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Three black women from one neighborhood take different paths to better themselves.

In his debut collection, Gay brings to life 13 stories about a diverse group of colorful characters living in the fertile Tennessee country land.

Dubbed "Brother Word," Chance Howard miraculously heals those who are crippled by disease. But there is also unspeakable tragedy in Chance's past, and to keep that past hidden, he runs away.

Haunted by the horrors ofWorldWar I, Dr. James Delaney's personal life is a nightmare. But everything changes when he returns home one day to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep.

When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to reco

When Aaron Maciver's beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers brain damage in a bike accident, she is left with the intellectual powers of a seven-year-old.

Kenny Lee Puckett has yet to find game and fortune as a professional golfer, but he keeps swinging, hoping to make a name for himself.

There's a new breed of leaders who get ahead because they connect. These men and women get their messages across effectively, powerfully, persuasively and memorably.

Fortysomething sportswriter Jack Brannon is bored to tears with the men's tour. So he decides to check out Ginger Clayton, the hot, new franchise babe on the ladies' links.

Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive.

Former football star Billy Clyde Puckett's raunchy humor and obsession with the game collide head first when he founds his own NFL expansion team in West Texas.

The February hunting season is in full swing in Virginia when the neighborhood is rocked by murder.

As New York Giants redneck star Billy Clyde Puckett records the outrageous buildup to his team's Super Bowl clash with cross-town rivals the Jets, his best friend's voluptuous main squeeze puts som

Since the days when golfing was done with a shepherd's crook, only seven men have one a major after the age of 44. BJ figures his chances are slim and none.

Nat Banyon, handsome and rough around the edges, stumbles into the shady town of Deepwater and takes on a painting job at a dingy hotel.