{"title":"Trisha R. Thomas","description":"Trisha R. Thomas is an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work finalist. She's a Literary Lion Award honoree by the King County Library Foundation and was voted Best New Writer by the Black Writer's Alliance. Her debut novel, Nappily Ever After is now a Netflix movie. O Oprah Magazine featured her novels in Books That Matter for delving into the self-esteem of young women of color and the insurmountable expectations they face starting at an early age. She lives in California with her family where she continues to write the Nappily Series.","products":[{"product_id":"the-secret-keeper-of-main-street-paperback","title":"The Secret Keeper of Main Street - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A pure delight from start to finish!\"--Kate Quinn, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed author Trisha R. Thomas delivers a masterful new tale of scandal and intuition. In 1950s oil-rich Oklahoma, Bailey Dowery, a dressmaker with the gift of \"second sight,\" reluctantly reveals the true loves and intentions of her socialite clients, making her a silent witness to a shocking crime. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1954: In the quaint town of Mendol, Oklahoma, Bailey Dowery is a Black dressmaker for the wives and daughters of local oil barons. She earns a good living fitting designer gowns and creating custom wedding dresses for the town's elite. But beyond her needle and thread lies a deeper talent, one passed down from her mother: the gift of insight. With just a fleeting touch or brush against the skin, Bailey has sudden flashes of intuition-- witnessing the other person's hopes, dreams, and nightmares, as well glimpses of their past and future. To protect herself, she wears gloves to keep from grazing the skin of her clients as she pins them into their gowns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrides have whispered that Bailey can see if their true love is faithful, or if their marriage will be a success. Her aunt Charlene has always warned her, \"It's safer to stay out of White folks' business.\" But Bailey will reluctantly provide a reading during a fitting, as long as the bride promises to be discreet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Elsa Grimes, daughter of one of the richest oil men in Oklahoma, has come to the Regal Gown as the least joyful bride Bailey has ever seen. Elsa's big society wedding is imminent and her gown is gorgeous, but what Bailey's intuition uncovers when she touches Elsa's hand horrifies her. Against her better judgment, she's determined to help Elsa in whatever way she can. But when the son of a prominent family turns up dead on the eve of Elsa's wedding, and the bride-to-be is arrested for his murder, Bailey is suddenly at the center of a firestorm that threatens to overtake her and everyone she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103238426847,"sku":"9780063344174","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Myuwvqeu0-9780063344174.webp?v=1781090550"},{"product_id":"nappily-married-paperback","title":"Nappily Married - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrisha R. Thomas's \u003ci\u003eNappily Married\u003c\/i\u003e is the sequel to \u003ci\u003eNappily Ever After\u003c\/i\u003e, which is now a NETFLIX ORIGINAL movie starring Sanaa Lathan. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVenus Johnston debuted with brazen personality and spirited humor in \u003ci\u003eNappily Ever After\u003c\/i\u003e as she searched for the holy grail of marriage. Blessed with a beautiful baby daughter and a husband who is a former rap star with his own multi-million-dollar clothing company, her long journey to find love has finally come to fruition. But life as a stay-at-home wife and mother is hardly the end of the rainbow. In fact she's ready to do anything to jump-start the career she's put on the back burner for the last two years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst her good sense and her husband's wishes, she applies for a high-profile PR job to help save a struggling city hospital manned by none other than her former boyfriend, Dr. Clint Fairchild, the very one and same who dumped her and married long-silky haired bombshell, Kandi Treboe. Venus soon finds out the two women are vying for the same job. This time competition between she and her old nemesis turns into a battle Venus is determined to win by any means necessary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an unhappy hubby at home, a nanny who's becoming mommy in her child's eyes, while forming an uncomfortably close relationship with her husband, and a deviant at work sabotaging the hospital, Venus may have taken on much more than she can handle.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104202330335,"sku":"9781250623874","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/whFLIWNyE49781250623874.webp?v=1781104400"},{"product_id":"nappily-in-bloom-paperback","title":"Nappily in Bloom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrisha R. Thomas' \u003ci\u003eNappily in Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e continues her bestselling series, the basis for the Netflix Original movie \u003ci\u003eNappily Every After\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Sanaa Lathan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAiric and his famous televangelist wife, Trevelle Doval, make the evening news when Airic is accused of domestic battery and his life is suddenly turned upside down. But when Venus and Jake try to suspend Airic's visitation rights with Mya, they discover that Airic isn't willing to go down without a fight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Jake's best friend, Legend, turns up on his doorstep with trouble not far behind. The past is back with a vengeance, including blackmail, murder and enemies who are looking for payback. But everything takes a dangerous new turn when Venus goes missing. For Jake it's now a race against time to save the woman he loves.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104461590751,"sku":"9781250623911","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/y5wqyIXbl59781250623911.webp?v=1781108363"},{"product_id":"nappily-faithful-paperback","title":"Nappily Faithful - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVenus Johnston returns with another misadventure in the joys and pains of love, motherhood and marriage in Trisha R. Thomas's \u003ci\u003eNappily Faithful\u003c\/i\u003e, third in the series that began with \u003ci\u003eNappily Ever After\u003c\/i\u003e--now a Netflix Original movie starring Sanaa Lathan. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHoping to get away from emotional baggage in Los Angeles, Venus and Jake move to Atlanta. Yet the constant cloud of the past follows them: a difficult pregnancy and Jake being charged for the murder of his accountant. Though Jake never spent one night in jail, he fears the case will be reopened and he'll once again have to fight for his freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd the timing couldn't be worse since Airic, the biological father of Venus' daughter Mya, suddenly demands parental rights with the child he hasn't seen since her birth. A nasty custody battle ensues. Airic's new wife, Trevelle Doval, a famous TV evangelist--may be behind his sudden interest. Venus is in for the biggest fight of her life.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104500388063,"sku":"9781250623881","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4mrkjykDVb9781250623881.webp?v=1781108449"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/trisha-r-thomas.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}