Afton Locke: 16 books

Determined to forget a childhood full of poverty, shopaholic Kyra Mays decides to shop for a rich man on her Jamaican vacation. Instead, she meets Justin Lance, a white reggae singer who’s nearly as poor as the orphans he devotes his life to helping. Overwhelmed by his magnetism, she decides to...

   After her husband leaves her for another woman, Sadie Johnson feels unattractive. Unable to face a dreary future of shucking oysters and living with her critical mother, she dreams of being a businesswoman. But in 1936, opportunities for women of color in Oyster Island are limited....

Despite the racial tensions brewing in Oyster Harbor in the 1930s, three interracial couples have found love. When a hurricane blows through, will hate finally be washed away or will it grow back stronger than ever? Jonathan Carter, filled with hate from a childhood incident, cares only about...

When Pearl's sheltered life shatters in the 1930s when her mother dies, her only option is to move in with poor family relations and shuck oysters in the local plant on Oyster Island, Maryland.   Determined to live a morally proper life, the last thing she wants is an affair with...

When three African-American women meet at a resort on the Jersey Shore in the 1920s, they say goodbye to their old lives. Finding men as intoxicating as bootleg liquor, they pin their futures on happily ever after. But love can be worse than a hangover when the men’s flaws threaten to destroy them....

Gavin Douglas joins a Scottish mission as a carpenter to escape painful memories of his wife’s death from a back-alley abortion she tried to keep secret from him. The last thing he expects to find in Africa is instant attraction to a native.   For the past year, Zenda has devoted...

The Three Dolls opens to a liquor shortage, but can Belle do business with the man who broke her heart? As soon as Hannah revels in her independence, Clive reappears, begging her to be his muse just one more time. Drake’s disapproval of Edie’s work at the hotel pushes their relationship to the...

Struggling to keep up with her new friends romantically and financially, Hannah dreams of being Clive’s wife or owning a hotel. But if she pushes too hard, she may lose both. Belle tries every trick she knows to wrangle better housing from Raoul, but her emotions keep getting in the way. When Edie...

Bereft without Drake, Edie’s battle with her addiction tests her friendships and her very sanity. As Hannah struggles to accept a relationship without marriage, will Clive’s unexpected breakthrough bring her victory or defeat? Done with Raoul’s ways, Belle finds her pleasures elsewhere, but...

While the women marry independence at a beachside ceremony, Clive, Raoul, and Drake look on, vowing to become the men they deserve, but can flawed men really change? Clive wrestles with a ghost from his past, Raoul makes an unbelievable sacrifice, and Drake stumbles across his missing heritage. But...

Horrified by what Belle did to her, Edie stumbles into a familiar pair of forbidden arms as she flees to the bottle. During the hotel’s end-of-season Sun Day celebration, what Hannah has always wanted is finally in reach, but how long can she keep it? Divided from within and targeted by an outside...

Oyster Harbor Book 2

Is your love deeper than perfect? Desi Warner is ready to end her life after an accident disfigures her face and destroys her modeling career. Instead, she goes back in time to 1974 to meet her destiny—R&B superstar Bernie Benson. Although her scars vanish, she and Bernie only have one...

After Hannah breaks her strong moral code with Clive, she wants to forget it and move on, but fate is about to give her a permanent reminder. When Belle decides to protect Hannah, will Clive suffer the same fate as Drake? Meanwhile, a local women’s organization aims to stamp out immorality at The...