Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 We have been looking forward to this book since Miss Beverly talked about it on the podcast back in APRIL, and now it's here and we have it and things are good. 
 First and foremost, this is a book about a period in history not talked about much in Romancelandia, and the whole world Jenkins gives us is drawn in such clear, confident lines. The hero is a hero I've never seen before, and the heroine is strong and also described as worthy of being cherished. That's something we don't often see for Black women in mass media. 
 This is the beginning of a new series that jumped off from Through the Storm (published in August of 1998). In TtS, the heroine has a brother that shows up briefly, and apparently people have been clamoring for his story since August 2nd, 1998. Jenkins has been affectionately calling these fans her Rhine Whiners, but needed to let things simmer and figure out what the hook was. 
 What Jenkins has been doing for decades upon decades is giving her readers strong three-dimensional Black women who are loved, desired, and cherished. I can't tell you how important that is. Eddy gets to be strong, but also loved and supported by her community and her man, and that is the thing I loved most about her. I'm so glad Jenkins is writing these stories and giving voice to these times and places and people. We're really lucky to have her in our community. 
 - Redheadedgirl