Vanessa Miller

"Sometimes going home means facing the storms and finding hope amid the pain"--

Hustling wasn't easy, but Isaac did his best. He ruled the underworld like a predator — a self-made CEO of the streets. But one woman dared to show him a better way. Her way changed all the rules. Now, all Isaac wants is to live for God and win back his baby's mama, Nina Lewis. But when the past catches up with Isaac, and tragedy creeps in his back door — all bets are off. Can a hustler change his ways or will tragedy cause Isaac to turn back...

Two girls' lives are irrevocably intertwined the summer of 1985 in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and neither will ever be the same in this coming-of-age story that spans decades. In the summer of 1985, Lisa Whitaker is a church kid headed to college on a scholarship while her best friend, Dana, is floundering in the wake of her mother's latest eviction. Though Lisa tries to help, their paths diverge. Fifteen years later, Lisa has a beautiful...

The sixth and final book in the Family Business series brings the Shepherd family and the Walker family from the Rain series together as they struggle to do the work of the Lord in this evil and the confused world they now live in. Dam Shepherd is a full-grown man, married to the love of his life, with a baby on the way. Life is good... until he tries to step into the ministry God has for him. As one obstacle after another takes Dam's focus off of...

The family has come a long way, Demetrius Shepherd has finally stepped out of his father, Don Shepherd's shadow and is now living for the Lord with his wife and son, Dam. But Don Shepherd has been no angel and with his last days in front of him, he begins to realize that he has a lot to atone. By all accounts, God was showing up and showing out in Dam Shepherd's life. He had just graduated from college, was about to begin his ministry and had met...

As a partner in a successful Houston ad agency, Danetta Harris can check one thing off her list of things to accomplish before she's thirty. Now she can concentrate on getting married and starting a family. In spite of being burned before, Danetta's now ready to risk her heart again and forget about the man she's secretly loved for ten years. Fed up with pining for him, Danetta decides to do whatever it takes to find her Mr. Right, right now! Caring,...

Angel and Demetrius Shepherd loved each other with an everlasting love, but their love is soon tested when one attack after the next threatens the safety of their children. Angel must determine if love is enough to keep her and Demetrius together. Demetrius is growing weary of being the son of a gangster. He sees the light in Angel's eyes and the love in her heart and desires that for himself. But no matter how many times Demetrius tries to get out...

She wanted a peaceful escape to the Bahamas. What she got was love and danger at every turn. Renee Thomas can't trust herself to pick a good man. Putting her life back together after being in an abusive relationship, she finds a job. Her new job isn't exciting, but it nets one major positive: she reconnects with an old flame, but like a moth to a flame, her abuser also tries to reconnect with disastrous results, not only for her, but everyone she...

After having an affair with a married preacher and then having a child by an unemployed ex-boyfriend, Margie Milner is tired of playing with God's good graces and wants to live right. So when she meets the charismatic and very gorgeous, Pastor Lamont Stevens, Margie isn't sure if he is her God-ordained destiny or if the devil is trying to tempt her to return to her old ways, but she is determined to find out. Pastor Lamont Stevens of Overcomers Ministries...

When it Rains it pours, just ask Elizabeth Underwood or Nina Lewis. They thought the unfaithful men in their lives caused their storms, but as they are forced on a journey of self-examination, they realize that something greater than a "do right" man is needed to heal the hurts that trouble their souls.