Church Taboos: A Collection of Mature African American Romance Stories brings together DeMarcus James's provocative tales of older church women whose lives are transformed by younger men, unexpected encounters, and temptations that refuse to remain hidden.Miss Faye learns that age cannot silence a woman's heart-or her hunger for affection. Miss Mary's encounter with a college student awakens a side of her that the congregation has never seen. Proud and sophisticated Miss Vivian finds herself caught between the local pastor and Roach, the once-poor young man who returns successful, confident, and determined to have the woman who once overlooked him.Still grieving her husband, Miss Norma Jean develops a dangerous attraction to Trios, her pastor's handsome adult grandson. Miss Gloria risks becoming the subject of church gossip when an irresistible younger man enters her carefully ordered life. At a wedding, former Sunday school teacher Miss Gertrude reunites with CJ, the once-chubby boy who has grown into a successful health guru-and a man capable of making her forget every boundary that once stood between them.Homecoming Sunday brings Miss Deborah face-to-face with Junior, the head deacon's mechanic nephew. When her starter fails, he breaks his rule against working on Sundays to help her, setting off an attraction neither expected. After church, Miss Barbara meets Marcus, a muscular, green-eyed college student from her congregation. She invites him home to move furniture, unaware that the younger man has always preferred experienced women-and already has his eyes set on her.Filled with forbidden age-gap attraction, secret affairs, second chances, and mature women rediscovering their power, Church Taboos proves that temptation does not stop at the sanctuary doors-and even the most respected church ladies have desires they keep hidden beneath their Sunday best.
