ReShonda Tate Billingsley

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  • Bibliography:
    41 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2003
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Good Girlz

1 - Nothing But Drama (Jan-2006)
2 - Blessings in Disguise (Jan-2007)
3 - With Friends Like These (Apr-2007)
4 - Getting Even (Apr-2008)
5 - Fair-Weather Friends (Sep-2008)
6 - Friends 'til the End (Feb-2009)
7 - Caught Up in the Drama (Apr-2010)
8 - Drama Queens (Dec-2010)

My Brother's Keeper

1 - My Brother's Keeper (Sep-2003)
2 - More to Life (Sep-2019)

Rumor Central

1 - Rumor Central (May-2013)
2 - You Don't Know Me Like That (Sep-2013)
3 - Real as It Gets (Jan-2014)
4 - Truth or Dare (Jun-2014)
5 - Boy Trouble (Oct-2014)
6 - Eye Candy (Apr-2015)

Book List in Order: 41 titles

  • My Brother's Keeper

    My Brother's Keeper - 1

    With an engaging and realistic voice, ReShonda Tate Billingsley has spun an irresistible story that will touch every reader's heart. Aja James is a survivor. Her outward beauty and strength artfully conceal the scars within... Scars inflicted by a h...

  • Rebound

    in Four Degrees of Heat

    A jilted bride is on the Rebound in ReShonda Tate Billingsley's tale of passion in unexpected places. A Houston attorney goes solo on the Belize honeymoon she was supposed to share with her husband -- and makes a sizzling connection with a handsome s...

  • Let the Church Say Amen

    A bold and heartwarming story of family and faith that will inspire readers everywhere. Reverend Simon Jackson has always felt destined to lead and he’s done a good job of it, transforming his small Houston church into one of the most respected an...

  • Nothing But Drama

    The Good Girlz - 1

    The first book in an exciting and inspiring new series from national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley Their lives are nothing but drama. . . . Camille can't believe her bad luck when she's ordered to join a church youth group after hidi...

  • I Know I've Been Changed

    Denial isn't just a river. . . Raedella Rollins left the dusty town of Sweet Poke, Arkansas, on a Texas-bound bus with four mismatched suitcases, a newsroom job offer, and a promise to herself: never look back. Now, less than a decade later, she'...

  • Faith Will Overcome

    in Have a Little Faith

    Determined to leave her small town and broken family behind, Faith Logan believes finding a man is the solution to all her problems. But a chance meeting with Darius Williams helps her realize that all she needs is faith to find true happiness....

  • Blessings in Disguise

    The Good Girlz - 2

    The second book in an exciting and inspiring new series from national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley They share a precious gift. . . . Joining Rachel Jackson's church youth group has been a lifesaver for Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and ...

  • With Friends Like These

    The Good Girlz - 3

    Only one girl will be chosen.... In the year since Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel joined Rachel Jackson's church youth group, the four best friends have bonded over boys, pitched in on community projects, and shared their deepest secrets. T...

  • Everybody Say Amen

    When her husband hears God's call to become a preacher, Rachel Jackson Adams is distressed -- she grew up a preacher's daughter, and knows how difficult life under the microscope can be for a reverend's family. But hot-headed Rachel has toned down he...



  • The Pastor's Wife

    The Pastor's Wife Most men barely survive one mother, but Terrance Ellis has three -- his aunts. His grandmother Essie's sisters -- Eva, Dorothy Mae, and Mamie -- lovingly raised him after Essie died in a tragic accident. They made sure that tro...

  • Getting Even

    The Good Girlz - 4

    The fourth book in The Good Girlz series from national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley One guy is leading them on.... Best friends forever, Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel always stand up for each other. So when Camille runs into b...

  • Can I Get a Witness?

    The irony of a divorce-court judge getting divorced herself is not lost on Vanessa Colton-Kirk. After all, she's seen everything in her notorious Houston courtroom, where she's presided over the breakup of countless unhappy and disillusioned couples....

  • Fair-Weather Friends

    The Good Girlz - 5

    Welcome to the club.... The Theta Ladies are the hottest new high school sorority, and Camille wants in! After seeing the girls perform a fantastic show at her school, Camille's dreaming of donning the pink satin T-shirt of the Thetas...and is beyon...

  • Friends 'til the End

    The Good Girlz - 6

    Joy in her heart... It's for real -- Jasmine's in love! She never thought she'd be boy-crazy like her girlfriends Camille, Alexis, and Angel, but now Jasmine and football star C.J. Taylor are inseparable -- they've even been voted the school's cut...

  • The Devil Is a Lie

    As Luck Would Have It... 4-7-14-17-21-25. Those numbers, printed on a slim paper ticket, are about to change the lives of two couples, lovers past and present, in Houston. When Nina Lawson wins $16 million in the Texas Lotto, the real estate execu...

  • Caught Up in the Drama

    The Good Girlz - 7

    The Good Girlz have always known their girlfriend Camille is a gifted dancer. But when she wins the Search for a Star talent competition, it's her incredible singing voice that blows them away--why didn't she tell them she could sing like Beyonce and...

  • Holy Rollers

    Looking for Love . . . Lifelong friends Coco, Nita, and Tia have spent years looking for love in the arms of flashy pro athletes, hoping to land a baller but ending up with a stream of failed relationships. The beautiful and demure Coco has endured ...

  • Drama Queens

    The Good Girlz - 8

    Seniors rule the school . . . High school is coming to a close for the Good Girlz, and it couldn’t end on a better note: Camille, Angel, Alexis, and Jasmine are ecstatic to discover they’ve all been accepted to the same Texas university! Prair...

  • A Good Man Is Hard to Find

    #1 national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley takes off on an adventure of romance, passion, and just a touch of suspense . . . set in one of the world’s most exotic locales. After her company is bought out by a tabloid magazine, car...



  • Say Amen, Again

    The spirited Houston congregation featured in ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s Let the Church Say Amen and Everybody Say Amen has a major scandal unfolding -- and, as always, the outspoken Rachel Jackson Adams is at the heart of the drama. As the Fir...

  • The Secret She Kept

    How far will you go to save someone you love and trust when they’ve kept a dangerous secret for years? That’s the question facing Lance Kingston, a successful Houston magazine executive whose recent marriage to beautiful, high-powered attorney Ti...

  • Rumor Central

    Rumor Central - 1

    Spilling juicy secrets on-air is creating more drama than Maya Morgan ever imagined… The teen reality show “Miami Divas” made media sensations out of Miami’s richest in-crowd -- and Maya Morgan is one of them. Now Maya’s been offered her...

  • A Family Affair

    ReShonda Tate Billingsley unravels the secrets in a mother’s past that turn her daughter’s life upside down -- by revealing the family she never knew existed. Her dream of studying dance at Juilliard is within reach, but Olivia Dawson turns do...

  • You Don't Know Me Like That

    Rumor Central - 2

    She dishes celebrity dirt no one else dares. But now, Maya Morgan is about to get a taste of her own medicine. . . Gossip show "Rumor Central" has gone beyond Miami to national syndication. So now's the time for Maya Morgan to really make her bran...

  • Real as It Gets

    Rumor Central - 3

    She can uncover the biggest celebrity secrets, but now Maya Morgan's hottest story ever is way too up-close-and-personal. For once, everything in Maya s life is falling perfectly into place. She s getting serious media cred uncovering the source o...

  • Truth or Dare

    Rumor Central - 4

    No celebrity secret is safe from Maya Morgan. But a ratings-making road trip is putting her future on the firing line . . . Maya has no problem turning up the heat when she takes her show on the road for Spring Break in Cancun. On and off camera, th...

  • What's Done in the Dark

    #1 national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley gets to the heart of loss, love, and betrayal in her latest novel that is sure to delight her legions of fans. Felise is not the kind of woman to cheat on her husband -- especially with her ...

  • Boy Trouble

    Rumor Central - 5

    No secret is too juicy for Maya Morgan to expose. But her most important scoop yet means going behind her friends' closed doors. . . When it comes to the glitterati, nothing shocks Maya Morgan--until she sees former starlet Paula Olympia getting h...

  • Eye Candy

    Rumor Central - 6

    Dishing on celebrity love games made Maya Morgan a media queen. But choosing her prince means working her wildest, most personal scoop yet… She’s gone from gossip reporter to half of the entertainment industry’s newest power couple. And hot ...



  • Mama's Boy

    When her son is in trouble, a heartbroken mother finds the courage and faith to save him, in ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s powerful family drama -- a novel as timely as today’s headlines. The breaking TV news rocks Jasper, Texas, to the core: a ...

  • The Perfect Mistress

    The daughter of an adulterous father deals with the long-rippling effects of his actions in her own love life in this emotionally powerful novel by award-winning and national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley. Lauren Robinson knows exac...

  • It Should've Been Me

    Lights, camera, action… Tamara Collins is poised to become the next great American actress. The problem is Hollywood doesn’t know that just yet…..and since her bills aren’t paying themselves, Tamara signs on to star in the new stageplay, It S...

  • To Tell the Truth

    From the national bestselling and award-winning ReShonda Tate Billingsley comes this gripping and emotional exploration of the complex bond between mother and daughter.From the time Brooke Green was seven years old, she has lived with the pain of los...

  • Seeking Sarah

    From the national bestselling and award-winning ReShonda Tate Billingsley comes this gripping and emotional exploration of the complex bond between mother and daughter. From the time Brooke Green was seven years old, she has lived with the pain of...

  • If Only for One Night

    Her husband is a workaholic, more concerned with his family's financial situation than emotional stability, and he doesn't understand why his wife is unhappy. He doesn't understand why the house and the credit cards and the fabulousness of what he's ...

  • The Book in Room 316

    #1 national bestselling and award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley delivers another moving, evocative, and timely novel about how a small seed of hope can change the course of one’s life. Savannah Graham thought she had the perfect marri...

  • More to Life

    My Brother's Keeper - 2

    In this stunning sequel to her acclaimed debut My Brother’s Keeper, #1 national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley brings her real-deal insight to a heartfelt new novel about a wife and mother on a daring rescue mission -- to save herself...

  • The Stolen Daughter

    Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley delivers a poignant, page-turning novel about the power -- and fragility -- of family, personal identity, and the choices we are called on to make . . . Raised by a widowed mother, Jill Reed has come...

  • A Little Bit of Karma

    National bestselling and award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley returns with an evocative and steamy romance about the secrets and lies that exist within a seemingly perfect marriage. Meet Shannon and Jay Lovejoy -- the rich and successfu...



  • Miss Pearly's Girls

    In this captivating family drama from award-winning, bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley, four estranged sisters must return to rural Arkansas when their mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Their mother wants them to repair their sh...

  • The Queen of Sugar Hill

    As seen on The TODAY Show!Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood’s most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars -- and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her...

Award-Winning Books by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

I Know I've Been Changed
2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- African-American Fiction Novel
Mama's Boy
2015 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Multicultural Fiction
The Secret She Kept
2012 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Multicultural Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

ReShonda Tate Billingsley has published 41 books.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Queen of Sugar Hill, was published in February 2024.

The first book by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, My Brother's Keeper, was published in September 2003.

Yes. ReShonda Tate Billingsley has 3 series.
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