Susan Spain
Author
Series
Shenandoah sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
2003
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Janelle Marshall's life is finally going according to plan. Her perfect, upscale career--and her perfect, successful boyfriend--will make her future as secure and predictable as her childhood never was. And with luck, Little Bill, the grandfather who raised her will someday understand why she'd rather play it safe than be impulsive. But just when she should be happiest, she gets a distressing call: Little Bill has gone missing. Now Janelle must go...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Martin enjoys her job as a professional chef for a Wall Street bank, her East Harlem walk-up, and the freedom to live and love by her own rules--right up until the day she finds herself suddenly downsized. But a spontaneous trip to New Orleans opens up a new opportunity. With time on her hands and her daughter soon graduating college, Tonya has the chance to reach for her own long-cherished dream--opening a restaurant on her friend Hannah's beautiful...
5) Breakout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger for her unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Blessed with a beautiful baby daughter and a husband who is a former rap star with his own multimillion-dollar clothing company, Venus can now say that her long journey to find love has finally come true. But life as a stay-at-home wife and mother is hardly the end of the rainbow. In fact, she's ready to do anything to jump-start the career she's put on the back burner for the last two years. Against her good sense and her husband's wishes, she applies...
8) Joy: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Description
Victoria Christopher Murray authors superb novels of African-American Christian fiction. Joy, a work of both romance and tragedy, is bound together by the unshakable faith of its protagonist. Anya Mitchell seems to have it all-a profitable financial services business, a handsome fiancé, and an expensive diamond ring. But there are unwelcome doubts lingering in her mind. Danger also looms on the horizon, as a stalker lurking at the edge of her life...
10) Player haters
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
The three adult Duncan siblings are each in line for a rude awakening. Trent is a no good player--a smooth talking charmer with a fake business card and a line of bull for every situation. But Trent's about to get schooled at his own game. His older brother, Wil, has a different problem--his wife is giving him the cold shoulder. Should he drop her for his sexy secretary? Melanie, the little sister, is head-over-heels in love with a good man--too bad...