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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A Muslim-American teen goes into denial mode about her role in an out-of-control party that occurred during Ramadan, a situation that escalates until she incurs damage that is harder to repair, forcing her to come to terms with her true self. --Publisher
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Cal Lewis's volatile father has been picked to become an astronaut for NASA's mission to Mars. This means leaving Brooklyn-- and Cal's career plans as an aspiring journalist-- to move to Houston, Texas. Now life is a media circus, and Cal and his parents struggle to be the "perfect American family." He meets and falls head over heels for Leon, whose mother is also an astronaut. As the frenzy around the mission mounts, Cal suspects secrets are being...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Smart, kind, and pretty, Liza Yang dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But her mom compares her to older sister Jeannie, and sees Liza as stubborn, rebellious, and determined to push back against all of Mrs. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. The one thing they agree on is their love of baking. Mrs. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang Bakery. Liza agrees to help out at the bakery's annual junior...
Author
Language
English
Description
Essence magazine #1 best-selling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley succeeds again in Can I Get a Witness? Vanessa Colton-Kirk is a divorce court judge who's seen it all, but nothing prepares her for her own husband Thomas asking for a divorce. Vanessa's career has driven him to a woman who can satisfy his needs-and give him a child. Now a mandatory spiritual retreat is the last chance to save their marriage-but can Vanessa and Thomas mend their broken...
11) Hope's Cadillac
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
12) Nothing to hide
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
1964. Houston, Texas. Evie Barnes and all her friends are the sort who wear bold makeup, laugh too loud, and run around with boys. Most of all, they protect their own against the world. They're the bad girls. When Evie is saved from a sinister encounter by a good girl from the "right" side of the tracks, every rule she has always lived by is called into question. Now she must redefine what it means to be a bad girl-- and rethink everything she knew...
17) Ashes of gold
Author
Series
Wings of ebony volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After the murder of her mother, Rue was taken from her home in Houston and forced to assimilate into her father's home: Ghizon, a country of magic-users who are as powerful as gods. In the aftermath of a battle against the Chancellor, ruler of Ghizon, Rue is locked away, her powers sealed, her memory erased. Despite a betrayal, after her escape from the prison, Rue must decide once and for all if she can trust her friends-- and herself-- to restore...
19) The survivor
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Language
English
Description
Amy Garrett survived a brutal childhood attack in which the assailant was never found. Now she wants her story written in a novel. Kariss interviews Amy and conducts her own research, stepping unaware into a viper's pit of danger. Tigo is working on solving a car bombing and bringing the killer to justice. As Kariss's new story attracts an onslaught of danger that she never expected, can Tigo save the woman he loves and find who wants her dead for...
Author
Series
Mavis Davis mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
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