In the month of June, Celebrate Father's day, where we celebrate the fathers and male father figures in our lives. So for this month's blog post, I am celebrating books about fathers, as well as male author's I'm aware of. I don't necessarily endorse nor have I read all of these authors neither.
1) A Christian Father's Day by Pat Simmons (Christian Fiction)
About the Book
One Father’s Day, three fathers, and four children. Will the real dad, please stand up? It’s never too late to be a father—or is it?
Christian Andersen is looking forward to spending his first Father’s Day with his blended family. But Father’s Day becomes more complicated than Christian or Joy, his wife, could have ever imagined, when the biological fathers of his adopted children threaten to ruin his special day. But he depends on God to guide him through the journey with a surprising outcome.
A Christian Father’s Day is a romantic Christian novella that celebrates fatherhood year round.
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2) Ta-Nehisi Coates
About the Book
“We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America’s “first white president.”
But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period—and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation’s old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective—the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president.
We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates’s iconic essays first published in
The Atlantic, including “Fear of a Black President,” “The Case for Reparations,” and “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates’s own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era.
We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.
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3) Desperate For Jesus: Overcome the Obstacles to Find True Life by Pastor John F. Hannah
About the Book
What does it mean to live desperate for Jesus? That depends on the Jesus you know. Some of us run to Him when things go wrong and move away from Him when life is smooth, but there's a better way to live. John Hannah helps you grow more mature in your relationship with Jesus by revealing his testimony of crying out for, and finding, Jesus. As he pulls you into his own story, Hannah also studies heroes of the Bible: Moses, the blind beggar, the bleeding woman, Mary Magdalene, King David, Peter, and Jairus. Each one pursued Christ. Desperate for Jesus helps believers identify and conquer six obstacles: Difficult seasons in life Anger Family Betrayal Spiritual immaturity The flesh The more we crave Jesus, the more He will transform us and those around us. It's time to live desperate!
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https://jfhministries.com/products/desperate-for-jesus-overcome-the-obstacles-to-find-true-life
4) Abba: Experience God as Father and Redeem Your Failure, Hurt, and Pain by Apostle Matthew L. Stevenson III
About the Book
God has an identity. He does not want to be known as a higher power or confined to our limited understanding and judgment of Him. Those who want to know the name of God—and most importantly want to know God as He desires to be known—can discover him as Abba.
Matthew L. Stevenson III captures all the teachings of Jesus that demonstrated the Father. This book also highlights how aggressively Satan distorts the father role to fracture people’s lives in the areas of:
• Identity
• Security
• Failures
• Confidence
Abba addresses the key to a more fulfilling worship life as well as understanding God’s heart toward the fatherless. A revelation of the father heart of God is needed more now than ever.
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5) Kingdom Prayer by Apostle Stephen Garner
About the Book
Kingdom Prayer was written with the intent of helping believer's partner with Christ, through prayer, for the extension of His Kingdom. After reading this book you will exercise the authority that you have been given as a citizen of the Kingdom of God.
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6) Black Hearts, White Minds by Mitch Margo
About the Book
The year is 1964 and Carl Gordon is an ill-prepared New York Assistant U.S. Attorney who has lied his way into a transfer to Stockville, Alabama, where he is supposed to monitor and enforce the Civil Rights Act. In a matter of days, the Ku Klux Klan takes aim at him, the outside agitator. Although scrambling just to protect himself and his 12-year-old son, Carl agrees to represent Oleatha Geary, a black family matriarch who has, through a series of unlikely events, inherited a splendid mansion in an all-white, race-restricted neighborhood. At the same time, a forbidden romance between Carl and Oleatha’s daughter, Lenore, shocks everyone, black and white. Within a few weeks, Carl and Oleatha are engulfed in litigation that turns deadly, as Stockville’s white political establishment is hell-bent on keeping segregation alive.
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7) Death In The City by Keith Kareem Williams
About the Book
A mother loses her son and completely loses her faith in the God that she had served faithfully for her entire life. Trapped lovers try desperately to escape a lifestyle that, for a time, had comforted and kept them alive in a city that has always been trying to devour them. A reluctant assassin crosses paths with a woman who is determined to collect a pound of flesh from those in her debt for what they had cruelly taken from her. A frustrated husband and hard worker seeks escape from the life he has come to hate. A young girl can’t free herself from the grinning predator who has ruined her childhood because almost no one can recognize her silent cries for help. A young detective risks his life to prove that all policeman aren’t evil and that some who wore the badge were still true to their sworn oath to protect and serve, despite all of the wickedness they found themselves drowning in. All of these stories cross, intersect, twist and intertwine to create a graphic, beautifully ugly, savage depiction of what life-and-death looks like in the city.
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8) Recre8tion: Remodeling Your Life by God's Design by Bishop Marvin L. Sapp
About the Book
God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.
- Bernie Siegel
Beginnings, especially new beginnings attract people because of the desire to regain lost opportunities. Since you can’t turn back the clock, the only way to go is forward. This book ReCreation is designed to give you the tool to accomplish your life’s goals step by step. Remember Ecc 7:8 say’s “The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride”. ReCreation take time and patience’s however if you forecast your future you will reach your desired destination.
Link for Purchase
https://www.marvinsapp-popupshop.com/
9) I'm In Love With A Church Girl by Ryan Phillips
About the Book
Miles Montego is a guy who has it all—cars, boats, good looks, a mansion, money, women, and a past.
Miles is a retired high-level drug trafficker who has gone legitimate. Even though he’s turned over a new leaf, the DEA can’t seem to let him out of their sights. Miles’ extreme loyalty to his circle of friends and former colleagues, lead him to try and sway them to legal forms of business.
When Miles meets the girl of his dreams, Vanessa, she isn’t his usual type, as she is a “Church Girl.” Miles and Vanessa embark on a fairytale romance, while God uses Vanessa as way to help Miles
choose to hold on to his past or let go and let God have his way with his life.
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10) The Hacks of Life by Perry Busby
About the Book
It’s 1993, and the computer industry is on the verge of introducing a groundbreaking new technology called the Internet. The rules are clear: Get on board or get left behind. Intellect Technology Incorporated, better known as ITI, has brokered a game-changing deal with WorldNet Labs to acquire the first web browser. But the threat of an EEOC scandal, sordid family alliances, and a stolen laptop leave ITI’s executive staff to wonder if their dream deal will turn to dust before it ever materializes, taking the fate of the struggling company with it. Phil Jacobson may be the only one with an answer.
After years of assisting his private detective father on the job and honing his skills as PhantomPhixer in the Underground digital community, Phil lands his first job in Corporate America. Phil’s father hoped his son’s cushy job at ITI would derail any chance of Phil following in his footsteps as a detective. But when Phil discovers that a hacker contact has evidence that points to his employment at ITI as part of an egregious cover up, it becomes apparent that he has inherited more than just his father’s abhorrent name. Philander Wesley Jacobson is just as much a natural sleuth as his seasoned father, like it or not.
Phil forms an unexpected alliance with a fellow hacker, and with his sister’s help, they’re in a race to uncover the truth about ITI before the company closes the WorldNet deal. If for nothing else, Phil must protect the interests of one of his best friends, the founder of WorldNet Labs. The investigation turns dangerous and almost deadly as Phil and his amateur P.I. team dig up ITI’s repugnant secrets, involving a pile of resumes, hidden assets, and the founder of the company’s affiliation with a secret society known as CLANS. Phil certainly didn’t expect to have to tackle all of these glitches just two weeks before his wedding, but he quickly learns that expectations are nothing more than liabilities when dealing with the Hacks of Life.
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11) Unthinkable by Shakir Rashaan
About the Book
“If we do the unthinkable, would it make us look crazy?”
A painful breakup leads Devin Lowery to revert back to his womanizing ways, using his good looks and high-level executive position at RPK Entertainment to his advantage—and no woman is off limits.
Alexia Anthony is focused on her music career as a member of the R&B group, Envyye, swearing off relationships until the group is signed to a record label, despite an ex-boyfriend intent on rekindling their relationship.
A chance meeting threatens to turn both of their worlds upside down, taking them to a place that neither expected to go, all the while trying to figure out what each wants most. Can their careers and love coexist?
Unthinkable takes readers on a journey of love and lust, trust and betrayal, spinning a tale of love unexpected…and the beauty that evolves beyond boundaries.
Link for Purchase
https://www.shakirrashaan.com/unthinkable-1
12) Welcome to My World by Curtis Bunn
About the Book
From
Essence bestselling author Curtis Bunn comes a moving novel about a down and out corporate executive whose unexpected encounter with a stranger inspires her to reinvent her life.
Brenda Harris, a former corporate executive in Atlanta, has endured two years of personal tragedies and professional disappointments, and believes the world owes her a break.
One day, she encounters a homeless man who encourages her to look at life differently. She regularly sees this man at one of her daily stops. But she does not realize that he has been closely observing her and, despite his mental illness, is able to forge a deep connection with her in ways that both surprise and inspire her.
She realizes there is a whole world out there for her to experience, and Rodney Bridges, the homeless man, helps her begin her journey of self-discovery by challenging her on their daily walks. The path is difficult, but her time with Rodney opens her up to a new world, a world she had dismissed when she lost her job, her husband left her, and her dear sister died.
Part of her journey moves her to help Rodney. Through meaningful conversation and dedication, she is able to penetrate the emotional wall Rodney built after his own tragic circumstances sent him onto the streets. They become an unlikely duo—encouraging each other to overcome each of their own obstacles...and slowly a new world emerges.
A moving and powerful story about how inspiration can be found in the unlikeliest places,
Welcome to My World also reaffirms that the simplest things in life—a conversation with a stranger—can lead to life-changing results.
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13) Bad Men and Wicked Women by Eric Jerome Dickey
About the Book
As a low-level enforcer in Los Angeles, Ken Swift knows danger, but nowhere does he feel it more than in his tangled romances. Divorced from one woman, in love with another, and wrestling with a strong desire to get to know a third, his life is far from perfect, and it becomes all the more complicated when his troubled daughter resurfaces on the same day as a major job. Margaux is pregnant, bitter, and desperate: she needs $50,000 immediately, and she isn't above blackmailing Ken to get it. Yet even as the tension-filled father/daughter reunion escalates into a clashing of wills and desires that spread far beyond their family, Ken's latest contract spirals quickly out of control, and he finds it is not only his daughter looking to seek revenge.
With the strong characters, heart-pounding action, and intense passion he is known for,
New York Times bestseller Eric Jerome Dickey lays bare a tale of lust and angst that will leave readers breathless.
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14) Superwoman's Child: Son of A Single Mother by JL Woodson
About the book
From a young author who has lived through what he writes about,
Superwoman's Child is an eye-opening novel chronicling one teenage son's struggle with his trouble-filled life.
Growing up the only male in a house full of women is no easy task. Sometimes the women can be "as sweet as pie," while other days they turn into something he wouldn't dare say out loud.
So is the life of Sean Morris, a teenager with an absent father and troubles many would recognize. Even though his father's been practically missing in action for a while, Sean still wonders if his father will ever be there for him, especially now, when he needs him most. Will Sean be able to handle new challenges without a male role model? Or will he come to terms with the fact that the only people he needs in his life are the ones who actually love him -- the "superwomen" who are already there?
Sure to resonate with parents and teenagers alike,
Superwoman's Child is by turns humorous and heart wrenching -- a revealing story of the determined perseverance of one son and the unwavering encouragement of his mother.
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15) Like A Brother by Maurice M. Gray
About the Book
Jeremiah McAllister lost his entire family before he turned eighteen, but was blessed with another one. As the oldest of more than a dozen young adults mentored by CC Dawson and her husband Thurman, Jeremiah takes his role as oldest brother within their chosen family seriously. To his siblings, he is confidante, emergency contact, babysitter and family ATM; whatever they need, he provides, no questions asked. However, some among them push his largesse to its limits.
Jenisse Anderson uses Jeremiah as a surrogate man on her arm for social events when she’s between boyfriends and as her personal 911 (she calls him to help her deal with anything she deems an emergency). Despite Jeremiah’s consistently being there for her, she will neither reciprocate nor discuss his feelings for her, or even deal with the issues of her past.
Erik Dawson (CC and Thurman’s only biological child) is currently estranged from his parents, and uses Jeremiah as a go-between so he knows they’re okay and vice-versa. Jeremiah’s repeated pleas for Erik to go to his parents and reconcile fall on deaf ears. Between Jenisse and Erik and the constant requests from the others, Jeremiah is pulled in too many different directions all at once.
As he reaches his breaking point, Jeremiah finds himself at a crossroads in his life. How can he break out of an emotional prison he didn’t even realize he was in until recently? Can he face his own history in order to embrace a better future?
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16) Uncover Me by Wayne Jordan
About the Book
When Trey Martin meets Shannon Robinson, it’s instant attraction. She’s beautiful, outspoken and totally hot! He wants to seduced her and she is totally on board with being seduced. There is, however, one complication. Trey is about to become Shannon’s boss and she doesn’t know it. Trey is torn between telling Shannon the truth or making sure that she’s the right person to take care of his sons. And when Shannon does uncover the truth, will it be too late for happily-ever-after.
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https://amzn.to/2yjMTnS
17) Cross-Fire: Igniting Passionate, Purposeful and Powerful Relationships by Pastor Michael Holmes
About the Book
Husband and wife duo, Michael Holmes (certified life coach, licensed and ordained minister) and Kendra Norman Holmes (national bestselling author, licensed and ordained minister) come together in their first collaborated published work to share insight, based on personal experience and the Word of God, on how to build spiritual and physical relationships that are filled with passion, power, and purpose! Through this faith-based daily devotional, readers will discover through practical application and Scripture how God designed human connections of all kinds to completely glorify Him while also fulfilling the needs of those involved. "Cross-Fire" is a concentrated, information-packed "relationship bible" that readers are sure to want to revisit over and over again.
Link for Purchase
http://www.royaltywriter.net/Cross-Fire.html
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About the Book
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Chicago Tribune • Time A stunning follow up to New York Times bestseller Tears We Cannot Stop Chris Matthews, MSNBC: "A beautifully written book." Shaun King: “I kid you not–I think it’s the most important book I’ve read all year…It’s not just informative and enlightening; it tells a story of an essential moment in history.” Harry Belafonte says: “Dyson has finally written the book I always wanted to read. I had the privilege of attending the meeting he has insightfully written about, and it’s as if he were a fly on the wall...a tour de force...a poetically written work that calls on all of us to get back in that room and to resolve the racial crises we confronted more than fifty years ago.” Joy-Ann Reid says: A work of searing prose and seminal brilliance... Dyson takes that once in a lifetime conversation between black excellence and pain and the white heroic narrative, and drives it right into the heart of our current politics and culture, leaving the reader reeling and reckoning." Robin D. G. Kelley says:“Dyson masterfully refracts our present racial conflagration through a subtle reading of one of the most consequential meetings about race to ever take place. In so doing, he reminds us that Black artists and intellectuals bear an awesome responsibility to speak truth to power."
President Barack Obama says: "Everybody who speaks after Michael Eric Dyson pales in comparison.” In 2015 BLM activist Julius Jones confronted Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with an urgent query: “What in your heart has changed that’s going to change the direction of this country?” “I don’t believe you just change hearts,” she protested. “I believe you change laws.” The fraught conflict between conscience and politics – between morality and power – in addressing race hardly began with Clinton. An electrifying and traumatic encounter in the sixties crystallized these furious disputes. In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansberry, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and a valiant activist, Jerome Smith. It was Smith’s relentless, unfiltered fury that set Kennedy on his heels, reducing him to sullen silence. Kennedy walked away from the nearly three-hour meeting angry – that the black folk assembled didn’t understand politics, and that they weren’t as easy to talk to as Martin Luther King. But especially that they were more interested in witness than policy. But Kennedy’s anger quickly gave way to empathy, especially for Smith. “I guess if I were in his shoes…I might feel differently about this country.” Kennedy set about changing policy – the meeting having transformed his thinking in fundamental ways.
There was more: every big argument about race that persists to this day got a hearing in that room. Smith declaring that he’d never fight for his country given its racist tendencies, and Kennedy being appalled at such lack of patriotism, tracks the disdain for black dissent in our own time. His belief that black folk were ungrateful for the Kennedys’ efforts to make things better shows up in our day as the charge that black folk wallow in the politics of ingratitude and victimhood. The contributions of black queer folk to racial progress still cause a stir. BLM has been accused of harboring a covert queer agenda. The immigrant experience, like that of Kennedy – versus the racial experience of Baldwin – is a cudgel to excoriate black folk for lacking hustle and ingenuity. The questioning of whether folk who are interracially partnered can authentically communicate black interests persists. And we grapple still with the responsibility of black intellectuals and artists to bring about social change. What Truth Sounds Like exists at the tense intersection of the conflict between politics and prophecy – of whether we...
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19) Kicked To The Curb by JJ Murray
About the Book
Should a man ever give up on love?
Interracial romance novelist Arthur Henry is a hot romantic mess.
Raised during the turbulent 1960’s and 1970’s, Arthur heroically tilts with the “windmills of romance” in search of the woman of color in his most haunting dream. Guided by his longtime editor and friend Melanie Clark, Arthur discovers why he attracts so many women who drop him like a bad habit.
A tender yet often hilarious mixture of fiction and actual events, KICKED TO THE CURB chronicles Arthur’s many loves and losses and proves that it is never wrong to believe in love—even if you never find it.
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20) No Weapon Formed Against Me Shall Prosper by Andre Ray
About the Book
Sister Sandra Washington is a faithful member of Faith of Abundance Church located in Atlanta Georgia. After being divorced for several years and being in her late forties she didn’t want to be alone any longer so she began to pray secretly for the Lord to send her a man who would love her and possibly be her husband. During a Sunday service little did she know the young man sitting next to her would change her life forever. His name is Malachi Steel who is a brown skin man she couldn’t keep her eyes off of. Malachi, on the other hand, didn’t come to church to hear the Word of the Lord, but to carry out the evil mission of pulling Sister Sandra Washington out of the hand of God and into a world that she would rather die than to live.
Who sent this tall brown skin stranger into Sister Sandra Washington’s life? Meet Keisha who is straight from the hood and could care less if you live or died. Her connection to this whole twisted nightmare will come as a shock as the story comes to life before your very eyes. Will Sister Washington get the man she had been secretly praying for? Will Malachi Steel achieve his mission that if he failed would not sit well with Keisha? Will Keisha finally see her master plan come to life or will the Lord come in time to put a stop to this nightmare before it’s too late?
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21) The Retreat II: Men After God's Own Heart by Dijorn Moss
About the Book
The Four Brothers of God are back! Quincy, Chauncey, Jamal, and Will have become inseparable as a result of last year's men's retreat, but will the very same event that brought them together be the event that drives them apart?
Quincy and Karen have come a long way since the affairs that nearly cost their marriage, but will their daughter's sudden departure from school drive their marriage to the brink?
Chauncey is determined to find a wife, but his exploration of online dating and the social networks just might lead him astray.
Chantel and Jamal have postponed their wedding to enroll in premarital counseling, but as old issues resurface, they are questioning whether they have made the right decision.
Finally, Will is fighting desperately to gain custody of his younger brother. Will he be able to save his brother from a toxic environment?
Once again these men are at a crossroads and will have to lean on God and each other to survive; but instead, they just might allow pride to drive a wedge between them.
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22) What Does It Mean To Be A Christian by Pastor Timmothy B. McCann
About the Book
We often throw terms around with little to no thought. For instance, "how does God define the word Christian?" In this book, Min. Timmothy B. McCann, enrolled as a student working toward a MDiv at Luther Rice University, combs through the bible for biblical truth to share with the reader what a Christian really is and according to the bible, what is the ONE thing ALL Christians are suppose to do. If you're a new believer, now that you're reborn do you know what you should be doing next? This book uncovers the Biblical definition of Christianity in todays fast paced and modern world.
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23) The Warmest Winter by GPA AKA James Gordon
About the Book
A collage of a grisly murder, rampant adultery, questionable alibis, and heart halting truths heat up what is normally the frosty season of Chicago. Attorney James Gordon is thrust with the unenviable task of trying prove his friend's innocence in a crime that defies the definition of horrible, while also combating his own demons. Chicago has never been this warm during the Winter.
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24) Influence by Carl Weber
About the Book
When he graduates with his law degree, handsome and charismatic Langston Hudson is ready to hit the ground running as a lawyer with his family’s firm, but a routine traffic stop during a night out with his friends quickly derails his plans and turns his world upside down. Langston and his friends are arrested after officers find half a million dollars’ worth of drugs in his car.
When Jacqueline Hudson learns of her son’s arrest, she immediately begins to build her case. She is one of the top lawyers in the country, with a reputation for being a shark in the courtrooms. She is confident that she will be able to get justice for her son—until she realizes that she will be going up against an old flame. She questions if this district attorney is allowing their personal history to interfere with the case at hand.
To complicate matters, Jacqueline discovers that her firm is being sued by a former secretary for sexual harassment and illegal termination. Her older son, Lamont, who is also a lawyer, has been using the law firm like a personal dating service for much too long, and his misbehavior might have finally caught up with him.
Desiree, Jacqueline’s only daughter, is quite reserved compared to her siblings. She’s the good girl who doesn’t normally like to rock the boat, but in what could be considered the worst of all timing, she is falling for Perk. The problem is he’s been an employee at the firm for so long that he’s practically considered family. Given the problems her brothers are facing, now is not the right time for Desiree to introduce more drama to the family, but she just can’t seem to help herself.
As if fighting for one son’s freedom and fending off lawsuits against the other isn’t enough pressure, Jacqueline is also in the middle of striking up a deal to run for governor. She knows how much is at stake if her family’s drama spirals out of control, so she’ll do everything within her power to keep it all together.
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25) The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues by Edward Kelsey Moore
About the Book
From the author of the bestselling
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat,
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, an exuberant and poignant new novel of passions, family, and forgiveness
When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne, the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentleman’s Club, and Miss Beatrice Jordan, famous for stationing herself at the edge of the club’s parking lot and yelling warnings of eternal damnation at the departing patrons, their wedding summons a legend to town. Mr. El Walker, the great guitar bluesman, comes home to give a command performance in Plainview, Indiana, a place he’d sworn―and for good reason―he’d never set foot in again.
But El is not the only Plainview native with a hurdle to overcome. A wildly philandering husband struggles at last to prove his faithfulness to the wife he’s always loved. And among those in this tightly knit community who show up every Sunday after church for lunch at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, are the lifelong friends, known locally as “The Supremes” ―Clarice, facing down her longing for, chance at and fear of a great career; Barbara Jean, grappling at last with the loss of a mother whose life humiliated both of them, and Odette, reaching toward her husband through an anger of his that she does not understand.
Edward Kelsey Moore’s lively cast of characters, each of whom have surmounted serious trouble and come into love, need not learn how to survive but how, fully, to live. And they do, every one of them, serenaded by the bittersweet and unforgettable blues song El Walker plays, born of his own great loss and love.
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26) Listen To The Lambs by Daniel Black
About the Book
In
Listen to the Lambs by Daniel Black, nothing can convince Lazarus Love III to return to the lifestyle of affluence and social status he once knew. Longing for a freedom of the soul that the world of capitalism cannot provide, Lazarus leaves all that he knows--including his wife and children--to achieve the ultimate level of peace and silence living as a homeless man. When his quest causes him to cross paths with four other wanderers, all of whom later call themselves "the family," a shocking, brutal act leaves Lazarus in a dire position and his newfound family must struggle to save him. By doing so, both families--past and present--are redeemed and consequently learn the beauty of sacrificial love.
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27) Dr. Feelgood by Christian Keyes
About the book
After a recently failed engagement, Phillip Gooden is burying himself in work at this therapy practice to avoid dealing with his problems. Dr. Gooden isn’t the typical, dull therapist. He has some unusual ways of addressing his patients’ concerns. From anger management and infidelity to intimacy issues and marital woes, he always makes his clients feel better. Many of his female clients think of him as Dr. Feelgood; however, Phil’s biggest challenge is making himself feel good again by letting go of his past. Between the problematic patients he counsels, the ridiculous antics and issues of his coworker and best friend, and his constant bad luck with dating, he’s trying not to lose his own mind. After all, he is Dr. Feelgood!
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28) Down The River Unto The Sea by Walter Mosley
About the Book
Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault by his enemies within the NYPD, a charge which lands him in solitary at Rikers Island.
A decade later, King is a private detective, running his agency with the help of his teenage daughter, Aja-Denise. Broken by the brutality he suffered and committed in equal measure while behind bars, his work and his daughter are the only light in his solitary life. When he receives a card in the mail from the woman who admits she was paid to frame him those years ago, King realizes that he has no choice but to take his own case: figuring out who on the force wanted him disposed of--and why.
Running in parallel with King's own quest for justice is the case of a Black radical journalist accused of killing two on-duty police officers who had been abusing their badges to traffic in drugs and women within the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Joined by Melquarth Frost, a brilliant sociopath, our hero must beat dirty cops and dirtier bankers, craven lawyers, and above all keep his daughter far from the underworld in which he works. All the while, two lives hang in the balance: King's client's, and King's own.
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29) Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
About the Book
Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler's life, but there were other, more terrifying issues for him to confront. Being black was tough enough, but Raymond was becoming more and more conscious of sexual feelings that he knew weren't "right." He was completely committed to Sela, his longtime girlfriend, but his attraction to Kelvin, whom he had met during his last year in law school, had become more than just a friendship.
Fleeing to New York to escape both Sela and Kelvin, Raymond finds himself more confused than ever before. New relationships--both male and female--give him enormous pleasure but keep him from finding the inner peace and lasting love he so desperately desires. The horrible illness and death of a friend eventually force Raymond, at last, to face the truth.
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30) by Gregory Marshall
About the Book
Powerful...Poignant...Inspiring As a child growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Gregory Marshall was enamored with the fast life. Money, women and cars were the things to have and Greg was determined to get them-by any means necessary. It wasn't long before the innocent youngster had turned into a cold-hearted gangster known around town simply as G Man. His ruthless life of crime made him a legend in South Central LA-and the go-to man for everyone from Tupac Shakur to the notorious Monster Kody. But a drug deal gone bad eventually left him shot and near death...forcing him into the ultimate struggle for survival. Faced with intense rehabilitation and paralyssis that had crippled the entire right side of his body, Greg had two choices, give up or get up. He chose the latter. And with the use of only one finger, he wrote his story through gritty, breathtaking, and sometimes brutal details...including his anger at injustices, the pain of abandonment and one unlikely act of kindness that started him on the path of healing and forgiveness.
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31) Troublemaker by HH Fowler
About the Book
Hell has no fury like a woman scorned!
Rewind ten years before: Two weeks before her wedding, Arnett Sawyer is dragged by her best friend into a nightclub to make a final run at her bachelorette days. This is not just any nightclub, it’s an open atmosphere of perversion where anything between consenting adults can take place. Arnett has been led to believe that her fiancé, Yorick Benson is in Fort Lauderdale on a business trip, only to discover that he is frolicking in the same club she’s been dragged into. And as if that isn’t enough to incite madness, Yorick is doing more than simply frolicking with another woman. He is fully engaged in a forbidden act. Hurt, confused, and feeling the ultimate betrayal, Arnett’s heart darkens with a ravenous lust for revenge.
Fast forward ten years, in a twist of fate, the woman responsible for stealing Arnett’s man that night at the club is about to be wed to the bishop of the church that Arnett attends with a man she married on the rebound. She sees the announcement on her Facebook feed: Rosalind Blue, getting married to Bishop Gary Benson. Rosalind may have truly turned her life around and is looking forward to her new life, but Arnett sees an opportunity not only to expose Rosalind’s secrets, but to utterly annihilate any chance of her happiness.
In line with her character, where she exploits people’s private affairs for the enjoyment of her own misery, she unleashes her wrath. It is one thing when the church has marked her as a troublemaker, but when her own husband agrees, it is downright hell. But Arnett is determined to execute her plan and she has resolved that nothing and no one is bad enough to stop her.
In this fast-paced, entertaining read by H. H. Fowler, you have not seen a troublemaker until you’ve met Arnett Sawyer!
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32) Soar: Build Your Vision From The Ground Up by Bishop TD Jakes
About the Book
You don't have to be an entrepreneur to think like one and take flight with your dreams.
Too often we remain in jobs that stifle our souls and leave us on the runway of opportunity with the engine of our deepest passion stalled, watching others make their personal vision a reality and build a legacy for their children-the opposite of what God intends for us. But it's never too late to get your dreams off the ground! If you long to maximize your unique abilities and aptitudes, if you strive to combine personal fulfillment with professional satisfaction, if you dream of creating exceptional goods and offering transformative services and fulfilling God's destiny for you, then you are ready to SOAR!
In SOAR! T.D. Jakes reveals how to build the uniquely personal vision within each of us into our special contribution to the world. Blending the practical business acumen of a successful, global CEO with the dynamic inspiration of a life coach, SOAR! provides the tools needed to ignite our imaginations into action and challenges us to embrace our God-given purpose as we align our character and creativity with our careers.
Bridging both the corporate and nonprofit worlds, SOAR! is a practical and easy-to-follow flight plan for launching the entrepreneurial drive inside each of us. It provides an inspiring look into the mindset of people who don't wait to see what will happen but strategically build the wings that will take them to new heights. So buckle your seat belts and prepare for liftoff-you have been cleared to fly beyond your fears, to absolutely SOAR!
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33) Your Comeback: Your Past Doesn't have to Dictate Your Future by Dr. Tony Evans
About the Book
God can turn things around for anyone—including you!
We've all experienced a time in life when it feels like the world is against us. Whether it's a financial setback, a breakup, or career that's gone off course, our first instinct is to give up and give in.
In that moment, you need a comeback. It can be hard to find solid ground in the most challenging of times—but take heart! God is the master of comebacks and orchestrated the greatest turnaround of all—through Jesus, the Savior who was crucified and came back from the grave.
Inside Your Comeback, you will find inspiration to turn your circumstances around as you learn about some of the most remarkable comeback stories of all time. You may have been knocked down, but you're not knocked out!
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34) The Tragedy of Brady Simms by Earnest J. Gaines
About the Book
Ernest J. Gaines's new novella revolves around a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order.
After Brady Sims pulls out a gun in a courtroom and shoots his own son, who has just been convicted of robbery and murder, he asks only to be allowed two hours before he'll give himself up to the sheriff. When the editor of the local newspaper asks his cub reporter to dig up a "human interest" story about Brady, he heads for the town's barbershop. It is the barbers and the regulars who hang out there who narrate with empathy, sadness, humor, and a profound understanding the life story of Brady Sims—an honorable, just, and unsparing man who with his tough love had been handed the task of keeping the black children of Bayonne, Louisiana in line to protect them from the unjust world in which they lived.
And when his own son makes a fateful mistake, it is up to Brady to carry out the necessary reckoning. In the telling, we learn the story of a small southern town, divided by race, and the black community struggling to survive even as many of its inhabitants head off northwards during the Great Migration.
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35) The Virus II: The New Assault by Stephen Spellman
About the Book
Over half the population of the planet had been wiped from existence, many by The Virus itself, but many more by the ensuing chaos… “The Virus II: The New Assault” tells the story of a world ravished by interplanetary war. The aliens haven’t landed, but they have sent a Virus with the potential to render every woman on the planet permanently infertile. Mankind barely survives The Virus and from the smoking rubble he must now contend with a new complication. Telepathy. For, The Virus has left more than chaos in its wake. It has left behind the genesis of a new world order. Sam Simmons finds himself square in the center of this strange new world where it’s suddenly possible to read another person’s thoughts from thousands of miles away.
But Sam is just a teenager, the only child of the most famous and reclusive family on the planet. Sam has never known normal and now he must learn to do the impossible. He must learn to cope with the many competing voices with which every teenager must content, but Sam must also learn to cope with the voices of millions of strangers inside his head. When Sam meets Dr. Crangler, an enigmatic doctor hiding in the shadows of the poorest part of town with the distressing ability to not only read other people’s thoughts, but to control them as well, Sam begins to believe that there is hope. But instead of hope the Good Doctor brings terrifying news of a new and more powerful alien threat upon the horizon. A new kind of soldier must fight this war. For, it is not a war fought with guns and artillery shells. Nuclear warheads will not destroy the enemy. This is not a war for countries, but for planets and this war must be fought with the most powerful weapon of all.
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36)
About the Book
A mega-church pastor shields his congregation from the secrets of his past while managing a lucrative ministry and the trials that come with it. Pastor Orlando Clay is often at odds with treacherous community leaders and jealous rivals who covet his lifestyle, luxury cars and string of women in his bed. When the love of his life gets kidnapped by a local drug dealer, the community has to decide if their beloved minister is worth following past the point of no return.
Navigating the straight and narrow isn't always so simple when there are multi-layered responsibilities, urban-religiosity, glitz, glam and grime. This big city drama delivers juicy church gossip, jaw-dropping twists, and unpredictable turn of events. You'll enjoy the irresistible tale of a daring minister's desire to have it all and his struggle to protect it.
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37) Lenny Gray by Earl Sewell
About the Book
Set in early 20th century Mississippi, Lenny Gray yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within. She has known from an early age that she is meant to live a better life, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women and particularly African American women.
Lenny Gray is set in motion when she attempts to escape from marriage to a loathsome man. Under the cloak of nightfall, Lenny rushes towards nearby train tracks to begin her walk north towards a better future. Before long, she is caught by Curly, the father of her unborn child, who gives her an ultimatum.
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38) Threesome Part 2 by Brian W. Smith and Keith Thomas Walker
About the Book
Corey and Rene Grand struggle to keep their marriage together after the fallout from their wild sexual encounter (detailed in part 1). Although they both claim to have moved on they both are still bitter and plot to get their revenge on each other. The result is more drama and sexcapades than either bargained for. When the dust settles only one will be victorious...but will it all be worth it?
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39) ReBound by Kwame Alexander
About the Book
Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner
The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to.
A novel in verse with all the impact and rhythm readers have come to expect from Kwame Alexander,
Rebound will go back in time to visit the childhood of Chuck "Da Man" Bell during one pivotal summer when young Charlie is sent to stay with his grandparents where he discovers basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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40)
About the Book
It’s about to be an all-out war. While an ambitious rival has taken over Diamonds’s crew, Diamonds lies in wait in exile, carefully planning his next move to comeback and reclaim his position as king of the streets of New York for good. But when an unexpected enemy from the past one-ups Diamonds and beats him at his own game, Diamonds needs to dig deep into his bag of tricks—and make an unlikely alliance—in order to climb back to the top.
After opening her heart to Diamonds and then having him disappear, Pearl lives her days in a very dark place. But when her father’s empire is toppled and a gaping power vacuum needs to be filled, Pearl is drawn into the very life her father so desperately wanted to shield her from. Pearl needs to fight tooth and nail to become queen of her father’s kingdom, as Diamonds claws his way back to Pearl.
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41) Affiliated with a Street Thug by Cedric Lewis
About the Book
They say what happens in the dark always comes to light. Jane, an ex-federal agent, thought her nightmares were over once the agents who slayed Keith, her first husband, were brought to justice. However, a birthday rendezvous to the Bahamas reopens old wounds after meeting Brandi, who seems too intrigued with Jane. Jane soon finds herself back on the force in Greenville, South Carolina, her old stomping grounds, where she bumps into Cane, an ex-street thug who’s in town to avenge T-Lov’s death. They’re both in for a rude awakening once they start digging up old skeletons of deceptions and lies, mixed with betrayal and affiliation of street thugs. History is beginning to repeat itself and the entire gang is back. Will Jane bring the crooks to justice? Or will Cane get back into the game that took his uncle and best friend’s lives? It's another thriller by Cedric Lewis, so stop browsing the synopsis and get into the story…Affiliated With a Street Thug.
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42) Nothing To Live For 2 by Myster Solomon
About the Book
Benny DellRusso laid naked, the only thing that covered his nuts was a blue sheet that he shared with his Dark Secret. She was a sound a sleep on her side resting her round fat ass on Benny's thigh. Since the riot Benny wasn't able to creep in the hood to scoop up his whore, who he calls his Dark Secret. Gangster or no Gangster, Benny was white Italian, and even though he was a vicious murderer, he wasn't a fool and knew it wasn't safe for him driving through the hood in one of his many cars, he reasoned with his self and with Martin Luther King Jr. getting whacked, that had change the game, and the hustlers of the Ghetto had took back their streets and it was no more mob connected or controlled.
"Keisha?" Benny shook her awake by the left cheek of her ass. Yes that was Keisha, Murda Hill Project's prostitute, the same Keisha that Raw-Raw had lost his virginity too, and it's crazy that Benny DellRusso is in love with her, remember Raw-Raw and Benny still have beef that will play out in the years to come.
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43) Sins of the seventh by The Storytellah AKA Charles Burgess
About the Book
Scandal, romance and conviction-all in one mixing pot. Galvin Chambers is a professional athlete who feels all three emotions haunting him at the same time. Now finding himself torn between love and selfishness, he is left with no choice. Galvin decided he can no longer hide who he really is, and what it is he really wants in his life to feel complete. After three beautiful years of marriage, Galvin finally asks his wife, Spirit Ayers for a divorce to pursue his true love, Kim Donaldson, not taking for granted that Kim is married with two children. During the course of finding himself and finding love, Galvin adds yet another relationship in the theroy of dejected recovery. Putting his championship season on the line to chase a ring off the court becomes his only plan to sustain satisfaction. Will Galvin Chambers get what he so ultimately desires, or will his sins find a way to keep him convicted forever?...Find out the truth in, Sins Of The 7eventh, just why thou shall not commit adultery....
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44) Never Settle Never Again by Marques Lewis
About the Book
A relationship book to let women know not to settle for guys who are not going to give them unconditional love and make them feel like less of a woman
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45) Queen Sasha (An Urban Love Story) by Vincent Morris
About the Book
Queen Sasha, a superstar sista projected to be the next Oprah, fights to find love and happiness despite questionable men, a sista trapped in a loveless marriage, a meddling mother, an unexpected child coming into her life, and a talk show host slandering her name to become queen of all media.
The author is quoted as saying, "Aside from it being entertaining, if you believe in black love, black unity, and rising above foolishness, I've written the book for you. My first romance novel."
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46) The Million Dollar Destiny by RM Johnson
About the Book
Not long ago, when Monica Kenny’s husband realized she’d gone through premature menopause and would never give him the children he so desperately wanted, he took a mistress, deceived and divorced her. Monica tried to move on, but was unable, feeling the fool for allowing herself to be so badly abused and mistreated by the man she loved. Unable to look herself in the mirror, Monica was determined to even the score. She needed to hurt Nate in a way in which he would never recover. She needed revenge! That would come in the form of stealing from him what he valued most in the world: his son, the boy Monica had recommended they adopt two years ago, in order to save their marriage. Her husband rejected the idea at the time, only to later adopt the infant after his divorce from Monica was finalized. In order to succeed with her plan, Monica must convince a judge the child should be taken, and she will have to paint Nate as an adulterous, unfit parent who provides a hazardous living environment and abuses his child. That man is who Monica truly believes her husband to be, but it will be hard to prove, considering Nate has been acting the model father and has announced he’s “changed his ways” and “become a better man”.
Knowing her husband and the lies he tells, Monica enlists Nate’s past mistresses—the only women she believes can help: Daphanie Coleman and Tori Thomas. Monica positions the women to seduce Nate into succumbing to his most primal urges. But when the psychopathic killer, Freddy Ford—a man who has shot both Monica and Nate in the past, and left them for dead—breaks out of a psychiatric institution seeking revenge, the task of rescuing the child Monica loves from the man she hates, becomes more complicated, increasingly impossible and even deadly.
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47) Love Struggle: An Anthology by Ahmad Williams
About the Book
#Love Struggle is just that. Love is a struggle and what really matters is how much are you willing to put up with to make it. How about having step children? How about marrying your half sister's ex-lover and not knowing it? Maybe an old flame pops up into cyberspace? Or maybe there is the time that you were so broke that you just wished things would change for the betterment of your "partner". This is a compilation of the many short stories that Ahmad Williams has written over his career. If you love a sweet sound to drama then this anthology is for you!
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48) Never Letting Go: A Father's Love by Andre Ray
About the Book
Matthew is a father who just lost his wife after her three year battle with cancer and must now raise his three children on his own. They live in an upscale middle-class area in Raleigh, NC. Just when he thinks the worse is over and tries to put his family back together, his peaceful home is turned upside down and has become a total nightmare. He soon finds himself in an all-out warfare with the devil whose name is Keith to save his oldest daughter Amber who has chosen the love of an older man. It doesn’t help that she blames him for the death of her mother and is totally rebellious towards him. Amber has no idea that her love for Keith will take her to the depths of hell and back. She will be forced to choose between Keith and her father. Can the Lord save this family before it is too late or will the devil pull them into total despair?
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49) I Am Number 8 by Pastor John Gray III
If God can take David--the invisible eighth son of a forgotten family--and turn him into a king, just imagine what magnificent plans He has for redeeming your life.
David was born a number 8--a hidden gem, often overlooked and undervalued by everyone except for God. For David, being a number 8 seemed like a curse until the day God transformed him from the unknown eighth son of Jesse into the much-honored king of Israel.
When God sends out an invitation to greatness, His directions don't always make sense to us. You may feel like the most invisible, broken number 8 out there, but God sees your hidden value and is growing you for better things. David didn't know it, but his time as a simple shepherd with a dull future did not go unnoticed by God. In David's darkest moments, he was cultivating the kind of gifts, wisdom, and leadership he would need to become a king. Even when you're an underdog in the eyes of the world, God is working behind the scenes to develop you into a king or queen.
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