Country Gazette
MEDWAY Surveying a collection of new books arranged in an inviting display atop a table inside the Medway Public Library, Angelica Crosby s eyes alight on a particular paperback standing upright on its splayed out pages.
It s a romance novel wrapped in the sort of cover art that is typical of the genre: A fiercely handsome man and a stunningly beautiful woman superimposed on a wildly dramatic backdrop under a moody sky.
Angelica smiles, a spark of delight lighting her face as she points out author Beverly Jenkins latest title, Wild Rain.
It s not because of the subject that she is so pleased. It s the atypical artwork: The lovers on the cover are Black.