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In a Southern town unravelling under a sinister force, Luther's blues hold a mystical power to bind the shadows. As the enigmatic Stranger feeds on fear and chaos, only Luther's music can save his people from destruction.

A powerful story about love, courage, sacrifice, resilience, and hope, True Grace, set in 1924 during the Harlem Renaissance and Roaring Twenties, chronicles the journey of an immigrant, mixed-raced woman from the Congo, England, and Jamaica, fighting for her family's survival. Inspired by real people and events, Grace must navigate the misogyny and racism of the courts, banks, child welfare system, and bad actors to hold her family together. Calling on her grit, determination, and grace, she must overcome harrowing circumstances.

A dynamic kaleidoscope of story that honors the work of women. Long-listed for the prestigious Carol Shields Prize for Fiction! Kin is a story and a celebration of Black womanhood, of resistance, and of perseverance—while simultaneously an indictment of American history. Kin is a tree—alive in places, broken in others—that offers shelter for women seeking respite in the midst of family-making.

Aeon Victoria Blackwell has lived her life with a speeding heart that has caused it to ache. Love is something that she wants but never thinks she’ll find. How can someone chase a heart that’s beating too fast? If no pulse deems you dead, then what does too fast of a pulse mean? When she meets Declan Michael Phillips, Jr., will he be the right medication to slow her pulse down just enough to catch her? When the pulse of true soulmates sync, the only thing that can happen is pure love.

Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets. Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful...

The Freedom Brothers are first cousins who built a brotherly bond while growing up in their grandmother's home in Terror Town. Epic, Angel, and Bishop Freedom eventually matured from little boys to men who run the blocks of the East Side of Chicago neighborhood. Women love them, and men want to be them. Yet, this story about the Freedom Brothers is far from your typical hood tale.

Cassius Avery’s life is anything but simple. Music is his escape from reality and has earned him the name “Billion Dollar Cash”. The void that exist in Cash’s life is one that money can’t fill and has been present for the majority of his life. Tru Bisset has experienced heartbreak and betrayal on unimaginable levels. Torn between the comfort of her past relationship and the need to be secure in her future, she struggles daily to remember her worth. Both Tru and Cash are aware that they need to leave the past in the past, but it’s easier said than done.

Without giving anything away...it is very easy to fall in love with the main character, Mr. G. He is the epitome of achievement at the highest level, a role model to those who may doubt the color of their skin, the true hope of paying it forward, and the near-perfect man that all women deserve in their lives.

My, my, my! The Bennett Brothers have come a long way. They've faced some turbulent times that left them with an unknown feeling about their reality and new normal. The Brothers have fought, broken barriers that seemed impossible to overcome, and most importantly...they welcomed love in the most unconditional way possible! What more can they overcome? Wanna find out? Dive into True Love to see these brothers come together one more time in the name of brotherhood and family.

In this installment of the In True Thug Fashion series, the Freedom family returns to answer questions through a whirlwind of action and jaw-dropping moments. Put on your seatbelts and get ready for this urban romance adventure....

The saddest thing about deception is that it never comes from your enemies. The Freedom family has suffered the biggest loss that their family has ever experienced. Can they recover and avenge the death of their fallen soldier, or will the streets destroy all that Angel, Epic, and Bishop spent years building? The love that the Freedom Brothers found in part one has been completely dismantled by murder, mayhem, and chaos. Deception and lies blankets the soul ties that bound the hearts that were in no way looking for love. Will these soul ties stay knotted, or will destruction win?

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a foreword by...

Twenty-eight year old Kennedy Logan is gorgeous, educated, talented, and in love. Unfortunately, Drake Collins has other ideas about the true state of their relationship. Kennedy hopes to turn him around; Drake just wants to turn her out sexually. Kennedy is also searching for her biological mother, who gave her up at birth. She wants answers, and she has tons of questions. The enormous weight of these predicaments leads to a failed suicide attempt.

Relish the passionate transformation of a tough yet timid, pistol-packing female that was raised by a religious family in Detroit. Cheer for Madison’s success as she plunges into an agonizing journey, trying to choose between God’s direction and the devil’s deception. She craves God’s voice to calm the enslaved boiling rage that has traumatized her rational thinking since childhood.

Ari and Kelly are two girls who don't know what hit them after they meet the love of their lives one night after graduation, Ari falls head over heels for Amir, a big time dope boy who has it all except love, the moment he saw Ari he knew he had to have her, but with temptation comes other problems in Amir's life. Amir's ex-girlfriend Chavaughn won't allow him to just leave her and be great with someone else, especially after everything she's done for him in the past to bring his business up.

Winter is looking for what? Love or a whole lot of d!@k. She finally meets a nice young man who is crazy about her and would give the world, despite her abuse with her first boyfriend that nearly killed her. She has issues of being with one person and trusting them. Now that she knows the power of pu$$y and what it can get her, she wants to play the field a little. Even though she has a good man at home. Her motto is: Get them before they get you.

Olivia is a sophisticated, sexy, intelligent woman who may have finally found the love of her life. Despite his many flaws, she isn’t willing to let him go for his past mistakes. Adrian, aka Ace, is a man whose past seems to rub people the wrong way. Unable to catch a break, he is in the midst of turning his life around. Now, nearly all of Olivia’s family and even her friends and colleagues don’t approve of her dating Adrian. As much as neither wanted to give up on the other, the relationship is put to the test.

I've heard that the saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from an enemy. It comes from those you would have never expected it to come from, like your friends and sometimes your family. For Nichole Jackson it came from both. Amber, Nichole and Bianca had been best friends for a few years but neither of them really knew the other. They all pretty much only shared the information that they wanted each other to know. The scariest thing to have in your life is a best friend that doesn't really like you.

Tess is a strong determined business woman by the day and queen of the streets by night. She will stop at nothing to get the life she wants for herself and her three best friends along with her man, even if it means breaking old bonds and creating lifetime enemies. What she doesn't realize is in the game of cut- throat there are no rules.

We have all heard of this is some way or another. This is when another woman appears to be okay with dating a man who has a woman in his life - rather, she's a girlfriend or wife. With this going on more and more, it's a good idea to take a look inside the mind of a side chick. By the way, names have been changed for identity purposes.