Saturday, March 31, 2018

Women's History Month Selections, Part 2

This is part two of our salute to Women's History Month and Women's Fiction/Contempory fiction reads. 

1)  Shattered Illusions by Karen D. Bradley
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At a moment’s notice, everything changes. By nightfall, terror will shake two women to the very core. No one can hear their screams over the storm that rages outside as they fight for their lives. Before the clock strikes midnight, they will lose everything they cherish most and only one will survive to tell the story. Years later, the memory of that night haunts the survivor who now goes by the name Danya Holmes. When she finds out the man who destroyed her life was released from prison, she starts to relive her worse nightmare. The truth as she knows it begins to unravel before her eyes. Every illusion she had about her past and her life will be shattered. Danya once again finds herself fighting to save her life. But will she be the one that lives to tell the story?

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2)  Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50 by Connie Briscoe and Michael Cunningham
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Photographer Michael Cunningham (coauthor of Crowns) and author Connie Briscoe, a New York Times bestselling novelist, profile 50 women over the age of 50 who have been remarkably successful--whether in reaching the top of the corporate ladder, finding fame in politics or the arts, or raising a son to be proud of a single mother--and reveal the ways that they have prevailed despite daunting obstacles. Their stories are paired with Cunningham's intimate portraits of the women.

JEWELS includes well-known and little-known women alike, from teachers and executives to artists, authors, and entertainers. Among the celebrities profiled in the book are Ruby Dee, Eleanor Holmes Norton, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Marion Wright Edelman. Coauthor Connie Briscoe also appears here as one of the featured Jewels, telling her inspiring personal story. World-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni contributes an original poem to the book.

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3)  The Outside Child by Tiffany L. Warren
Available 8/28




All of Chenille Abrams’ dreams came true the day she married NFL star Brayden Carpenter.  He’s the down-to-earth, loving, and protective man she never thought she'd find. And with her own successful career, Chenille plans to be more than just a famous athlete’s wife. She's determined to balance work, marriage, and motherhood, as the couple awaits their first
child . . .

Until their son is born with a crippling heart ailment. Until a devastated Brayden starts putting his career above everything else. And when tragedy strikes, Chenille struggles to find a reason to go on—as Brayden takes comfort from anywhere but home . . .

Little by little, Chenille picks up the pieces as she and Brayden try to make their marriage work once more. But when he fathers a baby that the mother can’t keep, will this be the final blow? Or can they find a way past betrayal into unexpected hope—to at last have a future worth
everything?

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4)  And Then There Was Me: A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies by Sadeqa Johnson 
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Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old self across Bea’s twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over again, leaving Bea to wrestle with her self-esteem and long time secret addiction.
Recently Lonnie has plopped the family in a New Jersey upper class suburb, which lacks the diversity that Bea craves but has the school district and zip code envy that Lonnie wants. The demands of carrying a third child and fitting into this new environment while pretending that her husband is not cheating on her again, is more than she can handle. And just when she thinks things can’t get any worst, the ultimate deception snaps the little thread that was holding her life together and all comes tumbling down.
Sadeqa Johnson's And Then There Was Me is the story of love and friendship, heartache and betrayal. It’s the journey of a woman stripped down to her lowest point and needing to find the will to press on.

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5
)  The Husband We Share by London St. Charles

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Xavier Carter is a Chicago detective who is leading the ultimate double life. He is married to not one, but two beautiful, intelligent, professional women. Over the years, he has taken extreme measures to keep both homes happy–and separate.
Patricia, the first Mrs. Carter, believes that Xavier has left his playboy ways in the past. She had been warned to stay away from the “Campus Casanova,” but didn’t listen. Now she’s finding that something’s not quite right in their world. Unfortunately, Patricia can’t focus on him, when she has a secret of her own that has shadowed her since age sixteen. Fate has been unkind in the fact that her “secret” is actually watching her every move, waiting for the chance to destroy Patricia and her family.
Lauren, the second Mrs. Carter, is an independent, down to earth, home girl from New York with enough passion and sassiness to keep her husband intrigued, and the presence of mind not be taken for a ride. She gave Xavier an ultimatum and Mr. Carter managed to put a ring on it, even though, unknown to her, he’d already made a lifetime commitment to his college sweetheart.
Shawn Johnston has a unique and intricate connection to both “wives” and the husband, which only stirs an already complicated pot. She survived, by coming out on the opposite end of a turbulent past within the foster care system. Her quest for the one thing she has craved more than anything, may cause everyone’s world to collapse and send someone to an early grave.
All in all, when the skeletons come creaking out of the closet, two of the women will wonder if the man they share is worth dying for.


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6)  Consequences by Martha Kennerson
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Kristine is beautiful, smart, driven, and all set to have everything she wants in life. That is, until an ill-fated encounter alters the path she’s chosen in such a way that she’s forced to make the kind of life-altering decisions no woman should ever have to face. While waking up naked in a strange bed with a couple she barely knew wasn’t Kristine’s choice, how she deals with the consequences of that night creates a series of shocking choices that have a domino effect of turmoil to those close to her . Not everyone agrees with the direction Kristine’s life takes, but ultimately, she learns that strength and forgiveness can come from the most unfortunate of circumstances.

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7)  A Family of Secrets by Venita Alderman Sadler
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Renee is marrying her high school sweetheart Malik, who she had to literally fight to get. Even though they have been together for years; both of them and their families have secrets.
Renee is trying to keep it together after learning of her family’s betrayal; her payback can be deadly because she doesn’t handle disloyalty well.
Malik is trying his best to stay alive and keep all his secrets hidden. Will he learn that some secrets should never be kept and how lies can get you killed?

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8)  Ruby by Cynthia Bond
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A New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club 2.0 selection, the epic, unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the town desperate to destroy her. This beautiful and devastating debut heralds the arrival of a major new voice in fiction.
Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, “the kind of pretty it hurt to look at,” has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city—the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village—all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother.

When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town’s dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy.

Full of life, exquisitely written, and suffused with the pastoral beauty of the rural South, Ruby is a transcendent novel of passion and courage. This wondrous page-turner rushes through the red dust and gossip of Main Street, to the pit fire where men swill bootleg outside Bloom’s Juke, to Celia Jennings’s kitchen, where a cake is being made, yolk by yolk, that Ephram will use to try to begin again with Ruby.

Utterly transfixing, with unforgettable characters, riveting suspense, and breathtaking, luminous prose, Ruby offers an unflinching portrait of man’s dark acts and the promise of the redemptive power of love.

Ruby was a finalist for the PEN America Robert Bingham Debut Novel Award, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and an Indie Next Pick.

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9)  Better Late Than Never (Last Book in the Curtis Black Series ) by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Available 7/31



THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO THE BESTSELLING CURTIS BLACK SERIES The past never stays where it belongs...

Curtis Black is no stranger to scandal. Throughout the decades, he has done much in the public eye, both good and evil. But what most people don't realize is that Curtis has been hiding a horrific childhood that has affected him in countless, unspeakable ways.

His buried past returns in an unwelcome visit when his estranged sister becomes alarmingly ill and his youngest child, twelve-year-old Curtina, becomes the kind of problem daughter that he never imagined she could be. This is only the beginning. The horror of Curtis's childhood secrets, as well as Curtina's wild and rebellious behavior, takes a critical toll on Curtis and the entire Black family. All the public scandals they've experienced over the years now seem like child's play compared to the turmoil they are facing in private. Who could have known that the deepest wounds would come from within?

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10)  Addicted To Heartache:: From One Man's Bed to the Next by Tamyra Walker 
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Addicted to heartache
From one man’s bed to the next

Jamie Ferrell, seems to have it all. She’s smart, beautiful, independent, and has the career many only dream of. She’s an up and coming registered nurse, and has held down her position as director over the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Mercy Memorial hospital for four years. Jamie has a caring heart. She goes to bat for all of her patients, regardless of their status. But as well as she has it together, career wise, she is equally as broken when it comes to affairs of the heart.
Jamie has one way to deal with heartache. She doesn’t. In her quest to avoid the long-term effects of heartache, she runs from relationship to relationship, refusing to give herself time to heal from the previous one. Consequently, the one thing she doesn’t want to deal with becomes her drug of choice… slowly she become ADDICTED TO HEARTACHE.


What will Jamie do when she falls into the lap of the wrong man who refuse to take “No” for an answer when she says that it is over? Will she be able to unravel herself out of this man’s grip without it costing her greatly? Is there a reason Jamie always seem to fall head over heels for the wrong guy? When emotions are high and feelings are involved, who will come out smelling sweet like a rose? Who will end up on the short end of the stick, or maybe even short of their life?
In Jamie’s world, while she’s on top of it when it comes to starting IV’s and administering drugs, she’s also the recipient of lies, deceit, and broken friendships. Will Jamie finally learn that some pains are necessary in order to avoid other pains? After fighting so hard to be free of her emotional baggage, will she see that getting over one man does not mean getting under a new one? Will Jamie be able to break even or will her decisions come back to bite her… leaving her ADDICTED TO HEARTACHE?                          


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11)  Disasters In Dating by Danielle Allen
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Disasters in Dating

Dating is hard.
Dating online is hard.
Dating online in your thirties is hard.
Dating online in your thirties after being in a ten-year relationship is hard.

What’s not hard?
Meeting men who aren’t really single.
Having your time wasted.
Receiving unsolicited pictures of genitalia.
Said genitalia.

When did dating become so complicated?

I just want to find a nice, good looking man who replies to my entire text message and doesn’t text me “WYD” every hour. I just want to find a fun loving, intelligent man who doesn’t have a Master’s Degree in Cheating, Shenanigans and Tomfoolery and isn’t fluent in lies. I just want to find a man who is actually the height he listed in his dating profile.

I jumped back into the dating scene with tempered expectations. I didn’t think all the men I would meet were going to be amazing, but I didn’t think so many of them were going to be disasters.

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12) If You Don't Know Me (If I Can't Have You Book 3)  by Mary B. Morrison
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New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison delivers a scandalous story of two women, a sizzling wager, and the fallout that's turned lives upside down. . .
"I'm the woman Madison's husband truly loves. And I'll match her game for game to make him mine." Sindy Singleton isn't about to lose Chicago DuBois to Madison again. But getting him to open his heart once more won't be enough to satisfy her. Enlisting the help of Chicago's worst enemy is the fastest way she knows to expose Madison's most brazen deception yet. But Madison has more than one devastating card to play.  .  .
"I don't care what mistakes I've made. I'll do whatever it takes to get my perfect marriage back." If there's one thing Madison has learned from her disastrous bet, it's how to turn catastrophe into opportunity. Playing on Chicago's fatherly instincts will maintain her access to the DuBois fortune--and keep her family's empire successful. And to get back on top, Madison's got the perfect scheme to finally take care of her ex-lover, her rivals, and the husband she'll never let go.  .

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13)  Let the Necessary Occur by Gayle Jackson Sloan
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Just because you say ‘I do,’ doesn’t mean you won’t. Cheat that is. Especially when the devil is tap dancing on your doorstep!

What happens when a famous trial attorney and his even more famous gospel singer wife face the biggest test of their lives?

Matthew and Gloriana McCrae have been dubbed by a famous magazine, as one of the most beautiful couples in the world. They have it all: wealth, fame, respect and an unshakeable love for one another. Or do they?

...If He brings you to it, He'll bring you through it!

That is what Gloriana has always believed. That is, until she must face her fear of losing her best friend and husband, to a woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. When Aston Montgomery sets her sights on something or someone, she usually gets it, by any means necessary. With a heart that has long been turned cold, is she willing to commit murder to get what she wants?

Pride. Greed. Envy. Wrath. Lust. With five of the seven deadly sins swirling around them, can love and the Word of God help this couple hold on to what matters most or will the devil, disguised as a beautiful woman, tear them apart?

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14)  Every New Year by Brenda L. Thomas
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Bestselling author Brenda L. Thomas spins a sexy and scandalous tale about a newly engaged woman whose life takes an unexpected turn after a New Year’s Eve shooting.

New Year’s Eve is the one night of the year when the line between old and new blurs, when fantasy can become reality, and every woman is given the opportunity to reinvent herself. But in Every New Year, New Year’s Eve turns tragic when a shoot-out lands a respected doctor in the hospital with a bad case of amnesia—and in the care of a man too sexy to resist.

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15)  Breathe Again by Adrienne Thompson
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Life for twenty-seven-year-old Maria Brown consists of living in her tiny hometown, working the same job she's held since high school, and shouldering the responsibility of caring for her father. She's lived a contained life for so long, she knows no other way to exist.

The moment NFL star, Malachi Douglass, lays eyes on Maria, he knows she's the woman he's been praying for and embarks on a journey to tear down her walls and make his home in her heart. Maria's become accustomed to suffocating within the boundaries of her small life. Maybe Malachi is just what she needs in order to learn how to breathe again.

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16)  The Book in Room 316 by Reshonda Tate Billingsley
Available 7/10



#1 national bestselling and award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley delivers another moving, evocative, and timely novel about how a small seed of hope can change the course of one’s life.

Savannah Graham thought she had the perfect marriage…until grief drove her husband into the arms of his best friend’s wife. Now, she believes revenge is the only way her heart can heal from the betrayal.

For fifty-two years, Ollie Moss lived side by side with the love of his life, his wife Elizabeth. But now that she’s gone, so is his desire to live, despite the love from his children, and his beloved grandson Samuel. Can anything save Ollie’s life?

Anna Rodriguez just wants to work and provide for her three children by any means necessary. But her decision to break the law in order to get a job is threatening life as she knows it.

Trey Brown is known in his neighborhood as a hustler, so much so that the gangs want him to join their ranks...but there’s a reason the nineteen-year-old does what he does—he’s the only one left who can save his little brother.

Different circumstances lead each of them to The Markham Hotel, where they hope to find solace, comfort, and answers. Told from multiple perspectives, The Book in Room 316 will renew your strength and faith that there is always a way forward.


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17)  Envy:  A Seven Deadly Sins Novel (Book 2) by Victoria Christopher Murray
Available 6/19




Gabrielle Wilson has the perfect life: a Beverly Hills mansion, a loving family, and a massively successful PR firm. When her father admits that an affair he had years before resulted in a daughter, Gabrielle is shocked, but is actually happy. Could this be the sister she has been praying for all her life?

Keisha Jones’s life is a struggle. Her late mother worked on the streets, and school was its own nightmare. When Gabrielle offers to fly Keisha out of Arkansas to meet the family, Keisha instantly agrees. But Gabrielle doesn’t realize that Keisha has known about the Wilsons for years. Keisha is determined to have everything she has always envied, and nothing can stand in her way.

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18)  Hands Off My Man - A Chanelle Series Novel - Book 2  by Monica Foster
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Chanelle Slate believes she has it all. Beauty, a six-figure career, love of family, and a ride or die best friend. But the best part of her life is that she’s in love with a man she’d only dreamed about. She knows her marriage proposal is around the corner and she can’t wait to be Mrs. Chanelle Faust. Then she meets her man’s ex, and discovers his ex suffers from a mental illness. Will Chanelle find a way to keep her man without crossing the line and driving his ex over the edge?

Twyla Logan-Faust is used to being a kept woman. But when her boyfriend is sentenced to life without parole and her accountant takes off with her money, her world falls apart. She turns to her ex-husband, Rick, hoping to resume her position as his wife. Rick is the only man who knows about her bipolar condition and he’s the only one she can trust. Even when she discovers he’s moved on, she remains confident that no other woman can replace her. With a little coaxing, she’s positive she’ll be Mrs. Twyla Faust again.

Rick Faust is caught in the middle. His love for Chanelle is undeniable, but he was married to Twyla for years. He knows Twyla’s condition is serious and he’s worried about what she might do if he rejects her. It’s impossible to make both women happy and he realizes his decision will change all of their lives forever.

The battle is on! With both women determined to be the new Mrs., who will be able to say… Hands Off My Man?

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19)  Runaway Souls by Tiffani Quarles Sanders
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Jackie Macon has built a successful career for herself, first as a special-needs teacher, then as principal of one of L.A.’s most diverse public schools. Only months before her retirement, new mandatory background checks threaten to expose Jackie’s darkest secrets, secrets she’s kept buried for nearly fifty years. As Jackie pleads with her husband Peter for help, her carefully hidden past unfolds.

Alabama, 1961- As an ambitious student, Jackie is looking forward to her senior year, with hopes for college. However, on Homecoming morning, her father’s infidelity causes her world to change suddenly and irrevocably. In the year that follows, Jackie and her sister are increasingly trapped by poverty, Jim Crow, and ongoing violence and abuse—and Jackie is ultimately forced to protect herself in ways she never imagined. Ways which now, fifty years later, may prove to be her undoing.--

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20)  When A Man Loves A Woman (Book 1)  by Tumika Patrice Cain
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The stars seemed to have been aligned for Avery and Alicia. From the outside looking in, Lady Luck passed their way and left a fortune! They had a whirlwind, fairytale romance filled with all the little things that make dreams come true, a wedding of grace and beauty, and perfectly magical careers that produced almost enough money to burn. They were the picture-perfect couple.

Unfortunately, time has a way of revealing fissures in what appears to the naked eye as impenetrable. The results send this fairy tale romance spiraling out of control.

Avery, as perfect and so right as he seemed, struggles to free himself from his demons. He clings to this delicate relationship that he desperately needs as if his last breath depends on it. Alicia, on the other hand, struggles to make the necessary corrections that will release her from a prison of unexpected, agonizing turmoil.

A novel of enduring strength, undeniable empowerment, and the compelling ability to overcome incredible odds, Season of Change is a powerhouse that will impact readers long after the last words have been read.

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21)  What You Can Get Away With by Joyce Brown
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Deception, Betrayal, Weakness

Three people searching for the right thing … in the wrong places.


Jared Riley, an aging semi-pro basketball player sees that his chance at fame is slipping away, then grabs for one last sexual venture before settling in for the lifestyle and comfort he signed up for when he married Lily, his upwardly mobile wife. He is inexplicably drawn into the schemes of Alicia Connors, a young girl struggling to scratch her way out of a miserable existence who pursues Jared with a vengeance. She has an intricate plan to fulfill her own dreams of marriage and family in Jared’s arms, and will stop at nothing to have him. One night of passion spirals into a series of unfortunate events that Jared can’t bring under control and impacts his family in a way that he never imagined.

Lily Riley, a beautiful socialite who comes from money, easily achieves success at the boardroom table but can’t find the winning strategy to make her husband remain committed to her. When she walked down the aisle with Jared, she never realized that she was trying to fulfill her dream of a perfect marriage, with an imperfect man. When his recent exploits causes a scandal in their small town, she is totally unaware that he has also brought deadly forces into their lives.

Will Lily finally wake up to the fact that her husband’s high-risk behavior has arrived on her doorstep? Will Alicia’s family avenge her by taking Jared for the rough ride he deserves? Will Jared survive a deadly reckoning?

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22)  A Sister's Secret by Cydney Rax
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In the wake of a major loss, five sisters agree to meet on the regular to keep it real. But secrets they never saw coming will challenge them and everything they counted on . . .
Savvy and decisive, Burgundy Reeves feels blessed with a good husband and a successful career. She is the sister everyone envies. Since her beloved mother's death, she's given troubled youngest sister, Elyse, a stable home when she needs it most. And she's taken it on herself to keep her contentious siblings together. Under her guidance, they all meet bi-monthly on “Sister Day,” a time when they get together to bond, to receive a challenging “assignment”, and to cope with a range of things—including their many differences . . .

 Among the sisters’ most challenging assignments: tell the truth. But truthfulness leads to an unveiling of secrets that may destroy lives. Burgundy is struggling to show Coco the real deal about her unreliable baby daddy. If she and level-headed Drucilla can also convince hard-headed eldest sister Alita to give Coco more love than tough talk, that might heal a longtime rift. But it’s teenage Elyse’s truth that will shatter Burgundy’s perfect world beyond repair. And putting the pieces back together could make the sisters stronger together than ever—or pull them apart for good.

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23)  One House Over ( The Neighbor's Series) by Mary Monroe
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New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very different couples whose friendship and fast times are no match for shattering betrayal . . .
 
A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community—Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings. Their marriage has given well-off Joyce a chance at the family she’s always wanted—and granted Odell a once-in-a-lifetime shot to escape grinding poverty. But all that respectability and status comes at a cost. Just once, Joyce and Odell want to break loose and taste life’s wild side, without consequences . . .

When their new neighbors turn out to be high-steppin’ bootleggers Milton and Yvonne Hamilton, the Watsons plunge headlong into good times and fast living. For Joyce,
Yvonne is someone she can show off to—and look down on. And Odell won't introduce crude, unsophisticated Milton to his friends—but is happy to let Milton ply him with free booze. 

As much as the Watsons want to get along with their new neighbors, the gradual revelations of Yvonne and Milton’s seedy past make them think twice about how much time they spend together. But the Hamiltons won’t be dismissed so easily. The Watsons soon find them invading every area of their lives and discovering their long-held secrets. Now, the Watsons must tread carefully to keep the Hamiltons from destroying their perfect world . .


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24) The Ex Chronicles by Various Authors, Published by Brown Girls Publishing
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Love is a powerful drug…whether it’s the love of family, friends, or that special someone who takes your breath away…chances are, you know the feeling. But what happens when it all goes wrong? Do you break up, then make up? Or do you just walk away?

In The Ex Chronicles, twenty talented writers share stories about relationships that falter…among spouses, lovers, family, and friends. From Penelope Christian’s story of a woman who goes to great lengths to save her “perfect” life…..to LaKesa Cox’s story of a woman finding the strength to finally let go after forty years of marriage……to Dwon Johnson’s heartbreaking tale of losing the one you love. . . to Yvette Danielle's unexpected twist on judging a man by his shoes. . .these stories will make you laugh, cry, and root for the exes in these chronicles.

Each riveting story reflects on broken bonds, bruised hearts, and open wounds - proving that all is fair in the battle of the exes.


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25)  The Dating Game Anthology by Various Authors, Published by Brown Girls Publishing
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From fairytale romances to dating disasters and everything in between, The Dating Game chronicles the stories of hopefuls on their journey toward happily ever after. In this compilation of dating stories, sixteen writers share tales of adventures and experiences while on the quest toward finding Mr. Right. From Tania Renee Zayid 's story of what happens when one woman becomes determined to keep the perfect man that she met online . . . to Natalie Leffall's hilarious look into the dating world of a plus-size girl . . . to Keleigh and Gina's rib-tickling and surprisingly dangerous, speed dating fiasco. . . and Gina Torres' tale of love, heartache, and the power of letting go . . . these diverse stories will make you laugh, cry, and root for the characters to land Mr. Right.

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26)  Women's Voices by Rebekah Cole
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She was young, pregnant and unwanted. Sent away by her mother to live up north in Chicago with her aunts, Jonetta Miller was faced with two tough choices: to become an in-house prostitute or become homeless. With those dark secrets behind her and literally buried nearly forty years, as far as she is concerned, it’s nobody’s business. But pieces of her past begin to unfold when her youngest daughter, Dawn, returns home and starts to question a recurring nightmare of an unthinkable crime. With the looming threat of her past being exposed even more difficult to surmount is the meltdown of her two daughters, Phyllis and Colette, who have been like oil and vinegar all their lives. Even though dysfunction and deceit bind this family together, Jonetta fears that the truth will drive them apart. This story will reveal how necessary redemption and forgiveness are for a family to heal.

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27)  Two Down:  The Inconvenient Truth by Suzetta Perkins
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The handsome and soon-to-be Brigadier General Reginald Charleston is in a romantic liaison with Major General Kaleah Neal, the sexy seductress, who seems to be all out capture Reggie for herself, never mind that Reggie has been married for the past eighteen years to Persenia Charleston, who's been the model wife, giving her life totally to her husband and the military. 

The inconvenient truth is that Reggie is playing with fire and is about to get burned. The President of the United States, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Reggie and other generals under the umbrella of the Pentagon are pursuing a worldwide enemy, ISIS. However, Reggie has missed the clues that the enemy might be right under his nose.

Things are put into perspective for Reggie when his next-door-neighbor, Major General Forbes, is gunned down...the second such killing of an Army general in days. Will Reggie be next?


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Coming Soon 

1) He Calls Her Blue by Sheryl Grace


From birth, Indigo's life is complicated.  Immediately after she is born to the very young and very beautiful Ruby, she is abandoned by both of her parents.  However, a turn of events forces Ruby to reluctantly care for the child she wishes she never had.  Provocative, shapely, and self-absorbed, Ruby, is more concerned with getting a man's attention than giving any attention to her child.  Meanwhile, the identity of Indigo's father is shrouded in mystery.  

Emotionally broken, sexually confused, and unaware of her beauty, Indigo seeks love and acceptance from an array of unforgettable characters.  Each character, leaving an undeniable mark in her life - some break her and some make her stronger.  Love arrives in the form of the strinklingly handsome and suave restaurateur Tyrone Mayfield.  But his love comes with a price as he draws Indigo deeper into his other businesses.  While Indigo does not have much of a life without Tyrone in it, with him she may die.  In this page turner, loyalities will be tested, secrets will be exposed, and some won't live to tell.  

Take a ride on this journey and experience the life of "Blue", as she learns how to survive in the real world and the underground world that has been created for her.  

2)  Don't Disturb This Grove by Donneil D. Jackson






When you know it’s wrong but it feels so good…don’t disturb this groove

3) Two Steps Past The Altar by Patricia Bridewell



One woman, two men vying for her love. Will Sasha get all that she wants, or will God give her what she needs?

4)  Show Me No Mercy By Anita Roseboro




During an anniversary trip, Terrence and Casey’s marriage spirals into an unlikely abyss the moment he does the unthinkable. After eight years of occasional wedded bliss and with this violation weighing on them, Casey leaves the bedroom, then their home, and sets an immediate path towards freedom. Unfortunately, she soon finds out that the laws where the incident took place, and ones enacted where they live, are drastically different. Casey has a successful therapy practice, but now she’s the one who needs counseling and a safe place on all fronts.

Desperate to repair his marriage, Terrence embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery. With the tide of local laws blurring the lines of his actions, his path will lead him to challenge old ideas of women and his perceived rights of a man in marriage.

Can this couple find peace and a common ground when their definition of right and wrong are polar opposites?

5)  Moment of Truth by Michelle D. Rayford




"A riveting novel about love and marriage and the choices we make to get to our happily ever after." - Rhonda McKnight, Author of An Inconvenient Friend and Breaking All the Rules


Adrienne always wanted a child. Too bad her husband, Logan, doesn’t.

When Adrienne decides to have the baby, her marriage is tested in new ways. Her husband’s reluctant acceptance of their son comes at a price Adrienne doesn’t know she is paying. She has the life she always wanted. So, why isn’t she happy?

Logan’s focus has always been on taking over the family law firm. Having a beautiful woman as his wife completes the picture. When a wealthy client comes to town, Logan seizes the opportunity to surpass his father and put the law firm on the map. If only he can keep his wife in line and his own secrets from coming out.

When the past makes its way into the present, will the truth finally set Adrienne free?



6) Gemini Rising by Marze Scott


Her Mother gave her to a man that broke her body and soul.  Now Gemini will be ruthless in reclaiming her freedom




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