by Mark O'Neal (2013)
Maurice Ousley and his beautiful wife Gabrielle are living well. Maurice had just retired from the NBA due to injury with his fortune intactl and Gabrielle is a successful restaurateur in St. Louis, Missouri. On the way to their friend Stephanie's wedding, terrorist tries to hijack the plane. Will they survive, or will the terrorist successfully fly the plane into the Willis Tower? Darius Clinton is still at large, will he be caught? Junior is on the cusp of being a rap superstar and life couldn't be sweeter. Until one night, he beats a guy half to death. Will he spend the rest of his life in jail?
Bettye Griffin
Twentysomethings Chantal Hatchet, her sister Sinclair, and their good friend Yolanda Jones are working building their careers. Their love lives, though, are another matter ... until the night of rising singer Carlos Brown's concert on his native Long Island.
Kristin Hunter Lattany
Now swinging on the wrong side of forty, solid-bedrock, tight-forever friends Patrice Barber and Cherry Hopkins came of age in the sixties, veterans of Snick, CORE, and God alone knows how many Black Power rallies. By turns ferocious and fearless, passionate and proud, they rejected anything that was sanctioned by society. Sororities? No, thank you. Hair straightening? Get outta here. Marriage? Are you outta your mind? They became single mothers by choice. So who would have dreamed that these two ex-revolutionaries would find themselves trying to compose a la-de-dah wedding invitation for their soon-to-be-married children? True, Cherry's beautiful, somewhat spoiled daughter Aisha - excuse me, that's Eliza now - is about to jump the broom with Patrice's son, Saint, a ruggedly handsome computer whiz who likens himself to a Lone Star, like Texas. But Patrice feels a flutter in her gut, sensing something is deeply wrong. Cherry's favorite phrase is "no problem," but she's got big ones. For a shattering truth from their radical past is about to rear its head and alter the course of all their lives, forcing Patrice and Cherry to hit the road on an urgent mission. While on the home front, label-conscious Aisha soon discovers life lessons beyond brand names, and Saint faces the sobering fact that even the brightest star needs a center to spin around.
Blake Karrington
Best friends Nora, Darleen, and Andrea have one thing in common: they hustle by any means necessary. Money is never a problem for these sexy, big and beautiful women, and neither is getting a man.
J. Adams
Free-spirited Capri Harris has always embraced life to the fullest, but a major health trial brings unexpected changes and her outlook shifts, leaving her with doubts of her worth to any man. Like the force of a hurricane, Jagger Colby enters Capri's life, weakening her resolve and shaking the walls of self-preservation she has tried so hard to build around her heart. But Capri knows that once Jagger discovers the truth about her, he will walk away and never look back. When words mean everything, say what you need to say.