Jennifer McVeigh Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Jennifer McVeigh is an accomplished published author.

She attended Oxford University and graduated in 2002 with her degree in English Literature. She would go on to work in radio, television, film and publishing. She then decided to put her day job on hold and left it behind so that she could complete an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, graduating in 2011.

Jennifer has traveled in East and Southern Africa, frequently seeing the sights in off-road vehicles and driving and camping on the way. These experiences helped to inspire later novels The Fever Tree and Leopard at the Door. The Fever Tree would win the Epic Novel Category of the Romantic Novel of the Year Awards in 2014 and was a Richard & Judy Bookclub selection.

She is married and resides in London along with her husband and their three children.

The Fever Tree is a 2012 book by Jennifer McVeigh. If you really enjoy a creatively inspired book and love when the fiction is based on real events or experiences from the author’s life, this might be the perfect selection for you. Creator of Downton Abbey Julian Fellowes only had good things to say about this book, saying that he ‘loved it’ and that there is ‘nothing more exciting than a new writer with a genuine voice’.

Main character Frances Irvine has been left with nothing financially after her father passes away suddenly. Now she must give up her privileged wealthy existence in London and make her way to the Southern Cape of Africa.

However, South Africa in 1880 is a country that is being torn apart by greed. In this land, she becomes tangled up with two men who could not be more different from each other. One is driven by ambition and the other is driven by ideals. When the rumor of an epidemic takes her into the diamond mines, Frances is suddenly able to see a road to happiness open up for her.

She is completely willing to follow that path but before she does she is going to have to make a decision. Frances is going to have to make her choice based on passion or integrity while dealing with the desire for a man who stole her heart and her feeling of duty to a man who was able to rescue her from near ruin.

The decision is a tough one and it’s going to have consequences that are far reaching and devastating. Check out this book from Jennifer McVeigh to find out what they are and follow along with every twist and turn.

Leopard at the Door is a 2017 book by Jennifer McVeigh. This book is set in Kenya in the fifties with the British Empire fading away. The result is a stunning story of betrayal, self-discovery, and impossible love. If you’re looking for an original story to enjoy, check this one out and see what you think.

Rachel spent six years in England and now has come back to Kenya as well as the farm that she spent her childhood at. However, the home that she loved so much has changed a lot in the time that she has gone. Her father has a new partner and this strange woman is not very tolerant and also has taken the household completely over.

Meanwhile, the country’s political climate gets more unsettled by the day. It is getting close to the boiling point. Over all of them is the threat and risk of the Mau Mau, which is a secret society that wants to bring the native Kenyans together and overthrow the white people.

Rachel is doing her best to find her place in her country and home. Now she has started a covert relationship that will eventually demand form her an act of betrayal. One man out there knows her secret and he’s told her how she is able to buy his silence. Despite this, Rachel also knows something that she has never told to anyone and it gives her power. What will she do with it and will it be effective enough to work? Check out Leopard at the Door to find out.