Do You like author Beverly Jenkins?
I've read indgo, night hawk, chance at love, taming of jesse rose, something like love, through the storm, winds of the storm, all of destinys series I just love the old historicals romances.
—talise baker
I waited a long time before I read this story because like a dummy I didn't think I'd like a book by Beverly Jenkins...I know I know! You can unclutch your pearls now! This book set the stage for a wonderful series but the best thing is that there is no lag or doldrums where she had to give the c...
Definitely a quick easy read with very predictable plot and outcome. Bernadette saves a ton from financial collapse by buying the town up and starting a foster care program. She brings in 5 kids to be fostered by the locals and by herself. These kids are definitely rough around the edges, but ...
This was so uplifting and pleasant to read. A small town in financial trouble with a rich woman who hears of it at just the right time. Add in five troubled foster children and a very large and ornery pet hog....Heart-warming and humorous all in one go. There isn't much surprise in the story (...
Jenkins takes us back to Henry Adams, Kansas. We see how the town progresses as well as the children and their foster parents. Leo, Bernadine's ex, shows up with the intention of winning Bernadine back. Ray, Crystal's father, comes to town to try and reunite with Crystal. This is an opportune tim...
The 3rd novel in Jenkins' latest series of books devoted to the mythical small town, Henry Adams, continues with the trials and tribulations of a small community looking to define and shape itself. It is a beautiful allusion - a small, independent, well-to-do, thriving, Black town where folks wan...
I loved this book. When I read a historical, I want to do more than get lost in a different era. I want to learn. Jenkins has that down in spades. Some of you might be distracted by some of the facts that creep into this book, but I was sometimes holding the book with one had and Googling with th...
When you read historical romance you come to expect a few things from the female leads; usually pure and innocent ladies of high breeding and standing, who learns about her sexuality through her beautiful first love with the more experienced male character...An infamous, POC prostitute isn't usua...
This is my fourth visit to Henry Adams, Kansas. Henry Adams is the historic town founded by freed slaves that wealthy divorcee Bernadine Brown purchased off of eBay. Oh, how I've missed these characters and this beautiful, growing town.Preston "Brain" Miles is happy living with the Colonel and Mr...
This final book in the Destiny series was darker than the other two, but delivered an enlightening wrap-up to the Yates family. History, romance, diverse settings, cultural differences--Beverly Jenkins brought all that and more to the book. Noah's and Pilar's unikely romance is definitely a Yates...
I've read indgo, night hawk, chance at love, taming of jesse rose, something like love, through the storm, winds of the storm, all of destinys series I just love the old historicals romances.
—talise baker