Church Folks Series

Church Folks Series

Lillian Carter is eighteen, and a month out of high school, when she finds out she is pregnant. She tells her boyfriend Jarvis Davis, a college football star, and he encourages her to have an abortion. Lillian is not the type to run away from her problems, however in the face of adversity that is exactly what she does. She packs her car, tells her baby sister goodbye, and runs away from her grandmother’s home without looking back. She becomes Nicolette Cotter, but doesn’t realize that by running away she may have just run into her destiny…

Everyone’s favorite Church Folks are back and some members of the Wright family are about to find out that the consequences of past decisions are still to come. Darian Wright decides that the only way to prepare for his future is to know more about his past. Darian’s decision leads him to a place where lying, cheating, and dishonesty are all acceptable actions. Alone, without his family’s words of wisdom, it is up to him to decide if the values instilled in him are worth heeding or ignoring. And the consequences of those decisions are his and his alone...

Nicolette Wright doesn’t know how much more she can take. News from her grandmother’s doctor forces her to face the fact that there is only a matter of time before the woman who raised her passes away. Tamia Patterson, a woman who befriended her husband Darian a few years before starts to get too friendly, and only adds to her stress. She desperately tries to find her sister to no avail, and memories of her past start to take over her present. Nicolette is the daughter-in-law of a powerful pastor, has a husband and two sons she adores, still there is a part of her she has never known. With the loss of Grandma Dean looming in the near future she starts to Miss What She Never Had.

Adrian Wright is loving life as the single son of a preacher until he meets Tamia Patterson. Just when he thinks he has Tamia right where he wants her Iris Daniels, the woman he deemed the one that got away comes back into the picture with a surprise of her own. Adrian’s childhood friend Ariel Rowland reveals her attraction to him, and while Adrian’s way would normally be to date them all, he finds himself wondering which one is the future Mrs. Wright. He takes a good look at Darian Wright, his happily (or not so happily) married brother, and starts to Miss What He Never Had.

Jillian Holmes is put to the ultimate test when her husband Sheldon Holmes makes a business proposition with Keith Bailey. Sudden changes with Sheldon indicate that Jillian’s life is about to drastically change, and the Sheldon she once knew no longer exists. Despite sexual, physical, and verbal abuse from Sheldon, Jillian’s undying commitment to him prevails. Jillian’s co-worker and only friend Lawanda Parks tries to be a voice of reason in her life, but Jillian is determined to keep her family together. A turn of events due to Sheldon and Keith’s proposition gives her the perfect opportunity to leave Sheldon, but does she have the courage to stand on her own two feet, or will she go running back to the man she once knew was the first and only man she’d ever love?

Release Date 12/12/2025

Adrian Wright wants to be a better man, but quickly finds that becoming one is not easy when life keeps hitting where it hurts most. When his childhood friend Ariel Rowland ends up with nowhere to go, he offers her a place to live, unaware that her presence will ignite a chain of events that shakes every part of his life. Torn between his loyalty to Ariel, his unresolved love for Iris, and the man he is trying desperately to become, Adrian finds the ground beneath him shifting even as his career reaches new heights. After a heartbreaking tragedy, Adrian loses his footing and slips into the very behavior he prayed to outgrow and falls into the temptation from a familiar face from his past. Adrian makes one explosive decision…a decision that could cost him his brother’s trust forever.

Darian Wright is chasing the life he believes will secure his family’s future, but as he pours himself into his ambitions, he misses the warning signs as they unfold at home. Nicolette’s deepening depression, his son's troubling behavior, and the widening distance in the family he thinks he’s protecting. Darian is determined to build a perfect life, without realizing there is no perfect life, only a perfect God.

Behind every strong man is a woman fighting battles he never knew existed!

Evelyn Wright has spent her entire adult life guarding the Wright family name and the reputation of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church. As whispers grow louder and the spotlight shifts onto her sons, she realizes the biggest threat to the church’s image might come from inside the family she fought so hard to hold together.

Nicolette Wright, the church secretary and Darian’s devoted wife, is working tirelessly to keep the ministry running with grace and excellence. Darian now a respected lawyer, wants her at home, raising their children and preparing for a fourth child. His pressure pushes Nicolette into an impossible choice: protect the church she loves or the marriage she’s trying to save.

Iris Wright, Adrian’s beautiful and determined wife, has never been denied anything in her life and Adrian was no exception. When she senses threats encroaching on her marriage, Iris makes it her mission to defend what is hers. The lengths she’s willing to go might protect her family, or they might destroy it.

Three women bound by one name. Three battles no one sees. Three legacies on the line.

Three women, one name, and a legacy worth fighting for.