Resultados para "Just" en Afroamericana

Flight attendant Makenna Akins has received a text from the man she loves every year for eight years, but they haven’t spoken a word to one another. Distraught over a harrowing decision that she made at a critical time in her life, Makenna has become a fraction of her former self. When she sees the man who once held her heart on a busy street one night in Vegas, Makenna wonders if she’s losing it.

Two old friends, one cabin, and zero chances of their lives not being changed. Hailey Owens's life path was planned perfectly. From her college choice down to the flowers she'd have on her wedding day and what she'd name her children. Kane Travis has never been one to force anything. He's preferred going with the flow to avoid disappointment.

Sometimes, people are so damaged, they can’t find their way out of the storm to embrace love. Rachel and Porter must decide if what they have is worth fighting for and if they are willing to trust in love - and each other. When you can’t completely trust your heart, sometimes it’s just as simple as letting go enough to just say you will.

Jewelry designer Rory Lane needs money. The rent on her business doubled overnight, and her one-of-a-kind designs cost a pretty penny. The solution to all of her financial problems lies in finding someone to marry, not an easy task for a woman who hasn't had sex in years and can't keep a boyfriend if her life depended on it.

WKBA news in Chicago is reeling. Their ratings are the lowest in town, and company morale has plummeted. At the end of their ropes, five women band together to correct injustices and hopefully shoot WKBA up the ratings chart. Their ideas are inventive, and their convictions are infectious, but they’ll need to crack the good-old-boys network before they ever get a chance to prove themselves.

Fancy Taylor wants to settle down. And after dating 26 men in 52 weeks, she knows all too well that married men are bad news. Unfortunately, irresistible Byron Van Lee - who has a big car, big income, big ego, and big you-know-what - neglects to mention his wife and kids until after Fancy falls for him big time. Determined to make Byron hers, Fancy dreams up an outrageous scheme to break up his marriage. Meanwhile, she turns to Desmond Brown for a shoulder to cry on.

Learning from Black voices means listening to more than snippets. It means attending to Black stories. Reading Black Books helps Christians hear and learn from enduring Black voices and stories as captured in classic African American literature.

One final fling was the gift her fiancé had given her. One wild weekend in Vegas was what her friends planned. A hidden identity and four hot nights were what she gave a stranger in Vegas. Then how did social media influencer London Pharr become a runaway bride? He was a player who didn't do relationships. She was a temporary escape for the weekend. Then why did MLB player Carter Lockwood find himself crashing the wedding of a woman he could not forget?

When a series of events hurl Tiana and Justus together, they can no longer ignore their undeniable chemistry or the way fate keeps seemingly tossing them together. Taking a chance on themselves might be worth more than Justus or Tiana bargained for when famed R&B singer Jessi James shows up wanting to reclaim her spot in Justus’s and her twins’ lives, and when Tiana finds herself jobless. Find out what happens when what was supposed to stay in Vegas doesn’t remain in Vegas.

E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate the arrival in paperback of his second novel, Just As I Am, which picks up where Invisible Life...

E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate the arrival in paperback of his second novel, Just As I Am, which picks up...

Omar Tyree, New York Times and Blackboard bestselling author and winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for literary fiction, delivers a powerful story of two childhood friends lured into the sex, drugs, money, and madness of R&B stardom. Darin Harmon and John Williams, two good church boys from...

Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage. Atlanta’s West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters—artists and thinkers, dreamers and doers. Folks here know one another’s...

Her focus should have been on healing and adapting to a life away from her ex-boyfriend. What she wasn't expecting was an explosive moment with her ex to hit the internet. All she could do was ride out the storm. Part of her (... okay, it's the horny part) wanted to ride it out with, on top of, and underneath Hugh. But, after he shared his past life with her, she's conflicted.

Dominique is now walking in her new identity as a domestic violence survivor. She survived. But at what cost? In this second book in the series, we see Dominique navigate her new life of freedom. But freedom isn't free. And choices have consequences. We see Dominique fight for her children, her freedom, and her sanity. She is still a fighter, but this time she's fighting God's way.

A rags to riches story in reverse. Dominique is an African American woman who grew up in an upper middle class family. Think The Cosby Show, except her father was a banker and her mother, a teacher. An only child, Dominique fought to at least be able to go to public school because she felt like she was missing out. She was able to spend one year in public school, but then back in private school, she went when her test scores reflected how much she enjoyed that year.

Malaysia is young, heartbroken, and craving something more than the cold silences in her home. Marcus is older, quiet, and simply trying to hold his family together. A single encounter at the edge of their lives changes the rhythm of everything. And neither of them is prepared for what follows. In the heart of an Houston's apartment complex filled with long shadows and longer secrets, one woman struggles to carry the weight of her family, one man tries to hold on to the truth, and one girl risks it all to feel something real.

The heart of Erica Jones is soft as they come. Her only priority is getting money. She was going out with Lamont for nearly a year, and now he's messing around with anything and everything crawling on Earth. Even those who were close in their circle, so Erica dumped him.

Stacy Washington, a college student majoring in Criminology gets the ultimate assignment; working with a former cop who fell out of grace with local law enforcement. It's the ultimate thrill to learn about policing with such a legend despite his tarnished reputation. Darryl Johnson was ousted from the force for reporting his commanding officer for corruption. Years later, the ex-copper was looking for a way to redeem his honor or what was left of it. Now, he has the chance to do so with one case...

The first morning that winter broke in DC, Naomi Taylor - a Howard University senior - found a photo in her new winter coat but it's just not any photo. There is a mystery behind the act itself, and Naomi can’t seem to shake off the vision of what she saw. Nor could her best friend, Shanice. Indeed, what was done was tasteless, dirty, yet so captivating.