Beverly Jenkins

As a child, Hester Wyatt escaped slavery, but now the dark-skinned beauty is a member of Michigan's Underground Railroad, offering other runaways a chance at the freedom....

When Dr. Viveca Lancaster 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....

For Jasmine Ware, curating books for an exclusive clientele is her passion. Until an old friend, a dealer of rare books, goes missing and his partner is murdered....

Belle Palmer is finally free! Separated from her father on the harrowing escape, Belle is lost and alone until she finds shelter with the Bests, the first free family she's ever known. For the first time, Belle can speak her mind - except for her feelings for a certain dark-eyed young man...