![Cover for _A Gamble At Sunset_, showing a Black woman with natural hair, dressed in a gorgeous golden early 1800s day gown with elbow-length sleeves, turning towards the viewer, so that the skirts of the gown seem to flow around her. There is a tall window in the background.](https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-for-a-gamble-at-sunset.png?w=255)
The combination of cover and author name recognition are usually unbeatable, which is why, despite my issues while reading my first work by the author last year (review here), I requested this ARC.
Beware: racism; domestic abuse; alcoholism; stillbirth; chronic illness (sickle cell disease); gambling addiction.
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