Shelly Ellis Books in Order

Lauren Gibbons rejects her family's tradition of pursuing wealthy men after escaping an abusive relationship. Work as a chef and an attraction to a former football player offer a fresh start, but debt, relatives, and her ex threaten it.

Stephanie Gibbons believes marrying a wealthy man will secure her future until he vanishes with her money. Joining the private investigator tracking him offers a chance at justice and an attraction that challenges her priorities about love.

Reconnecting with her dying father introduces Dawn Gibbons to unfamiliar relatives and their hostility. Her attraction to the lawyer engaged to her newly discovered half-sister threatens family loyalties and makes her question the importance she has placed on money.

Cynthia Gibbons has hidden her feelings for Korey Walker behind years of hostility. When he returns and their teenage children become involved, efforts to keep history from repeating force the former lovers to confront their own unresolved past.

Evan Murdoch faces business trouble, his wife's alcoholism, and an affair hidden within his own family. A desperate former friend seeking help and a sister threatened by blackmail draw the wealthy family into further bargains and scandals.

A serious car accident brings renewed public attention to the Murdoch family just as Evan hopes to rebuild his life. Terrence's recovery, a journalist's uncertain loyalties, and Paulette's secret pregnancy threaten the fragile peace they have found.

Evan Murdoch struggles between a pregnant fiancée and a wife determined to obstruct their divorce. As Terrence's romance falters and their half-brother plots revenge, a dangerous secret threatens consequences beyond another family scandal.

An attempted-murder charge puts Evan Murdoch's freedom and place in the family company at risk. While relatives struggle to protect their children, relationships, and business, a vengeful half-brother moves closer to bringing the entire family down.

Facing career failure and public embarrassment, singer Monique Starr returns to the performing-arts school where she began. Its financial troubles and an angry former lover force her to reconsider what she sacrificed in pursuing fame.

Three friends who rebuilt their lives after juvenile detention face conflicting loyalties in adulthood. Political ambition, a business tied to drug money, and pressure at the youth institute that shaped them threaten their relationships and long-standing bond.

Dance teacher Bina MacLaine faces losing her job after an ugly breakup has already disrupted her life. A former student's return offers unexpected attraction, but his younger age makes her question whether desire will lead to another mistake.

Ricky faces pressure to inform on a drug kingpin, Derrick discovers criminal activity at his youth institute, and Jamal gains power through a corrupt mayor. Their choices strain a friendship already threatened by secrets, romantic complications, and violence.

Struggling former dancer Jennifer returns home to teach at her old academy and begins falling for a software developer. The prospect of a fresh start is threatened when the stripping work that supported her threatens to become public.

Ricky, Derrick, and Jamal face threats from a drug kingpin and a corrupt mayor as their adult lives unravel. Protecting their partners, careers, and youth institute requires resolving the conflicts that have fractured their once-unbreakable friendship.

Three women discover they are married to the same wealthy businessman after he is nearly killed. With Cyrus in a coma, each confronts secrets, suspicion, and threats that complicate deciding what remains of the life he promised.

As bigamist Cyrus Grey recovers from a shooting, his three betrayed wives pursue incompatible futures. A murder trial, new relationships, and plans for revenge pull them into further schemes where trust and survival become increasingly uncertain.