Victoria Christopher Murray

In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps build a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret: she was born Belle Marion...

After a seventeen-year-old African American boy is shot dead by a white man, the boy's mother and the shooter's wife face difficulties.

Zuri Maxwell isn't happy. Her job is a grind, and money is always tight. Her boyfriend, Stephon, is the best part of life, but between his income as an artist and her commission-based paycheck, they are barely scraping by. When Zuri meets a sleek entrepreneur eager to pick her brain, she jumps at the chance to talk business with someone who has everything she wants. As he wines and dines her, Zuri starts moving in elite circles, and she faces a crossroads:...

The beloved—and hated—Jasmine Larson Bush returns to battle her own past in a compelling new novel of love, faith, and shame from the Essence bestselling novelist of The Personal Librarian.
In Temptation, A Sin and a Shame, and most recently, Too Little, Too Late, Jasmine Larson Bush—a scheming, manipulative, man-stealing diva who was "saved" just in time to become a preacher's wife—entertained...

Sheridan, Kendall, and Asia bonded at a church prayer group and helped each other overcome heartbreak. Eight years later their exes are back, wreaking havoc. Sheridan's husband, who left her for a man, has reappeared with his fiancée -- a woman! Kendall's ex-husband married her sister, and they're forced to reunite when her father is diagnosed with cancer. Asia has done her best to move away from her married boyfriend, until a kiss rekindles old...

Tiffanie Cooper loves Damon King's looks, his charm, his kindness, and his anticipation of her every need. In fact, she loves everything about him, except their lackluster lovemaking. So when Damon's seductive, studly BFF Trey Taylor gets out of prison, Tiffanie is immediately drawn to his oh-so-sexy body. The problem is, Damon and Tiffanie are about to be married. Is lust reason enough for Tiffanie to leave her devoted fiancé?

Since failing to break up her best friend's marriage and fleeing Los Angeles, Jasmine is a changed woman and a Christian. She vows to attend church every Sunday, swears off married men, and begins her search for the soul mate she is sure God has on hold for her. Now living in the Big Apple, she has shed twenty-five pounds, shaved ten years off her age, and filled her expensive apartment with designer clothes, all to begin her man-finding mission.

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Journee Alexander grew up believing that the only person she could depend on was herself. After being abandoned by her mother, burning bridges with friends, and narrowly escaping bad business dealings with her first mentor, her trust is hard to earn and harder to keep. But she has overcome all of that and now, as a successful mortgage broker at the top of her game in Houston's booming real estate market, she has every reason to be proud of her accomplishments....

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...