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Romance authors Elle Wright<\/strong> & Beverly Jenkins<\/strong> will be in conversation at the Detroit Public Library Galleria on Saturday, March 7, at 2pm<\/strong>.They will discuss Wright’s latest book, The Ex Dilemma<\/strong> as well as what’s new in romance writing. Jenkin’s latest book is Calling All Blessings<\/strong>. Books by both authors will be available for purchase from Book Beat. <\/p>\n The Author Series Committee at the Detroit Public Library welcomes Michigan romance writers Elle Wright and Beverly Jenkins. The pair of prolific authors will be joining us to discuss Wright’s latest book, The Ex Dilemma<\/strong> (2026, Kensington). In the book, a commitment phobic heir in Detroit,Michigan faces the ultimate challenge from his powerful grandmother and family company CEO.<\/p>\n There was never a time when Elle wasn\u2019t about to start a book, wasn\u2019t already deep in a book\u2014or had just finished one. She grew up believing in the power of reading to transform, to heal, and to enhance life and love. She became a lover of all things romance after her mother convinced her take a chance and read something new. Writing stories of unconditional love through adversity has become as necessary to her as reading. When she\u2019s not writing complex characters and using every day experiences to craft her next story, she\u2019s spending quality time with her family and friends, watching old Rom Coms, or trying to solve crimes on her favorite Investigative Discovery Channel shows.<\/p>\n A proud Michigander and University of Michigan alum (GO BLUE!), Elle lives her own friends-to-lovers romance with her real-life hero of many years. She is also mom to three young adults who inspire her to be better. <\/p>\n NAACP nominee and USA Today<\/em> bestselling author Beverly Jenkins celebrates her beloved Blessings series with a new heartwarming novel set in Henry Adams, Kansas.<\/p>\n Praise for Calling All Blessings<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n “Written with plenty of grace and just the right dash Calling All Blessings <\/em>compassionately and compellingly explores everything that makes us human, including family, friends, faith, and forgiveness, all while celebrating the power of community in our lives.” “This storytelling is uplifting and engaging and proves it really does take a village.” \u201cIf you haven\u2019t yet gotten your hands on [this] author\u2019s work, you should do so immediately.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romance authors Elle Wright & Beverly Jenkins will be in conversation at the Detroit Public Library Galleria on Saturday, March 7, at 2pm.They will discuss Wright’s latest book, The Ex Dilemma as well as what’s new in romance writing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,791,659],"tags":[950,949,900],"class_list":["post-74640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-lit","category-author-interview","category-detroit-writer","tag-african-american-romance","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-historical-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elle2-W.jpg\")
Elle Wright<\/strong><\/a> is an award-winning author of edgy contemporary romance loaded with heat, humor, and scandal. Her novels feature strong, intelligent, courageous, beautiful, yet flawed, heroes and heroines of color.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Beverly Jenkins<\/strong> <\/a>is the recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers\u2019 Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature, was featured both in the documentary \u201cLove Between the Covers\u201d and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song<\/em> in 1994, she has been leading the charge for inclusive romance, and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, People Magazine<\/em>, and NPR.<\/p>\n
\n–Booklist<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\n–Al Roker on Beverly Jenkins\u2019s Blessings series<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2014Shondaland<\/strong><\/p>\n