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As manager of one of the finest hotels in Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael has respect and stabilityâqualities sorely missing from her harsh childhood. She refuses to jeopardize that by hitching herself to the wrong man. Suitors are plentiful, but none of them has ever looked quite as tempting as the family friend who just rode into townâĻand none has looked at her with such intensity and heat.
Duchess. Thatâs the nickname Kent Randolph gave Portia when she was a young girl. Now sheâs a stunning, intelligent womanâand Kent has learned his share of hard lessons. After drifting through the West, heâs learned the value of a place to settle down, and in Portiaâs arms heâs found that and more. But convincing her to trust him with her heart, not just her passion, will be the greatest challenge heâs knownâand one he intends to winâĻ
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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 Reviewersâ 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.
