Susan Spain
21) 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.
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Not yet a woman yet more than a little girl, Rae Dodson is caught up in her family's drama. Her hip older sister, Kimmie, whom her mother favors, has moved from New Orleans to join them in Detroit, a city that moves as if in synch with the Stevie Wonder tunes that play giddily from new automobiles fresh off the factory lots. Her bid whist–playing mother is as nervous as ever, and her father's chronic migraines seem less responsive to medication....
24) Path to promise
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There's a difference between running scared and running free.
Rebecca Lucas is on the run again, running from rumors, running from reality, and most of all, running from Will, her best friend and soul mate. This time Rebecca is ready to reclaim the life she left behind in Salisbury before the burial of her mother and the handling of her mother's estate. Time away, however, has done little to alleviate her biggest problem-her coworker Kenny Burke...
25) Nappily faithful
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Hoping to get away from emotional baggage in Los Angeles, Venus and Jake move to Atlanta. Yet the constant cloud of the past follows them: a difficult pregnancy and Jake being charged for the murder of his accountant. Though Jake never spent one night in jail, he fears the case will be reopened and he'll once again have to fight for his freedom. And the timing couldn't be worse since Airic, the biological father of Venus' daughter Mya, suddenly demands...
26) Satin nights
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"The sequel to 'Satin Doll,' continuing the story of Regina Harris and her three girlfriends, dealing with divorce, single parenthood, and romance in Harlem"--Provided by the publisher.
27) She's no angel
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Angel becomes a pastor's wife, and crosses paths with Mother Calloway, who wants to put her through the pit of hell.
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Using What You Got is a provocative novel from a best-selling author. Young and beautiful Tiara Bynum expects to be treated like a princess. Her father will give her anything she asks for, even if he can't afford it. But when the man of Tiara's dreams doesn't seem to return her feelings, her confidence is shaken, and she makes some decisions with disastrous consequences
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Terri Mills' star is on the rise. A smart and ambitious lawyer engaged to a successful man, she has escaped her small-town roots and hopes to never look back. But then her man is unfaithful. Grandma Ollie knows something is wrong when her pen runs out of ink as she tries to enter Terri's engagement in her bible. Before long, Terri returns to Arkansas and Grandma Ollie, where she absorbs plenty of sage wisdom and struggles to cope with her upturned...
30) My fine lady
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Imani finds she's not a fair lady, she's a fine one--actually more than fine when it comes to her musical skills. This gift hasn't gone unnoticed by several key men in her life. Her father, her boyfriend, and a potential new love interest--a college professor--all have ideas about where Imani's career is headed. But before she can make it, she has to learn how to navigate issues of trust and identity and fine the strength to be her own inspiration....
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Debut novelist Erika J. Kendrick is no stranger to the record industry or the world of professional cheerleading- she was once a Chicago Bulls cheerleader and she's worked at Island Def Jam. Here Kendrick turns that background in to a spicy debut novel. After Hannah's fiancé is caught cheating, she leaves him to pursue her cheerleading dream, while still working at RockStar Records. And Hannah will deal firsthand with Cheerleader Rule #1: Don't fall...
32) Remember me
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Mia Marks, a black girl from inner-city Detroit, and Danielle King, a white suburban girl, meet at an all-girls Catholic high school and become friends. But an indiscretion destroyd their friendship. Twenty years later Danielle is a successful novelist living in Miami. Mia is a school teacher in Detroit. Both are unhappily married and raising teenage daughters. And botrh are too pround to make the first move to reconnect until tragedy brings them...
33) Love on the line
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Love on the Line stars unforgettable mother and daughter Thea and Jesse Morgan. Recently widowed, Thea has become a successful business woman and is now rekindling a love affair with a former star athlete-turned pastor. Meanwhile, Jesse struggles with her mixed race heritage as she tries to fit in at college.
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Shenandoah sisters volume 2
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Book 2 of Shenandoah Sisters. Mayme and Katie, from entirely different worlds, have been thrown together in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War. Just teenagers, they are left to survive only by their own wits and shared experiences. Gradually, they are learning to appreciate each other's strengths and to shore up each other's weaknesses. Out of their efforts to simply stay alive comes a growing awareness of the Lord's love and care for them, as...
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Book 1 of SHENANDOAH SISTERS. Two young Southern girls, one the daughter of a plantation owner and one the daughter of a slave, barely survive the onset of the Civil War and the loss of both their families. When these tragic circumstances bring them together, they join forces to discover if they can make a life for themselves. As their preconceptions give way to experience, they gradually learn to value their contrasting and complementing strengths...
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"National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most famous pieces: James Baldwin's 1962 "Letter to My Nephew,"...
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"Serena Sampson has traveled the world with the gift of prophetic healing, deliverance, and the sword of the Spirit in her hands. She claims victory when she is used by God to set women free from all types of bondage. The world reveres her as a powerhouse of a preacher and a woman of God whose faith is on fire. Women flock to conferences whenever she is in their city. Serena has been molded and shaped for ministry of such magnitude in her mother's...
39) Hope blooms
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"In one shattering instant, schoolteacher Cassandra Miller lost everything that mattered to her. Stricken with guilt and sorrow, she has no reason to care about tomorrow. An ex-Marine, Wylie Everett has always loved Cass, though their backgrounds were as different as could be. The last person Cass wants help from is Wylie, the man she wants to forget. In childhood, Wylie Everett was her cherished best friend. In adulthood, he was the secret lover...