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Sixteen-year-old Lyric Daniels has big dreams of becoming a singer-songwriter. Her vibrant spirit and talent are undeniable, but her biggest obstacle isn't the outside world—it's her overprotective mother, Serenity Daniels. A single mother who has spent her life shielding Lyric from the struggles she endured growing up, Serenity is a force to be reckoned with. Her mantra is simple: “Anyone who wants to harm my baby has gotta go through me.” When Lyric is offered the opportunity of a lifetime—a chance to perform in a prestigious showcase in New York City—Serenity's protective ...

In the quiet town of Stonewall, Louisiana, librarian Eleanor Lewis has built a life of books and solitude. Now fifty, she’s come to believe that love may simply not be part of her story—until a looming budget crisis threatens to close the library she’s dedicated her heart to. Enter George Miller, a recently retired literature professor seeking peace, purpose, and perhaps a new beginning in his golden years. When he steps up to help save the library, an unexpected partnership forms—grounded in a shared love of words, quiet moments, and a deepening respect for each other’s strengths...

I’m as successful, as Lady O if you asked my mother. But lately, successful, saved, and satisfied is equaling stale, sarcastic, and stagnate. I’m teaching young, gifted adults to become intellectually creditable, all the while wondering what has intellect gotten me? A nice house, car, and an empty bed that I refuse to allow anyone I know to lay in. I’ve outgrown satisfaction by self-sabotaging acts of sins and if another man ever gets close enough for me to take the bed, it’s going to be after the night he and I wed. So for now, I’m about to ditch my life. New York City and my ...

About A Heart Assigned With the New Year comes hope for a better one. A clean slate, if you will, to leave the past behind and start fresh. For these characters, that’s exactly what they intend to do. They’re not running away; they’re running toward something new. Carlie Rose Long is one of the many. I’ve been left behind to carry on with life after losing my husband, Felton. I’m drowning. I’m slowly losing the will to live. Then I find a letter that leads to more letters from Felton with specific instructions. They send me on a journey that leads me face to face with my secret....

✨ Grace and Glory – Description (Polished) Sometimes love waits quietly in the wings—until purpose calls it center stage. Staff Sergeant Danica Stewart served her country with honor, but one mission remains unfinished: the quiet, loyal love she carried for her Desert Storm commander, Corporal Bradford Stynes. Years ago, she buried those feelings beneath military protocol and the hard truth of his marriage. But when she hears he’s divorced and living in the Louisiana Bayou, Danica follows hope—and maybe something more—south. What she finds isn’t the reunion she imagined. ...

Dive into the heart of darkness in "If You Do," where the echo of footsteps in a school’s hallway could be the sound of justice drawing near—or the harbinger of danger yet to come. In the locker room of South Central High School, a new chapter of chilling crime unfolds, plunging the quaint town of Kickapoo into a profound state of shock. "If You Do" beckons readers back into the enigmatic world where Detective Katrina Jacobs and her partner, Sergeant Regina Owens, reigns supreme in their relentless pursuit of justice. This time, the heart of the mystery beats within the school's campus,...

She’s my friend with benefits. But I fooled around and fell in love. She tore my heart apart. 🖤 Patricia Fox 🖤 I've played the game like a woman should. Have sex, have fun, and don’t get caught up. But I did. So, I did the next best thing…because at the end of the day, I’m not having a child by myself. But, I took the pill. Played the game again. This time secured… But when playing with sin, one never wins and you can never be so secure. 🖤 Melvin Paul 🖤 I’ve been in love with Patricia from day one. Sexy thick, in all the right places. Mocha skin smoothed enough to ...

Bryce Stanley: Ava, the woman who once captivated my heart, has returned to her family home just a short distance from mine. Despite the heartbreak she caused, the barriers between us—her status as a divorced mother—seem insignificant against the force of my lingering affection. I find myself irresistibly drawn to her, caught in a mix of longing and imagined scenarios where she belongs to me once more. Ava Townsend: After choosing a path that led me away from Bryce, I ended up in a marriage that wasn't meant to be. Now, back at square one, I'm piecing my life back together for my son ...

Dwight loves all things female—but he’s not about to settle down until he finds a woman who fits one very high standard: extraordinary. She has to be everything he’s admired in his mother—and then some. Until then, he’s following his Uncle Butter’s advice: “Give the rats some cheese.” The only woman Dwight might’ve considered settling down with? Jamecia. But now she’s got white boy Jacob on her arm. Little does Dwight know—he’s about to meet the next best thing: Jamecia’s sister, Jayla. Jayla has had her share of dead-end relationships. After too many heartbreaks, ...

The rebound is never as good as your first love. Shelly Shanay Smith is sassy and a little tom-boyish but she always thought she had the perfect man to love her, until he left home and never returns. So she did what any woman would… Shelly moved on. Chace loved Shelly and he still does. The thought of her being with another man was too much for his heart to bear. So when he finds out from a little birdie that she’s back on the market, he sees the second chance he’s prayed for and vows to win Shelly back. But Shelly’s no fool and refuses to release her heart to the man who abandoned ...

Mason Richards, a/k/a Mr. Conservative, is everything his line name suggests—steady, reliable, and deeply rooted in his traditional values. Mason thrives on routine and control, building his life and brotherly image around order and predictability. That is until Reign Gehl crashes into his world. Reign Gehl is Mason’s polar opposite—bold, outspoken, free-spirit who thrives on living in chaos and on her terms. She’s a rising star in the medical field who has finally eliminated the trash from her broken past. When an unexpected twist forces Mason and Reign to work together on their ...

Carol has made some big moves since her divorce from Wallace. She’s become a nurse, runs the Strong’s Family Clinic, and now, she’s ready for love. Baxter, her date to Wallace’s reception, is a handsome, rich, retired Airman but something is not there. Carol wants a love to call her own, but she refuses to settle just for the sake of having a man. So, while her friends are left to wonder about Baxter and her, she’s putting more time into talks with Carlotta (her only daughter), and her best friend Isha. She’s beautiful, seemingly smart, and has such a wonderful sense of humor. ...

Kane and Veronica’s wedding became the perfect backdrop for the next Faith Temple Cathedral wedding, as Damon proposed to Selena. Although it felt right from the beginning, things are progressing, and Selena is starting to feel something pricking about her response. Newly married Veronica Booth and her sister-in-love, Jasmine Kimbrel, have decided to throw an exclusive couples event for all the couples of Faith Temple Cathedral who were instrumental in their life and wedding. And although there are a few singles in attendance, most of them are engaged or have someone they’ve labeled as ...

It’s hard being in your twenties, single, and desiring love. It’s also hard dating and at the same time, controlling your flesh. Nevertheless, the young singles of FTC are learning how to safe-date. In this rare but raw singles class, they are learning things from the perspective of newly married sisters, Jamecia and Jayla. Will the lessons stick? Carlotta has been such an awesome sister to Isha, but even doing her best, things happen that she has no control of. But, thank God for church friends. Lyden, was there from the very beginning. As their feelings began to change for one another...

Everyone knows the hardest thing to do is stay in the place where you’ve been hurt the most. And Jade does what so many of us do, run. She left Louisiana with hopes of healing her heart, but she soon realizes pieces of her heart was left in the place she abandoned. Jasper Booth Jr. has never stopped loving Jade, but he’s no longer waiting on her to make up her mind to come home. Hopefully, a letter from an attorney will get her back to Louisiana, where she belongs. Jessica Booth is planning the event of the century right on the field of one of Shreveport’s most phenomenal schools. ...

He’s living with the pain of losing his best friend; And struggling with PTSD and a promise. She is dealing with the pain of losing her brother And moving forward in his honor. The woman who can help him heal plus a promise to seek help, will ultimately lead them both to a chance at love which is more than either of them expected. Dash Edwards has been medically released from the military after serving twenty-five years. PTSD is stripping him of everything he loves. After making a promise to his sister to seek help, he finds himself face to face with his future and the last request of his...

All I've ever cared about was being the type of man that God has called me to be, and having a woman in my life who will love me unconditionally. Then I found her. She's the prettiest woman I have ever laid eyes on, and the fact that she has those two darling little girls is enough to make me stake claim on all three of them. Now, she thinks her full-figured body, and the nut she used to be married to, is enough to run me away. What she doesn't understand is I love me a woman who I have to use every ounce of my strength to hold onto.

The finale of the E Love Series is here… and love is about to take over the town. The Jourdain girls are getting married—and this time, they’re going out in style. With the blessing of their soon-to-be husbands, Jacob and Dwight, Jamecia and Jayla have planned something no one will forget: a double wedding to celebrate their extraordinary love stories. Finally, love is trending for them both—and the sisters could not be happier. But where there is blessing, there is also battle. And the same enemy watching these celebrations unfold is determined to test their resolve. This time, the...

A Black Girl’s Cry, author Danyelle Scroggins intimately explores the real-life struggles Black girls face—racism, failed relationships, corporate tension, broken friendships, and deep emotional pain. But in the midst of these challenges, Scroggins poses a powerful and unexpected question: What happens when a Black mother chooses to teach her daughters more about Christ than about the struggle of being Black in America? As a young mother who understood firsthand what it meant to be African American, she made a bold decision—to raise her daughters in faith before fear. For her, knowing...

Who sleeps or lusts after a pastor? And who on earths wants to be stuck in the shadow of a man, wearing a big hat and sitting in a permanent front row seat where everyone is watching you? Not Destiny! Roderick Prince Strong is just as handsome as he is fine, but I’m just not sure if being a first lady is a part of my destiny. I know that my journey is marked by love and destined by God, but I still have not accepted the fact that I now own, Faith Temple Cathedral…a church. But just as I’m finally coming to grips with my assignment and things are coming together after the death...