At age 20 Nikki Lucas fell for bad boy Dino Cochran. Finding out first that he's married, and next that she's pregnant, Nikki fled town. 16 years later, Nikki's struggling to raise arebellious son and keep her business afloat. She's shocked when a distinguished Dino arrives in town, now the respected leader of a national church. Resentful about the past, Nikki decides to keep her distance. But when her son is arrested for a horrific crime and the whole town turns against her, she accepts Dino's support - hoping it's not too late for redemption.

Before Redemption

McClain-Watson, Teresa

Romance

Kimani Press

It was slated to be a marriage made in heaven when Nikki Lucas, a former street hustler from the wrong side of the tracks, captures the heart of the super-fine Dino Cochran, a former nightclub owning bad boy and now powerful church CEO. But less than three hours after their heavenly nuptials, hell goes in session and changes the game, taking their happy union and thrusting it into a downward spiral of mistrust, lust, and pain. First, they postpone their honeymoon to the south of France for a detour to Detroit, where Dino has to handle a series of devastating crisis’ that threatens to destroy everything he has worked years to build up. Then Nikki is blind-sided by female drama after female drama when beautiful, successful women refuse to accept that Dino Cochran is no longer on the market and that a female with Nikki’s obvious lack of sophistication and breeding could have succeeded where they had failed. They scheme and connive and become so hellbent on ending a marriage that has only just begun that Nikki wonders if a life with Dino is worth it, after all. Soon Nikki herself develops an attraction to a bad boy whose jealousy of Dino makes him bound and determined to destroy everything Dino holds dear, especially his most precious possession: his young, brand new bride. It is a destruction that nearly costs Dino to lose all in a fit of rage and revenge that makes him question the kind of man he has allowed himself to become. After Redemption is the story of an unlikely love affair that pits two very different people against a world of love, lust and betrayal that will challenge them to the breaking point and will require every ounce of their faith and love to withstand the onslaught.

Dino and Nikki: After Redemption

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Austin Brook Publishing

Afraid that her only surviving son will be the victim of violence in her Harlem neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Bay Dawson' s mother sends him to Jacksonville, Florida to live with the wealthy slumlord father he has not seen in nine years.

Plenty Good Room (Fjord Discoveries, No. 1)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Fjord Pr

When He Hollers, Let Him Go by Teresa McClain-Watson released on Apr 25, 2006 is available now for purchase.

When He Hollers, Let Him Go

Harlequin Kimani Sepia

Loose Lips by Teresa McClain-Watson released on Feb 28, 2006 is available now for purchase.

Loose Lips

After a night of passion with bad boy Detroit nightclub owner Dino Cochran, Nikki Lucas finds herself young, pregnant, and deeply in love. But when she discovers that the man of her dreams is married, she is devastated and leaves Detroit without looking back. Sixteen years later, Nikki lives in Monroe, Florida, a struggling single parent of a rebellious teenage son. She is also the owner of an equally struggling diner. Although her friends urge her to give her life to Christ, she is too steeped in bitterness over the harsh hand life has dealt her to believe that salvation will make any difference. Dino Cochran, who suffered through his own horrors when Nikki left Detroit, arrives in town, not as the bad boy nightclub owner he used to be, but as the Christian head of the National Council of Churches. When he and Nikki meet by chance for the first time in sixteen years, Nikki’s world turns upside down. Her son believed that his father was dead, and Dino never knew that he had a son, and now Nikki is terrified that both will hate her when they find out the truth. When her son is accused of murdering the local football hero and the entire town turns against him, Nikki has no choice but to tell Dino the truth and ask for his help. She and Dino fight hard for the liberty of their son, with Dino hiring the best lawyers in the country, including a woman with more than the law on her mind. Their forced togetherness causes Nikki to not only realize God’s love for her, but to experience the true depths of her love for Dino.

Urban Christian

Roni Jarrett was once in love with a high-rolling strip club owner who used her and abused her. He caused her to lose the job of her dreams, not to mention her self respect. With nothing left but her newfound faith in Christ and her old BMW, she hits the road and ends up where she started, in her old hometown. With a new job in an upscale beauty salon, and a position as music director for her church, she's doing all she can to live a life that's pleasing in the eyes of God. Unfortunately, other people's drama has a way of following Roni Jarrett and it follows her to her new life in Florida. When her best friend from childhood turns up dead in the streets, the local police behaves as if Roni may have had a hand in that death, and everything changes. Roni finds herself caught up in a dangerous maze of gossip and lies that could lead to her own destruction. The only man willing to help her, Police Chief Don Gillette, is a gorgeous hunk of a human being who makes Roni's heart pound, but his own reputation causes even more drama to enter her life. Roni is tested time and again as she struggles to understand what is happening around her. Her budding relationship with Don Gillette, a relationship that seems sent from God, may get caught in the wreckage too. Will Roni's newfound faith be able to withstand so many trials, and will Don Gillette turn out to be the love of her life or the worst thing that had ever happened to her?

Murder Through the Grapevine (Urban Books)

Roni Jarrett was once in love with a high-rolling strip club owner who used her and abused her. He caused her to lose the job of her dreams, not to mention her self respect. With nothing left but her newfound faith in Christ and her old BMW, she hits the road and ends up where she started, in her old hometown. With a new job in an upscale beauty salon, and a position as music director for her church, she's doing all she can to live a life that's pleasing in the eyes of God. Unfortunately, other people's drama has a way of following Roni Jarrett and it follows her to her new life in Florida. When her best friend from childhood turns up dead in the streets, the local police behaves as if Roni may have had a hand in that death, and everything changes. Roni finds herself caught up in a dangerous maze of gossip and lies that could lead to her own destruction. The only man willing to help her, Police Chief Don Gillette, is a gorgeous hunk of a human being who makes Roni's heart pound, but his own reputation causes even more drama to enter her life. Roni is tested time and again as she struggles to understand what is happening around her. Her budding relationship with Don Gillette, a relationship that seems sent from God, may get caught in the wreckage too. Will Roni's newfound faith be able to withstand so many trials, and will Don Gillette turn out to be the love of her life or the worse thing that had ever happened to her?

Murder Through The Grapevine

When she encounters Dino Cochran, the Christian head of the National Council of Churches who was once a notorious bad boy--and the man with whom--she had a one-night stand, which resulted in a child, Nikki Lucas, a bitter woman, wonders if turning to God for help is the answer. Original.

Urban Books

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Before Redemption

Dino and Nikki: After Redemption

Plenty Good Room (Fjord Discoveries, No. 1)

When He Hollers, Let Him Go

Loose Lips

Before Redemption

Murder Through the Grapevine (Urban Books)

Murder Through The Grapevine

Before Redemption