Date with Destiny is a Black lesbian thriller-written by a Black woman, prolific author Yolanda Wallace writing under the name Mason Dixon-set in the banking industry of Savannah, Georgia. Rashida, the lead, is a driven, frugal Black bank executive who has risen to the top of the bank her grandmother once cleaned as a janitor. Her work-oriented but lonely life is headed for a collision course with the unemployed, blue-collar Destiny, who she meets at a coffeeshop one morning. Is finding Destiny a job at her bank a worthy act of kindness or a dangerous temptation? After all, the bank has strict policies against workplace dating-but Destiny's sexuality is practically a force of nature.
There's a lot more going on here than I can even describe without spoiling the plot, so this is a good bet for you if you like twists, suspense, and intrigue.I'd even say it's reminiscent of movies like Memento and The Usual Suspects, including the way Dixon employs the device of showing the same scene through different character's eyes. (Some readers may find some of the repetition tedious, so feel free to skim through it looking for the new information.)
Date with Destiny is full of sensuality between women and eventually love but it's not entirely a romance; it's a thriller that will be more fun for the reader if they go in expecting a wild ride.
