Before the Dawn

by Beverly Jenkins
Before the Dawn  
published October 1st 2001 by Avon
binding Mass Market Paperback
isbn 0380813750   (isbn13: 9780380813759)
pages 384
description Oh, what a tangled web we weave! Try to keep up, readers, as we board the roller coaster that has become beautiful Leah Barnett's life. Following her...more
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06-13-07



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Shawnette
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08/15/07

Read in August, 2007
History, Romance & Mystery

Another amazing tale from Ms. Jenkins. She has written another thrilling romance adventure! Not only do we get history and romance, but she has added a little mystery flava. The heat and chemistry between Ryder and Leah is intense. Reading her novels make me feel like I'm transported right back in time. It's like watching a very entertaining blockbuster movie. All I can say is I hope she never, ever stops writing her historical, romance novels. All her character...more
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Lola
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11/26/07

bookshelves: contemporary-romance
Read in December, 2007
This book was really good in the beginning, but them somewhere in the middle it just sort of got dull. I truly loved the concept but the personalities of the main characters did not match the time period in my opinion. I don't know, there was just something off that made some of the situations unbelieveable to me. I mean in a time when blacks couldn't be served in the same restaurants as whites there exsits a black/native american man who is blatenly richer than most white men, and who deos busi...more
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recommends it for: romance lovers
 

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avg rating (this edition): 4.41 (17 ratings)
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