Patricia R. Floyd
41) Sister, sister
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A tale of feminine solidarity in Los Angeles starring three women, one black and two mulattas. When two discover they are shared by a man, instead of fighting they dump him and help each other find new loves. When the football-playing husband of the third beats her, the sister is taken dancing.
42) Last temptation
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When her son's father comes back into her life, declaring his love for her, single mother Patricia "Peaches" Miller, who never wants to become dependent on a man, must battle against temptation since he belongs to another woman, and turns to God for help. Original.
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"First ladies of the Baptist church and sworn frenemies Rachel Jackson Adams and Jasmine Cox Larson Bush are stunned to learn they may have more in common than they thought--like who's their daddy--in the scandalous new collaboration between national bestselling and award-winning authors ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray. A heated American Baptist Coalition election. A murky murder cover-up. An outrageous reality TV show. What...
44) Sinners & saints
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Jasmine Larson Bush and Rachel Jackson Adams are each fighting to become the first lady of the National Baptist Association, until the current first lady steps in, a woman bigger, badder, and more devious than either of them.
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Jasmine Larson Bush is finally living a drama-free life. She's left her lying, cheating, stealing stripper days behind and is standing by her husband's side as the first lady of one of the largest churches in New York City. But just when Jasmine has committed her life completely to God, her daughter Jacqueline is kidnapped from a mall the day after Thanksgiving. The police and the church community join in the frantic search to find the four-year-old....
46) Destiny's Divas
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Living wild lives, popular gospel singers Sierra, Raine, and Liza struggle with relationship disharmony, family breakdowns, and scandals until one of them commits an illegal act that exposes all three to scrutiny.
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Victoria Christopher Murray is an Essence best-selling author who creates absorbing tales of contemporary love. For 17 years, Sheridan and Quentin seemed to have the perfect marriage. Now he is leaving her for another man. Her life shattered, Sheridan wonders how she can help their two children live through this crisis, while keeping her own emotional turmoil under control.
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In her most chilling challenge yet, Sienna St. James believes she has come face to face with the terrorist responsible for the carnage in her hometown. Taking him on as a client in her therapy practice may be the only way to prove to herself and authorities that her time-tested instincts are right. Complicating matters are her damaged dreams and broken heart and the need to finally confront the one person whose absence from her life changed everything....
50) Friends & foes
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Now that Rachel Jackson Adams' husband has won the coveted presidency of the American Baptist Coalition, Jasmine Larson Bush has a scheme to one-up her rival by promoting her new community center on the nation's #1 TV talk show! This won't stop Rachel, who jets from Houston to Chicago to sabotage Jasmine. Then one of the Coalition's heaviest hitters turns up dead - and Rachel looks guilty as sin. Will her nemesis leave her stranded?
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A tale of love, lust, and mistrust, Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe reveals the secrets that break homes as well as hearts.
The Jacobs's siblings have done a good job of masking their secrets behind finely wrought facades, hidden agendas, and questionable paternity...until the day it all starts to unravel. Faced at last with the truth, Kennedy, Simone, and Derrick Jacobs find themselves vulnerable and exposed, determined to salvage the lives they have...
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Life is good for Tarmara. Her New Jersey-based private investigation business is thriving, she has a loving boyfriend, and her teenage son is doing well in school. But then Lilah Love saunters into Tamara's office. She claims her daughter has been stolen and wants Tamara to rescue the little girl. The case should be simple enough, but there are other parties interested in the child, and soon Tamara is immersed in a web of deciet and murder. Things...
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Imagine a girl so in love that she's willing to serve time in jail for her man. Now meet Secret Miller, 18 and pregnant, being hauled off to jail while her boyfriend, Lucky, looks the other way. The dope the police found in the car is Lucky's, but since it's Secret's car and she's the one driving, the police throw her in cuffs. Not only does Lucky not speak up for his girl, but he has his side chick come and pick him up from the scene while Secret...
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There's a new drug on the street: Glow. Said to heal almost any illness, its main ingredient is blood--the blood of immortals. A small but powerful underground railroad of immortals is distributing the blood, slowly wiping out the AIDS epidemic. But the Glow peddlers are being murdered by a violent, hundred-year-old sect with ties to the Vatican. And the only immortal born with the Living Blood is being hunted to fulfill an ancient blood prophecy...
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It's been three years since Aaron Mackie succeeded in helping his friend and mentor, Bishop T.K. Wilson, dig his ministry out of financial ruin. Aaron is also responsible for re-energizing the almost-defunct choir and forming it into something special. His success has drawn national attention, and he's on the verge of signing a huge recording contract. With his life in order, Aaron decides the time is right to propose to Tia Gregory, the church secretary...
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Alana Kim is the definition of crazy, sexy, cool. This wild child lives life on her terms and coudn't care less what the world thinks of her. Seeking something she never experienced in her home growing up, Alana relishes the affection and attention she receives from the opposite sex. Men absolutely adore her, but she's unable to return those feelings, which causes problems to arise with a longtime lover. For years, Alana has been content having sex...
57) The ex files
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When their pastor asks Kendall, Asia, Vanessa, and Sheridan to meet weekly for prayer, they can't imagine they will have anything in common. But then a devastating tragedy strikes and these strangers are forced to reexamine their choices. Will they find true friendship, or will prayer--and their union--fail them?
58) Redemption
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When gorgeous movie star Marin Alexander and handsome televangelist Warner Brice first lock eyes, they each feel they've found the perfect soul-mate. Although Marin agrees to exchange her celebrity for motherhood, she can't escape the spotlight's seductive song and fame's irresistible lure.
60) The Black list
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In The Black List, twenty-five prominent African-Americans of various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds offer their own stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in America and, in the process, redefine 'black list' for a new century. As seen in a series of incisive interviews conducted by award-winning journalist, critic, academic, and radio host Elvis Mitchell, this group exemplifies today's most accomplished,...