Stacey Hawkins Adams
The Someday List. Revell, 2009.
When a dying friend challenges her to make a list of things to do before she dies, Rachelle Covington does just that and heads back to Jubilant, Texas, to reconnect with her past...including her her ex. But how will her journey impact upon her life with her husband and children?
Angela Benson
Awakening Mercy. BET, 2002.
CeCe Williams is a young unwed African American mother who has
put her impoverished past behind her and has made a successful career in real
estate. Devoted to her son, she has put any thought of a love life on permanent
hold…until the law catches up with her in the form of a series of unpaid
parking tickets. Ordered to do community service with Genesis House, an African
American Christian charity, she finds herself strongly attracted to its spiritual
leader, Nathaniel Richardson. By the same author: For All Time (1995), Second
Chance (1997).
Bertrice Berry
When Love Calls, You Better Answer.
Broadway, 2005.
Bernita Brown is a dedicated middle-aged social worker who excels
at everything except her choice of men. Her Aunt Babe, who raised her whose
own life was less than loving (did I forget to mention she is dead?), is determined
to look out for her and has found the perfect man for Bernita. All she has to
do is do a little maneuvering from beyond the grave.
Sonnie Beverly
Saved Folk in the House. Walk Worthy,
2006.
Three stories of women whose lives are connected to the same
set of family and friends and who learn to draw on faith and spiritual strength
to get the most out of their lives.
Elaine Meryl Brown
Playing by the Rules. One World,
2006.
Having kidnapped his young sister from an unfit foster mother,
Vietnam vet Jeremiah ends up in Lemon City, VA, where they are taken in by the
family of Nana Dunalp. Before long, Jeremiah and Ruby Rose are practically part
of the family but problems ensue when granddaughter Louise becomes interest
in Jeremiah, much to the consternation of her boyfriend, Medford, himself abandoned
as a baby, who has been actively trying to track down his own birth mother.
By the same author: Lemon City (2004).
Cheri Paris Edwards
Plenty Good Room. Walk Worthy, 2005.
When Tamara Britton agrees to temporarily take in fourteen-year-old
foster child Sienna Larson, she quickly decides that the girl is more of a challenge
than she can handle. Only after she opens up her heart as well as her home does
she discover that Sienna represents what has been missing in her life: a family.
Jamellah Ellis
That Faith, That Trust, That Love.
Villard, 2003.
Marley Shepherd has it all. She is a lawyer at a prestigious
law firm and is engaged to a scion of Atlanta black society. So what’s
the problem? Why does she have nagging doubts about the relationship? She looks
to God for answers and finds more than she bargained for.
Sharon Ewell Foster
Passing by Samaria. Alabaster, 2000.
Alena, a young African American woman living in rural Mississippi
in 1919, is changed forever and her faith in God damaged when she finds the
lynched body of her best friend. She moves to Chicago, where she faces even
more racial unrest and challenges to her Christian faith.
Michelle Harris
Sweet Bye-Bye. Walk Worthy, 2004.
Caught up in the glitter and glamour of materialism, spoiled
Chantell Meyers promises to become a better person if her father survives a
life-threatening illness. When her prayer is answered, she begins to make changes
in her life.
Derek Jackson
A Man Inspired. Walk Worthy, 2005.
Famous and wealthy motivational speaker Jermaine Hill should
practice what he preaches. Instead, he is a tormented man who ends up in the
hospital after a failed suicide attempt. There he meets an unlikely “savior”
in another patient, Ambrose Rivers.
Norma L. Jarrett
Sweet Magnolia. Harlem Moon, 2006.
As relatives begin to gather at the late Hannah Ledoux’s
house in New Orleans for her granddaughter’s wedding, generational secrets
and sisterly resentments that have spanned decades slowly come to the surface.
Only after a near tragedy do sisters Summer and Mia grasp God’s message
about faith and love. By the same author: Sunday Brunch (2004).
Michelle Larks
Keeping Misery Company. Urban Christian,
2007.
Faced with the demise of her marriage of over 30 years, Ruth
Wilcox, the daughter of a prominent Chicago minister, Ruth tries to focus on
other things like taking care of her terminally ill brother. And while her husband
learns that the grass isn't always greener, Ruth struggles to forgive and move
on.
Monique Miller
Secret Sisterhood. Urban Christian,
2007.
It isn't easy for Shelby Tomlinson working as a registered nurse
in an infertility clinic when she has been unable to conceive a child of her
own. She turns to God for help and she is not the only one with that particular
prayer.
Vanessa Miller
Abundant Rain. Urban Christian,
2008.
When her seemingly perfect life--CEO husband, two beautiful children and an elegant home--is shattered, Elizabeth Underwood must place her faith in God to help her overcome the struggles she must face.
Victoria Christopher Murray
A Sin & a Shame. Touchstone,
2006.
In this sequel to Temptation (2001) home-wrecker
Jasmine Lawson has vowed to turn over a new leaf and lead a good Christian life.
Alas, she quickly falls back into her bad habits of manipulation, lying, and
secrecy, to get what she believes God wants her to have. Can she be saved and
find true love? By the same author: Joy (2001); Truth
Be Told (2004).
Kendra Norman-Bellamy
Because of Grace. BET, 2005.
When Dr. Gregory Dixon loses his first patient, he begins to
doubt his confidence as a surgeon, putting his marriage in jeopardy, especially
when his wife Grace becomes ill, and he must place his faith in God to help
him make a tough decision and get through this difficult time.
Leslie J. Sherrod
Like Sheep Gone Astray. Walk Worthy,
2006.
Top-level account executive Anthony Murdock is also in training
to become a Baptist minister, much to the chagrin of his money-loving wife.
When he makes a bad decision in regards to a get-rich-quick scheme, a conscience-stricken
Anthony tries to find a way to atone for his sins without going to jail or losing
everything.
Pat Simmons
Talk to Me. Urban Christ., 2008.
After a fireworks explosion renders him deaf, CEO Noel Richardson joins God's Grace Church where he meets beautiful interpreter Mackenzie Nortonthing.
Michelle Stimpson
The Divas of Damascus Road. Walk
Worthy, 2006.
When Diane Rucker returns home to Dentonville, TX, for the first
time in years to attend the weeding of her favorite aunt, she brings with her
three decades of emotion baggage. But she learns that she is not the only one
suffering. A story of the power of family, love, and the ability of faith to
heal. By the same author: Boaz Brown (2004).
Jacquelin Thomas
A Change is Gonna Come. Bet, 2003.
They couldn’t be more different, but four women who work
at St. Paul County Human Services trying to help women in need get their lives
in order find themselves coping with similar issues: men, friendship, family,
and faith. By the same author: Singsation (2001).
Rita Coburn Whack
Meant to Be. Villard, 2002.
After a traumatic experience deeply affects her, Patience Jan
Campbell grows into a woman searching for love, understanding, maturity, and
self-fulfillment. Along the way she is watched over from Heaven by her grandma
Hannah.
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