Topaz
By (Author) Beverly Jenkins
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Avon Books
1st February 2007
United States
General
Fiction
Romance
Adventure fiction: Westerns
Historical fiction
Ancient history
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
813.6
Paperback
384
Width 135mm, Height 203mm
322g
An updated look and a new format gives a fresh life to this long-time favorite of Beverly Jenkinss fans, out in time for Black History Month.
A Perilous Pursuit
Kate Love is an ambitious reporter on the trail of a swindler who has been preying on elderly blacks. But when her investigation leads her into danger, she is snatched by Dix Wildhorse, a Black Seminole Marshal from Oklahomans Indian country. Kate has no choice but to flee with the daring knight her father sent to rescue her. Despite the warm simmering fire Dixs bronzed, muscled embrace ignites, she is determined to hold on to her independence, challenging him at every turn. Yet even as their battle of wills intensifies, the heat of their passion blazes with unmatched furya wildfire of love that can only be answered in the sweet ecstasy of surrender.
Beverly Jenkins is 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. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature, was featured in both the documentary Love Between the Covers and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for multicultural romance, and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, and NPR. To read more about Beverly, visit her at www.BeverlyJenkins.net.