The Brooks Legacy Series is a sweeping, intimate portrait of Black womanhood, full of truth, tenderness, and the courage it takes to grow past who you were taught to be.
When betrayal cracks her world open, Zari Brooks learns that choosing herself is the beginning of her becoming.
Coming December 2025
Zari Brooks thought she knew what her life would be until one act of betrayal forces her to confront the truth about herself, her relationships, and the legacy she wants to build. As she chooses honesty over performance and healing over pretending, Zari steps into a version of herself she once didn’t believe she had permission to be.
A story about release, restoration, and learning that choosing yourself is the first step toward everything else.
Tania Brooks discovers that grace isn’t soft; it’s the quiet courage to be seen.
Coming 2026
Tania Brooks has perfected the art of staying useful, quiet, and unseen. But when a single moment pushes her into the public eye, she’s forced to decide whether she will keep hiding behind order or finally allow herself to be fully witnessed.
As she learns to hold space for herself the way she holds it for everyone else, Tania discovers that grace isn’t soft or effortless. It’s chosen. It’s deliberate.
And it’s hers to claim.
Vivica Brooks-Willis must reclaim her joy by unlearning the myth that perfection is the price of praise.
Vivica Brooks-Willis is known for excellence, elegance, and control until the pressure she’s been carrying finally pushes her past her limits. When the world demands more than she has left to give, Vivica must confront the parts of her life built on performance instead of truth.
Her journey toward joy takes her far from the spotlight and closer to herself, where she learns that rest, identity, and purpose can coexist without breaking her.
Tatiyana Brooks-Kuriko finds wholeness by stepping out of the life she curated and into the one she actually wants.
Tatiyana Brooks-Kuriko has curated a life people admire but the cost of perfection is catching up with her. When work, motherhood, and identity collide, she begins to question the version of herself she’s been performing for years.
As she unlearns the habits of over-functioning and over-giving, Tatiyana must redefine what success looks like on her own terms and discover who she is when she finally stops editing herself.
The Brooks sisters confront legacy, truth, and voice when their mother’s final letters ask them to face what love really costs.
After the Brooks matriarch passes, her daughters return home to honor her wishes and instead are confronted with the truths she never spoke while she was alive. Through Estelle’s letters, each woman is invited to reckon with what she inherited, what she misunderstood, and what she must release to move forward.
As old wounds surface and new understanding emerge, the Brooks women are challenged to decide what legacy truly means and what kind of future they want to build together.
Each story passes the light to the next, porch lamp to candle flame, tracing the evolution of a Black matrilineal legacy from surviving love to redefining it.
Published by Valencia Michelle Writes | A division of This Frugal Chic Creates, Inc. | Boynton Beach, Florida