Patricia R. Floyd

Continues the compelling story of Lauren Olamina, chronicling her struggle for survival in a socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Lauren has founded a quiet community called Acorn, where she teaches people about Earthseed, her belief that God is simply another name for Change. Her community of believers is threatened, however, by the election of an ultraconservative president opposed to any religion not his own. Among his followers...

By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life. L.C. Duncan, patriarch of the family, is at the age when he's starting to think about retirement in sunny Florida. But the recession is taking a bite out of the business and, worrying more, he has to decide which of his children should take over. When his workaholic son Orlando gets the nod, Orlando's siblings--including...

What happens when the life you have is not the life you want?
Christine Thurman and her husband, Jesse Ray, built a business worth millions and were once deeply in love. But lately J.R. has become obsessed with his empire and Christine feels taken for granted. . .until Wade Eddie Fisher, a bad boy with good looks from Christine's past, comes back to town. Even though Wade is penniless and undependable, he reignites something deep within...

In this gripping tale of redemption, Jacquelin Thomas-Essence best-selling author of Defining Moments (F0305)-portrays the tragic downward spiral of a Hollywood star whose destructive choices threaten her life, and everything else she once held dear. When gorgeous movie star Marin Alexander and handsome televangelist Warner Brice first lock eyes, they each feel they've found the perfect soul-mate. Although Marin agrees to exchange her celebrity for...

There's a new drug on the street: Glow. Said to heal almost any illness, its main ingredient is blood--the blood of immortals. A small but powerful underground railroad of immortals is distributing the blood, slowly wiping out the AIDS epidemic. But the Glow peddlers are being murdered by a violent, hundred-year-old sect with ties to the Vatican. And the only immortal born with the Living Blood is being hunted to fulfill an ancient blood prophecy...

Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.

Best friends since their freshman year of college, Dakota, Chrasey, and Jordan have always helped each other do the right thing. Successful marketing executive Dakota needs to decide whether to settle down with one man or continue with her exiting lifestyle of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Chrasey, on the other hand, has been happily married for nine years. But the temptations of a younger man are too hard to resist. Entertainment lawyer Jordan has...

When Debra meets Leonard, she has just gotten off the sex-before-marriage merry-go-round. If he wants to ride, he'll have to produce the gold ring. A successful comedian with complications of his own, Leonard isn't laughing when he faces that moment in every man's life when he has to decide what matters most--and whether he's ready for the love of a good woman.

The members of the Duncan family try to juggle their day jobs running a respectable car dealership with their criminal activities controlling most of the East Coast's drug traffic.

IT' S " A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!" * when the bestselling authors of Sinners Saints bring back their outrageous first ladies in this sassy, witty, and poignant sequel! Now that Rachel Jackson Adams' s husband has won the coveted position of president of the American Baptist Coalition, Jasmine Larson Bush has concocted a scheme to one-up her rival— by promoting her new community center on the nation' s #1 television talk show! The power play won' t...