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Forbidden

by Beverly Jenkins

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USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns with the first book in a breathtaking new series set in the Old West Rhine Fontaine is building the successful life he's always dreamed of—one that depends upon him passing for White. But for the first time in years, he wishes he could step out from behind the façade. The reason: Eddy Carmichael, the young woman he rescued in the desert. Outspoken, defiant, and beautiful, Eddy tempts Rhine in ways that could cost him everything . . . and the price seems worth paying. Eddy owes her life to Rhine, but she won't risk her heart for him. As soon as she's saved enough money from her cooking, she'll leave this Nevada town and move to California. No matter how handsome he is, no matter how fiery the heat between them, Rhine will never be hers.…

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"In post-Civil War Nevada, wealthy and powerful rancher Rhine finds Eddy lost and near death in the desert, and nurses her back to health — but though Rhine comes to desire her, he can’t act on it. Eddy is black, and Rhine’s business, wealth, status and security all rest on the fact that he is passing as white. If you like vivid characters inhabiting underexplored but fascinating American history, in stories overflowing with scorchingly unresolved sexual tension, this is definitely a book for you."
NPR Books We Love — 2016 · apps.npr.org