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By: Beverly Jenkins
Narrated by: Robin Eller
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It's 1876 and Dr. Viveca Lancaster is frustrated by the limits placed upon female physicians of color. When she is offered the chance to set up a practice in the small all-black community of Grayson Grove, Michigan, she leaves her California home and heads east. The very determined Viveca knows all about fighting for her rights. But she may need more than determination to face down the distractingly handsome Nate Grayson, the Grove's bull-headed mayor.

Nate Grayson goes to the train station expecting Dr. V. Lancaster to be a man. But when the lovely, dark-skinned Viveca introduces herself, he is at first speechless, then orders her back on the train and out of his town! It's 1876 and women aren't supposed to be doctors, men are. However, Nate isn't prepared for this extraordinary beauty's stubbornness and fire, nor for the vivid way she heals - then steals - his heart. Contains mature themes.

©1995, 2000 Beverly E. Jenkins (P)2014 Tantor African American Fiction Historical Fiction Romance Heartfelt Michigan
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Loved every minute of this story, the pace, the history lessons and the happily ever after!
Narration was not the best but didn’t take away from the beauty of the story

Amazing book

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It spoke about history (I love) romance(which I love) intimacy (😇) and some action. Everything!!!!

Epic book!

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We follow Dr Vivica Lancaster as she journeys and stars her practice in a remote location. This extreme intelligent, brave and strong young woman faces a lot as a single, black, woman physicians in 1876 USA. Constantly having to proof herself not only because of the colour of her skin, but also her gender is extremely frustrating. The story was engaging enough as it was, but there was a ton of history bits and pieces thrown in and quite a bit of politics too (I guess that is impossible to avoid when you have a fmc who is a woman of colour and performing a "male" job for that time period). Still, I felt it was too long and had too many historical references (it almost sounded like a documentary instead of of a novel).
the narration was good.

too long, but good

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