The Blessed Series
A love story rebuilt, reimagined, and redeemed.
Set in the tri-city area of Southern Illinois, the Blessed Series follows the journey of the Lloyds, a prominent white family whose sons, David and Robert Bruce, fall in love with and marry Black women. As these couples build their lives together, they must navigate the complexities of race, love, and family in a world where their relationships are met with both admiration and ambivalence, where inclusion often comes with conditions, and love must weather the subtle disquiet of being accepted but not fully embraced. Their stories are marked by middle-aged heartbreak and healing, truth and deception, shame and grace, all while uncovering the tangled histories of their families and how those stories intersect. Each book invites readers into a journey of resilience, reconnection, and redemption. At its core, this series explores what it means to be blessed—not because life has been easy, but because love—true, messy, and transformative, found a way.
Book One: Broken
Until it all fell apart, and love demanded more.
David and Amanda Lloyd appear to have it all—a strong marriage, two beautiful boys, and respected careers in Brookview. As an interracial couple, they’ve weathered societal storms with faith and resilience. Amanda, once a foster child, finally feels secure in the arms of David and his close-knit, God-fearing family.
But beneath the surface, fractures begin to form. A betrayal threatens everything they’ve built, forcing Amanda to confront her deepest wounds and David to face the consequences of his choices. As past and present collide through an unexpected connection to Amanda’s forgotten history, the couple is drawn into a reckoning that tests their love, their truth, and their future.
Set against a backdrop of racial tension, workplace politics, and a mystery that could unravel everything, Broken is a powerful story of forgiveness, identity, and the fight to hold on when love is put to the ultimate test.
Coming Soon: Made
Sometimes healing looks like starting over… together.
Bruce Lloyd has always felt the pressure to lead, to settle down, to live up to the expectations placed on his name. The community sees him as Brookview’s most eligible bachelor: charming, successful, and set to inherit a construction enterprise. But when he meets Shauna, something shifts. She’s unlike anyone he’s ever known—natural, grounded, and quietly captivating. Could this be the real thing?
Shauna comes with a story of her own; a spirited six-year-old daughter, an ex-husband who hasn’t quite let go, carries three jobs to which she shines in all of them. What Bruce doesn’t know is that Shauna is also in hiding. After witnessing a violent assault, she’s under the protection of organized crime, forbidden from sharing the truth and risking exposure.
As Bruce and Shauna navigate their growing bond, Amanda and David Lloyd return, working to rebuild their marriage, uncover more family secrets, old friendships, and buried truths that refuse to stay hidden.
Made is a story of redemption, protection, and what it truly means to be made whole through love, through faith, and through the courage to begin again.
Engrossing Read!
“I don't read much fiction, but this one (Broken) kept me involved from start to finish! A beautiful illustration of how faith can repair & strengthen a relationship.”
— JAMI, AMAZON REVIEW