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1) Temptation
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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 her life forward with the type of man...
2) Passing
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"Nella Larsen's second novel, Passing, first published in 1929, is a fascinating exploration of race and identity set amidst the blossoming Harlem Renaissance. Irene Redfield is a Black woman living an affluent, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thriving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920s. When she reconnects with her childhood friend Clare Kendry, who is similarly light-skinned, Irene discovers that Clare has been passing for...
3) Church folk
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Theophilus Henry Simmons is young, single, sexy, and just about the finest black man any wishful mother and daughter have ever seen in Charleston, Mississippi. He's also a pastor. And when he starts courting the quiet, homespun Essie Lee Lane-and she accepts his marriage proposal-a few of the church folk decide to teach Essie what it really means to be a pastor's wife, and show her how little she knows about them. But as Theophilus gains prominence...
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What happens when the life you have is not the life you want?
Christine Thurman and her husband, Jesse Ray, built a business worth millions and were once deeply in love. But lately J.R. has become obsessed with his empire and Christine feels taken for granted. . .until Wade Eddie Fisher, a bad boy with good looks from Christine's past, comes back to town. Even though Wade is penniless and undependable, he reignites something deep within...
Christine Thurman and her husband, Jesse Ray, built a business worth millions and were once deeply in love. But lately J.R. has become obsessed with his empire and Christine feels taken for granted. . .until Wade Eddie Fisher, a bad boy with good looks from Christine's past, comes back to town. Even though Wade is penniless and undependable, he reignites something deep within...
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Angel, Jaz, Tasha, and Kyra are four girlfriends pulling themselves out of the ghetto--and trying to bring their hearts up to higher ground with them. Now Angel has started her own law practice and a new life with Kaylin, a drug dealer who's stepped out of the game to run a recycling business and hot new record label. But when an unwanted guest crashes their wedding, all the rage and bloodlust from the hood comes bustin' out--and Angel's gonna need...
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"At thirty-six, Petra Fields gets a shock that causes her to take a look at her life, and she's not proud of what she sees. Her past is a catalog of secrets and lies that she's never had the courage to own up to, and Petra knows she won't find peace of mind until she's made amends. But the task is far more difficult than she expected"--Amazon.com.
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"Dolores Reese, a master at keeping secrets, attempts to pull off the ultimate deception as she juggles two husbands--one in prison, and one at home--and becomes trapped in a web of love, dishonesty, and jealousy, when her first husband is set free due to new evidence."
10) Alibi
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Two men think they've found the perfect opportunity - a chance to rob the stash house of Simon Shuller, one of Philadelphia's biggest drug lords. But their plans are spoiled by Nard, one of Shuller's soldiers. Now, with a couple of dead bodies on his hands, Nard needs to make a quick getaway. Thinking quickly, he cleans shop and makes his escape - but not before being spotted by a few neighbors. Nard needs an alibi, fast - and Daisy Fothergill needs...
11) Bachelor untamed
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Years ago, Ellie's hot summer flirtation with Uriel had ended disastrously. Now, anxious to complete her great aunt's unfinished romance novel, Ellie's determined to get some firsthand experience by resuming their affair. But can she convince Uriel to trust her again?
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After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white.
13) God ain't blind
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Annette Goode Davis's marriage is in big trouble, and she has no idea why. Lately, her husband Pee Wee barely has the time of day for Annette and she suspects he may have fallen for another woman. Desperate to regain his affections, Annette gets a total makeover. Everyone notices but Pee Wee. Annette is ripe for the picking when she meets Louis Raines, and soon is embroiled in a full blown affair. In way over her head, Annette turns to forever friend...
14) Man of Fate
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Childhood friends Kyle, Duncan and Ivan have become rich, successful co-owners of a beautiful Harlem brownstone. The one thing each of them lacks is a special woman to share his life...A fender bender seems like a stroke of lousy luck, until attorney Kyle Chatham glimpses the woman who just put a dent in his vintage Jag. And the fact that gorgeous social worker Ava Warrick wants little to do with him only piques his interest.
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When Zya's boyfriend, Jules, is sentenced to a five-year-bid, he temporarily hands his operation over to her. With little street knowledge, Zya turns his small operation into an untouchable empire. She becomes connected to a Cuban drug lord, and the sky is the limit. Zya begins an underground network called Supreme Clientele with an elite roundtable. Released from prison, Jules wants back what is rightfully his -- but Zya isn't ready to hang it up...
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Honey Thomas is running a counseling center for women trying to get off Atlanta's streets. But she's financing the center with money she stole from her ex-pimp Valentino James, and he's willing to kill to get it back. Now Honey needs to disappear to save her life, but does that mean losing everything?
18) All about Eva
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A wealthy boyfriend, designer clothes, exotic vacations, and a Central Park penthouse-- these are a few of Eva Cantrell's favorite things.But when her sugar daddy turns out to be an investor swindler and goes on the run, he leaves an unsuspecting Eva without a couture bag to her name. With the gravy train permanently derailed, suddenly nobody is who Eva thought they were. Her socialite best friend has become her worst enemy, and her new attorney is...
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They had a hot, fleeting affair Farrah Langley has never forgotten. Attorney-to-the-rich-and-famous Xavier Kane was tender, sexy, attentive—and ravished her body. Everything she ever wanted in a lover. Getting together with him again in New York is a fantasy come true. She certainly doesn't expect the footloose bachelor to change his ways. And the burned-by-love mediator isn't looking for forever.
But Xavier is.
There's something about...
But Xavier is.
There's something about...
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Her first marriage didn't work out, but that isn't going to stop Alicia Black, the privileged daughter of the charismatic Reverend Curtis Black, from getting what she wants. One month after her wedding to her second husband, she can't believe her good fortune. God has heeded her prayers, blessing her with Pastor JT Valentine, a handsome, dynamic man of the cloth with his own large congregation, just like her father. Unfortunately, Alicia doesn't understand...
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