Irette Y Patterson: 19 books

Common Ground - A Women's Fiction Short Story around 3,000 words.Sometimes you find friends in the most surprising places.Bea wants to find a wedding dress as soon as possible but when her mom gets stuck in traffic, Bea gets stuck wedding dress shopping with her future sister-in-law and perfect Southern Belle Sharon. Will Bea and Sharon ever find common ground?

Ten-year-old Angie is a Mouse – a person in her family who is unable to wield magic. To give her the best chance at a normal life, her parents move them to Atlanta in the early 1980s, when opportunities were opening up for Blacks. Instead of making her feel safe, however, the darkness covering the...

A collection of six short stories centered about food, comfort and family: “A Thanksgiving with Family”  - All Sandra wanted was a nice, Thanksgiving away from her country family with her new, sophisticated friends. When her cousin Ree Ree shows up unexpectedly, Sandra finds herself...

A collection of the first three Miss Lila's Extraordinary Floral Shop short stories. Wedding Flowers Older bride Elyse thought stopping into the floral shop on a whim was a good idea. She figured that she could easily cross off “flowers” on her wedding to-do list. All the choices,...

*Excerpt* This is how I began my morning. First, I slipped on my mourning ring. It was made of a cabochon onyx that covered almost my entire finger. The band was a thin band of gold to secure the stone. No scrollwork. Then, I settled in Uncle’s study to go over my book of accounts. I’ve...