Latrice Simpkins: 2 books

Matika, a young daughter of an affluent and prominent military general, is abandoned by her mother and separated from her siblings during the Lords Liberation Army’s raid. She escapes into the menacing jungles under the pursuit of a crazed colonel, who becomes obsessed with her emerging womanly...

Young Matika begins a new life in the U.S. after she and her family narrowly escape their native country of Uganda. When Matika falls for the illusion of love, she is scorned by her family and left homeless. Desperate, she connects with an acquaintance, an undercover liaison for U.S. special projects...