Victoria Christopher Murray

From the #1 Essence bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray comes Stand Your Ground, a novel about two women who are faced with the same tragedy. A black teenage boy is dead. A white man shot him. Was he standing his ground or was it murder? Janice Johnson is living every black mother?s nightmare. Her seventeen-year-old son was murdered and the shooter has not been arrested. Can the D.A. and the police be trusted to investigate...

"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...

Fearing for her family when her husband loses his job, Evia Langston is made an outrageous proposal by her boss, a morally ambiguous opportunity that forces the Langstons to choose between their security and their faith.

The best of friends.... Since they were five years old, Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Kyla Blake had a bond that could not be broken. They shared secrets, marked milestones, and held each other up through life's adversities. It was a friendship that they both thought would last forever. But when Jasmine's jealousy led her to seduce Kyla's husband, Dr. Jefferson Blake, that bond was severed and their friendship was damaged forever... Now, twenty years...

Zuri Maxwell isn't happy. Her job is a grind, and money is always tight. Her boyfriend, Stephon, is the best part of life, but between his income as an artist and her commission-based paycheck, they are barely scraping by. When Zuri meets a sleek entrepreneur eager to pick her brain, she jumps at the chance to talk business with someone who has everything she wants. As he wines and dines her, Zuri starts moving in elite circles, and she faces a crossroads:...

"Three Los Angeles women who've helped each other overcome heartbreak are reunited eight years later when their troublesome exes come back into the picture in this follow up to Victoria Christopher Murray's ... novel The Ex Files. Sheridan, Kendall, and Asia first bonded when they met seven years ago at a church prayer support group, and now their friendship has blossomed into a strong sisterhood. They've helped each other through the tragedies of...

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....

When her fireman husband dies rescuing students from a school fire, Miriam feels like her life is over. How is she going to raise her three children and survive without Chauncey, the love of her life? Luckily, Miriam's sister-friend Emily and her husband Jamal are there for her. Chauncey's best friend, Jamal steps in and helps Miriam with the funeral and the kids. But the time they spend together brings the two closer in ways they never planned.

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.

Before she was a minister's wife, she was Jasmine Cox, the most prized dancer at Foxtails. It's a thrilling peek into Jasmine's world before she becomes the woman we all love to hate. On the night of her bachelorette party she meets Roman, and their lust-at-first sight ignites a passion that becomes a full-on addiction... and that can only lead to trouble...