Urban Christian Fiction

"Reed's writing opened all of my senses, allowing me to smell the smells or hear the action in ways some books only dream of." --Black&Bookish.com Review "I was impressed with the author's ability to draw one into the story, and appreciated how she wove her story around such an important, life-changing subject... I loved this novel." --5 Star Review Alyssa Elmore, Reader's Favorite Reviewer "The themes of sisterhood and financial freedom, prominent in the book, are very relevant to many women today. I especially liked how the women stood together and helped each other out when any of them ...

Formerly titled: The Streets Have a Star What’s a woman to do when her life turns upside down… All Starlie Anderson wanted was for Rico to leave the streets behind, so they could live life happily... Normally... She was prepared to give him a child. Live in that house in the suburbs. The one with the white neighbors and the lily white picket fence. Until the ultimate betrayal. Then all hell breaks loose! It kills her inside! She weeps… She shouts…She burns cars and threatens to burn down houses! Because that’s who she is…A spitfire! But Rico’s betrayal cuts deep. She leaves ...

African American Romance Collection that includes 10 books. The Snow Series: What happens when everything seems perfect and peaceful, but all of a sudden you, your family, or your surroundings is threatened by something or someone that will rob you of what you've always know? This happens to many people, from all walks of life, each and every day. No one is exempt from the trouble that can cause one to have his or her own personal meltdown. Some are able to overcome their meltdown? Others, however, are not so fortunate. They find themselves stuck, trying hard to deal with the meltdown of ...

Paint your toes. Pick up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow you want to tear your hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things I can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Three hours when I should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days. Except my shiny new website is glitching, and my inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth...when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice I expected but a real live human named Kal.

Kenya Williams is the First Lady of a fast-growing church. Her husband once had an affair that rocked the church. Just as their marriage begins to fully heal David and Kenya begin to have problems again. Kenya wonders if she did right by forgiving him. The issue of course is she enjoys being a First Lady. Alan Houston is a heartbroken Ph.D. He put his dreams off for a lovely woman named Jasmine. Jasmine was looking for happily ever after—right now. When her timetable doesn’t coincide with Alan’s, she considers leaving. Alan's primary goal is to open a trauma facility for black men to ...

Award-winning author William Kent Krueger has gained an immense fan base for his Cork O’Connor series. In Ordinary Grace, Krueger looks back to 1961 to tell the story of Frank Drum, a boy on the cusp of manhood. A typical 13-year-old with a strong, loving family, Frank is devastated when a tragedy forces him to face the unthinkable - and to take on a maturity beyond his years.

The first book in the scorching new Hot Jocks series by New York Times best-selling author Kendall Ryan - available in audio first! I've never been so stupid in my entire life. Elise Parrish, my teammate's incredibly sweet and gorgeous younger sister, should have been off-limits, but my hockey stick didn't get the memo. After our team won the championship, our flirting turned physical, and I took her to bed. Then shame sent her running the next morning from our catastrophic mistake.

Melody is an ambitious entrepreneur who has always loved the thrill of a new adventure, but she's about to get more than she bargained for when the only way to save her business is to secure a deal with a powerful tribal leader. Running Horse, Oklahoma, isn't on the map, and Mel is about as lost as a Shifter can get. When she unexpectedly runs into her best friend's brother, her friendly visit quickly turns treacherous.

Women’s rights activist, Lynn Cummings, switches up churches like shoes. As soon as her anointing is exposed, she runs – that is, until she finds a pew at First Baptist Church, where Lynn is anchored by the wiles of the debonair Pastor Stewart. Lynn, becomes the woman on Stewart’s arm, and with that, becomes the target of women who are always up in Pastor Stewart’s face, namely, his quote-unquote friend Bianca, the skin-bleaching, man-worshipping teen choir director who’ll stop at nothing to become Stewart’s first lady. Even Nay, the wife of Stewart’s right hand man, Associate...

The lovely Dana Bryce was forced to grow up without a mother and a father in her life. However, she was fortunate enough to have a doting grandmother. Unfortunately, her grandmother's love and support still proved to be lacking for Dana. Why? She had a hole in her heart from missing her parents, an emptiness inside, that she kept trying to fill by looking for love in all the wrong places. She ends up with a child at an early age and with a criminal conviction. With those two things working against her, she doesn't see how she can come up in life and she thinks she’s destined for a future ...

Temptation in the Pulpit is full of church drama revolving around Minister Devon Tucker and his congregation. Devon finds nothing wrong with working for the Lord while holding his own as a ladies' man and Casanova. Will grace and mercy be sufficient to save the minister from an impending fall and to silence the discord of the church's brothers and sisters? The faithful members in his congregation must way the potential yield result of the pitfall of his not so becoming behavior on the church. Ambiguity sets the tone for the story after Georgette Bradbury applies to be the new assistant ...

Lisa is a beautiful sista with a good heart. Unfortunately, she hasn’t had the greatest start to life. She hooks up with a much older boyfriend, who due to his criminal ways, can provide her with all the material possessions that she’s ever dreamed of. In time, Lisa comes to realize that the life she’s living can leave her in a world of trouble — particularly with the Atlanta Police Department. Fortunately, she begins to dream of a bigger and better future for herself. Maybe by grace, she’ll end up with everything she really wants in life — true love included — when she ...

William Mandella is a soldier in Earth's elite brigade. As the war against the Taurans sends him from galaxy to galaxy, he learns to use protective body shells and sophisticated weapons. He adapts to the cultures and terrains of distant outposts. But with each month in space, years are passing on Earth. Where will he call home when (and if) the Forever War ends?

Claudia thought healing meant closure. But true healing asked for something deeper: friendship. And forgiveness. At a 30-Day Breakup Bootcamp on the shores of Malibu, Claudia finally feels like she’s finding peace. Daily devotionals, the rhythm of the waves, and a community of women rising from the ashes—it’s everything her heart has been aching for. Then she meets Ayotunde. Bold. Beautiful. Unapologetically confident. Ayotunde is the friend Claudia didn’t know she needed until the secret she’s been hiding explodes into the open, threatening everything. Claudia is forced to ...

Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years. Written in muscular prose, No Country for Old Men is a powerful tale of the West that moves at a blistering pace.

Faith Kerry was sure that she was running out of time to have the marriage, kids, and suburban home that she had always dreamed of. She was working a job she loved. She went to church every Sunday and had even maintained her purity so she wouldn’t fall into lustful traps. As her desperation grew stronger, she happened to meet the man of prayers, Blake McPherson. He was saved, sanctified, and in the midst of building a major church in Los Angeles. Faith was certain she had finally met “Mr. Right” and fell head over heels in love with the El Debarge look-a-like. A life of high fashion, ...

The Grand Hotel is a horror novel by esteemed best-selling author Scott Kenemore ( Zombie, Ohio) that takes the reader on a thrilling ride through an interconnected series of stories narrated by the desk clerk and the residents of the hotel itself. And while it is not known whether or not the desk clerk is actually the devil incarnate, it is strange that so many visitors who come for a tour of the hotel have a way of never leaving.

Sabrina Taylor and her husband Phillip have weathered storms, and they live a charmed life. Phillip is a high-profile celebrity attorney and Sabrina is an elementary school teacher in Chicago. Everything is going well until Phillip dies suddenly and tragically. Sabrina is heartbroken to lose her husband of ten years, and her grief is further aggravated when Phillip’s secrets are revealed. Sabrina is stunned and overwhelmed and doesn’t think she can take any more heartbreak, but her heartbreak quickly turns to rage and instead of leaning on God in her time of need she hatches a plan for ...

Family over everything – that’s the motto in the Carson family, and no matter how life has tried to tear them down, these five brothers always find a way to put family first – but is it all a lie? They present a united front, but each brother has enough lies and secrets to rip the family apart forever. In this first installment, you meet big brother Ace: the glue that holds the brothers together, but even the most noble man can’t say no to temptation. He’s living the dream, but will his happiness last when his “temptation” decides she wants to be his main? Mason is willing to ...

A Heartfelt Christian Romance Rooted in Faith, Love, and God’s Divine Plan Minister Pamela Washington is a woman of strong faith and unshakable determination. When she boldly decides to attend seminary—despite the disapproval of her traditional Pentecostal mother—she begins a transformative journey that deepens her relationship with God and reshapes her future. At seminary, Pamela forms a surprising connection with Pastor Jacob Chelsey, a charismatic megachurch leader known for his passion for ministry and his compassionate spirit. As they navigate the challenges of modern Christian ...