Bring on the Blessings

Name: Bring on the Blessings
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Beverly Jenkins
ISBN: 9780063054561

Author: Beverly Jenkins

Series: Blessings Series #1

Narrator: Lynnette R. Freeman

Unabridged: 11 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/23/2021

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Suspense & Thriller, Contemporary Romance, African American & Black Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Bestselling author Beverly Jenkins makes the move to trade paperback with this rich and moving story that introduces us to the beautiful Kansas town of Henry Adams, and the townspeople who make it unique.Bernadine Brown is a woman with money to spend. Henry Adams is a town in desperate need of cash. But after Bernadine puts up the money, she has some ideas about how the town should be run. Will the townspeople be willing to shake up their comfortable lives to share the gift they’ve been given with others who really need it?One of the few all Black towns founded after Reconstruction, over a century later Henry Adams was falling apart. So Mayor Trenton July took a chance and put his town up for sale on the internet. With a new owner in town, and the ex mayor and his friends up in arms and doing everything they can to turn the deal on its head, will this be the death of Henry Adams...or its rebirth?

About Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2018 Michigan Author Award by the Michigan Library Association, the 2017 Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature and was featured in both the documentary Love Between the Covers and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song 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, People magazine, and NPR.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alicia on February 23, 2012

Well, I do have to admit that at first I had a hard time putting this book down. It's because I am a social worker and I was really excited to see how the author managed the characters she'd created. Then I had a hard time putting it down because I just couldn't believe that the book wasn't getting......more

Goodreads review by Katy O. on March 09, 2019

Beverly Jenkins' only contemporary fiction series! I have been meaning to start these books forever, and am so glad I finally did. Jenkins is best known for her romance titles, and while this series is very different than her other books, her author's note does tell what real life events and other w......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on October 01, 2022

It's worth noting that this really isn't romance, it's contemporary fiction with some romantic subplots. This was my first outing with Beverly Jenkins' contemporary novels and I would definitely say I prefer her historical romance. The premise of Bring on the Blessings is charming- a wealthy divorce......more

Goodreads review by Nandi on September 13, 2019

I really liked this character why? because she didn't go off on her husband, just got the goods on him, calmly and took him to court and got what she was entitled to. After travelling, she decided to settle down and buy a town in disrepair as well as bring children who have been in foster care and b......more

Goodreads review by Whit on May 28, 2023

Loved this laugh out loud, heart-tugging story! Because I read book # 9 first, it was great to meet these characters knowing how they will evolve by the end of the series. I loved how Bernadine invested her divorce settlement into the town which ultimately improved the lives of so many deserving......more