A heart of devotion
by Tia McCollors
Best friends Anisha Blake and Sherri Dawson have been inseparable for the last five years - until Anisha is swept away by Tyson Randall. When Anisha becomes the object of Tyson's affection, she believes her prayers for a knight in shining armor are answered. But as their romance grows, Anisha's intimate relationship with God becomes an afterthought instead of her first thought. With life crumbling around her, Anisha is faced with choices she was sure she'd never have to make. An inspiring and emotional journey through adversity and spiritual self-discovery.

A lova' like no otha'
by Stephanie Perry Moore
When thunder and lightning strike on the morning of Zoe Clark's wedding, her seemingly perfect world is turned upside-down as she loses her fiance to a pregnant girlfriend she never knew he had. With her engagement shattered, all her life's plans seem over. Unemployed, sinking deeply into depression, and wrongly blaming God for her troubles, Zoe seriously contemplates ending her life. But God sends Chase Farr to reintroduce Zoe to the importance of having God in her life. Yet when Zoe's friendship with Chase turns romantic, he suddenly backs away-further confusing Zoe with his decision to remain a virgin. Through life's twists and turns of celebration and sorrow, Zoe ultimately learns what it means to truly trust in God-but in the end, does this revelation come too late to fix things with Chase?

A love so strong
by Kendra Norman-Bellamy
If there was such thing as a perfect marriage, Bryan and Nicole Walker had it. Even without the child they desire after five years of marriage, their love for one another is solid. But then, without warning, the very thing they wanted threatens to tear them apart. Tricia Smart, a woman from Bryan's past, introduces a child who has Bryan's eyes and smile. Nicole is devastated, Bryan is blindsided and Tricia is unsympathetic. A marriage that was once unshakeable is put to the ultimate test.

Ain't No River
by Sharon Ewell Foster
Meemaw has been a doting mother, grandmother, and church mother to her community. Suddenly she's become a slimmed-down, silver-haired, seventy-something fox with a new attitude. And all fingers are pointing at a much younger ex-pro football player, GoGo Walker. When D.C. lawyer Garvin Daniels -- Meemaw's granddaughter -- gets wind of what's happening, she heads back to her hometown determined to help her Meemaw get it together before she goes too far.

Awakening mercy
by Angela Benson
CeCe Williams is a young, up-from-poverty African American woman, an unwed mother who, through hard work and pluck, has established a career in real estate. Her personal life is devoted to her son, David, and she avoids men like the bad news they've been. Suddenly, CeCe is summoned to court for dozens of unpaid parking tickets--she was so busy, she forgot about them--and the judge sentences her to community service with Genesis House, an African American Christian charity working in one of Atlanta's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. CeCe finds herself counseling teenagers about careers and pregnancy, and she falls in love with the earnest young director of Genesis House, Nate Richardson.

Boaz Brown
by Michelle Stimpson
LaShondra Smith has a great job, a strong faith, and supportive friends. What she lacks is a special man with whom to spend her life until she meets Stelson Brown, who embodies everything she is looking for in a partner-except that he is white. Getting closer to Stelson means enduring the reactions of her family and friends as well as facing her own unresolved fears and subconscious prejudices.

Can I get a witness?
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Houston divorce court judge Vanessa Colton-Kirk and little sister Dionne have major man problems while their happily married sis, Rosolyn Frazier, appears to have it made. Vanessa's architect husband, Thomas, feels neglected and is desperate for a child. Fed up with Vanessa's workaholic ways, Thomas strays into an intense affair with a young woman who flaunts her quick pregnancy in Vanessa's face. Dionne, who's vowed to marry before turning 30, discovers her lover, Roland, still married, has been cheating on her for years. The sisters learn heavy love lessons about lies, honesty and forgiveness.

Murder, mayhem & a fine man
by Claudia Mair Burney
Amanda Bell Brown knows that life as a forensic psychologist isn't quite as cool as it looks on prime-time TV. But when she turns thirty-five with no husband or baby on the horizon, she decides she's gotta get out and paint the town -- in her drop-dead red birthday dress. Instead, she finds herself at the scene of a crime -- and she just may know who the killer is. She needs to spill her guts, but not on the handsome lead detective's alligator shoes -- especially if she wants him to ask her out. A complicated murder investigation unearths not just a killer but a closet full of skeletons Amanda thought were long gone. Murder, mayhem, and a fine man are wreaking havoc on her birthday, but will her sleuthing leave her alive to see past thirty-five?

Sheena's dreams
by Marilyn Mayo Anderson
After the death of her high school sweetheart, Sheena's life has been spiraling downward at a rapid pace. That's when Jason Grey steps in. Sheena is everything he's ever wanted in a woman, and he is determined to make her his wife. But there's one problem: Jason's present girlfriend, Ruby, has no intentions of letting him go. As these three lives become intertwined, Sheena starts having vivid nightmares about Jason. She's convinced he's in imminent danger, but even worse, her dreams are suggesting that she might be the one destined to do him harm. Is Sheena suppressing a dark, evil side which is revealed only in her dreams? And if so, will God intervene before it's too late?

Singsation
by Jacquelin Thomas
Deborah Anne Peterson lifts her voice to God each week in the choir of her church in Villa Rica, GA, but this week something's different. Famous rapper Triage Blue, visiting his grandmother during a break from his album tour, thinks that Deborah has the talent to make it as a star. As the two become friends, Triage arranges an audition for Deborah as a backup singer for one of the hottest acts on the circuit, and her talent assures her the spot. But in her drive to become rich and famous, Deborah hasn't forgotten that God gave her the voice she uses, and she is soon disenchanted with the back-stabbing, drugs, and casual sex taking place around her. As she makes changes in her life to reflect what she believes is God's calling for her, her attitude begins to change the people around her, especially the man she has her eye on.

Sunday brunch
by Norma L. Jarrett
"God has a plan for all of us to be in certain places at certain times, to meet certain people, to grow, love, learn, share, teach, and uplift," muses Lexi. At weekly postchurch lunches, Lexi and her four other successful Houston lawyer friends certainly share a lot over the buffet. Rich, beautiful Jermane is "disgustingly in love" with her husband, but infidelity rears its head; successful Angel thinks love is for fools until a routine checkup spooks her; Capri is on top of the world, but love might trip her up; meanwhile Jewel is a gold digger destined for a change of heart. But as God answers everyone else's prayers, will he forget about Lexi's?

Sweet bye-bye
by Denise Michelle Harris
Chantell's father is on his deathbed. Desperate to somehow save him, she makes a promise that if God allows her father to live, she will become a better person. But when her wish is granted, Chantell is faced with a series of trials, temptations, and revelations that test her faith.

That faith, that trust, that love
by Jamellah Ellis
Marley Shepherd should be on top of the world. She's a lawyer at a prestigious law firm and engaged to marry the crown prince of Atlanta black society. But soon she begins to see that her life and her fiancé are not as perfect as she thought. Marley seeks comfort in her mother and grandmother, but they are too consumed with anger at each other, and too blinded by their past, to save Marley from the disaster that will turn her life and theirs upside down. Then Marley has a spiritual awakening . . .

The ex files
by Victoria Christopher Murray
Sheridan's husband left her for a man, which makes it hard for her to trust her new boyfriend despite his desire to marry her. Kendall catches her husband in an affair, while Asia takes desperate measures when her longtime married lover dumps her. Lastly, the death of Vanessa's husband is almost too much for her to bear. This quartet of broken, flawed women forms a prayer circle to support one another in their struggles.

Up at the college
by Michele Andrea Bowen
Yvonne turned her life over to God when her husband divorced her and she moved back to Durham, North Carolina, with her two early-teen daughters. Now employed by Eva T. University as an adjunct professor, she attracts the attention of sexy basketball coach Curtis Parker, who struggles between his faith commitment and his urge to be in control. It's up to the faithful such as Yvonne, her cousin Maurice (assistant coach and good friend), and Curtis' grandmother to convince him that only when he walks with God will he be successful in the current basketball season and fulfilled in his personal life.

Wounded : a love story
by Claudia Mair Burney
Gina Merritt a young, broke, African American single mother sits in a pew on Ash Wednesday and has a holy vision. When it fades, her palms are bleeding. Anthony Priest, a former journalist sitting next to her, is cured of his drug addiction. Together they search for an understanding of this miraculous event.