Rebel

At one point in my life I read historical romances heavily. Not so much no for no other reason that I read a lot of different genres but I still love to go back from time to time. And books like this one is why.

With this being my first Beverly Jenkins book and a bookstagram recommendation (for the life of me I can't remember who was the first to tell me that I must read it) I didn't know that is was book one in the Women Who Dare series but book four in the Le Veq series....which is great because I'd love to read about the rest of the family.

The book is set during the 1860s Reconstruction Era in New Orleans. That means that the setting is pretty heavy. People are trying to rebuild and cope with a massive change of life. But here you have this beautiful slow burn romance. That is not to say that the author shied away from the realness and hardships of the times. She absolutely did not. Which makes the love between Valinda and Drake all the more beautiful. Because between all that struggle and hardship two people managed to find love and you can't help but feel all the hope and beauty.....especially when one of the MCs didn't believe in love at all.