Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins
Born	1951 (age 72–73) Detroit, United States
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Period	1994–present
Genre	Historical romance, Contemporary romance
Website
www.beverlyjenkins.net

Beverly Jenkins (born 1951, Detroit) is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels with a particular focus on 19th century African-American life. Jenkins was a 2013 NAACP Image Award nominee and, in 1999, was voted one of the Top 50 Favorite African-American writers of the 20th century by the African American Literature Book Club. Jenkins's historical romances are set during a period of African-American history that she believes is often overlooked. This made it difficult to break into publishing because publishers weren't sure what to do with stories that involved African-Americans but not slavery.

Jenkins studied at Michigan State University as a Journalism and English Literature major. She lives in Southeastern Michigan.

Bibliography

Title	Series	Publication Year	ISBN
Night Song		1994	9780380776580
Vivid	Grayson Family #1	1995	9780595162024
Indigo		1996	9780595002023
Topaz		1997	9780380786602
Through the Storm	LeVeq Family #1	1998	9780380798643
Taming of Jessi Rose, The		1999	9780380798650
Always and Forever		2000	9780380813742
Before the Dawn		2001	9780380813759
Chance at Love, A		2002	9780060502294
Belle and the Beau		2002	9780064473422
"Homecoming" short story in Gettin' Merry anthology		2002	9780312982195
Winds of the Storm	LeVeq Family #2	2004	9780060575311
Edge of Dawn, The		2004	9780060540678
Something Like Love		2005	9780060575328
Black Lace		2005	9780060815936
Sexy/Dangerous		2006	9780060818999
Prisoner of Love		2007	9781625172761
Deadly Sexy		2007	9780061246395
"Prisoner" short story in Cuffed by Candlelight anthology		2007	9781600430077
Edge of Moonlight, the		2007	9780060540661
Wild Sweet Love		2007	9780061161308
Jewel	Grayson Family #2	2008	9780061161353
Josephine and the Soldier		2009	9780060012205
Bring on the Blessings	Blessings #1	2009	9780061688409
Captured	LeVeq Family #3	2009	9780061547799
Second Helping, A	Blessings #2	2009	9780061547812
"You Sang To Me" short story in Rhythms of Love anthology		2010	9780373861606
"Holiday Heat" short story in Once Upon a Holiday anthology		2010	9780373831913
Midnight		2010	9780061547805
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" short story in Baby, Let It Snow anthology		2011	9780373862337
Something Old, Something New	Blessings #3	2011	9780061990793
Night Hawk		2011	9780062032645
"Hawaii Magic" short story in Island for Two anthology		2012	9780373862610
"Overtime Love" short story in Merry Sexy Christmas anthology		2012	9780373534876
Wish and a Prayer, A	Blessings #4	2012	9780061990809
Destiny's Embrace	Destiny #1	2013	9780062032652
Destiny's Surrender	Destiny #2	2013	9780062231116
Heart of Gold	Blessings #5	2014	9780062207975
Destiny's Captive	Destiny #3	2014	9780062231130
For Your Love	Blessings #6	2015	9780062207999
Forbidden	Old West #1	2016	9780062389008
Stepping to a New Day	Blessings #7	2016	9780062412638
Breathless	Old West #2	2017	9780062389039
Chasing Down a Dream	Blessings #8	2017	9780062412652

Awards

• 1996 - Romantic Times Historical Love and Laughter Nominee
• 1999 - Romantic Times Western Historical Romance Winner
• 2000 - Romantic Times Multicultural Romance Winner
• 2006 - Romantic Times Historical Storyteller of the Year Nominee
• 2017 - RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award

Further reading

• Official website
• Grimaldi, Christine (August 18, 2015). ""Happily Ever After" for African-American Romance Novelists". The Rumpus. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
• Jordan, Emily (June 25, 2017). "Uncommon Ground: Beverly Jenkins, Diverse Romance and American History the Way It Really Happened". Salon. Retrieved July 3, 2017.