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Adam and Eva
Adam and Eva by Sandra Kitt released on Apr 11, 2006 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Sandra Kitt
56 books237 followersSandra Kitt is the author of more than twenty novels, including The Color of Love, Significant Others, and Close Encounters, as well as numerous short stories.
Her work has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award and has appeared on theEssence and Blackboard bestseller lists. She is the recipient of the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award.
A native New Yorker, Kitt previously worked as a graphic designer, creating cards for UNICEF, illustrating books, and exhibiting her own work, which is included in the collection of the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles. She formerly served as the managing director of the Richard S. Perkin Collection in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
Her work has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award and has appeared on theEssence and Blackboard bestseller lists. She is the recipient of the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award.
A native New Yorker, Kitt previously worked as a graphic designer, creating cards for UNICEF, illustrating books, and exhibiting her own work, which is included in the collection of the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles. She formerly served as the managing director of the Richard S. Perkin Collection in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
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July 22, 2020
I've read so many romances in my lifetime. Lately, I've been really into category romances. Categories basically started the romance boom in the seventies and eighties. I was listening to Fated Mates podcasts where they discussed Vivian Stephens, a Black editor, who acquired sex on the page contemporary romances. Vivian is one of the pioneers of this genre and I was excited to read one of her early acquisitions. I really wish I could have met Vivian and picked her brain about all things romance. Wonder what she would think of the genre now.
Sandra Kitt is new to me author and I was thrilled that my library had a copy of this book. It's from the 80s, basically a decade before I was born, but it wasn't that dated. The heroine had old school ideas about how a woman or "lady" should act, but that was to be expected. For the most part, romance and sex really hold up in 2020.
Eva and Adam/Maxwell were two people burned by love in the past. Six weeks in what sounds like heavy island brought them together. In this time of stay at home, the island setting made me nostalgic for my vacation to the Bahamas last year. This book was an escape in many, many ways.
Sandra Kitt is new to me author and I was thrilled that my library had a copy of this book. It's from the 80s, basically a decade before I was born, but it wasn't that dated. The heroine had old school ideas about how a woman or "lady" should act, but that was to be expected. For the most part, romance and sex really hold up in 2020.
Eva and Adam/Maxwell were two people burned by love in the past. Six weeks in what sounds like heavy island brought them together. In this time of stay at home, the island setting made me nostalgic for my vacation to the Bahamas last year. This book was an escape in many, many ways.
March 3, 2012
I enjoyed this book which I picked at random from the kindle offerings at my library. The heroine, Eva, seemed like such a nice woman. Maybe she was a bit of a mary sue but that worked really well for this story. She was sweet caring and gentle. I didn't feel like I knew Adam as well as his character was pretty abrasive especially at first and there was no POV from him at all. He did come across as such a guy in a pretty realistic way. He was incredibly hot though. I think every single woman alone on a vacation would love to hook up with a man like him.
The story was slow paced and the relationship development seemed believable. It was pretty well written and easy to read. Not a lot of angst and drama just a well done story. You believed at the end that they would stay together and make it work.
I would be interested in looking up more by this author.
The story was slow paced and the relationship development seemed believable. It was pretty well written and easy to read. Not a lot of angst and drama just a well done story. You believed at the end that they would stay together and make it work.
I would be interested in looking up more by this author.
June 28, 2024
Overall I’m satisfied with this story:
The writing was good and well-paced. I quite liked Eva but unfortunately didn’t really like Adam :/
I think Sandra Kitt does a good job setting scenes and being descriptive without being overly wordy or flowery
The writing was good and well-paced. I quite liked Eva but unfortunately didn’t really like Adam :/
I think Sandra Kitt does a good job setting scenes and being descriptive without being overly wordy or flowery
March 24, 2022
I put this on my TBR after listening to the Sandra Kitt Trailblazer episode of Fated Mates podcast. It’s copyright date is 1984 according to the ebook copyright page and it definitely reflects that.
The hero is kind of an alpha-hole and he’s divorced with a ten-year old daughter he only sees for two weeks in the summer. There’s no discussion of birth control once sexy times commence, and there are some dub-con moments.
It’s a well-written, well-paced book and the heroine has a satisfying arc.
Overall I’m so glad I read this and went down old school romance memory lane. It makes me appreciate even more how far we’ve come in Romancelandia!
CW: Heroine lost her husband and child in a fire and that’s established early on in the book.
The hero is kind of an alpha-hole and he’s divorced with a ten-year old daughter he only sees for two weeks in the summer. There’s no discussion of birth control once sexy times commence, and there are some dub-con moments.
It’s a well-written, well-paced book and the heroine has a satisfying arc.
Overall I’m so glad I read this and went down old school romance memory lane. It makes me appreciate even more how far we’ve come in Romancelandia!
CW: Heroine lost her husband and child in a fire and that’s established early on in the book.
April 13, 2012
I was initially drawn to this novel because it was based in the US Virgin Islands, where I'm originally from. This is one of the most realistic relationships I've read. I like that the couple argued. Liked that they didn't just fall into bed. They got to know each other. The characters were three dimensional.
I have only two faults with this novel: the first is that it bothered me that the author had Eva call Adam by Maxwell at times and then Adam other times and then Max a few times. The novel is titled "Adam and Eva" so I think Adam should have been used throughout.
The second thing that bothered me was that Eva had unprotected sex with Adam more than once knowing that he had been in a sexual relationship with Lavona. Since she hadn't been with anyone since her husband, I doubt she was on the pill. That bit of irresponsibility could have been corrected by the author.
Great story! I would definitely read again.
I have only two faults with this novel: the first is that it bothered me that the author had Eva call Adam by Maxwell at times and then Adam other times and then Max a few times. The novel is titled "Adam and Eva" so I think Adam should have been used throughout.
The second thing that bothered me was that Eva had unprotected sex with Adam more than once knowing that he had been in a sexual relationship with Lavona. Since she hadn't been with anyone since her husband, I doubt she was on the pill. That bit of irresponsibility could have been corrected by the author.
Great story! I would definitely read again.
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July 19, 2024Eva is still grieving the death of her husband and child when she goes on vacation. While there, she meets Adam, a surly marine biologist with a daughter of his own. Eva quickly bonds with Adam's daughter but her relationship with Adam is more fraught. She thinks his parenting style is overbearing and that he needs to show a bit more kindness to his daughter. Meanwhile, Adam thinks Eva should stay out of his business.
It's a classic enemies to lovers that works really well, because Adam's annoyance with Eva stems from that fact that he knows she's judging him, meanwhile Eva's kind of right in that Adam could, and should, be a better father.
It's a classic enemies to lovers that works really well, because Adam's annoyance with Eva stems from that fact that he knows she's judging him, meanwhile Eva's kind of right in that Adam could, and should, be a better father.
May 14, 2024
There were a few things that felt dated, particularly the comments about weight. And I needed more back story on Adam.
January 19, 2026
any romance book
where couple talk out problems
a success to me
where couple talk out problems
a success to me
April 8, 2024
This is a sweet easy-to-read beach romance. No high stakes or larger arc other than the two main characters getting to know each other and falling in love. It's steamy but not really explicit, and the main heroine feels familiar and relatable. This was written in 1984 but it doesn't feel dated- if you ignore the absence of cell phones you otherwise wouldn't guess that it's set forty years ago.
July 19, 2007
Good Romantic Read
I enjoyed the heated romance as well as the tension filled confrontations between Adam and Eva. Also enjoyed the developing relationship between Eva and Diane and the way Eva helped Adam better relate to his daughter. The book was definitely a page turner. The story had me from the first page and didn't let go until I hit the last page. Another good book from Sandra Kitt.
I enjoyed the heated romance as well as the tension filled confrontations between Adam and Eva. Also enjoyed the developing relationship between Eva and Diane and the way Eva helped Adam better relate to his daughter. The book was definitely a page turner. The story had me from the first page and didn't let go until I hit the last page. Another good book from Sandra Kitt.
August 23, 2012
Liked the heroine just fine and Iiked the child in the center of the story. I did not care at all for the romantic lead. He was condescending and unkind, or so it seemed when I stopped reading about 30% throu. May go back to finish after reading other reviews.
April 25, 2012
Good tropical vacation beach read.
March 2, 2019
Just re-read this story
still love it!
still love it!
February 5, 2015
quick read and enjoyable.
May 18, 2015
Terrible, no real plot, euphemistic about the sex, not really great descriptions of place either. Overall, boring.
August 3, 2014
Loved.
April 10, 2017
still have the copy of this I bought as a young teen when it was first published--my very first romance novel ever, the first of many. I bought it from a bookstore in the mall back when there were such things. I remember feeling a bit embarrassed as I stood at the counter, knowing this was a book for adults. But I had to have it because it was also the first time I'd seen my first name on the cover of a book, or as a character for that matter.
It's been years since I last read it, but I remember so much about it to this day. Of course the explicit romance was more than I'd ever encountered before and that was incredible, but there was a lot more to the story that quickly entranced me. I loved the character of Eva and how she stood up to Adam and persuaded him to better care for his daughter, I found the marine biology aspect interesting, but perhaps what I loved most of all was the Virgin Island setting. The book opened my eyes to this part of the world and instilled a hunger to visit there someday.
While I don't know how I'd react to the story now as an adult, it is very special to me for how I experienced it once upon a time.
It's been years since I last read it, but I remember so much about it to this day. Of course the explicit romance was more than I'd ever encountered before and that was incredible, but there was a lot more to the story that quickly entranced me. I loved the character of Eva and how she stood up to Adam and persuaded him to better care for his daughter, I found the marine biology aspect interesting, but perhaps what I loved most of all was the Virgin Island setting. The book opened my eyes to this part of the world and instilled a hunger to visit there someday.
While I don't know how I'd react to the story now as an adult, it is very special to me for how I experienced it once upon a time.
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