recent graduate of Berkeley and reformed playboy, also suffers the trials of being a preacher's kid, and he can't remember the last time he saw eye-to-eye with his white, racist, Southern Baptist father. What he does remember—and it will be forever burned in his brain despite myriad prayers to Jesus—is the way Zora looked the first time he saw her. Like Nefertiti. Only better. When they meet at a bible study far from their respective home churches, the first churlish, sarcastic sparks that fly sizzle with defensiveness. But God has a special way of feeding the flames and though of different flocks, these two lost sheep will find Him and much, much more.