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Victoria spent ten years in Corporate America before she decided to test her entrepreneurial spirit. She opened a Financial Services Agency for Aegon, USA where she managed the number one division for nine consecutive years. However, Victoria never lost the dream to write and when the �bug� hit her again in 1997, she answered the call. Victoria originally self published Temptation in 1997.. �I wanted to write a book as entertaining and compelling as any of the books on the market, put God in the middle, and have the book still be a page-turner. I wasn't writing to any particular genre � I didn't even know Christian fiction existed. I just wanted to write about people I knew and characters I could relate to.� In 2000, Walk Worthy Press/Warner Books published Temptation. �It was a long road before my agent was able to find a publisher. However, it has truly been a blessing and now I know that it was all in God's perfect timing. He has certainly opened up the flood gates.� Temptation made numerous best sellers list including Emerge and The Dallas/Fort Worth Morning News. It remained on the Essence bestsellers list for nine consecutive months and was nominated in 2001 for an NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literature. JOY, Victoria's second novel was released in October 2001. �This is a story about having to make tough decisions when you're pulled between what you may want and what God definitely wants. JOY reveals how one word from God will change your whole life.� JOY has also been an Essence bestseller and won the 2002 Gold Pen Award for Best Inspirational Fiction. In 2003, Victoria joined with five authors for the first Christian fiction anthology. Blessed Assurance is a collection of short stories where each author chose a character from the Bible and brought their story into 2003. �I chose to write about Hannah.� Victoria's third novel, Truth Be Told, will be released in 2004. Truth Be Told is about a woman who just won the position of Councilwoman on a Christian platform. Of course, that's when her world starts to fall apart. Victoria is an Associate Editor with
Black Issues Book Review and a
contributor to
Quarterly Black Review.
She lives in Inglewood, California and attends Bible Enrichment Fellowship
International Church under the spiritual tutelage of Dr. Beverly �BAM� Crawford.
She is also a member of the Long Beach Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Paperback: 400 pages
She's Back!
ISBN: 1416552529
Jasmine Cox Larson Bush returns to her devious ways in this tale of two
marriages -- each threatened by lies and betrayal.
Reading level: Ages 9 and up A Message from the Author Blessings, Book Description
What does that spell? DIVA!!
Paperback: 416 pages There are four ways a woman can handle heartbreak. She can fall apart, seek revenge, turn cold, or move on. The Ex Files is the story of these four women: When Kendall Stewart finds her husband and her sister in bed together, she vows to never let anyone get that close again. But when she is faced with saving the life of the woman who destroyed hers, will she be able to forgive? When an NBA superstar tells his mistress, Asia Ingrum, that he's decided to honor his marriage vows, her shock quickly gives way to revenge...but her decision may come back to haunt their five-year-old daughter. Every night Vanessa Martin wonders why her husband committed suicide. Even worse, she contemplates joining him in eternity. Will Vanessa be able to gather the strength to live again? Sheridan Hart is finally finding her way after a lie destroyed her seventeen-year marriage. Her new love is ready to get married, but will she commit to this younger man or is her ex-husband taking up too much space in her heart? When their pastor asks Kendall, Asia, Vanessa, and Sheridan to meet weekly for prayer, they can't imagine they will have anything in common. But then a devastating tragedy strikes and these strangers are forced to reexamine their choices. Will they find true friendship, or will prayer -- and their union -- fail them?
ISBN: 0743287371 After fleeing Los Angeles when her attempt to break up her best friend's marriage fails, Jasmine is now a changed woman...and a Christian. She vows to attend church every Sunday, swears off married men, and begins her search for the soul mate she is sure God has for her. Now living in the Big Apple, she has shed twenty-five pounds, shaved ten years off her age, filled her expensive apartment with designer clothes...all to begin her man-finding mission. She quickly meets her dream mate -- a preacher -- who falls head over heels in love with her. Surely, God is good! But things start slipping when another man from Jasmine's past refuses to stay there, and an unexpected pregnancy threatens to sabotage all of her dreams. Will Jasmine's lying and scheming continue? Or will she finally learn that honesty is the only path to redemption?
by Victoria Christopher Murray
ISBN: 0743255674 The author of Essence bestsellers Temptation and Joy returns with a story about one woman's personal and spiritual journey to overcome the consequences of her husband's dark secret. Grace Monroe has the ideal life: a devoted husband, adoring daughters, and a booming career in politics. Newly elected on a Christian platform to the Los Angeles city council, she is determined to put her mistakes behind her and focus on her bright future. But when a secret from her husband's past is revealed, setting off a chain of attacks that threaten to rip her family apart, Grace must face a dilemma that will force her to question her life and her faith.
Contributors: Victoria Christopher Murray, S. James Guitard, Terrance Johnson, Patricia Haley, Maurice Gray
ISBN: 1929642121 With all of the chaos, confusion, and uncertainty of life, we all need to know of the blessed assurances that God has for our lives. Blessed Assurance is an enjoyable, empowering, engaging, and encouraging example of the everlasting truth that God can move us from heartache to healing, burden to blessings, depression to deliverance, and from trials to triumphs. Fast-paced, witty, entertaining, and inspirational, the writings are modern day renditions of historical stories. In the short story, The Best of Everything, based on Hannah, you gain a better level of appreciation and thankfulness for what God has already done in your life, which will provide you with strength to endure in the midst of a crisis as well as give you patience as you await new blessings. Lust and Lies, based on Samson and Delilah, reminds us of the temptations of lust, the importance of honesty, the dangers of sin and the significance of repentance. Traveling Mercies, based on the parable of the Good Samaritan, teaches us not to place limitations on how and through whom God may send a blessing, and our responsibility to help people whom we often do not know. Baby Blues, based on Abraham and Sarah, lets us better understand the importance of timing, patience, and consequences of operating in God's permissive will versus God's perfect will for our lives. A Sprig of Hope, based on Tamar, acknowledges that tragedy, sadness and betrayal are an unfortunate part of life, and yet ultimately there is healing, restoration and happiness if you place your trust in God. Sword of the Lord, based on Jephthah, confirms that your past can't define you if you give your future to God and that everyone at some time or another needs to forgive as well as receive forgiveness.
by Victoria Christopher Murray
ISBN: 0446679445 2002 Gold Pen Award for Best Inspirational Fiction Anya Mitchell has it all: a successful L.A. financial services company, a loving fianc�, and an unshakable trust in God-until she is attacked in her office by a stalker. Her fianc� helps her deal with the horror, but when a painful truth is revealed, Anya is faced with a serious dilemma: either she chooses a future with her fianc� clear of this tragedy, or she follows the path on which she believes God has placed her-even if it means losing the man she loves.
by Victoria Christopher Murray
ISBN: 0446677833 An Essence Best-Selling Book Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their sixteen years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medical career is prospering, and they have loyal friends. Kyla knows her newly divorced and lifelong friend, Jasmine, is desperately unhappy and no amount of prayer or encouragement seems to help. Yet what Kyla doesn't know is that Jasmine has a plan to move her life forward with the type of man she feels she should have married in the first place. A man like Jefferson.
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