"...powerful debut novel." -- Emerge Magazine, January, 2000 Recommended Reading
"This novel is a definite must-read..." -Shonell Bacon, The Nubian Chronicles
"This novel is a definite must-read..." -Shonell Bacon, The Nubian Chronicles
"Not your average cookie-cutter romance or sista-girl novel...an excellent first offering." -Kimberly Hines, for Chance 22 Publishing
"Should become required reading for high schools and colleges across the country..." -Anfra, author of You Are My Sister
"Skin Deep raises issues that can and should be discussed by a large, multi-perspective audience." -Colleen McMahon, for All About Romance
"Kathleen Cross hits the scene hard with a story filled with the best ingredients: love, intrigue, conflict and hidden secrets." -Rita Ewing, author of Homecourt Advantage
"Kathleen Cross brings new insight to this sensitive subject with subtlety, honesty, passion and humor." -Darlene Ramzy, for The Literary Cafe
Biracial but white-looking, Nina Moore is the daughter of a rich and famous black musician and a deceased white women no one in the family will talk about.
Burdened with secrets her father refuses to divulge, Nina finds that living as a black woman in white skin, she's attracting the wrong men, receiving privileges she didn't earn and running from a past she didn't create.
After dumping her colorstruck fiancé, Nina falls for Ahmad Jefferson, a sexy and intriguing ex-convict and single father who has no love for white folks and won't give her the time of day.
While Ahmad focuses on raising his young daughter alone, he makes it clear his friendship with Nina will never develop into anything more, and as he searches for a "real sista" to invite into his life, Nina uncovers a family secret that loosens her hold on everything that has ever held her upright.
Biracial but white-looking, Nina Moore is the daughter of a rich and famous black musician and a deceased white women no one in the family will talk about.
Burdened with secrets her father refuses to divulge, Nina finds that living as a black woman in white skin, she's attracting the wrong men, receiving privileges she didn't earn and running from a past she didn't create.
After dumping her colorstruck fiancé, Nina falls for Ahmad Jefferson, a sexy and intriguing ex-convict and single father who has no love for white folks and won't give her the time of day.
While Ahmad focuses on raising his young daughter alone, he makes it clear his friendship with Nina will never develop into anything more, and as he searches for a "real sista" to invite into his life, Nina uncovers a family secret that loosens her hold on everything that has ever held her upright.
