Here’s more information about 1994, the summer of Black love, and here’s a PDF of Beverly Jenkins’s 1995 profile in People Magazine. That said, it sounds like their refusal of my novel, Maid for the Billionaire, was the best thing that could have happened. George, author Patricia Vaughn, author Anita Richmond Bunkley, publisher Walter Zacharius, editor Ellen Edwards, editor Christine Zika, cover designer Tom Egner, author Shirley Hailstock, author Donna Hill, author Brenda Jackson, editor Monica Harris, author Gay Gunn, marketing expert Adrienne di Pietro, editor Erika Tsang, agent Nancy Yost, Romantic Times owner Kathryn Falk, and Gwen Osborne from The Romance Reader. I love category romance and have been a huge fan of Harlequin romances for over 20 years. Some of the people Beverly mentioned: sweet romance author Laverne St. You can listen to Julie Moody-Freeman's interview with Vivian in two parts on the Black Romance Podcast. Wild Rain was also one of our best of 2021 romance novels.īeverly Jenkins's first agent was Vivian Stephens. You can hear Beverly’s interview on the Black Romance History podcast, and last February, Jen interviewed her for Love’s Sweet Arrow when Wild Rain was released. Welcome Beverly Jenkins, the author of more than 50 romance novels, and the recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for historical romance. Read one or all of them: Her Halloween Treat, Her Naughty Holiday and One Hot December. Our next read-alongs will be the Tiffany Reisz Men at Work series, which is three holiday themed category romances. Thank you, as always, for listening! If you are up for leaving a rating or review for the podcast on your podcasting app, we would be very grateful! There’s still time to buy the Fated Mates Best of 2021 Book Pack (which includes Beverly’s Wild Rain!) from our friends at Old Town Books in Alexandria, VA, and get eight of the books on the list, a Fated Mates sticker and other swag! Order the book box as soon as you can to avoid supply chain snafus. In the first novel in the Matchmaker Bay series, Evie returns to the small beach town after inheriting her Aunts Mermaid Inn. Thank you to Beverly Jenkins for taking the time to talk to us, and share her story.
We’re also talking about writing in multiple sub genres, about lifting up other authors, and about the importance of the clinch cover. We talk about her path to romance writing, about how librarians make the best writers, and about her role as the first Black historical romance novelist. And Arthur certainly never considered he'd be fighting for a very much not-fake forever with a military man.Ĭarina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.This week, we’re continuing our Trailblazer episodes with Beverly Jenkins-the first Black author of historical romance featuring Black main characters.
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