Bring on the Blessings - by Beverly Jenkins (Paperback)

About the Book

The all-black town of Henry Adams, Kansas, is in dire financial straits. To save the town, the mayor puts it up for sale--on the Internet! But they know nothing about the new owner. Will this be the death of Henry Adams--or its rebirth?

Book 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?

From the Back Cover

On Bernadine Brown's fifty-second birthday she received an unexpected gift--she caught her husband, Leo, cheating with his secretary. She was hurt--angry, too--but she didn't cry woe is me. Nope, she hired herself a top-notch lawyer and ended up with a cool $275 million. Having been raised in the church, she knew that when much is given much is expected, so she asked God to send her a purpose.

The purpose turned out to be a town: Henry Adams, Kansas, one of the last surviving townships founded by freed slaves after the Civil War. The failing town had put itself up for sale on the Internet, so Bernadine bought it.

Trent July is the mayor, and watching the town of his birth slide into debt and foreclosure is about the hardest thing he's ever done. When the buyer comes to town, he's impressed by her vision, strength, and the hope she wants to offer not only to the town and its few remaining residents, but to a handful of kids in desperate need of a second chance.

Not everyone in town wants to get on board though; they don't want change. But Bernadine and Trent, along with his first love, Lily Fontaine, are determined to preserve the town's legacy while ushering in a new era with ties to its unique past and its promising future.

Review Quotes

"Beverly Jenkins has reached romance superstardom ." - Detroit Free Press
"[Jenkins] weaves together exhilarating plots with complex and larger-than-life characters that draw you into the story." - Romantic Times BOOKreviews
"Beverly Jenkins charms in a way that only she can with this heartwarming story of love, community, and family. She giftwraps her tale artfully with spatterings of places and people from her beloved historical novels. I was enchanted to read about present-day Henry Adams and to visit with descendants of Chase and Cara Lee from Night Song, Neil and Olivia July from Something Called Love, and Dix and Kate Wildhorse from Topaz. Bring on the Blessings is a tasty reading confection that you'll savor long after the story ends." - Angela Benson, Essence bestselling author of Up Pops the Devil and The Amen Sisters
"A story like non other, and done in a way that only Beverly Jenkins can do. Simply superb!" - Brenda Jackson, New York Times bestselling author