Woven Into the Fabric

Scurrying across Stanford's Quad, Brenna was shocked-suddenly she just knew she was going to Africa. It's the height of the Black Pride Movement and, unbeknownst to her, the Watts Summer Festival boldly decided to send its next Miss Watts to Africa, a metaphor of return, to mend the hearts of descendants of Africans kidnapped from their homeland centuries ago.

Her intuition proves true. In Ethiopia, Brenna has an audience with living legend Emperor Haile Selassie. Impressed with her, the emperor arranges a meeting with his grandson, Prince Yohannes "John" Makonnen, sparking a passionate courtship and a promise it will take a lifetime to honor.

Millennia earlier, young Princess Makeda begins her reign as the Queen of Sheba. Compelled to meet King Solomon, it will change her world and bind the lands of Ethiopia and Judah forever. Brenna and Makeda are separated by a gulf of time-one from a humble background and one from royal lineage. Yet they're connected by the similarities of their destinies and the ancient land of their birth.

A poignant, spiritual story of love and coming of age, Woven into the Fabric is based, in part, on author Tsehai Essiebea Farrell's experiences with Emperor Selassie and his family.