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Dr. Selah James is calm. Composed. Respected. A bike-riding therapist who holds sacred space for broken couples trying to find their way back to each other. But after yet another session ends in emotional unraveling, Selah is left with a question she hasn’t dared to voice in years: Have I become so healed… that I’ve hidden myself completely? When she reopens an old journal tied to the only man she ever truly let in, she begins to trace the quiet ways she’s protected herself from the very thing she helps others fight for: connection. She’s not bitter. Not lonely. Just... safe. ...

One moment ruined everything. One child changed it all. One Christmas could bring it back together. She thought she knew what love looked like—until it shattered at a Grambling State football game. Keira was ready to plan forever with her high school sweetheart—until she saw him with someone else. Humiliated and heartbroken, she made a split-second choice she couldn't take back. One hazy night. A stranger with a familiar face. And a baby that would become her entire world. Years later, her daughter falls dangerously ill, and one hospital test flips Keira’s world upside down. The man ...

Christmas is almost here again and I need to slay my pain, but I’m stuck… I don’t care what anyone says, if crap doesn’t try to rock them out of Christian sometimes, they’re lying. Especially, stuff that hits at the Holidays. That hurt cuts different. It’s been a fight to remember what’s in me, while operating with a heart, still lingering in the space and place where it happened. As quiet as it’s kept, I’m holding on to the one I can’t have, but letting go of the one I need most…God. Then comes Major Hollands mending me like a quilt and using fragments and scraps to ...

Dive into a gripping murder mystery series that seamlessly combines the charm of a cozy small-town setting with the relentless determination of crime fighters in the tight-knit community of Kickapoo. In this town where secrets are as rare as privacy, crime-solving is in Katrina Jacobs' DNA. For Katrina Jacobs, a good night's sleep after a long day is all she craves, but that wish remains elusive tonight. A cold-blooded killer roams the streets of Kickapoo, and it falls upon her and her trusty sidekick, Regina, to bring this malefactor to justice. What haunts Detective Katrina Jacobs most ...

Grief stole her faith. Love might help her find it again. Jenae Jonesby has spent a year running—from God, from love, and from the pain of losing her mother on Easter Sunday. The only thing keeping her grounded is her work at Brights Marketing, where she has carved out a career fueled by ambition and creativity. But when Aspen Haywood, the firm's owner, steps into leadership, her carefully built world begins to crack. Aspen has already faced death and won. Surviving cancer renewed his faith, and now he’s determined to live life with purpose. His return to Brights Marketing brings an ...

Freedom isn’t just something you celebrate—it’s something you choose. After losing his brother Bradford, Martin Stynes had one mission: survive the grief and make sense of the life left behind. Love wasn’t even a consideration—until Shatora Horton, the no-nonsense Cajun queen with a heart as big as Louisiana, kept showing up with sweet tea, sass, and a kind of loyalty he didn’t know he still needed. Shatora’s whole life was built on helping others heal, but losing everyone she loved taught her to keep her own heart off-limits. Owning land, fortune, and wisdom didn’t stop ...

New Year's has come and gone, but I’m finally ready to break the chains that had me bound and afraid. I’ve spent too long weighed down by my past, dragging it into every new season, turning fresh starts into the same old story. But this time, I’m done. No more carrying the things that have been holding me back. It’s time to step out of the shadows, reclaim my power, and let go of what was never mine to hold. These chains? They’re coming off for good. Then comes Greg Jackson Jr., awakening my body first, then stroking my ego. This man reminds me that I’m still a woman—still ...

It's never easy when you are a man with a whole lot to offer, but guilt is weighing heavily on your heart. If Heaven can find it in her heart to forgive me, she'll realize that she is just what I've been praying for, and I plan on doing whatever I need to do to make her happy. There are two problems: She is so stuck on not being played like a fool, making sure no one takes her stuff, and using the barricades she has built around her heart to keep her satisfied with being single. The second problem is: I did something that is going to require her to forgive me.

She’s racing toward her future. He’s running from his past. But in this rodeo of regrets, will love be their greatest win—or their hardest fall? Savannah Smith I came to this town for one reason—win that barrel race and make my daddy proud. Falling for Xavier Ray? Yeah, that was never part of the plan. He’s the cowboy everyone warns me about—smooth talker, heartbreak wrapped in a pretty package. But the more I see past his reputation, the more I wonder if I’m the one about to get my heart broke. Xavier Ray Everyone knows me as the guy who lost Messa and partied too hard. ...

Helen Thompson is a 60-year-old widow struggling to find purpose after the death of her beloved husband of forty years. Her days are consumed by routine, and her nights are marked by loneliness. Desperate to help, Helen’s daughter encourages her to join a local art class, hoping it might rekindle her mother’s passion for life. In class, Helen meets Jack Davis, a 63-year-old widower and retired engineer who took up painting to cope with his grief. Though Jack appears gruff and distant, his art reveals a deep well of emotion that instantly draws Helen in. As they share their stories of ...

The small town of Keatchie, Louisiana is growing and the town's folks are falling in love and learning to live by faith. In each of these books, you'll meet members of the Faltime Baptist Church and get a peek into their lives. About: INTENSE She’s been sidelined. And she’s wanting love just as much as me. I feel her… The pain of her past, The fear of letting another person in, And as much as I should be stuck, especially after what I witnessed, I find myself wondering about her story. I understand… The woman I wanted to love is too broken to let anyone in. She was bruised and bent ...

Everyone knows the hardest thing to do is stay in the place where you’ve been hurt the most. So Jade ran. She left Louisiana behind, hoping distance would heal a heart shattered by loss and longing. But no matter how far she goes, pieces of her heart still live in the place she tried to forget. Jasper Booth Jr. has never stopped loving Jade—but he’s done waiting. Years ago, she walked away without looking back. Now, he’s moving on with his life… until a letter from an attorney gives him one last chance to bring her home, just in time for Christmas. Back in Shreveport, plans are ...

“Some hearts don’t break—they bend back toward the ones worth fighting for.” Edlina: I came back to Grand Cane to settle Mama’s affairs— not to run straight into the man who still makes my heart buck like a wild horse. Shannon Smith is all swagger and silence, the kind of man who forgot how to love but never how to leave a mark. I didn’t survive eight-seconds on bulls just to fall for the same mistake twice. But here I am, wondering if I ever should’ve left. Shannon Smith I buried love years ago, right alongside the softer parts of me. Then Edlina came back—grit, grace, ...

She wants more. I want her. But she’s fighting against us. She doesn’t realize that sometimes you have to lose, before you win. My mind has never been settled on one woman, but if that is what I need to change my course, I need one who’s willing to go the distance to help me make things happen.

Two weddings. One kitchen. Zero chill. The Carter House is about to host a holiday season like no other—with double the love, double the drama, and more secrets than side dishes at Sunday dinner. Carter & Carter—the once-humble soul food pop-up—has become a thriving Black-owned Southern restaurant, serving up gumbo, oxtails, and second chances. But just as Dexter and Audrey prepare to say “I do,” Audrey’s carrying more than a bouquet—she’s carrying a secret that could shift everything. Meanwhile, Damion is planning a wedding Ashley doesn’t know she’s the bride of. The ...

All I've ever cared about was being the type of man that God has called me to be, and having a woman in my life who will love me unconditionally. Then I found her. She's the prettiest woman I have ever laid eyes on, and the fact that she has those two darling little girls is enough to make me stake claim on all three of them. Now, she thinks her full-figured body, and the nut she used to be married to, is enough to run me away. What she doesn't understand is I love me a woman who I have to use every ounce of my strength to hold onto.

They haven’t fallen out of love—they’ve just forgotten how to find their way back. After eleven years of marriage, Maya and Jordan Sinclair are still under the same roof… but emotionally worlds apart. Their conversations are brief, their laughter has faded, and the warmth between them is little more than memory. There’s no shouting. No spark. Just silence—and the quiet ache of a bond slowly unraveling. Desperate to salvage what remains, they seek help from Dr. Selah James, a respected Christian marriage counselor known for her gentle wisdom and spiritual insight. Selah sees it ...

The rebound is never as good as your first love. Shelly Shanay Smith is sassy and a little tom-boyish but she always thought she had the perfect man to love her, until he left home and never returns. So she did what any woman would… Shelly moved on. Chace loved Shelly and he still does. The thought of her being with another man was too much for his heart to bear. So when he finds out from a little birdie that she’s back on the market, he sees the second chance he’s prayed for and vows to win Shelly back. But Shelly’s no fool and refuses to release her heart to the man who abandoned ...

A Black Girl’s Cry, author Danyelle Scroggins intimately explores the real-life struggles Black girls face—racism, failed relationships, corporate tension, broken friendships, and deep emotional pain. But in the midst of these challenges, Scroggins poses a powerful and unexpected question: What happens when a Black mother chooses to teach her daughters more about Christ than about the struggle of being Black in America? As a young mother who understood firsthand what it meant to be African American, she made a bold decision—to raise her daughters in faith before fear. For her, knowing...

Processed for Purpose, is a transformative guide aimed at helping readers replace fear with faith during life’s toughest moments. I have crafted this book to inspire readers to see their challenges as processes that lead to their true purpose. Processed for Purpose challenges readers to reframe their problems, viewing them as essential steps in God’s divine plan. This book is filled with practical advice, personal anecdotes, and spiritual insights that encourage readers to reflect on their past experiences and recognize how these challenges have shaped their journey. Throughout the book...