Bring on the Blessings
by Beverly Jenkins
Selected by: Ty
Overview
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.
Source: bn.com
