Teresa D Patterson: 33 books

Teresa D. Patterson, author of Project Queen, delivers a gritty, gripping tale of urban life with no sugarcoating. How far would you go to clean up your 'hood? Tired of constantly reading headlines about the violence being committed in his community, Xavier Brunswick decides to form...

Avia Johnson feels like the most hated and talked about woman in the office. Just because she’d been promoted while dating the former boss, didn’t mean she’d slept her way to the top. No one knows the price she had to pay for making that mistake. She vows to never again let another man get close...

Jolene Porter has grown up all her life missing the love of a father. Her mother, Jean Porter, is an abusive alcoholic who doesn't let her forget: "Your daddy has never loved you." Out of the blue, a strange man visits and tells Jolene he's her father. He swears he never knew she existed...

Shae, Vivian and Toby meet Della, the daughter of their father, Jimmy Byrts. When she enters their lives, she brings along chaos and mayhem. She desperately seeks the love that her mother, a woman who cares more for drugs than her own flesh and blood, couldn’t give. She only knows how to show and...

Shae Byrts is a hot commodity in her hood. Using her body and beauty has earned her the title, “Project Queen”. She’s got it, and was born to flaunt it! She’s determined to break away from her abusive mother, and leave her impoverished lifestyle far behind. When she begins dating a...

Wendell Warner is freezing, half-starved and desperate. When he spots the elderly woman struggling through the snow with her bags, he mistakenly thinks she’s an easy target. Unfortunately, he slips on the ice when he tries to snatch her purse. Velma Stevenson’s life is changed when a teenager...

Toby Shaquil Byrts has left the drug game behind him. Now a successful business owner of Top2Bottom Detailing, he has no plans to delve back into his old lifestyle. But sometimes demons from the past can come back to haunt us. Even though our desire may be to run and hide, the best course of action...

It's a hard life, but somebody has to live it. Makayla Jenkins has been struggling to care for her 2-year-old son ever since his father got locked up. She makes a huge mistake and ends up getting pregnant. The last thing she needs is to bring another unwanted child into the world. The closer...

Twelve year old Jaileesa Johnson is not thrilled about having to share her room with her cousin, Lenore. She knows nothing about her cousin from Detroit and wants to keep it that way. However, Big Mama tells her she has to be nice to Lenore, so she’s trying her best to obey. Lenore doesn’t make...

The Boy Who Needed Someone is a collaboration of short stories by the author. These stories touch on subjects such as spousal abuse, HIV, self-esteem issues, etc. The Boy Who Needed Someone – Mrs. Beatrice Booker is hesitant to take in another foster child at her age. Over the years, the...

Terrence James is Vicki Holiday’s ex-boyfriend. He’s been rejected for the majority of his life so something inside snaps when he’s rejected yet again. His obsession with Vicki makes him determined to get her back—no matter the cost. Vicki tries to ignore Terrence when he begins following...

When Audrey Peterson walks into church feeling the need to purge past sins, she sees Pastor Raymond Dickerson and is immediately put off by his striking good looks. She unfairly assumes that he must be one of those hypocritical preachers, the kind that praises the Lord on Sunday and raises hell the...

Janell Henderson, Robyn Lee and Phoebe Lopez have been best friends since elementary school. They vow that nothing will come between their friendship, and nothing has—until Phoebe and Robyn develop a crush on the same boy, Valdez Green. Janell can care less about boys. She is angry because...

Camille Gray, a newlywed, and expectant mother constantly accuses her husband of infidelity. Even though Dexter isn't being unfaithful he does have a new secretary, Meredith Walker. Meredith isn't shy about letting Dexter know that if he does want to stray from his marriage, she's more than willing...