The God Series

Mary Monroe’s vivid portrait of two lifelong friends, their secrets and lies, and the challenges that threaten to destroy their bond.

 

God Don’t Like Ugly

Annette Goode is a shy, awkward, overweight child with a terrible secret. But the summer Annette turns thirteen, something incredible happens: Rhoda Nelson chooses her as a friend. Gorgeous and worldly, Rhoda is everything Annette is not . . . but when she makes a stunning confession about a horrific childhood crime, Annette’s world will never be the same.

 

God Still Don’t Like Ugly

Annette Goode thought all men were as low-down as the father who abandoned her, including the boarder who abused her for years and the men she slept with to earn the money she needed to run away from her life. Now, after decades of heartache and severing ties with her dangerously unstable friend Rhoda, Annette’s real life has started to take shape....

 

God Don’t Play

Now that things are good in Annette’s life, someone apparently thinks they’re a little too good. When Annette receives an anonymous—and menacing—birthday gift, it’s just the beginning of a slew of hostile letters and phone calls. Comforted by Rhoda, Annette hopes the problem will somehow disappear. But soon her tormentor reveals exactly what she wants....

 

God Ain’t Blind

Annette Goode Davis is no stranger to life’s obstacles and has never been knocked down for long. With her marriage in trouble, she gets a makeover and attracts the attention of a handsome suitor. But when she learns his terrible secret, Annette wonders if she may have destroyed the life she loved—and this time, not even Rhoda can help her make things right....

 

God Ain’t Through Yet

Annette feels lucky that her husband took her back after he discovered she was having an affair. But their marriage takes another hit when Pee Wee moves out—and in with his new lady. Annette won’t let her family go without a fight, but she also knows she must prepare for the worst....

 

God Don’t Make No Mistakes

In the sparkling conclusion to the series, Annette and Rhoda face their biggest betrayals yet and learn that putting your trust in the wrong hands can change your life forever....

Available wherever books and ebooks are sold. The Mama Ruby Series

 

A small-town girl becomes the South’s most infamous woman . . .

 

Mama Ruby

Growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, Ruby Jean Upshaw is the kind of girl who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. By the time she’s fifteen, Ruby has a taste for fast men and cheap liquor, and not even her preacher daddy can set her straight. Only Othella Mae Cartier, daughter of the town tramp, understands what makes Ruby tick. And Othella will learn that no one exacts revenge quite like Ruby Jean Upshaw. . . .

 

The Upper Room

Mama Ruby’s known for taking things that aren’t rightfully hers, like her best friend’s stillborn infant, who she brought back to life and christened Maureen. She’s also rumored to have done away with her husband. Some fear her, others try their best to avoid her. But Mama Ruby doesn’t pay them any mind. Not when she’s got the one gift God gave her—her precious baby girl, Maureen.

 

Lost Daughters

Mama Ruby has died and Maureen Montgomery is finally taking charge of her own life. With her beautiful teenage daughter, Loretta, by her side, she returns to Florida and settles into a routine any other woman would consider bland. But for Maureen and her brother, Virgil, after Mama Ruby’s hair-trigger temper and murderous ways, bland is good. Yet Loretta has other ideas....

 

Available wherever books and ebooks are sold.