ReShonda Tate Books in Order

ReShonda Tate gathers real women's stories and conversations about recognizing their mothers in themselves. Reflections on growing up, parental influence, and relationships offer humor and encouragement while exploring the complicated process of understanding, accepting, and sometimes forgiving a mother.

Successful Houston broadcaster Rae Rollins has distanced herself from her Arkansas childhood and the relatives she finds embarrassing. When her carefully arranged life begins to collapse, a return home forces her to reconsider the family and faith she left behind.

Pastor Terrance Ellis is focused on his Houston congregation, while the three aunts who raised him insist he needs a wife. His attraction to unconventional Savannah complicates their matchmaking as the church approaches its centennial Christmas service.

Divorce judge Vanessa faces the collapse of her own marriage after repeatedly choosing work over her husband's hopes for a family. An ordered spiritual retreat challenges her bitterness, while her sister's desire for revenge creates another crisis close to home.

Nina's lottery win promises a new life with her fiancé, until relatives and friends begin demanding their share. Her supposedly former husband then reveals their divorce was never finalized, turning unexpected wealth into a struggle over love, loyalty, and money.

Journalist Ava Cole reluctantly travels to Aruba to cover a pop star's wedding for a tabloid. Flirtation with a photographer gives way to danger when she uncovers blackmail and deception, leaving her uncertain whom to trust with the story.

After years of disappointing relationships with professional athletes, three friends decide to seek dependable partners at a ministers' conference. Pretending to be devout churchgoers brings new romantic possibilities, but their scheme also risks repeating the mistakes they hoped to escape.

ReShonda Tate collects poetry developed through years of performance, addressing gratitude, romantic expectations, and pride in Black identity. The poems give voice to women's frustrations and hopes while considering self-respect, personal priorities, and the pressures to change oneself for others.

Lance believes his marriage to attorney Tia promises a happy future until a concealed mental illness disrupts their lives. With Tia pregnant and family responses complicating treatment, he struggles to protect his wife and child while confronting secrecy and uncertainty.

Olivia gives up her chance to study dance at Juilliard to care for her sick mother. Discovering that her supposedly dead father is a wealthy executive sends her to Los Angeles seeking answers about their years of poverty and abandonment.

ReShonda Tate shares the imperfect realities of raising three children alongside candid stories from other mothers. Their experiences explore the strain of balancing work and family, the unexpected comedy of parenting, and the reassuring recognition that other women struggle too.

ReShonda Tate returns to family life with personal anecdotes and stories from twenty-five mothers. Experiences of embarrassment, disability, relationships, and faith reveal the challenges of raising children and the ways humor helps parents acknowledge their mistakes and keep going.

Felise spends a night with her best friend's husband, then leaves their hotel room after discovering he has died. As she supports the grieving widow, guilt and an increasingly determined investigation threaten to expose a betrayal that could destroy both families.

An aging musician with Alzheimer's disease is reunited with three daughters he abandoned after a car crash brings them together. Each woman carries different wounds, and his declining memory complicates their struggle to decide whether reconciliation and forgiveness remain possible.

After a police officer is killed during an encounter with three Black teenagers, Gloria's son becomes a fugitive murder suspect. Racing to find him amid intense public scrutiny, she must decide how to protect him while confronting troubling secrets.

Four coworkers win a lottery jackpot, expecting money to solve their problems. Instead, strained marriages, shifting self-confidence, embezzlement, and resentment turn their shared good fortune into separate tests of loyalty and judgment, revealing difficulties their winnings cannot easily resolve.

Aspiring actress Tamara joins a touring stage production for the paycheck, only to find her former fiancé and a hostile starlet among the cast. Meanwhile, the producer's troubled marriage and backstage temptations threaten to turn the production into a personal disaster.

Blamed for helping conceal her father's affairs, Lauren has repeated his patterns by dating married men. A renewed relationship with an old love offers change, until someone hurt by her past becomes determined to destroy their public engagement.

At her father's funeral, Brooke learns that the mother she believed dead is alive with a successful career and another family. Her search for answers becomes a dangerous desire for revenge against the woman who abandoned her.

Angelique and Blu each feel lonely within their marriages and find relief in an online word game. Their growing connection becomes flirtatious, then moves into real life, forcing both to question their commitments and the meaning of their attraction.

A betrayed wife, a grieving widower, a mother risking her freedom for work, and a young hustler arrive at the Markham Hotel. Their different struggles intersect around a room where each hopes to find comfort and a reason to continue.

Radio personalities Shannon and Jay Lovejoy project an image of romantic success while their marriage falls apart. Their bitter divorce becomes more dangerous when Jay's mistress dies, entangling the couple's infidelity and deception with a mystery neither can easily escape.

As Jill cares for her mother through early dementia, confusing references to another childhood unsettle their close relationship. A stranger's arrival confirms a hidden past, forcing Jill to investigate her identity and weigh what reclaiming it could cost her family.

A terminal illness brings Miss Pearly's four estranged daughters back to rural Arkansas. Hoping to reconcile them before she dies, she faces years of judgments and deception as the sisters confront secrets that threaten their remaining chances of rebuilding trust.

Winning an Oscar fails to secure Hattie McDaniel's place in Hollywood or protect her from racism and criticism of her roles. This fictional portrait follows her struggle for work, equality, and personal fulfillment amid professional setbacks and complicated relationships.

Jazz performer Hazel Scott's relationship with preacher and politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. draws them into the center of Harlem's cultural and political life. As marriage tests their ambitions, she must decide what she will sacrifice for family without surrendering her music.