Embers on the Wind is a story of interconnected Black people that all have ties back to the Whittaker House, run as part of the Underground Railroad by a family of abolitionists of the same name. The house is haunted by a young woman and the child she was giving birth to when there was a raid on the home. This is one of the stories in what almost serves as an interconnected short story collection by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg. Many of the stories feature descendants of someone that passed through the house, and the complexities they face being part of a mixed race family. The book explores both the indignities of being regarded as less by people on the outside by Black people, as well as reflections on when a relationship between a Black woman or child with a white man could never be regarded as a loving, supportive one. I really enjoyed how Williamson Rosenberg connected the different characters together, although I kind of wish she’d gone in a more chronological order and devoted more time to each character, so the reader sees the connections more naturally. And while the characters aren’t one dimensional by any means, really connecting with their struggles would have made this book even more powerful. A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.