Connie Briscoe Books in Order

Naomi Jefferson grows up in a supportive Washington family with hopes for business success and romance. Her brother's death transforms her understanding of racism, sending her into campus activism and a difficult search for purpose as disillusionment, betrayal, and ambition reshape her adult life.

Three generations of women born into slavery at James Madison's Virginia plantation struggle to protect their family and pursue freedom. Spanning more than sixty years, their intertwined lives reveal changing relationships, enduring injustices, and the determination binding mothers, daughters, and granddaughters together.

Five women's lives intersect around an affluent, largely Black community in Prince George's County. Marriage problems, ambitions, a growing business, a daughter's relationship, and a runaway's search for her father expose the tensions beneath the neighborhood's image of wealth and success.

Barbara Bentley's sobriety and new career unsettle the familiar social order of affluent P.G. County. Her husband's former mistress pursues status, a new couple struggles to build a family, and an intriguing wealthy newcomer joins a community already tangled in betrayal and desire.

Struggling photographer Lenora Stone wins the lottery and suddenly gains access to the lifestyle she once photographed from outside. A mansion, new social circle, and renewed romantic attention seem to fulfill her wishes, but growing tensions force her to question what her fortune has cost.

After an intruder attacks her, hearing-impaired Alexis Roberts faces frightening questions about her isolated home and missing husband. Recalling their whirlwind courtship and the discoveries that followed their marriage, she tries to determine whether the danger comes from a stranger or someone she trusted.

Private chef Angel marries a wealthy widower and moves into his imposing estate, where his first wife Chloe remains an overwhelming presence. Her new husband's withdrawal and his sister's hostility deepen Angel's suspicions about the death everyone insists was suicide.