Victoria Christopher Murray
1) Joy
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
Victoria Christopher Murray's bestselling novel shares the story of a successful black Christian woman who must decide how far she is willing to go to have a future with the man she loves.
Anya Mitchell feels greatly blessed. The owner of a successful Los Angeles financial services company, she is also prosperous in love, thanks to handsome writer Braxton Vance. True, they have real differences over their future and she must struggle at...
Anya Mitchell feels greatly blessed. The owner of a successful Los Angeles financial services company, she is also prosperous in love, thanks to handsome writer Braxton Vance. True, they have real differences over their future and she must struggle at...
2) Lust
Author
Series
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From the NAACP Image award winner and national bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray, a novel inspired by the seven deadly sins about a woman caught between an entertainment mogul with a shady past and his childhood friend who is out for revenge. Tiffanie has lived a sheltered life in a very strict household with her pastor-grandfather and grandmother in Washington, DC. But when she meets Damon King, she falls for the successful entertainment...
4) Temptation
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Language
English
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Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their sixteen years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medical career is prospering, and they have loyal friends. Kyla knows her newly divorced and lifelong friend, Jasmine, is desperately unhappy and no amount of prayer or encouragement seems to help. What Kyla doesn't know is that Jasmine has a plan to move her life forward with the type of...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Jasmine Larson Bush is finally living a drama-free life. She's left her lying, cheating, stealing stripper days behind and is standing by her husband's side as the first lady of one of the largest churches in New York City. But just when Jasmine has committed her life completely to God, her daughter Jacqueline is kidnapped from a mall the day after Thanksgiving. The police and the church community join in the frantic search to find the four-year-old....
Author
Publisher
Brown Girls Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the outside, Angelique has the perfect life - a rich husband who adores her and gives her the world, except for what she craves most - his attention. A workaholic, more concerned with his family's financial situation than emotional stability, Preston doesn't understand why his wife is so unhappy. Not one to stray, Angelique seeks comfort in the online game, Words With Friends. Blu has been living a life of loneliness since his wife settled into...
Author
Publisher
Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Rachel Jackson Adams have been through a lot together--from fighting for their husbands to become the head of the American Baptist Coalition to getting mixed up in a terrible murder. Now the frenemies have found themselves the stars of First Ladies, a much anticipated new reality television show. Jasmine balks at the idea of airing her dirty laundry on national TV, but Rachel sees it as the perfect opportunity to take her...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After fleeing Los Angeles when her attempt to break up her best friend's marriage fails, Jasmine is now a changed woman and a Christian. She has moved to the Big Apple to begin her man-finding mission. She quickly meets her dream mate, but things start slipping when another man from Jasmine's past refuses to stay there.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Victoria Christopher Murray is an Essence best-selling author who creates absorbing tales of contemporary love. For 17 years, Sheridan and Quentin seemed to have the perfect marriage. Now he is leaving her for another man. Her life shattered, Sheridan wonders how she can help their two children live through this crisis, while keeping her own emotional turmoil under control.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Essence best-selling author and Phillis Wheatley Award winner for excellence in contemporary fiction, Victoria Christopher Murray delivers a compelling tale starring ever-popular character Jasmine Cox Larson Bush. Jasmine once tried- and failed-to break up her best friend's marriage. Then she turned to God to improve herself, but couldn't escape her shady past. Is Jasmine finally ready to put her lying and scheming ways behind her for good?
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The award-winning author of Lust, Envy, and Greed-soon to be Lifetime movies-delivers a passionate and unforgettable exploration of a marriage caught in the crossroads of rage. When Chastity Butler and Xavier Owens first meet, they instantly connect and they quickly marry. As time goes on, Xavier is slowly overcome with resentment about his past. Soon, Chastity finds herself on the receiving end of his increasing rage. It starts with verbal abuse...
14) Greed
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Zuri Maxwell's job is a grind, and money is always tight. Between her boyfriend Stephon's income as an artist and her commission-based paycheck, they are barely scraping by. Julian, a sleek entrepreneur, is eager to pick her brain, and Zuri jumps at the chance to talk business with someone who has everything she wants. As Julian wines and dines her, Zuri starts moving in elite circles. Now she faces a crossroads: Will she give up the stable, loving...
15) Never say never
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Music, suspense, and some steam up the windows scenes make this a wonderful book for lovers of Mature YA/New Adult books - Book Loving Mom "If you want to change up what you usually read or you like contemporary romance with a kick I dare you to read this book. I promise you won't regret it." - The Haunted Rose YA - Mature/New Adult What girl wouldn't want to be surrounded by the sexy guys from the hottest teen rock sensation in the country? 18-year-old...
17) Pride
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The 7 Deadly Sins series that inspired several Lifetime original movies continues with this unputdownable novel following mortgage broker Journee Alexander as she tries to escape the secrets of her past without losing all she has worked to build in the present. Journee Alexander grew up believing that the only person she could depend on was herself. After being abandoned by her mother, burning bridges with friends, and narrowly escaping bad business...
19) The first ladies
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Language
English
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Description
"A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune--an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Personal Librarian. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist...
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Language
English
Description
"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...