The Women Who Changed Romance: Kennedy Ryan, Tia Williams and Beverly Jenkins

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This week is a big one. For the first time ever, three romance royals sit down together: Beverly Jenkins, Tia Williams, and Kennedy Ryan. They talk about pioneering Black love stories when the industry didn’t make space for them, reshaping modern romance with depth and desire, and why a happily ever after is anything but predictable — it’s powerful. From writing Black female desire without apology to protecting your creative vision, this conversation is funny, honest, and deeply moving.

BOOKS MENTIONED:

Night Song by Beverly Jenkins

Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches – This collection features “Bury Me in a Free Land”. by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

The Perfect Find by Tia Williams

Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Through the Storm by Beverly Jenkins

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Hazard and Somerset by Gregory Ashe

Ghalen by Walter Mosely

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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