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Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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When he hires charismatic choir director Anthony Mackie to rejuvenate the First Jamaica Ministries, Bishop T.K. Knight discovers that Anthony has secrets that could destroy the church, while his wife, Monique, tries to discover who has been robbing the church blind.
3) Coming home
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
If forgiving your ex-husband was easy, everybody would do it. Brent had cheated on Dayna and coldly said goodbye seven years ago. Working hard to become successful, Dayna has moved on, finding comfort in a new dating relationship with a faith-filled colleague. Then Brent resurfaces on her doorstep at just the wrong time, and Dayna's heart threatens to come unglued. Why are Brent and his new wife interested in reconciliation now?
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English
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Madison is my woman. She needs me. This is the mantra Granville Washington constantly repeats to others, including the friends and family who beg him to respect Madison Tyler's demand that he leave her alone. The construction worker is sure that this beautiful woman who runs her own multi-million-dollar company will realize they belong together. Forever. Granville was fine for burning up the sheets, but when the stalking begins Madison files a police...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Still reeling from her husband's untimely death, Deborah Robinson needs a fresh start. So she decides to pack up her family, box up her bookstore, and return to her grandmother's ancestral home on Cavanaugh Island. The charming town of Sanctuary Cove holds happy memories for Deborah, and, after she spies gorgeous stranger Dr. Asa Monroe in the local bakery, it promises the possibility of a bright, new future.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Born into wealth, Erica Stanford has followed in her family's successful footsteps and now runs her own upscale boutique in an affluent Washington, D.C. neighborhood. But she's still missing someone special to share her life with - until a chance encounter changes everything. Handsome, rugged Jerome Kimbrough is hard to miss among the fellow citizens serving jury duty with Erica - and soon their relationship extends beyond the courtroom.
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English
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Welcome to the world of Duncans. By day they are upstanding citizens running one of New York's most respected car dealerships; but by night, they're criminals who control most of the East Coast drug traffic. No matter whether they're on their day or night jobs, one thing is true about the Duncan's: there is never a dull moment to be found. Baby momma drama has taken over the Duncan clan as a mad scramble ensues to find out who has fathered the Duncan...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Nursing wealthy businessman Chicago DuBois back to health was the least Loretta Lovelace figured she could do. After all, it was her bet that set off Loretta's stalker and put him at death's door. And with his wife, Madison, out of the country, Loretta couldn't resist looking after Chicago and reigniting his passion for life -- in and out of bed. Now Madison wants to take back what's no longer hers, and that's a mistake Loretta plans to make her regret....
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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In five years, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black men. But why? As she began to write about living through all the dying, Jesmyn realized the truth -- and it took her breath away. Her brother and her friends all died because of who they were and where they were from, because they lived with a history of racism and economic struggle....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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After ten years of service as chief of the E.R. at a New York City hospital, Dr. Kai Randall decided to trade her scrubs for a calmer existence in Sag Harbor Village. The only thing that has interrupted her serenity in months is the photo she snapped of a handsome, solitary stranger. The image haunts her. But that's nothing compared to how she feels when she comes face-to-face with the man from her dreams. When Assistant District Attorney Anthony...
12) Hidden riches
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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After a lifetime spent scrubbing and mending for others, Ana Mae Futrell has passed away. Her relatives reluctantly return to their North Carolina hometown to bury the older sister they never really bothered to know--a sister who's stitched clues leading to a million dollars in a quilt.
13) The prodigal son
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"The new book in the bestselling Reverend Curtis Black series! After dropping out of Harvard to be with his girlfriend Racquel and their new baby, Matthew Black discovers that fatherhood isn't what he expected. His relationship with Racquel has become strained, and while he wants to be a good husband, he soon finds himself attracted to another woman. Meanwhile, Curtis and Charlotte are having their own problems. Curtis's long-lost-son Dillon has settled...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"A mother-daughter story of reinvention-about an African American woman who unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in Louisiana Why exactly Charley Bordelon's late father left her eight hundred sprawling acres of sugarcane land in rural Louisiana is as mysterious as it was generous. Recognizing this as a chance to start over, Charley and her eleven-year-old daughter, Micah, say good-bye to Los Angeles. They arrive just in time for growing season but...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Though born and raised in Detroit, it was in Atlanta that playwright and author Pearl Cleage encountered the forces that would most shape her experience. Married to Michael Lomax, she worked with Atlanta's first African-American mayor Maynard Jackson. Here Cleage charts not only the political fights but also the pull she began to feel on her own passions -- a pull that led her away from Lomax as she grappled with ideas of feminism and self-fulfillment....
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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At fifty, Blake Crystal has four wonderful daughters, financial security, and a new younger lover who takes her in breathtaking directions. Alexis Crystal is an ideal daughter. Beautiful and confident, she can have anyone she wants -- even if he's dating a family member. But one thing troubles Alexis: her mother has kept her father's identity a secret. And it doesn't help that her three sisters don't know the identities of their fathers, either.
17) A Christmas kiss
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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His Christmas present: "Bianca Torres is already dreading Christmas with her parents in tiny Boone, North Carolina. But she's not at all prepared for her father's golf buddy, the sexy, successful, holiday-loving, aptly named Ethan Christmas. And when she and Ethan find themselves snowbound, Bianca discovers a whole new appreciation for the season"-- provided by publisher.
Mistletoe Lane: "Benjamin Brooks's marriage ended when he learned his wife...
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Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Nurse Georgia Williams has tried to create an uncomplicated life for her and her daughter, but when she falls for wounded marine Christian Howard, consequences arise that neither could have foreseen.
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English
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Halia Watkins has her hands full cooking, hosting, and keeping her boisterous young cousin from getting too sassy with the customers at Mahalia's Sweet Tea, the finest soul food restaurant in Prince George's County, Maryland. Having fast-talking entrepreneur Marcus Rand turn up in her kitchen is annoying; finding his dead body face-down on her ceramic tile after hours is far worse. To keep Sweet Tea out of the sordid spotlight, Halia will have to...
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