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Author
Series
Hollyhill series volume 2
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Drought has gripped the quiet Kentucky town of Hollyhill, and the Brooke and Hearndon families are undergoing many changes.
Author
Publisher
Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A middle-aged couple who have never been able to have children and an elderly widow who maintains a grueling schedule to support her grandkids come up with a solution to help both families during the holiday season, with unexpected results.
24) Cane River
Author
Series
Tademy family chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Follows four generations of African American women from slavery to the early twentieth century as they struggle for economic security and the future of their families along the Cane River in rural Louisiana.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Heir to the Duncan and Zuniga crime family fortunes, Nevada Duncan must attend the world’s most elite school for the children of underworld figures where he learns the importance of friendship as an enemy who wants what Nevada has lurks in the shadows.
Author
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Four estranged sisters must return to rural Arkansas when their mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Their mother wants them to repair their shattered relationships, but first they'll have to face the lies and obstacles they've worked so hard to leave behind..."--
Author
Series
Family business volume 3
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Agreeing to surrender the family business to his younger brother after a long stint in prison, Vegas Duncan battles his disapproving mother and a mysterious rival who attacks Vegas' older brother.
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Language
English
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The Butler family has had their share of trials, as sisters Althea, Viola, and Lillian can attest, but nothing prepared them for the literal trial that will upend their lives. Althea, the eldest sister and substitute matriarch, is a force to be reckoned with and her younger sisters have alternately appreciated and chafed at her strong will. They are as stunned as the rest of the small community when she and her husband Proctor are arrested, and in...
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English
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A Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and forgiveness, for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robert Jones Jr. and Alice Walker As Jacob lies dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son, Isaac. They have not met or spoken in many years, and there are things that Isaac must know. Stories about his ancestral legacy in rural Arkansas that extend back to slavery....
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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In 1924, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephines family. Nearly one hundred years later, Josephines descendant, Ava, is a single mother who has just...
Author
Series
God don't novels volume 5
Publisher
Dafina Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Even though her life has its ups and downs, Annette Goode Davis feels lucky. Most of all, she's grateful that her husband, Pee Wee, took her back after he discovered she was having an affair. The trouble is, Annette isn't sure his heart is really in it. Her best friend Rhoda is quick to point out that Annette got herself into this mess, so she has to be patient with Pee Wee. But Annette's suspicions are confirmed when Pee Wee moves out--and in with...
34) Influence
Author
Series
Influence (Carl Weber) volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When famed attorney Bradley Hudson learns of his youngest son Langston's arrest for drug trafficking, he immediately assembles a team of lawyers and investigators, including members of his own family, to build a defense. With his reputation for being a shark in the courtroom, Bradley is confident he will get justice for his son--until he realizes he will be going up against an old foe, Assistant District Attorney James Brown. Is the ADA allowing...
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Language
English
Description
"A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with new introduction, excerpt, and discussion guide Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest. Rozelle--beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned--exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment,...
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Meet James Samuel Vincent, an affluent Manhattan attorney who shirks his modest Irish American background but hews to his fathers meandering ways. James muddles through a topsy-turvy relationship with his son, Rufus, which is further complicated when Rufus marries Claudia Christie. Claudias motherAgnes Miller Christieis a beautiful African American woman who survives a chance encounter on a Georgia road that propels her into a new life in the Bronx....
37) Over the fence
Author
Series
Neighbors (Mary Monroe) volume 2
Publisher
Dafina Books/Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Bootlegging was Milton and Yvonne Hamilton's ticket out of poverty, prison time, and plain bad luck. Now they've moved on--to a bigger, richer pool of clientele--right in their own respectable new middle-class backyard. And their growing friendship with seemingly-perfect couple Joyce and Odell Watson is proving golden in more ways than one. As Milton soon learns, Odell is hiding an outside family and dubious business dealings. It's the perfect recipe...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Thirty years after his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him, Hilton becomes alarmed when his prosecutor wife begins receiving racist hate mail and Hilton starts experiencing troublesome nightmares.
When Hilton was just a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake. When...
39) More to life
Author
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Freshly forty-five, Aja James knows that her life is good, complete with a loving, wealthy husband, well-adjusted children, and a beautiful home. Yet the truth is, she feels painfully unfulfilled, stuck in the present, haunted by a painful past. When a friend suggests a girls trip to a tropical paradise, Aja hopes a change of scene will also change her perspective. On vacation, filled with fun and freedom, Aja is relieved to find her spirits lifting....
Author
Series
God don't novels volume 6
Publisher
Dafina Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Monroe is a masterful storyteller." --Philadelphia Inquirer "Monroe's use of humor to depict ordinary people with complex and messy lives will keep readers glued to each and every page." --Library Journal. These days, Annette Goode Davis has a full plate--literally and figuratively. Although she's trying to reconcile with her husband, Pee Wee, she's still seeing other men. A woman's got to cover her bases, right? Annette should be pleased with her...
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