For his part, Drake is wounded that she doesn't immediately return his affections when he makes his devotion to her known. Even when Drake introduces her to pleasure she’s never imagined, she's reluctant to give away her freedom. Val has been raised to expect neither love nor passion. Jenkins doesn’t create elaborate contrivances to keep her characters apart. The evolution of their romance has an organic flow. He admires her sense of independence, she respects his kindness and generosity, and-of course-they are both wildly attracted to each other. Now, the author returns to New Orleans to launch her Women Who Dare series. Jenkins fans may remember the name LeVeq from an earlier trilogy ( Captured, 2009, etc.). After a series of misfortunes-the barn she’s using as a schoolroom is overrun by vagrants, she's assaulted by soldiers, and her landlady throws her out onto the street-Val is welcomed into the LeVeq family. It’s 1867, and Valinda Lacy has traveled from New York to Louisiana to teach former slaves. Love and longing in Reconstruction-era New Orleans.
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