Miles Montego is a guy who has it all—cars, boats, good looks, a mansion, money, women, and a past. Miles is a retired high-level drug trafficker who has gone legitimate. Even though he’s turned over a new leaf, the DEA can’t seem to let him out of their sights. Miles’ extreme loyalty to his circle of friends and former colleagues, lead him to try and sway them to legal forms of business. When Miles meets the girl of his dreams, Vanessa, she isn’t his usual type, as she is a “Church Girl.” Miles and Vanessa embark on a fairytale romance, while God uses Vanessa as way to help Miles choose to hold on to his past or let go and let God have his way with his life.

I'm in love with a church girl and she just doesn't know it yet. Elijah Knight has been lost in the darkness, not knowing how to get. He knew that this was how he would spend his life, alone and lost in the dark. That was what he thought until he met Lira Kent; Lira Kent was a church girl who did nothing but try and see the best in the world and the people around her. When everyone else turned away with fear and disgust she saw someone who needed love and she saw a kind heart when everyone else saw darkness. He was afraid of what loving her meant, but knew that she was worth it in every way.

The Church Girl is about a young lady that has grown up in the church ministry. She is struggling to inform her parents that she has fallen in love with a man that has tattoos. Her father is extremely over protective of his daughter and she knows that he would not be accepted by either her mom and dad.

As a child, Mary Uwanna believed in the power of faith and love, and loved to tell stories of Princes. Everything changes when she loses her parents in one night, and is left to care for her three brothers. In a climate of corruption and immorality, even the Church was not a safe refuge for sixteen year old, Mary. She makes a decision that threatens to steal her destiny, until she meets her Prince. Ifeanyi Chukwueke is not the Prince Mary had envisioned. He is a bad boy, with a reputation for breaking hearts. But his heart is set on Mary. Faced with her haunting past, he makes a decision to love her regardless

2019 Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago - Best New Poetry Collection Winner 2019 Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago - Best Poet Runner-Up In Even the Saints Audition Raych Jackson Reconditions her body and reclaims her church. This empowering book of poems interrogates the relationship between blackness, shame, and what it is to live a life tied to the church. Rich with historical context and a deeply engaging personal narrative. This body of work is bursting with charm, wit, and pride, as it dances on the thin line between saint and sinner. Includes poems such as "Period Rules", “A Wasted Ass Shave”, and "I Ask What 'Circumcision' Means in a Full Sunday School Class" that have been watched by millions online Advance praise for Even the Saints Audition This is an important and brave book, one that keeps me asking for more. -Fatimah Asghar, Author of IF THEY COME FOR US / co-creator of BROWN GIRLS Jackson rearranges the scripture of God until it is a machine that works for her. Her bible blesses the ones who roam. -Kara Jackson, Author of BLOODSTONE / National Youth Poet Laureate This work is a sinner's diary, made of the secrets between pews, the notes beneath the hymns and the guilt writhing within desire. -Toaster, Artist

In Church Culture Vs Christ, author Saphina Carla sheds light on common ideologies that have supplemented the Christian faith. In it, she discusses her own faulty beliefs that had to be readjusted by Christ and not by church girl culture - a culture of cosmetic Christianity that can often prioritize false piety, over transparency and truth. Her goal is to make taboo church topics - - not so taboo. The goal is to remove the pressures of perfection when it comes to women of faith and to restore biblical truth in places where it's been set aside for shallow formulas. Above all, her goal is for Christ to be glorified. Saphina Carla is a writer, blogger, and Christian content creator. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and is of Haitian descent. She started her journey of salvation at nineteen years old after God delivered her from an abusive relationship. Her aim is to promote biblical truth while providing a safe space to have authentic dialogue within the church, especially as it relates to the taboo and the uncomfortable.

But I'm a Church Girl travels through the lives of four friends bound at the altar. Church girls. Good girls that have morals that think highly of themselves but live in the chaos of today's society. Where floor skirts and neck blouses aren't trending outfits of the day. In a megachurch society melting pot, 4 women's lives clash in more than just ministry. Kertlen Kennedy is single, with her own job, her own car, works hard and plays harder. Somehow, between the steeple and the spotlight, Sister Kennedy has a secret creeping in the shadows. When you run from the lights, you land in the shadows. Ask Reese Harris, Kertlen's best friend and business partner who lives her life to her beat of her own drum, and it's not ceremonial drums either. She didn't ask for ministry, she was born into it; and when your father is on television the spotlight stays on you. But why does Nikki Kingston still feel like she has the dream life she wish she could wake up from? Are the saints not praying? Tracey Calvin is the big sister from church hell. But Kertlen knows most sanitized saints only try to mask the secret thorns in her flesh. Mic check anyone?The only thing for certain is they love God, but they sure aren't the church girls next door. What happens when Lust, Passion, Lies and Betrayal all meet at the Altar. But wait....who's praying?