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<p>New book page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category: 2000 Releases]][[Category:African American]][[Category:Historical Romance]][[Category:1880s]][[Category:Reconstruction]][[Category:Mail_Order_Bride]]<br /> [[Image:Cover-Always-And-Forever-Jenkins.jpg|right|140px|Always and Forever]]<br /> * '''Author''': [[Beverly Jenkins]]<br /> * '''Publisher''': [[Avon]]<br /> * '''Year''': 2000<br /> * '''Setting''': 1884, post-Civil War Reconstruction<br /> * '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380813742/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Always and Forever]<br /> <br /> ==Book Description==<br /> A desperate need<br /> <br /> Sassy Grace Atwood never expected to find her proper self accidentally tumbling into a stranger's bed. If she weren't desperate for a man to lead a wagon train of brides to a woman-starved town out West, she never would have gone near Jackson Blake-former lawman or not. She should send the ruggedly charming Texan packing...only he's perfect for the job. Now if her mind would just stop going blank every time she looked at him, they might get this train to Kansas yet.<br /> <br /> A consuming passion<br /> <br /> What's a man to do when a beautiful woman leans over his bed in the middle of the night? Come to think of it, that was the only time Blake's ever seen the straitlaced Miss Atwood the least bit ruffled. He's certain that beneath her buttoned-up appearance lies a passionate woman aching to break free. But though Blake longs to take her in his arms, all he can offer Grace is a life on the run. And when the demons from his past catch up with them, Blake is caught between the ties that bind and a love that could last...always and forever.<br /> <br /> == Historical Setting ==<br /> ''Always and Forever'' is set just after Civil War Reconstruction. With the withdrawal of federal troops in 1877, violence against black Americans increased in the South, leading to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Exodus Great Exodus, or Kansas Exodus] to Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.<br /> <br /> In the story, Grace Atwood is a banker in Chicago until her cousin requests that she organize a group of black mail-order brides willing to move to Kansas. White mail-order brides would probably travel by train, but the new [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws Jim Crow laws] force these women to resort to a wagon party.<br /> <br /> == Related Titles ==<br /> # ''[[Topaz - Beverly Jenkins|Topaz]]'' - 1997 ([[Avon]])<br /> # ''[[Always And Forever - Beverly Jenkins|Always and Forever]]'' - 2000 ([[Avon]])<br /> # ''[[A Chance at Love]]'' - 2002 ([[Avon]])<br /> <br /> == Awards == <br /> * [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&amp;level=1&amp;year=2000 Romantic Times 2000 Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee]<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> * [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=11482 Romantic Times, 4-star review]<br /> * [http://www.theromancereader.com/jenkins-always.html The Romance Reader, 4-hearts review]</div>

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