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Beverly Jenkins

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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. Her critically acclaimed Blessings series has been optioned for film by John Legend’s and Mike Jackson’s production company Get ...more

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Meet Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins is an African-American historical romance writer. She and her family live in southeastern Michigan. Born in Detroit, she graduated from Cass Technical High School and attended Michigan State University where she majored in Journalism and English Literature.

Ms. Jenkins has written sixteen books to date and has received numerous awards for her works, including: the Detroit Free Press

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Average rating: 4.3 · 99,852 ratings · 14,700 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors

	Indigo 4.30 avg rating — 5,947 ratings — published 1996 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forbidden (Old West, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 5,539 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel (Women Who Dare, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,937 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring on the Blessings (Blessings, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 4,610 ratings — published 2009 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destiny's Embrace (Destiny, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,724 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destiny's Surrender (Destiny, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 3,283 ratings — published 2013 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tempest (Old West, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 3,139 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Rain (Women Who Dare, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 3,162 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathless (Old West, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 2,803 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Storm (Le Veq Family, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 2,547 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Blessings (11 books)
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4.35 avg rating — 18,835 ratings

Old West (4 books)
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4.10 avg rating — 14,643 ratings

Le Veq Family (4 books)
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4.30 avg rating — 10,847 ratings

Women Who Dare (3 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 10,304 ratings

Destiny (3 books)
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Contemporary real-world science suggests that time travel might actually be possible, but it’s still a long way off considering our current...

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Brown Girl, Brownstones Paule Marshall

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Breath, Eyes, Memory Edwidge Danticat

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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone James Baldwin

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Perfect Peace Daniel Black

5 votes 13.9%

Topaz Beverly Jenkins

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