African-American Christian Fiction/Inspirational Books & Authors
Discover inspiring African-American Christian fiction books and authors. Explore uplifting stories of faith, hope, and redemption from top Black writers in the genre.
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Redemption
by Jacquelin Thomas
Explores the role and rewards of redemption through the story of a woman whose desperate and fateful decisions could destroy her.
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Cruisin' On Desperation
by Pat G'Orge-Walker
The members of the Oh-Lawd-Why-Am-I-Still-Single church have gathered again to complain about the slim pickings in the little town of Pelzer, South Carolina - and this time, they really have something to gripe about. Turns out that newcomer Birdie Tweet's new beau, Lyon Lipps, is a con artist who has seduced every member of their group - and it's time for a little payback. The girls decide to go on a cruise, and trick Lyon into going too, enlisting the help of Pelzer's resident destructo-vamp, Ima Hellraiser...
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The Ex Files
by Victoria Christopher Murray
There are four ways a woman can handle heartbreak: She can fall apart, seek revenge, turn cold, or move on. The Ex Files follows the reverberations of heartbreak in the lives of four women. When Kendall Stewart finds her husband and her sister in bed together, she vows to never let anyone get that close again. But when she is faced with saving the life of the woman who destroyed hers, will she be able to forgive? In another thread, NBA superstar tells his mistress, Asia Ingrum, that he's decided to honor his marriage vows, her shock quickly gives way to revenge—but her decision may come back to haunt their five-year-old daughter. Then there’s Vanessa Martin, whose life revolves around obsessing over why her husband has committed suicide. Even worse, she contemplates joining him in eternity. Will Vanessa be able to gather the strength to live again? And Sheridan Hart is finally finding her way after a lie destroyed her seventeen-year marriage. Her new love is ready to get married, but will she commit to this younger man or is her ex-husband taking up too much space in her heart? When their pastor asks Kendall, Asia, Vanessa, and Sheridan to meet weekly for prayer, they can't imagine they will have anything in common. But then a devastating tragedy strikes, and these strangers are forced to reexamine their choices. Will they find true friendship, or will prayer—and their union—fail them?
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In Greene Pastures
by Kendra Norman-Bellamy
Hunter Greene has worked hard to become the owner of a successful Atlanta newspaper. When a much-loved pastor is killed in a car crash, the pastor's daughter, Jade, convinces him it was murder. But as Hunter investigates, he finds the community turning against him, even as he falls deeply in love with Jade...
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3:57 A.M. Timing Is Everything
by Kendra Norman-Bellamy
Essie Mae Richardson lives alone, but, using God's guidance, she reaches out to neighbors who need help. Through Ms. Essie's love and prayers, these families begin to find the strength and faith they need.
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Sister Betty! God's Calling You Again!
by Pat G'Orge-Walker
As the Bible thumpin', don't-you-dare-sass-me Sister Betty, Pat G'Orge Walker performs at churches, universities, writers' conferences and on the radio. Now she brings Sister Betty and her adventures to a wider audience with this uplifting collection of tales and spiritual teachings.
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More Than Grace
by Kendra Norman-Bellamy
Third novel in the acclaimed Grace series. Dr Gregory Dixon, his wife Grace and their lifelong friend Derrick Madison have weathered the storms of life, love and faith - but now a Pandora's box of secrets has been opened that could change their lives forever...
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A Sin and a Shame
by Victoria Christopher Murray
Having broken up her friend's marriage by seducing her husband, Jasmine Larson, the deceitful yet captivating heroine from "Temptation," moves to New York to start a new life as a Christian. She falls in love with a preacher, but will she be honest with him and reveal that she's pregnant by another man?
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Joy
by Victoria Christopher Murray
Brutally attacked in her office by a stalker, Anya Mitchell, owner of a successful L.A. financial services company, finds her faith in God and her relationship with a loving fiancT shaken by the aftermath of the attack and the painful decisions she must make. By the author of Temptation. Reprint. 18,000 first printing.
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Blessed Assurance
by Victoria Christopher Murray
Presents modern-day versions of biblical stories stressing the importance of God, including the stories of Samson and Delilah, the Good Samaritan, and Abraham and Sarah.
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Shades of Gray
by Jacquelin Thomas
Although married for 20 years, Sela Barnes is convinced that having an African-American daughter-in-law has never been acceptable to her husband's parents. However, when tragedy strikes, Sela turns to God for the first time and gains a new perspective.
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Saved in the City
by Jacquelin Thomas
Saved In The City by Jacquelin Thomas released on Apr 26, 2005 is available now for purchase.
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Singsation
by Jacquelin Thomas
Deborah Anne Peterson knows that her amazing singing voice is a gift from God and fully realizes that when He gives you a gift He means for you to use it.
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Living Consequences
by Brittney Holmes
In this moving novel, two high school seniors grappling with issues of sex, love, and intimacy learn lifelong lessons, and soon find that God's love and forgiveness can carry them through difficult times.
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Farther Than I Meant To Go, Longer Than I Meant To Stay
by Tiffany L. Warren
The author of "What a Sista Should Do" delivers a new novel about a woman struggling with the decisions she made that were based on fear and societal pressures instead of God's plan for her.
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What a Sista Should Do
by Tiffany L. Warren
A powerful and spiritually satisfying novel from a compelling new voice about three courageous women who must confront the harsh realities of their lives through faith and prayer. Pam Lyons has a husband who places more trust in money and marijuana than in God. Yvonne Hastings is a minister's wife whose husband's infidelity and physical abuse brings their marriage to a crossroads. Taylor Johnson is a single mother who is looking for a good Christian man to help raise her son, but is unable to rid herself of the guilt left over from her promiscuous past. The secret of Taylor's child's paternity is the catalyst for the tumultuous relationship between the three women. Together, they will learn unforgettable lessons about love, forgiveness, prayer, and sisterhood.
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Abraham's Well
by Sharon Ewell Foster
Armentia, an aged black Cherokee woman, remembers her youth, her family, and their struggle to hold on to their dreams.
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Into Each Life
by Sheila Lipsy
In a powerfully intriguing and dramatic novel, Lipsey follows two friends on a journey from childhood through adulthood, revealing the depths of the human spirit to persevere against some of life's most tumultuous trials and temptations.
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Misdemeanor
by Tanya Marie Lewis
Malena Dawson is a daddy's girl turned bittesweet, having internalized the loss of her father. She thrived on the love of God that her parents instilled in her from early on, however when she goes offto college she becomes someone that even she doesn't recognize, filling herselfwith shallow misconceptions of life, love and success. Then Grant Carpenter, a younger admirer from her childhood resurfaces in her life. Malena, unsure of the age difference and still struggling with the death of her father, yo-yo's between wanting and denying Grant. She ultimately pushes him away.Soon after, she finds her life an empty void spinning helplessly out of controlthat she realizes that no one can help her...except God.
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Saved Folk in the House
by Sonnie Beverly
Told in three parts, this story introduces a Southern family and their friends grappling with the joys and disappointments of life as a direct result of being raised in a home with strong Christian values. Original.
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Divas of Damascus Road
by Michelle Stimpson
Running from congregation to congregation to avoid his painful past as well as his skeptics, faith healer Chance Howard grieves over the death of the wife he had been unable to save, until an encounter with a beautiful female minister encourages him to break his own rule about healing more than one person in the same community. Reader's Guide included. 25,000 first printing.
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
by Patricia Haley
Jealousy, gossip, betrayal, marital woes and dark secrets crush the unity and laughter of the Reynolds family, leaving damaged remnants. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie tugs at the heart of human frailty and dysfunction, questioning whether faith and unconditional love can enable the unthinkable to be forgiven and the pain forgotten.
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Blind Faith
by Patricia Haley
When Courtney finds herself torn between two very different men--Roger, an African-American born-again believer, and Sebastian, a bi-racial fellow student--she must come to terms with cultural differences to forge her own path in life.
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Speak to My Heart
by Stacy Hawkins Adams
Serena is successful, sassy, and saved. But can she come to terms with her mother's secret and past relationships before it's too late?
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Nothing But the Right Thing
by Stacy Hawkins Adams
In her heartwarming second novel, the award-winning author of "Speak to My Heart" explores the journey of faith, friendship, and the power of prayer.
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Zora's Cry
by Tia McCollors
Grappling with identity issues after discovering that she was adopted, Zora Bridgeforth joins a multi-church women's discipleship group where she unexpectedly finds the joy of friendship with three women. As the ladies drop their facades and learn to find healing through each other's testimonies, a series of events unfolds to an outcome Zora could have never imagined.
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Sacrifice the One
by Monica Carter
When Robert Armstrong's beloved wife dies giving birth to their daughter, Seta, he's furious with God, and with the child who he blames for Rose's death. Renouncing them both, Robert sends Seta to live with her grandparents, and as Seta grows to womanhood, she travels down a destructive path that will test the family's foundation of faith.
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The Last Ten Percent
by Michelle McKinney Hammond
From bestselling author Michelle McKinney Hammond comes a captivating first novel filled with her hallmark wit and insight. Tracy awakens one morning to a radio report—the ratio of eligible men to available women is slim to none. Now, armed with actual statistics and a past of heartbreak, Tracey explores, with her four good friends, how intelligent women with impressive careers, coveted urban dwellings, and closets full of fashions can still worry so much about the shortage of men. But as life unfolds, they discover that it is not the last ten percent of eligible men in the country but true faith that will ultimately give their hearts one hundred percent love.
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Wings Of Grace
by Vanessa Davis Griggs
In this sequel to Promises Beyond Jordan, Pastor George Landis prepares for his wedding, while his fiance researches her new book, which leads to danger, and Lena Patterson finds her joy in awaiting the birth of her grandchild overshadowed by the arrival of a strange woman. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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Sunday Brunch
by Norma L. Jarrett
Waiting to Exhale meets Church Folk as five female attorneys do brunch each week to trade tales about their love lives, law firms, and the Lord! Meet Capri, an attorney at a top Houston firm. She seems to have it all together all the time until a seductive client topples her self-control. Then there’s Jermane, a devout Catholic who met her husband in law school and has never been with another man. But now her workaholic marriage is threatened by temptation. Angel, on the other hand, sees men merely as a means to sex. Her scorn for love of all kinds—godly or otherwise—is challenged by a serious health scare. Meanwhile, Jewel bases her dating choices on the size of a man’s bank account until she meets a new flame who causes her to reconsider her requirements. Finally, there’s Lexi, the link between the ladies, who provides sage advice while praying for Mr. Right. But what happens when depression hits hard? Through conversation and consolation, these dynamic characters provide one another with divine inspiration—encouraging readers to root for them along the way.
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Sweet Magnolia
by Norma L. Jarrett
From the author of fiction favorite Sunday Brunch comes an inspirational novel about two bitterly divided sisters struggling to forgive each other and renew their faith in God. Everything is not always sweet on Magnolia Lane, where the Ledoux clan had always gathered under the watchful eye of the family matriarch, Hannah. Years later, Hannah’s granddaughter Summer, a soon-to-be bride, has planned a weekend event that prompts a major family reunion. But once relatives come together to celebrate Summer’ s wedding, generational secrets that have spanned decades slowly come to the surface. Blowing in belatedly and stoking long-standing resentments is Summer’s older sister, Misa, an international model. Unbeknownst to them, the sisters share something besides a feud: they have inherited the depression that had darkened the life of their mother, Elizabeth. While Summer relies on God to keep her from the abyss, Misa submerges herself in drinks and men. But neither can avoid what happens when, after a particularly vitriolic argument, one of the sisters flees in anger into the darkness of a rain-swept night. The aftermath leads the sisters to uncover the truth about their family and themselves, testing their spiritual reserves. And along the way, God’s spirit continues to send them messages about the beauty of faith and love. Spiritual, dramatic, and a memorable tribute to our beloved New Orleans, Jarrett’s second novel is a confident step forward in an already bright career.