In life nothing ever goes the way we plan. I enjoyed Alicia Perry’s “The Color of a Leader.” It was written with real honesty because, as we know, most people have skeletons they want to hide and things they never want revealed. I also wondered if the first lady ever felt like First Lady Hill. The novel made me wonder if our real president felt this way when on the campaign trail. After much thought and discussion with his wife Carol he decides to toss his hat in the ring to run for President of the United States. Governor Blake Lamont Hill, the first African American governor to be elected in the state of North Carolina, decides he wants to do greater. I pondered this question as I began to read this novel. Still, he is determined to win over voters, but will his efforts be in vain? And the more he fights to clear his name and to win the Presidential Election, the more tightly he’s trapped.

Blake is caught in a web of blackmail, adultery, and corruption-to name a few. While on the campaign trail he realizes he is under the radar by a vast majority who wants to see him either give up or be defeated. In his quest for more recognition, he decides to run for President of the United States. What do you do when your dreams of becoming the President of the United States are threatened by lies and conspiracy? When a former mistress demands you leave your wife for her? Those are just a couple of problems faced by Blake Lamont Hill, the central character of The Color of a Leader, Alicia Perry’s page-turning saga about a black politician and his family.īlake Lamont Hill is a charismatic 35 year-old, who despite his meager background, has broken down barriers by becoming his state’s first African-American Governor.

The Color of a Leader by Alicia Perry