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When her aunt who raised her dies, sixteen-year-old Alana goes to live with her uncle on another plantation, the plantation her deceased parents lived on. After months of inquiries, she questions if they're really dead. She sets off to discover the past...her past.

Two slaves, a mother and daughter, separated during the Civil War never to see each other again. From her mother's diary, Etta Jean will learn to love the mother she never knew. And from the same diary, a mother will finally give of herself.

From the author of BORN A COLORED GIRL and PAPPY MOSES’ PEANUT PLANTATION – By a twist of fate, a runaway slave girl and a wounded Confederate officer are thrown together, and must rely on each other to survive. Can the seed of love grow in the garden of hate?

1959 - Greensboro, North Carolina - White family in a well-to-do part of town hire a young black woman to be their maid – cleaning, cooking and washing etc. Over a few months, the maid realizes the man of the house is a Pedophile. But it’s 1959, he is wealthy with friends in high places. She’s a poor black woman. No one believes her. She goes on a quest to expose him.

All her life, Winnie passed for White, using it to her advantage, and climbing the social ladder. When her child is born black, she asks Jolene to raise him. "If you can't ask your sister, who can you ask?"

From the best selling author of BUT HAVE NOT LOVE and BORN A COLORED GIRL comes a most scandalous tale, often upsetting and disturbing. During the slavery years, young, beautiful slave girls were sold to schools where they were taught to be perfect mistresses of rich, white, Southern gentlemen. This is the story of one young girl's struggle to remain true to herself.

Near the end of the civil war, Moses Brown, an elderly black man is the true owner of the Bush Plantation – through inheritance. For appearances, his white son-in-law, Josh, plays the part of Master of the plantation when strangers are about. Together they make a success of the plantation. Their main goal is to use the money they make to buy slaves, but not just any slaves – they’re buying family members. The plan is, when they gather the entire family, they’ll exodus north to freedom. Problem is, just as they leave, other landowners catch on and hunt them, so they could take ...

BY A CURIOUS TWIST OF FATE, A SPOILED SON OF A PLANTATION OWNER IS LEFT IN THE CARE OF AN ELDERLY SLAVE COUPLE. UNDER THE OLD COUPLE'S GUIDANCE, HE LEARNS TO SEE LIFE FROM A DIFFERENT POINT OF VEIW. IN TIME, THE BOY BECOMES A MAN AND HEIR TO THE PLANTATION WITH A HATRED FOR SLAVERY AND A LOVE FOR A YOUNG SLAVE GIRL.

FROM THE BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF FANCY COMES ANOTHER MOST SCANDALOUS TALE, OFTEN UPSETTING AND DISTURBING. RESIGNED TO THE LIFE OF A MISTRESS OF A RICH, WHITE, SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, WINNIE DECIDES THAT TO BETTER HER LIFE NO SIN IS TOO GREAT, NO CRIME TOO HORRENDOUS, TURNING HER BACK ON MAN AND GOD.

85 year old Christopher Goodman and 84 year old Irene Kelly live thousands of miles from each other. But every night they meet in a shared dream where they are young lovers. It's time they meet in the real world. Christopher runs away from home, and with the help of his grandson, Walter Jr., they journey on a quest to Irene - his intentions - marriage! A cast of characters you will never forget. There's Romance, Mystery, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, but most of all LOVE! You have a date tonight! .

He stripped her of all she loved: Freedom, Home, Family, Friends, Husband and Child. Now, the only thing to live for is … Revenge!

From the best selling author of BUT HAVE NOT LOVE and BORN A COLORED GIRL comes a love story like no other. She was a young slave girl. He was an African warrior purchased at a slave auction with the intent he would father a new breed of stronger slave. Despite all odds, a language barrier and the disapproval of her family and friends, the two fight for a life together.

From best selling author of BORN A COLORED GIRL and BUT HAVE NOT LOVE. Only one letter separates the two words Wishful is having hope for something Wistful is regret for what might have been A Love Triangle like no other.

This is a story of Greed, lies, love, both false and true, dignity and freedom. This is the story of the greatest artist the world has never known.

1858, a wave of murders sweeps through Savannah. The city hires well-known crime solver, Clayton Steele. Steele arrives with his black manservant, Seth. Outwardly, Steele is a flamboyant sleuth, only he’s a fake, an actor hired by the true detective, Seth. In a time gone by when a black man would never be given the time of day, Seth found a way to follow his true calling, becoming The Unexpected Detective.

A collection of 36 short stories of the imagination that would make Rod proud, "Only these have a biblical twist." All done in the style of old-time radio dramas.

There once was a man named Emmett Freeman. Some called him blessed with two lives, one before he saw forever, the other after. Others say he was not one man but two, the man he was before his fleeting glimpse of time infinite, the other following. I say he was one man who lived but only one life.

From the author of PAPPY MOSES’ PEANUT PLANTATION At the beginning of the Civil War, one man leads an army of runaway slaves to freedom. The powers that be believe they must not only stop them but make an example of them…by destroying them.

VIGILANTIES KIDNAP THE WEALTHIEST CITIZENS OF NATCHEZ, DEMANDING RANSOM. THE CITY HIRES WELL-KNOWN CRIME SOLVER, CLAYTON STEELE. STEELE ARRIVES WITH HIS MANSERVANT, SETH. OUTWARDLY, STEELE IS A FLAMBOYANT SLEUTH, ONLY HE’S A FAKE, AN ACTOR HIRED BY THE TRUE DETECTIVE, SETH. IN A TIME GONE BY WHEN A BLACK MAN WOULD NEVER BE GIVEN THE TIME OF DAY, SETH FOUND A WAY TO FOLLOW HIS TRUE CALLING, BECOMING THE UNEXPECTED DETECTIVE.

No, it's not the second coming. It's just a friendly weekend visit with George and Martha. A lot can happen in three days. The neighborhood will never be the same!