Award-winning author Alyssa Cole returns with her highly-acclaimed
Loyal League series exploring the untold role of people of color in the
fight to end slavery. This time, an assassination plot could end the
Civil War, and a hidden enemy could destroy a secret league of unsung
heroes . . .
Daniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with dreams
of helping his people--dreams that died the night he was kidnapped and
sold into slavery. Daniel is rescued, but he's a changed man. When he's
offered entry into the Loyal League, the covert organization of Black
spies who helped free him, he seizes the opportunity for vengeance
against the Confederacy and those who support it.
When the Union Army occupies the Florida home of Cuban Janeta Sanchez,
daughter of an enslaved woman and the plantation owner who married her,
her family's wealth does not protect her father from being imprisoned.
Under duress and blaming herself for the arrest, Janeta agrees to
infiltrate a group called the Loyal League as a double agent--and finds
a cause truly worth the sacrifice.
Daniel is aggravated by the headstrong and much too observant new
detective he's paired with, and Janeta is intrigued by the broken but
honorable man she is tasked with betraying. As they embark on a mission
to intercept Jefferson Davis and thwart European meddling, their dual
hidden agendas are threatened by the ghosts of their pasts and a growing
affection that could strengthen both the Union and their souls--or lead
to their downfall.
**Praise for *An Unconditional Freedom
"Forbidden attraction and the threat of betrayal are the initial hooks
for what turns out to be a sumptuously written and meticulously
researched tale of a country at war with itself and two damaged people
who find themselves in each other's arms."
--**Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW
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"This third and hopefully not last installment in Cole's Loyal League
series is historical romance at its finest."
--**Booklist STARRED REVIEW
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"[A] triumphant conclusion to an outstanding series that has redefined
the possibilities of historical romance."
--**Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
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"A heroine torn by conflicting loyalties and a vengeance-driven hero
haunted by the past struggle to come to terms with reality and their
feelings in this emotionally compelling, information-rich story."
--***Library Journal
"Her most powerful novel yet."
--Entertainment Weekly
