Destiny's Surrender

Name: Destiny's Surrender
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Author: Beverly Jenkins
ISBN: 9780062306319

Author: Beverly Jenkins

Series: Destiny Trilogy #2

Narrator: Thomas Penny

Unabridged: 7 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/24/2013

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

The child he didn't know he had . . .Andrew Yates has come to a decision: it's time to stopsowing those oats and start a family. But searchingfor a bride isn't as simple as he'd hoped, and many ofthe respectable women of his acquaintance feel . . .lacking. Then beautiful, feisty Wilhelmina ""Billie"" Wellsarrives at the family ranch with a toddler inher arms, claiming Drew is the father! The woman he didn't know he loved . . .Billie had no choice but to show up at Destiny insearch of Drew. For the sake of their child, she'swilling to leave him with his father so the boy canhave a better life, but then, before she can blink,she's saying ""I do"" in front of a preacher in a marriageof convenience. All Billie and Drew have in commonis the heat that brought them together, but cantheir sizzling passion lead to an everlasting love?

About Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2018 Michigan Author Award by the Michigan Library Association, the 2017 Romance Writers of America 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 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 inclusive 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by EmBibliophile on May 11, 2021

3.5 stars ”Carful, young woman. Smart-mouthed females are prized here.” This is my fourth Beverly Jenkins book and I can say that even tho they all follow a certain formula, they’re still so enjoyable. Her heroines are always strong and fierce and her heroes are so stubborn and caring. And her sid......more

Goodreads review by Ezi on May 29, 2018

Another awesome read from the great Beverly Jenkins. I love stories where the characters grow and develop into more mature and thoughtful people. This novel featured two slightly self indulgent individuals, Andrew Yates and Wilhelmina "Billie" Wells. They came from opposite sides of the tracks but m......more

Goodreads review by Kate on February 24, 2014

Secret baby + marriage of convenience = trope-y, soapy awesomeness. I put some of this in a blog post on Friday, but to recap, I found this book refreshing, primarily because our heroine Billie has been working as a prostitute for quite some time, and the author does not a) do some twisty retconning......more