A desperate ex-con is forced to gather his old crew for one last job to pay off his sister's debt to a dangerous local criminal.
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
On the eve of the 1913 inaugural Women's Suffrage parade, the formidable activist Mary Church Terrell, along with two leaders of historic African-American Sororities, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta, confront and challenge parade organizer Alice Paul, regarding the racist, exclusionary practices of the white suffragette movement, for Black suffragettes to participate in the parade.
In a time of forgiving and giving thanks, a reverend and his family take in a troubled boy named Mason after having lost a son of their own. It's a bumpy ride for Mason, butting heads with his new step-brother and the church counselor he's sentenced to see on a weekly basis. However, with and a renewed faith and a deeper understanding of Thanksgiving traditions, Mason must not only learn to forgive himself, but to understand the true meaning of family.
When an egocentric, self-professed writer, director, artist and playboy is cut off by his parents, he concocts a plan to run an ad for a hot female roommate and charge her 80% of the rent. But when he falls for one of the applicants, he tries to turn his life around.
A young pizza delivery boy, Anthoni, faces a life-changing crisis when his curiosity pulls him away from his delivery order into an adjacent apartment's open door.
3 brothers are reunited after their grandfather suffers a heart attack. The Granger men, Jace, Caden and Dalton promise their dying grandfather that they will work together to save the family's failing business, Granger Aeronautics. The we brothers also find themselves banding together to find out who really killed their mother and subsequently, free their father, Sheppard who is serving a 30 year prison sentence for her murder. Family secrets, business mismanagement, intrigue and a little romance help to make this a great story.
After ending things with Shiloh Timmons, the woman he never stopped loving, Caden Granger is determined to win her back. But as the Granger family faces a web of secrets and a decades-old mystery, Caden must balance his family's legacy with the promise of a second chance at love. A Man’s Promise is the second installment in The Grangers series.
In the thrilling conclusion to Brenda Jackson’s The Grangers series, Dalton Granger’s life is in danger, and private investigator Jules Bradford is the only one who can protect him. As they fight to uncover the truth, their partnership turns personal, and Dalton is determined to prove he’s a man worth risking it all for. With love and legacy on the line, will they find their future together?
Old friends reunite after their childhood anchor dies, forcing them to face buried dreams, tensions, and regrets while discovering their true selves and future possibilities.