A Second Helping: A Blessings Novel [Paperback]

“A story done in a way that only Beverly Jenkins can do. Simply superb!”

—New York Timesbestselling author Brenda Jackson 

“[A] heartwarming story of love, community, and family….Bring on the Blessingsis a tasty reading confection that you’ll savor long after the story ends.”
—Angela Benson, author ofThe Amen Sisters

Beverly Jenkins, the bestselling author ofBring on the Blessings, returns readers to the enchanting Kansas town of Henry Adams forA Second Helpingof love, laughter, and mayhem. Filling her poignant and wonderful tale with a cast of endearingly eccentric characters—and setting it against the rich historical backdrop that has become her trademark—Jenkins (“A superstar” —Detroit Free Press) delights from page one. Kimberla Lawson Roby fans take note:A Second Helpingis supremely satisfying fare…and you’ll definitely be ready for thirds!

With the millions she received after divorcing her faithless tycoon husband, Bernadine Brown saved the historic town of Henry Adams, Kansas, from financial ruin and found loving homes for five needy children. Now there are other projects crying out for rescue.

If ever a town institution needed rescuing, it's the beloved Dog and Cow diner. Once it was Henry Adams's social center—or gossip central!—now it's in danger of becoming duct-tape central. But there are other distractions pulling Bernadine from the task at hand: a plethora of romantic entanglements, including her own with a disturbingly attractive Malachi July; a bitter young boy newly arrived in town with his widowed father; and a fugitive on the run with a six-hundred-pound pet pig that's wanted for murder (the pig, that is). And when Bernadine's philandering, troublemaking ex-husband rolls ils%