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Beverly Jenkins

Jan 2001 · NYLA

4.7

71 reviews

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“Jenkins’s well-drawn characters and seamless incorporation of black history result in a fresh, winning historical.” –Publishers Weekly

“Beverly Jenkins has reached romance superstardom!” –Detroit Free Press

It's 1876 and Dr. Viveca Lancaster is frustrated by the limits placed upon female physicians of color. When she is offered the chance to set up a practice in the small all Black community of Grayson Grove, Michigan she leaves her California home and heads east. The very determined Viveca is one of the few nineteenth century Black women to graduate from the prestigious Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, so she knows all about fighting for her rights. But she may need more than determination to face down the distractingly handsome Nate Grayson, the Grove's bull-headed mayor.

Nate Grayson goes to the train station expecting Dr. V. Lancaster to be a man. Of course he does. But when the lovely dark-skinned Viveca introduces herself, he is at first speechless...then full of some very loud and very choice words, ordering her back on the train and out of his town! It's 1876 and women aren't supposed to be doctors, men are. Nate Grayson is prepared to fight for that belief.

However, he isn't prepared for this extraordinary beauty’s stubbornness and fire, nor for the vivid way she heals, then steals his heart.

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4.7

71 reviews

Karen Egan

December 31, 2015

Beverley Jenkins cannot write fast enough, nor would I want her to. Her well researched novels have taught me a great deal of black American history in such wonderfully rich writings. God bless you, comfort you, and bring you great joy Beverley. You certainly have done that for the many who have been enthralled by your gifts.

3 people found this review helpful

Quantae Duncan

November 27, 2018

This book has everything, romance, history, adventure, mystery. Great book. One of Beverly Jenkins best, if that's even possible because everything she writes is good.

3 people found this review helpful

Kimberly Braxton: Grow Inspire Sparkle

February 4, 2023

I love all of her books. Beverly Jenkins' writing is so descriptive and I always learn something historical from her novels. I can't wait to read the next one!

About the author

Beverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature, was featured both in the documentary “Love Between the Covers” and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for inclusive romance, and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, and NPR. To learn more about Beverly Jenkins and her award-winning novels of historical and contemporary romance, please visit www.beverlyjenkins.net. Beverly Jenkins is also on Facebook. Or you can always snail-mail Beverly: Ms. Beverly Jenkins, Post Office Box 1893, Belleville, MI 48112

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