Book Review: Stepping to a New Day by Beverly Jenkins

Stepping to a New Day: A Blessings Novel Book 7 by Beverly Jenkins
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Release Date: June 28, 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Publisher’s Description:

In Henry Adams, Kansas, you can’t start over without stirring things up . . .

Many a good woman has had to leave a no-good man, but how many of them took a backseat to his six-hundred-pound hog? On her own for the first time, Genevieve Gibbs is ecstatic, even if certain people preferred the doormat version of Ms. Gibbs. Finding someone who appreciates the “new” her has only just hit Gen’s to-do list when T. C. Barbour appears in her life.

A tiny Kansas town is a far cry from his native Oakland, California, but it’s just the change T. C. needs. While helping his divorced nephew acclimate to single fatherhood, T. C. lands a gig driving a limo for the most powerful woman in Henry Adams. It’s a great way to meet people—and one in particular has already made the job worthwhile. All it takes is a short trip from the airport for Genevieve to snag T. C.’s attention for good.

But it wouldn’t be Henry Adams without adding more drama to the mix. When Gen’s ex Riley returns with his hog in tow, it sets off a chain of events that can ruin everything—unless the residents pull together once again to save the day.

Stepping to a New Day is the seventh book in Beverly Jenkins’s Blessings series but it can also be read as a stand alone book without much trouble. The important information from past books is integrated into the story without disrupting the flow.

I found Stepping to a New Day to be just as sweet and charming the other book from this series that I’ve read, For Your Love. That’s not to say that bad things don’t happen to the residents of Henry Adams. They do. However, the people of Henry Adams are always there to support each other in times of need. It would be very easy for this book to go over the edge to cheesiness but it doesn’t. It’s a feel-good story about the power community. I want to read the first five books in the series so that I can spend a little more time in Henry Adams.

About Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins has received numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks/Borders Group Best Sellers Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Magazine, and a Golden Pen Award from the Black Writer’s Guild. Ms. Jenkins was named one of the Top Fifty Favorite African-American writers of the 20th century by AABLC, the nation’s largest on-line African-American book club. She was recently nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature.

Find out more about Beverly at her website and connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.

Check out the other stops on the tour:

Tuesday, June 28th: A Tattered Copy
Wednesday, June 29th: Gspotsylvania: Ramblings from a Reading Writer Who Rescues Birds and Beasts
Thursday, June 30th: The Book Diva’s Reads
Friday, July 1st: Chaos is a Friend of Mine
Tuesday, July 5th: Luxury Reading
Tuesday, July 5th: What Will She Read Next
Wednesday, July 6th: Queen of All She Reads
Thursday, July 7th: My Journey Back
Friday, July 8th: The Englishist
Monday, July 11th: Back Porchervations
Tuesday, July 12th: A Book and a Beer
Thursday, July 14th: Bookish Realm Reviews
Friday, July 15th: Literary Quicksand

 

 

 

(I received a complementary review copy of this book.)