Jen Kingsford's books
Genres: Historical Fiction, Womens Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
London 1865. Adeline Parker’s world shatters when she learns of her husband’s gambling habits and she loses her unborn child. Lost in melancholy and drugged with laudanum she struggles to regain her Victorian composure. When her husband commits her to a lunatic asylum, she fears the worst. While Bloomfield House is not the dank and cruel Bedlam of yesteryear, it holds many dark secrets of its own. Forced to endure a ‘harmless’ operation aiming to cure her of hysteria, Adeline must escape before more damaging surgery is inflicted upon her. A handsome gentleman, Morgan Ashton, joins forces with her, assisting her to flee. Believing he is acting from a place of compassion, Adeline grapples with her growing desire. When Adeline is re-captured, she must face the darkest shadows of Bloomfield yet. When her plans to reveal the horrors that lie beneath are thwarted, Adeline’s fate appears to be sealed in...
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Romance, New Adult
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Lexie has finally worked up the courage to do what she must, but someone stands in her way. The last thing Lexie wants is an emotional entanglement, yet she can't deny the pull of her heart, dragging her towards Lucas. Lexie has been withdrawing from everyone, her world becoming small and lonely. Avoiding her own emotional pain, she cannot ignore the reflection of it in Lucas. Lucas is fighting his own demons, and neither of them are prepared for the joy of falling in love. As the extent of Lucas's trauma is revealed, Lexie does not want to abandon him. With everything to live for but a body that will fail, Lexie needs to face whether her next decision will be her final one. The Last Cherry Blossom is a bittersweet love story that explores death and dying, trauma and discovering the meaning of life.
Genres: Historical Fiction, Womens Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
When her enslaved daughter is sold into the clutches of the most sadistic plantation owner on the island, Perreen is desperate to free her. As Master Hodge's barbaric treatment of all on his estate escalates, mother and daughter are running out of time. Ann, Hodge's wife, vehemently abhors the slave trade and takes great risks to secretly support its abolition. Caught in the grip of the same tyrant, the two women forge a strong friendship. While the debate over the abolition of slavery rages, their plan to escape ends in tragedy. One mother’s voice is raised in the name of justice. Set in the British Virgin Islands and inspired by a true story, In the Shadow of Sugar, divulges the horror of the tumultuous early nineteenth century. A time when English plantation owners cling to their power at the terrible expense of the enslaved, upon whose suffering they've built their...



