Beverly Jenkins

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  • Bibliography:
    54 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1994
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Blessings Novel

1 - Bring on the Blessings (Feb-2009)
2 - A Second Helping (Jan-2010)
3 - Something Old, Something New (Jun-2011)
4 - A Wish and a Prayer (Apr-2012)
5 - Heart of Gold (May-2014)
6 - For Your Love (May-2015)
7 - Stepping to a New Day (Jul-2016)
8 - Chasing Down a Dream (Jul-2017)
9 - Second Time Sweeter (Sep-2018)
10 - On the Corner of Hope and Main (Mar-2020)
11 - A Christmas to Remember (Oct-2023)

Destiny

1 - Destiny's Embrace (Feb-2013)
2 - Destiny's Surrender (Sep-2013)
3 - Destiny's Captive (Nov-2014)

Le Veq Family

1 - Through the Storm (Aug-1998)
2 - Winds of the Storm (Apr-2006)
3 - Captured (Oct-2009)
4 - Rebel (May-2019)

Old West

1 - Forbidden (Feb-2016)
2 - Breathless (Feb-2017)
3 - Tempest (Feb-2018)

Related Books

1 - Belle and the Beau (May-2002)
2 - Josephine and the Soldier (Feb-2003)

Related Books - 3

1 - The Edge of Midnight (Feb-2004)
2 - The Edge of Dawn (Nov-2004)

Women Who Dare

1 - Rebel (May-2019)
2 - Wild Rain (Feb-2021)
3 - To Catch a Raven (Aug-2022)

Multi-Author Series List

Arabesque

Overtime Love // This Christmas Rivalry (Oct-2012)

Book List in Order: 54 titles

  • Night Song

    A TRAITOROUS HEART Cara Lee Henson knows no solder can be trusted to stay in one place-- and that includes handsome Sergeant Chase Jefferson of the Tenth Cavalry. Dallying with the dashing man in blue could cost the pretty, independent Kansas school...

  • Vivid

    A HEART DEFIANT Being a woman of color in 1876 has made finding work nearly impossible for dedicated doctor Vivid Lancaster. So when she is offered a practice in the small black town of Niles, Michigan, the beautiful healer is determined to succee...

  • Indigo

    DANGER BECKONS When the notorious Black Daniel is carried, badly injured, into Hester Wyatt's home, there is no question that he will be cared for and protected. Once a slave herself, Hester regularly gives shelter to runaways, yet the man of myster...

  • Topaz

    A Perilous Pursuit Kate Love is an ambitious young newspaper reporter on the trail of a railroad stock swindler who has been preying onelderly Blacks. Her investigation points to Rupert Samuels,one of the wealthiest and most eligible black men in ...

  • Through the Storm

    Le Veq Family - 1

    MARRIED FOR MONEY Raimond Le Veq needed to marry to gain his inheritance and restore the fortunes of the House of Le Veq, the proud Black New Orleans family whose wealth had been ravaged by the War Between the States. Still wounded by the double-cro...

  • The Taming of Jessi Rose

    NO MAN COULD TAME HER Jessi Rose Clayton would do anything to keep the family ranch from falling into the wrong hands-even agree to take on a rough-and-tumble outlaw as her protector. With his rugged, handsome face and muscular bronze body, Griffin ...

  • Always and Forever

    A DESPERATE NEED 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 ne...

  • Before the Dawn

    No Place for a Lady Leah Barnett can't believe how far fate has carried her: from Boston to the towering Colorado Rockies...and into the life of an angry, ruggedly sexy man. Ryder Damien is not about to welcome this beauty with open arms, however, e...

  • Belle and the Beau

    Related Books - 1
    Avon True Romance - 2

    BELLE After a grueling escape north, Belle Palmer is free, yet lost and alone. Separated from her father on the harrowing journey, Belle has nowhere to turn until she finds shelter with the Bests, the first free family she's ever known. For the firs...



  • A Chance at Love

    THE MARRYING KIND... Loreli Winters never imagined she'd end up a "mail-order bride" in middle-of-nowhere Kansas -- until the two adorable orphan nieces of a dusky dream named Jake Reed beg her to be their new "mama." And one look at the dark, dev...

  • Homecoming

    in Gettin' Merry

    Four of today's hottest romance writers invite you to come home for the holidays, where the spicy smells from the kitchen, the warm embrace of family, and the gifts of Kwanzaa are just the beginning of a magical season filled with true love and sensu...

  • Josephine and the Soldier

    Related Books - 2
    Avon True Romance - 11

    JOSEPHINE Josephine Best has it all figured out. Just seventeen, she's been to college, she has her own hairdressing shop, and she refuses to be distracted by any of that courting nonsense. At least until nice George Brooks begins to pursue her. Joj...

  • The Edge of Midnight

    Related Books - 3 - 1

    If she hadn't been desperate, Sarita Grayson would never have made a deal with the devil. That was only her first mistake . . . The future of her neighborhood center and its kids is in jeopardy unless Sarita retrieves a fortune in diamonds ...

  • The Edge of Dawn

    Related Books - 3 - 2

    The beautiful daughter of a prominent Michigan doctor, Narice has never strayed anywhere near the wrong side of the law. Then her father is brutally murdered -- and suddenly federal agents are swarming around her like flies, making accusations about ...

  • Something Like Love

    He was a wanted man. But no one wanted him more than she did. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, Olivia Sterling flees Chicago and heads west. She dreams of setting up her own seamstress shop in Henry Adams, a small all-Black town in Kans...

  • Black Lace

    Over her head . . . The last thing Lacy Green needs is trouble -- and handsome Mayor Drake Randolph has "danger" written all over him . . . especially when "His Fineness" accidentally runs her off the road. Despite Drake's sensuous charm, irresist...

  • Winds of the Storm

    Le Veq Family - 2

    Archer Le Veq owes his life to the woman who rescued him from certain death at the height of the Civil War...a woman known only as "the Butterfly." Now, in the dark, waning days of Reconstruction, he needs the courageous and beautiful former spy...in...

  • Sexy // Dangerous

    Wearing her shades, a black Stetson, and snakeskin cowboy boots, security agent Maxine "Max" Blake is the baddest thing walking. Ex-marine, ex-cop, and a whole lotta 'tude, Max doesn't have time for anything but her job. Her latest assignment: to pro...

  • Cuffed by Candlelight



  • Wild Sweet Love

    She's an unrepentant outlaw out to steal his heart . . . Brazen and beautiful Teresa July was the most wanted woman in the West, until the law caught up with her. Now she's paroled to a wealthy Philadelphia society matron. If Teresa can stay out ...

  • Deadly Sexy

    ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE Though her Lexus may be broken down on the California freeway, Jessi Teresa Blake is no damsel in distress. Rich, smart, and beautiful, JT, or "Lady Blake," as she is called, is one of the toughest sports agents around. She's n...

  • Jewel

    A proposal she had no choice but to accept . . . Though Eli Grayson is one of the most handsome, charming, and intelligent men in Grayson Grove, no one will take a chance on a confirmed bachelor. Unwilling to give up his dreams, Eli convinces his...

  • Belle

    Kimani TRU

    After a grueling escape north, Belle Palmer is free, yet lost and alone. Separated from her father on the harrowing journey, Belle has nowhere to turn until she finds shelter with the Bests, the first free family she's ever known. For the first ti...

  • Bring on the Blessings

    A Blessings Novel - 1

    On Bernadine Brown's fifty-second birthday she received an unexpected gift--she caught her husband, Leo, cheating with his secretary. She was hurt--angry, too--but she didn't cry woe is me. Nope, she hired herself a top-notch lawyer and ended up with...

  • Captured

    Le Veq Family - 3

    She was the most irresistible treasure of all . . . Dominic LeVeq, the most notorious privateer ever to command the high seas, has just captured a coveted prize: a British frigate. On a dangerous mission against the Crown, Dominic should be thinki...

  • A Second Helping

    A Blessings Novel - 2

    With the millions she received after divorcing her faithless tycoon husband, Bernadine Brown saved the historic town of Henry Adams, Kansas, from financial ruin and found loving homes for five needy children. Now there are other projects crying out f...

  • Rhythms of Love: You Sang to Me

    Harlequin Kimani Romance - 185

    Sassy streetwise crooner Regina Carson is still dreaming of her big break. And when Jamal Watts hears the stunning songbird, he's ready to sign her to his label. The love-burned producer isn't prepared for the passion Regina unleashes in him. Suddenl...

  • Holiday Heat // One Masked Night

    in Once Upon A Holiday

    For Eve Clark, winter usually means long cold nights spent alone, until she's persuaded to attend a masked ball. Abandoning her inhibitions, she shares a blissful tryst with a mysterious partner. Though she runs from their hotel room the next morning...

  • Midnight

    In a time of peril, she fears nothing--except the forbidden passions of her heart. In Boston, revolution is in the wind--yet none would ever suspect Faith Kingston of treason. But under cover of darkness, the beautiful daughter of a Tory tavern ow...



  • Something Old, Something New

    A Blessings Novel - 3

    The citizens of Henry Adams are starting to take bets -- will Lily Fontaine and Trent July finally tie the knot? All they want is a nice, simple wedding, but their well-meaning neighbors are turning the no-fuss affair into the event of the decade....

  • Night Hawk

    Outlaw.Preacher. Night Hawk. He's had many names, but he can't escape the past. Since Ian Vance's beloved wife was murdered years ago, the hardened bounty hunter knows he'll never feel love or tenderness again, so he's made it his mission to ensur...

  • Baby, Let It Snow: I'll Be Home for Christmas

    Harlequin Kimani Romance - 258

    Three years ago, Broadway star Dina Caldwell and celebrity chef Morgan Caldwell were passionately in love. Now America's onetime favorite couple are about to be reunited in Morgan's Detroit hometown for the holidays. Is this the season for forgiving ...

  • A Wish and a Prayer

    A Blessings Novel - 4

    Anyone worried that living in a small town could be boring certainly hasn't lived in Henry Adams, Kansas. From the wealthy divorce who saved this historic town founded by freed slaves to the romantic entanglements that have set tongues wagging and h...

  • Island for Two: Hawaii Magic

    Harlequin Kimani Romance - 286

    Workaholic attorney Anita Hunt is on the job 24/7. She's looking to make partner, not party. While on a forced vacation in Hawaii, she meets gorgeous pilot Steve Blair. When engine trouble forces them to make a crash landing, the seductive airman sho...

  • Overtime Love // This Christmas Rivalry

    in Merry Sexy Christmas
    Arabesque

    Drew Davis's goal is to buy the semipro football team where he is general manager. But the owner's grandaughter, Tasha Bloom, unexpectedly inherits it first. Still, Drew's not brokenhearted, since their mutual passion for football runs second only to...

  • Destiny's Embrace

    Destiny - 1

    Gentleman Seeks Housekeeper. Must be willing to travel. Desperate for another life away from Philadelphia, headstrong and beautiful Mariah Cooper answers an advertisement for a housekeeper at the other end of the continent. Waiting in California i...

  • Prisoner of Love

  • Destiny's Surrender

    Destiny - 2

    The child he didn't know he had . . . Andrew Yates has come to a decision: it's time to stop sowing those oats and start a family. But searching for a bride isn't as simple as he'd hoped, and many of the respectable women of his acquaintance feel...

  • Heart of Gold

    A Blessings Novel - 5

    NAACP nominee and bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to the charming town of Henry Adams, Kansas -- a place that always feels like home -- in this heartwarming story of family, friendship, and the surprises hidden in our lives. Henry Adams...



  • Destiny's Captive

    Destiny - 3

    In national bestselling author Beverly Jenkins' Destiny series, the Yates men play hard and live hard. And when they find that special woman, they fall hard . . . Noah Yates fully believes in the joys of a happy family and a good wife. But that's ...

  • For Your Love

    A Blessings Novel - 6

    NAACP nominee and bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to Henry Adams, Kansas -- an unforgettable place that anyone would want to call home -- with a story of family, friends, and the powerful forces from our past that can irrevocably shape our...

  • Forbidden

    Old West - 1

    USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns with the first book in a breathtaking new series set in the Old West Rhine Fontaine is building the successful life he's always dreamed of -- one that depends upon him passing for White. But for...

  • Stepping to a New Day

    A Blessings Novel - 7

    NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to the town of Henry Adams with a story of family, friendship, love, and second chances. In Henry Adams, Kansas, you can’t start over without stirring things up... Many a ...

  • Breathless

    Old West - 2

    A strong-willed beauty finds herself in the arms of the handsome drifter from her past, in this second book in the sizzling series set in the Old West, from USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins As manager of one of the finest hotels in Ari...

  • Chasing Down a Dream

    A Blessings Novel - 8

    A heartwarming novel about what really makes a family. There's never a dull day in Henry Adams, Kansas. Tamar July has never had a great relationship with certain members of her family. In fact, she'd characterize it as a hate/hate relationship...

  • Crystal Clear

    From Lifetime Career Achievement Rita Award winner, USA Today bestseller, and NAACP Image Award Nominee, a story from Beverly Jenkins’s acclaimed Blessings Series…

    This novella -- taking place after A Wish and a Prayer and before Heart of ...

  • Tempest

    Old West - 3

    From USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins comes a new novel in a mesmerizing series set in the Old West, where an arranged marriage becomes a grand passion . . . What kind of mail-order bride greets her intended with a bullet instead of a ...

  • Josephine

    Josephine ‘Jojo’ Best has it all figured out. Just seventeen, she's been to college, she has her own hairdressing shop and nothing will distract her from her goals. That is, until handsome George Brooks begins to pursue her. Then the return of he...

  • Second Time Sweeter

    A Blessings Novel - 9

    NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her beloved Blessings series with a new heartwarming novel set in Henry Adams, Kansas. Malachi “Mal” July has run into trouble in the past. With a reputation as a player,...



  • Rebel

    Le Veq Family - 4
    Women Who Dare - 1

    The first novel in USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins’s compelling new series follows a Northern woman south in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War . . . Valinda Lacey’s mission in the steamy heart of New Orleans is to help the ne...

  • On the Corner of Hope and Main

    A Blessings Novel - 10

    NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins celebrates her beloved Blessings series with a heartwarming novel set in Henry Adams, Kansas. Citizens of Henry Adams, Kansas, know there’s never a dull moment in their small town…...

  • Wild Rain

    Women Who Dare - 2

    USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her captivating Women Who Dare series with a female rancher who forges her own path in the wake of the Civil War… Banished by her grandfather at the age of eighteen, Spring Lee has survived...

  • To Catch a Raven

    Women Who Dare - 3

    The newest novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins’s compelling Women Who Dare series features a fearless grifter who goes undercover to reclaim the stolen Declaration of Independence. Lying and cheating may be sins to some people,...

  • A Christmas to Remember

    A Blessings Novel - 11

    NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to her beloved Blessings series with a Christmas wedding in the town of Henry Adams, Kansas. Ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town of Henry Adams, her relationship with di...

Award-Winning Books by Beverly Jenkins

Before the Dawn
2002 Gold Pen Award -- Romantic Fiction
Destiny's Embrace
2013 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- American Historical Romance
Forbidden
2016 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Romance of the Year
A Second Helping
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Multicultural Fiction
Something Old, Something New
2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Multicultural Romance
The Taming of Jessi Rose
2000 Gold Pen Award -- Historical Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Beverly Jenkins has published 54 books.

Beverly Jenkins does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Christmas to Remember, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Beverly Jenkins, Night Song, was published in July 1994.

Yes. Beverly Jenkins has 7 series.
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