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Indigo

Indigo by Beverly Jenkins

May 9, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. Sorry to say but this is probably the first Ms. Beverly Jenkins book I have read that I struggled with. I think it’s just because this one is packed with too much stuff. We have Hester helping the Underground Railroad. We have Hester dealing with her former fiancée and his now wife. We have Hester dealing with the attentions of slave catcher. And that’s before you add in all of the Galen stuff. This book could have easily been broken into a duology with […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Beverly Jenkins, historical romance

Classic's CBR14 Review No:99 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Beverly Jenkins, historical romance ·
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Until the mountains are no more, I will love you

Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins

January 24, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

I am so glad that Beverly Jenkins is finally getting more of the popular attention that she deserves. Her name has come up a lot as people have talked about what Netflix or Shondaland should adapt next for a series. Jenkins has been writing sine 1994, and calls her writing “edutainment.” While white writers, publishers and readers were debating whether it was possible to give Black characters a happy ending in romance, Beverly Jenkins was writing those stories and showing her work with bibliographies for […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Beverly Jenkins, NetGalley, Wild Rain

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Beverly Jenkins, NetGalley, Wild Rain ·
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Love was the last thing on their minds

Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon

December 21, 2020 by teresaelectro 6 Comments

Romance has been a great salve for the general pandemic malaise. I’ve been loving own voices books featuring Black protagonists finding love, even when it was absolutely the last thing on their minds. These three novels all written by Black women were refreshing and reminded me why I love this genre. I absolutely love reading about an independent woman who falls in love with a sexy man who has his act together. I picked up Destiny’s Captive by Beverly Jenkins from the library. I had […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Beverly Jenkins, Contemporary Romance, Cuba, destinys captive, enemies to lovers, Farrah Rochon, historical romance, jasmine guillory, Office Romance, pirates, The Boyfriend Project, The Proposal

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Beverly Jenkins, Contemporary Romance, Cuba, destinys captive, enemies to lovers, Farrah Rochon, historical romance, jasmine guillory, Office Romance, pirates, The Boyfriend Project, The Proposal ·
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A Bit Mellow for a Smuggling Pirate Heroine

Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins

September 6, 2020 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: UnCannon I picked this one up because it came up a while back on The Ripped Bodice’s Instagram as a recommendation for one of their summer bingo categories (I am not participating in that bingo, one is enough). I read Indigo a few years ago, and appreciated how well researched and educational it was; since then I have seen Beverly Jenkins comment once in a while on Twitter and have always meant to check out another one of her novels. This one was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 19th Century America, Beverly Jenkins, cbr12bingo, destinys captive, historical romance

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 19th Century America, Beverly Jenkins, cbr12bingo, destinys captive, historical romance ·
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Almost Perfect…

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

July 24, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

This was so good! I loved it. The characters of Rhine and Eddy made my heart happy. Especially when you find out Rhine’s past. I loved how Jenkins took parts of the American history (post Civil War, mostly African American towns, etc.) and turned all of that into this book. I am so going to read more books by this author in the future. The only reason why I didn’t give this five stars is that it starts off slow. To the point that I […]

Filed Under: Romance, Western Tagged With: Beverly Jenkins, Forbidden, historical romance, Old West #1

Classic's CBR11 Review No:173 · Genres: Romance, Western · Tags: Beverly Jenkins, Forbidden, historical romance, Old West #1 ·
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Permanently Marked by the Past

Indigo by Beverly Jenkins

May 7, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This is another one of those novels I have been meaning to read in order to branch out, and Book Riot’s Read Harder challenge provided that final push to turn it from a vague intention to a reality. While Hester’s father was descended from a free family tracing their freedom back to the Revolution, Hester was born into slavery.  Her father sold himself into slavery to be with her mother, a slave in South Carolina. Unfortunately, the master he arranged his deal with died only […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Beverly Jenkins, historical romance, Indigo, Underground Railroad

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:68 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Beverly Jenkins, historical romance, Indigo, Underground Railroad ·
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