Velvet picked up the phone.
I know what you did.
Click, the line went dead.
They could not have been more different: a black television host and a white supremacist in prison, and the death they share in common.
Velvet Lafonn, successful talk show host, lives in endless fear that the world will find out her terrible secret. Dale Atkins, delinquent turned white supremacist, holds the key to Velvet’s shocking past, as well as her salvation.
A novel for our times, Leave Love Behind examines the role of forgiveness, especially the seemingly unforgiveable. Characters are forced to question everything they ever thought was true. Leave Love Behind examines our interconnectedness, true redemption, and ultimately what it means to be good.