Destiny's Embrace

Name: Destiny's Embrace
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Author: Beverly Jenkins
ISBN: 9781470366407

Author: Beverly Jenkins

Series: Destiny (Jenkins) #1

Narrator: Shari Peele

Unabridged: 8 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/14/2013

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Beverly Jenkins' historical romances have earned her a Golden Pen Award from the Black Writers' Guild and two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times. Set in 19th-century California, Destiny's Embrace introduces listeners to ranch owner Logan Yates, who must come to terms with his true feelings for Mariah Cooper, his beautiful, headstrong housekeeper. But just as Logan decides to make Mariah his own, her former lover reenters her life. Now Logan will have to show Mariah that the passion they share has been written in the stars.

About Beverly Jenkins

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 and was featured in 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 Wall Street Journal, People magazine, and NPR.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Riley on February 06, 2020

this was my first beverly jenkins book and I really liked it!......more

Goodreads review by Lacey (laceybooklovers) on July 27, 2020

I always love Beverly Jenkins' headstrong heroines!......more

Goodreads review by Crystal's Bookish Life on August 06, 2023

I really loved this one. Great dynamic of a heroine who's been abused by her mother finding new bravery and confidence when she moves across the country and takes her life into her own hands, and a hero who is her grumpy employer but also a big fan of her sass.......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on July 28, 2023

I'm a little bit of two minds about this one. Objectively, the relationship between the hero and heroine has problems. She fights violently early on, he pushes past her boundaries and there is some fuzzy consent going on, and he's pretty high-handed in the way he treats her. Those are all things tha......more