Monica, a CEO with celebrity clients, loves her life. But when her man loses his high-powered corporate job and pressures her to start a family, Monica finds herself involved with a client who wants to mix business with pleasure--or...
African American women
- Author:Bryant, NiobiaSummary:
- Author:Dunbar, Erica ArmstrongSummary:
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave who risked it all to...
- Author:G'Orge-Walker, Pat.Summary:
On a road trip, Sister Betty and a gaggle of colorful characters discover what matters most. Sister Betty determines to carry out her friend's last wishes by delivering million-dollar checks to three pastors in Baltimore. Others...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
After Othella--the daughter of the town tramp in Shreveport, Louisiana--convinces her to give her baby away, fifteen-year-old Ruby Jean Upshaw runs away to New Orleans, where nothing can quell her simmering rage at Othella for...
- Author:Sherrod, Leslie J.Summary:
While sorting out the painful details of her personal life, social worker Sienna St. James finds herself in the middle of a city-wide scandal involving a new teen client, a missing girl, two suspicious foster parents and a mega-church...
- Author:Johnson, Keith Lee.Summary:
Revealing the roots of Johnnie Wise's family tree, the author takes readers to Nigeria where a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl, preparing to marry a much older man, escapes with her young lover on a Dutch slave ship bound for...
- Author:Jackson, SheneskaSummary:
At age 30, strong-willed Madison, also known as Li'l Mama, always follows her "rules of dating". But even within the safe confines of her rules, she always seems to get herself into some kind of trouble--man trouble to be...
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A necessary and relevant addition to the Black LGBTQ literary canon, which oftentimes overlooks Black lesbian writing, Lez Talk is a collection of short stories that embraces the fullness of Black lesbian experiences. The contributors...
- Author:Stimpson, MichelleSummary:
Single mother Peaches Miller is rattled when her fiancé gets a promotion that would require they move far away. Then, her son's father comes back into her life. But Peaches isn't sure either man can make her happy--or whether she needs...
- Author:Thomas, JacquelinSummary:
All her life, small-town Georgia girl Jessie Belle Holt has known how to use men. Her ticket out of Mayville is Traynor Deveraux, a trusting pastor with a brilliant career ahead. Seduced by the trappings of position and power, Jessie...
- Author:Robinson, CherylSummary:
Olena Day's first love died tragically, and her college boyfriend left her for another woman. Now a successful, independent 43-yearold, she begins a passionate relationship with Matthew, a man 18 years her junior. Can a relationship...
- Author:Forster, GwynneSummary:
Coreen Treadwell heads a prominent social welfare agency, but she is haunted by her past. Raped and impregnated as a teenager, she gave up her baby, Frieda, without ever seeing her. The legacy of violence continues in her daughter'...
- Author:Black, AnnaSummary:
Tiffany Richardson went from the bottom to the top in a matter of months, because she stumbled into a job that landed her executive producer and head writer for a hit television series called Boy Crazy. All was well and things were...
- Author:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:
Working in the ER, Dr. Marie Lavant sees the darkest side of New Orleans. But the bloody wounds of patients are not the only things that haunt her. As the descendent of a legendary voodoo queen, Marie is cursed with the ability to...
- Author:Simmons, D. BryantSummary:
THE MORROW FAMILY SAGA BEGINS...At just seventeen years old, Belinda finds herself orphaned and alone. When the handsome, self-assured Ricky Morrow proposes marriage she agrees without a second thought. A decision she will soon come to...
- Author:Phillips, GarySummary:
Casino managers Frankie Degault and his sister Victoria entrust showgirl Martha Chainey to deliver seven million bucks to a posh home in California. But when Chainey arrives, masked shooters break in, rip the house up with gunfire, and...
- Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
A poignant story of two strong, intelligent women facing tragedy, surviving loss and terrible sorrow, and ultimately learning that only with each other's help can they heal the hurt and celebrate the joy in their lives.
- Author:Grant, MicheleSummary:
Best friends Jewellen and Renee think they know Dallas men like the backs of their hands. But that's before Jewellen unexpectedly falls for a guy from the wrong side of the tracks, and Renee gets lured away from her own man by a...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
Carmen Taylor is always dependable: she can be counted on to show up for work, help a friend in trouble, and be loyal to Burl, her wheelchair-bound boyfriend. But underneath her strong facade, trouble is brewing. Although she feels...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
Annette Goode has finally found a man who loves her. But at a pre-wedding ceremony, her ugly past is revealed, and her world falls apart. When she reunites with her childhood sweetheart, it seems like everything might be fine--until her...