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Living in the late 1970s, brothers J.T. and Roland Cole build an impressive economic empire from their father's humble bank enterprise. Now they have their eyes on endeavors promising more wealth and power--but at what cost?

Recently widowed, Thea has become a successful business woman and is now rekindling a love affair with a former star athlete-turned pastor. Meanwhile, Jesse struggles with her mixed race heritage as she tries to fit in at college.

Lexa McCaskell and Mitch Rozier leave their Seattle home to visit Mitch's dying father in Montana. There Mitch clashes with both Lexa and his father as events from the past are explored and difficult memories resurface.

Dallas' novel traces the experiences of three generations of women who live in a Victorian Colorado house, from Nealie, a hired girl torn between two suitors; to motherless Pearl, whose grieving father sabotages her happiness; to proud Susan, who resolves to protect the house's secrets and legacy.

Beloved teacher Dallas Dupree just can't get over the death of his wife. To fill the void, he spends most of his time with his daughter Aja. But the new woman in Dalls' life is hiding a nasty secret that could cost him his career, reputation and family. Dallas' sister Carmen is recently married. Yet Carmen's "pretty boy" husband is not who he seems. Big brother Priest can help fix his siblings' problems, but are there two ready to turn to a cop-turned-drug dealer?

After their father dies without revealing the whereabouts of his will, his three adult children hire a private investigator to locate the will, as each comes to terms with the conflicts and secrets of their past and the need to support each other as family.

Annette Goode Davis is thankful that her husband Pee Wee has decided to give her a second chance after discovering she's having an affair. But post-betrayal Pee Wee seems a million miles away, and with true forgiveness the bitterest of pills, they may need a miracle to keep their marriage together.

After a crash diet and a makeover fail to get the attention of her husband, Annette shacks up with Louis and goes on a spending spree, until she discovers a terrible secret about Louis and turns to her friend, Rhoda, for help.

When Christine married Jesse Ray Thurman, she thought she had found her lifetime love. Together, they worked hard to build his fledgling video store business, but now 12 years into the marriage, Christine feels an unbridgeable distance has grown between them. Jesse Ray focuses all his energy on his video stores and lately, while he's at work, Christine's been having lots of hot sex with her old friend Wade. But that's not all--Christine and Wade are caught in a shocking scheme, and if it all fails both will be headed straight to prison.

Terri Mills' star is on the rise. A smart and ambitious lawyer engaged to a successful man, she has escaped her small-town roots and hopes to never look back. But then her man is unfaithful. Grandma Ollie knows something is wrong when her pen runs out of ink as she tries to enter Terri's engagement in her bible. Before long, Terri returns to Arkansas and Grandma Ollie, where she absorbs plenty of sage wisdom and struggles to cope with her upturned life.