John M. Kimbro Books In Order

Publication Order of Saga of the Phenwick Women Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

John M. Kimbro was an American author who lived from 1929 to 2004.

He wrote using many names, his own, as well as the names Katheryn Kimbrough, Kym Allyson, Charlotte Branwell, Ann Ashton, and Jean Kimbro. A great author if you’re into gothic romance novels.

He wrote over eighty books throughout the course of his career, including a Gothic series with forty books in it titled The Saga of the Phenwick Women.

Augusta, The First is the debut novel in The Saga of the Phenwick Women by John M. Kimbro. If you have been looking for a new romance novel that is classic to read, give this book a try. This book is written using the Katheryn Kimbrough pen name.

If you are looking for a gothic romance with a strong main character, this is it! Augusta is a tough young woman who knows what she wants. She is determined to get to the New World, and so she masterminds a way to get away from her family and make it over to colonial America so that she can begin a new life.

Augusta is very clever and uses the skills that she has to get what she wants. Even when life gets in the way, she just keeps going. But will there be some love involved in her journey, or will she find that the burden of having to start her life again means that she is too involved to be entertaining love? Read this book to find out!

Jane, The Courageous is the second novel in The Saga of the Phenwick Women by Katheryn Kimbrough, also known as John M. Kimbro! This is a gothic romance that you just cannot miss.

The main character in this story is Jane Munsk. She has always been a lovely young lady and done well for her station in life. When she is taken on by the Phenwick family and adopted by them, they always reminded her that they were giving her a gift and that she should always be grateful to them for it.

She once had nothing, no parents or mother to take care of her. Now she not only belongs to a family, but she gets to have the Phenwick name, and serve as the heiress to the position, power and wealth of the Phenwick family.

It all seemed like a good trade in the beginning, but Jane had no other choice but to be optimistic about things. She couldn’t control that she had lost everything and now was being adopted by this well to do family. All of this had been beyond her control.

Now Jane is starting to realize that the Phenwick doors closing behind her mean that she truly has a new life, and one that is going to take some getting used to. She never understood how precarious her place in life could now be. Here there are many secrets and a lot of violence, and she’s caught up in the hands of the manor’s mistress, who is extremely demanding and tyrannical.

She’s also being held captive by her passion for a man who is both attractive but haunted, who has been her brother but only in name. They are not related whatsoever. He’s been leading her down a dangerous path and might actually end up betraying her passions. Can Jane find true love with a man that she shouldn’t be with? Will she find that it quickly all falls apart? Read this compelling story from John M. Kimbro that will have you turning every single page to find out what really happens!