My favorite fiction novels
Discover the best fiction novels in this curated list featuring captivating stories from Nicholas Sparks, Danielle Steel, and more. Explore unforgettable romance, drama, and family sagas that will keep you turning pages.
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Time for Hope
by Maxine Billings
In her poignant and insightful new novel, the author of "A Measure of Faith" explores the nature of faith and friendship, and the ways each can change us--and even save us. Original.
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The Breaking Point
by Maxine Billings
The long-lasting effects of substance abuse and its power to damage a family are explored in Billings' latest story of faith, as two women struggle to save their marriages and leave their painful memories in the past. Original.
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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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Divine Confidential
by Jacquelin Thomas
Divine is used to getting what she wants.... Thanks to her loving Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Reed, Divine Matthews-Hardison has a place to call home after the Hollywood life she was accustomed to fell apart at the seams. Getting away from the spotlight that nearly destroyed her own parents, Divine has changed for the better -- though there's still enough diva in Divine to keep life in Temple, Georgia, very lively, from mall shopping with her cousin Alyssa and her fashion-challenged aunt, to worshipping at her uncle's church, to dating. But what if it's too much too soon? Divine has boys on the brain and she's itching for a social life -- at least as much as is allowed under Uncle Reed's watchful eyes. She knows she's too young for the kind of secretive drama her cousin Chance is going through with his girlfriend, but still.... Turning to the internet, Divine gets a major crush on sixteen-year-old Sean, who sounds and looks like the perfect guy. But she is about to learn a difficult -- and potentially dangerous -- lesson: Things are not always what they appear to be....
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Two Little Girls in Blue
by Mary Higgins Clark
In this riveting thriller from Queen of Suspense and #1 New York Times bestselling writer Mary Higgins Clark brilliantly weaves the mystery of twin telepathy into a mother's search for a kidnapped child, presumed dead. When Margaret and Steve Frawley come home to Connecticut from a black-tie dinner in New York, their three-year-old twins, Kathy and Kelly, are gone. The police found the babysitter unconscious, and a ransom note from the "Pied Piper" demands eight million dollars. Steve's global investment firm puts up the money, but when they go to retrieve the twins, only Kelly is in the car. The dead driver's suicide note says he inadvertently killed Kathy. At the memorial, Kelly tugs Margaret's arm and says: "Mommy, Kathy is very scared of that lady. She wants to come home right now." At first, only Margaret believes that the twins are communicating and that Kathy is still alive. But as Kelly's warnings become increasingly specific and alarming, FBI agents set out on a desperate search.
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At First Sight
by Nicholas Sparks
Finding himself happily married, living far from his New York City origins, and anticipating the birth of his first child, Jeremy Marsh receives a mysterious message that reopens wounds from the past and changes the course of his marriage.
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Dear John
by Nicholas Sparks
An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear John," the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love--and face the hardest decision of his life.
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The Upper Room
by Mary Monroe
Mama Ruby's known for taking things that aren't rightfully hers, like her best friend's stillborn infant, who she brought back to life and christened Maureen. She's also rumoured to have done away with her husband. Some fear her, others try their best to avoid her. But Mama Ruby doesn't pay them any mind. Not when she's got the one gift God gave her - her precious baby girl. But growing up with a mother like Ruby is enough to make any half-sane girl wish for something else. And when Maureen gets the chance to explore the real world, you can bet she's going to take it...
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Red Light Wives
by Mary Monroe
- Red Light Wires is an Essence bestseller and a Main Selection of the Black Expressions Book Club.
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Accident
by Danielle Steel
In one tragic moment everything changed. Her daughter's life. Her marriage. Her world.
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Sugar
by Bernice L. McFadden
Set in a small Arkansas town in the 1950s, this tale of loyalty and friendship between two African-American women finds Jude turning to the church after the death of her daughter, and to a young woman who turns out to be a prostitute. A first novel. Reprint.
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Nowhere is a Place
by Bernice L. McFadden
Traveling across country together, a mother and daughter discover the assorted pieces of their family's past, which--when pulled together--reveal a history of amazing survival and abundant joy.
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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.
