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== Books ==
 
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* "[[Bring on the Blessings]] - 2009
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* "[[ Second Helping]] - 2010
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* "[[Something Old, Something New]] - 2011
 
* ''[[Jewel]]'' - 2008 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Jewel]]'' - 2008 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Wild Sweet Love]]'' - 2007 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Wild Sweet Love]]'' - 2007 ([[Avon]])

Revision as of 23:35, 17 November 2011

Beverly Jenkins (b. 1951) is a best-selling author of contemporary and historical romances featuring African-American and multicultural characters. Her use of 19th-century African-American history is unusual in the romance genre.

Jenkins has received numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks Best Seller Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times magazine, and a Gold Pen Award from the Black Writers Alliance. In 1999, she was voted one of the Favorite 50 African-American Authors of the 20th Century by AALBC.com, the nation's largest online African-American book club. Her fan club is known for its Beverly Jenkins Pajama Party Weekend.

Jenkins has written over a dozen romances and two young adult historical novels for Avon. She has also written several romantic suspense novels for Harper Torch. She lives in Michigan, where she is active as a community volunteer and a lay minister in the Episcopal Church.

On the Web

Books

Novellas

Series/Related Titles

Topaz/Mail-Order Brides

  1. Topaz - 1997 (Avon)
  2. Always and Forever - 2000 (Avon)
  3. A Chance at Love - 2002 (Avon)

Black Seminoles

  1. Something Like Love - 2005 (Avon)
  2. Wild Sweet Love - 2007 (Avon)

Young-adult historical fiction

Romantic suspense

Awards/Honors

Interviews