House of Payton

House of Payton is a series of young adult novels by American author Maryam Wells. The books chronicle the lives of feisty, outrageous, loving family, who live in Los Angeles, California.

The series quickly gained popularity and spawned several spin-off series, Amanda,.

The novels Sweet Valley Confidential and The Sweet Life, which follow the characters as adults, were released in 2011 and 2012.

Premise
Queenie Wilkerson married Tom Payton had at least two children, daughters, Marguerite and Jacqueline. Tom died from an unknown illness when he was in his early 60s, however Queenie lived until she was nearly 100. Marguerite has several children by several different fathers, including daughters Katherine "Katie", Julie, and Samantha and son Michael. Marguerite fell pregnant with Katie in her early teens. She married a man named Reggie when she was 19. They had one daughter, Myra. Reggie and Marlena divorced after several arguments and affairs. It is unknown who are the fathers of Kathleen and Reenie.