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Lutishia Lovely is back with another smoldering journey into the scandalous and occasionally sanctified lives of people who go to church but aren't always 100% Christian... Passion Perkins is hot to trot. After being celibate for five long years, she's ready, willing, and able to end her drought. But she's also determined to hold out for Mr. Right...a man her friends say doesn't exist until Lavon Chapman walks... (more)

Speak to My Heart: A Novel

by Stacy Hawkins Adams

Serena Jasper is a young professional woman on her way up the corporate ladder in a large advertising firm. She's always been close to her mother, especially since the death of her father. But when Serena learns of a devastating family secret, she feels betrayed by the one she trusted most. As she questions how someone as devout as her mother could have lied to her for years, Serena pulls away from both family... (more)

Truth Be Told

by Victoria Christopher Murray

The author of Essence bestsellers Temptation and Joy returns with a story about one woman's personal and spiritual journey to overcome the consequences of her husband's dark secret. Grace Monroe has the ideal life: a devoted husband, adoring daughters, and a booming career in politics. Newly elected on a Christian platform to the Los Angeles city council, she is determined to put her mistakes behind her... (more)

Temptation

by Victoria Christopher Murray

Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their 16 years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medial career is prospering and they have loyal friends. Kyla knows her newly divorced and lifelong friend, Jasmine, is desperately unhappy and no amount of prayer or encouragement seems to help. But what Kyla doesn't know is that Jasmine has a plan to move... (more)

Chosen

by Patricia Haley

The inspirational first novel from #1 Essence bestselling author Patricia Haley's series based on the popular biblical kings David and Solomon After Dave Mitchell abandoned his wife and business partner, Madeline, and their four children for a younger woman, the battle between his two families began. Dave's oldest son, Don, had been groomed from birth to take over his dad's business. Nothing prepared Don for... (more)

The Amen Sisters

by Angela Benson

After witnessing the suicide of a church sister, Minister Francine Amen is disgusted with herself for turning against the young woman and refusing to accept her claim of sexual abuse by their pastor. Now, after a short stay in a psychiatric hospital, Francine is trying to pull her life and her ministry back together. But first she must face all of the people she has hurt so deeply--including her younger sister,... (more)

Shades Of Gray

by Jacquelin Thomas

The Rose of Jericho

by Vanessa Davis Griggs

Delve into the world of Solomon, his lovely yet powerful wife, her mother Countess, friends Rosalyn (a.k.a. "Honey") and Pearl (a.k.a. "Sister"). It's about relationships. Private journals. Then there's George Landris...smooth, intelligent (among other things). But just where--how does he fit in all of this? The Rose of Jericho: Intense, compelling, revealing, thought-provoking, heartwarming, funny,... (more)

Saved In The City

by Jacquelin Thomas

Twenty-one-year-old Patterson Haney has always dreamed of leaving her small Georgia town, moving to New York City and becoming a model. She's been blessed with the looks and the spirit to succeed, and she knows that God will guide her every step in the competitive profession. But when she meets smooth-talking, gorgeous Miller Baisden, it's her personal life that poses the greatest challenge: Patterson is torn... (more)

Wings of Grace

by Vanessa Davis Griggs

This novel includes generations of spirituality, mystery, history, and racial conflict. A black woman, Mamie Patterson, and a white woman, Sarah Fleming, grow up together in Asheville, North Carolina, and their lives are forever intertwined. In 1935, each becomes pregnant and gives birth within hours. Sarah is told her baby was stillborn and is sent off to a mental institution. Mamie raises her twins, one a dark... (more)

Preacherman Blues

by Jihad

Best friends...Megapreachers...One good...one evil...As kids, Terrell (TJ) Money and Percival (PC) Turner had one goal-become big time preachers. But once they accomplish that goal, heading up One World Faith; the largest church in the Southeast, the best friends battle on just how they should be leading their flock. TJ is living up to his name and looking to capitalize on a congregation more than willing to shell... (more)

Ladies In Waiting

by Linda Hudson-Smith

Marlene Covington is the devout wife of a preacher who's been locked up for a crime that may have been committed by their troubled twenty-one-year-old son. Keisha Reed is an L.A. mom struggling to make ends meet, while the faithless father of her two kids serves his prison time. Rosalinda Morales works two jobs to support her ailing mother and pay legal fees for her career-criminal lover. Alexis DuBoise has come a... (more)

Woman, Thou Art Loosed!: Devotional Guide

Woman, Thou Art Loosed!: Devotional Guide

by T. D. Jakes

From T.D. Jakes, the New York Times bestselling author of God's Leading Lady and Maximize the Moment , comes an inspiring novel of a desperate woman's self-awakening, salvation, and the power of faith. "I made up my mind that the person walking out of jail would be a lot different than the one they dragged in. Don't get me wrong. It ain't like I didn't appreciate going home. But it came with strings... (more)

Nothing but the Right Thing: A Novel

by Stacy Hawkins Adams

Serena McDaniels is successful, sassy, and saved. Life is good. She has a loving husband and a new home. Still, there's one dream that remains just out of reach. When she left a high-profile advertising agency to pursue her dreams of having a family, Serena never imagined that the stress of her husband's pastorate and their desire to follow God's will might delay their dreams of becoming parents. And... (more)

Divas of Damascus Road

by Michelle Stimpson

The title of this thought-provoking book makes reference to the Damascus Road experience of Saul (Paul) of the Bible whose encounter with God on that road turned his life around If it were not for the wedding of her favourite aunt, Gloria, Diane would never have returned to Dentonville, Texas. She has been gone for 20 years but the devastation of growing up with a drug addicted and mentally ill mother still... (more)

I Know I've Been Changed

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Raedella Rollins left the dusty town of Sweet Poke, Arkansas, on a Texas-bound bus with four mis-matched suitcases, a newsroom job offer, and a promise to herself: never look back. Less than a decade later she's a top-rated talk show host, a celebrity news anchor, and fiancee to Houston's star councilman. But now that she's reached the top, her ragtag family comes knocking. Mama Tee, the grandmother who raised... (more)

Joy

by Victoria Christopher Murray

Anya Mitchell has it all: a successful L.A. financial services company, a loving fianc, and an unshakable trust in Goduntil she is brutally attacked by a stalker. Anyas faith and her fianc help her deal with the horror, but soon she is faced with a dilemma and must decide how far she is willing to go to have a future clear of this tragedy with the man she loves.

A Man Inspired

by Derek Jackson

Jermaine's life appears to be the picture of perfection to the thousands of people who tune in to him and flock to his self-help seminars. Yet beneath it all, Jermaine is depressed and unhappy and lives his life in the exact opposite manner from which he preaches. After a failed attempt to commit suicide, Jermaine is hospitalized and has a revelation through an unlikely mentor. Jermaine realises that faith and a... (more)

Singsation

by Jacquelin Thomas

Deborah Anne Peterson knows that her amazing singing voice is a gift from God. One Sunday, a hometown rapper and movie star becomes mesmerized by her beautiful solo. He introduces Deborah Anne to the right people, and suddenly she is on tour singing backup. But her success exacts a steep price, and she will come to realize the true purpose of her gift.

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by Dwan Abrams

by Lutishia Lovely

by Stacy Hawkins Adams

by Victoria Christopher Murray

by Victoria Christopher Murray

by Patricia Haley

by Angela Benson

by Jacquelin Thomas

by Vanessa Davis Griggs

by Jacquelin Thomas

by Vanessa Davis Griggs

by Jihad

by Linda Hudson-Smith

by T. D. Jakes

by Stacy Hawkins Adams

by Michelle Stimpson

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

by Victoria Christopher Murray

by Derek Jackson

by Jacquelin Thomas