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Vivid

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
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Good Book

This book was great as usual. Beverly Jenkin's historical fiction always delivers! Narrator good too.

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Great pick!

I love her stories!! I'm being educated and enjoying whatever is going on in the book!!

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Great story. Poor narrator!

Agree with all the other reviews that the narrator is terrible - flat, and does’t pause at right places. Also reads too slowly. Hard for me to finish the book even though the story is wonderful and I learned some interesting and important black history.

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Great Story

Great story I love all things Beverly Jenkins . Can’t wait to start another series ! Next Next

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Fantastic historical fiction

A dynamic plot with realistic characters and so engaging. I only hated it had to end.

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Great book / Horrible Audio

I've read the book 3 times and loved it each time. Had I heard the audio version There's a chance I would never read anything by Ms. Jenkins (and she is an AWESOME woman and author). The person who did the audio on this sounded emotionless. I still think she was a robot.

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Loved Vivica!

I loved this book. It was my first historical romance and I'll be reading more.

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Vivid

I enjoyed the story. It would have been much better if there was an male narrator for the men.
The narrator was not good on changing her voice actually I don’t think she tried.

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Horrible Narration, Great Story!

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I don't know which was worse: the long pauses in-between each word OR the robotic/computerized voice. If it weren't for the great storyline, I wouldn't have completed the audiobook! PLEASE hire a new narrator and redo the book, or start a GoFundMe to pay for another narrator.

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Beverly Jenkins doesn't disappoint

These stories are very uplifting and hard to pause. I love Vivid almost as much as Indigo!

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