Francine A Thomas

Three women embark on the trip of a lifetime. Three men learn what it means to love. Shy Elle Lytle, proper Leigh Hartwell and brash Olivia Baskins are traveling the world. A stop in Sengal challenges the women to not only rethink their identities, but their heritage as they spar and parry with the ...

Paris Noire, the title of which refers to the immigrants of color who flocked to France in the 20s and 30s, is a “wonderful tale that is sure to appeal to most readers, especially romance and historical fiction lovers,” according to Library Journal. Among the diaspora is Marie-Therese Brillard from ...

A family secret is the inspiration for Francine Thomas Howard's remarkable debut novel, set in 1913, that focuses on a white couple who own a rural Tennessee farm and an African-American husband and wife, sharecroppers who work their land. In the novel, Annalaura Welles is forced to become the mistr...

Fourteen years after the end of slavery, Lord Henry Hardin and his wife, Lady Bertha, enjoy an entitled life in Union County, Arkansas. Until he faces a devastating reality: Bertha is unable to bear children. If Henry doesn’t produce an heir, the American branch of his family name will die out. So H...