Since her mother’s death, Mýa Day has been no stranger to loss. But with a budding new singing career on the horizon and help from Jack and Mary Tanner, a couple that understands from experience how a troubled past can prevent someone from having a better life, Mýa finally gets a fresh start. A new romance with Michael Davis, a handsome real estate agent, also has Mýa doing eighty miles per hour down Love Lane. That is, until a painful memory throws up a roadblock and causes the couple’s joyride to come to a screeching halt. Enter Matt Tanner—Jack’s nephew with magnetic blue eyes and a welcoming smile. He slowly works his way into Mýa’s heart, showing her the kind of love that fits like a perfect pair of blue jeans. But when a tragedy strikes and Michael reappears, Mýa must choose between the men in her life, come to terms with her grief, and seek out an answer to the question that’s been burning in her heart. Can you love someone like me?

The Caged Butterfly, a USA Best Book Award Winner, is a captivating, epic tale that spans over seven decades! A single act of passion reverberates through four generations as they each find romance, suffer heartbreak, and learn to love themselves for who they are. On one autumn night in 1949, Addie Mayfield fell for the irresistible red curls and vibrant green eyes of a young man from the other side of the railroad tracks. The consequences of their love have lasting effects. Known as one of the greatest white jazz pianists in New York, Timmy Taylor never had a reason to question his identity until truth and betrayal strike. Beautiful and talented, Nina Taylor inherited her father's talent, but not his white skin. Certain that's how he made it big, she dives deep into a deadly obsession. Marian L. Thomas delivers a heart-pounding story of building hope, finding love, and embracing your true identity that spans four generations and three states--Georgia, Chicago, and New York.

Seventy-six-year-old Emma Lee Baker has lived a seemingly ordinary life near the banks of Thomas Bay, but a shocking discovery turns her ordinary life into something altogether extraordinary. Honour Blue Baker is the polar opposite of her gentile mother. There are only two things in life she fears: her past and the idea of falling in love. Those fears come full circle when she returns to Barrow County to visit her mother, never knowing that her journey home will become a journey of a lifetime. Twenty-three-year-old Lorraine has hedged her bets on three things: love, butterflies, and the fact that she's a white woman. When she discovers that her long-held beliefs are nothing more than fallacies, all she's held dear is shattered. The hard truths force her to seek out a fresh start - far from the life she thought she knew - but that new life will not be without its share of perils.

Blue Butterfly by women's fiction author, Marian L. Thomas, provides an entrancing look into the life of “Precious Blue Johnson” - a young woman struggling to become the first black ballerina. Each page captures the heart of love, the hurt of betrayal, and shows that there is strength in forgiveness. This book is a poignant and riveting fictional story inspired by ballerinas such as Misty Copeland and Aesha Ash, who continue to break the barriers that exist in the ballet industry today.