Christian / Contemporary Women

Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife: A Novel

by Nikki Turner

Long live the Queen of Hip Hop Lit! 

Nikki Turner is back with another explosive, page-turning sequel to her #1 bestselling novels A Hustler’s Wife and Forever a Hustler’s Wife.

Yarni Taylor is...

Inner Circle: The Wives Association

by Evelyn Lozada & Courtney Parker

Evelyn Lozada, the breakout star of VH1s hit reality show Basketball Wives, brings you her first novel in the hot new series, The Wives Association.

Against her mothers wishes and her own reservations, Eve Inez...

Sex In The Sanctuary

by Lutishia Lovely

As first lady of Kingdom Citizens Christian Center, Vivian Montgomery has it all: a beautiful home, lovely children, and a pastor husband who makes her shout hallelujah—and not just in church. There's no doubt...

Shattered

by Kia DuPree

Kiki's world is turned upside down when her partially deaf mother loses custody of her children, sending Kiki and her siblings into foster care. After running away with a friend, the two run straight into the...

A Woman's Work: Street Chronicles

by Nikki Turner

The heralded Queen of Hip-Hop Lit presents an addictive collection of celebrated urban authors with their fingers on the pulse of the streets.

Street lit’s finest female voices—Keisha Starr, Tysha, LaKesa...

The Amen Sisters

by Angela Benson

After witnessing the suicide of a churchgoing young woman, Minister Francine Amen blames herself: After this young woman had accused their pastor of sexual abuse, Francine rejected her as a friend. Francine's...

P. G. County

by Connie Briscoe

In the sprawling homes and upscale townhouses of the exclusive, largely African American Prince George’s County, the lives of five women intersect–and the secrets, scandals, loves, and losses that ensue...

Heavens to Betsy

RITA Best Inspirational Romance 2006

by Beth Pattillo

Blessed Are the Fabulous.

Life would be perfect for Reverend Betsy Blessing if it weren't for parishioners who keel over during her sermons, steal money from the collection box, and set her up with ex-cons. Not...

All I Want Is Everything

by Daaimah S. Poole

Essence® bestselling author Daaimah S. Poole introduces readers to a young woman with a hot voice and superstar dreams. . .

Talented Kendra Michelle Thomas always dreamed of becoming a singing sensation. But...

Holding On : A Parable of Faith and Strength

by Jo Evans Lynn

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Set in rural South Carolina and urban North Carolina, in the novel Holding On: A Parable of Faith and Strength, we watch Sister Fullmore emerge through a very untypical childhood to become a very...

The Glamorous Life

by Nikki Turner

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Nikki Turner's Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife.

The #1 bestselling author of Natural Born Hustler and Relapse, Nikki Turner gives up the game that could never be...

Never Keeping Secrets

by Niobia Bryant

In this thrilling new novel from national bestselling author Niobia Bryant, four friends are reunited, but the occasion is bittersweet--and filled with secrets and scandal. . ..

Monica, a CEO with celebrity clients,...

The Truth Is the Light

by Vanessa Davis Griggs

"I absolutely love Vanessa's unique writing style. She is one of a kind." --Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author

"Full of crazy church politics and a huge cast, Griggs keeps this on-going story alive...

The Woman He Loved Before

by Dorothy Koomson

Libby has a nice life with a great job, a gorgeous husband and a big home by the sea. But she's becoming more unsure of Jack's feelings for her - and if he is over the mysterious death of Eve, his first wife....

Message from a Mistress

by Niobia Bryant

From national bestselling author Niobia Bryant comes a sexy, unforgettable novel about love, infidelity, and the importance of keeping your friends close--and your enemies closer. . .

Through good times and bad,...

In My Bedroom

by Donna Hill

Rayne Holland is a woman who appears to have it all: a handsome, successful husband, a beautiful five-year-old daughter, and a rapidly rising film career. What everyone doesn't realize is that behind closed...

Reckless

by Cydney Rax & Niobia Bryant

Reckless is an exciting, sexy anthology from three hot authors of urban lit.

''Desperate Housewife'' by Cydney Rax

Carmen Foster thinks she has it all -- a perfect house, kids, and marriage -- until she stumbles...

Project Chick II: What's Done in the Dark

by Nikki Turner

Tressa always thought that the best moment in her life was the day she gave birth to her twin boys, Khalil and Hadji, but even better was when she got the news that their abusive father, Lucky, was dead. His...

The Ex-Wife

by Candice Dow

From award-winning author Candice Dow comes a raw, sizzling, and emotional novel about a woman who must fight for what she wants-before she loses everything . . . THE EX-WIFE She's the hottest relationship...

Choke

by Darnella Ford

For Vanessa, a low-income housing complex in the middle of the desert in El Mirage, Arizona, represents all that is wrong with her life. Her neighbors get it on all night long, she sees an abusive husband kill...