Fiction

Hollywood hair stylist Nevaeh Richards loves making those in the spotlight shine but prefers the anonymity of staying behind her stylist chair, where no one notices her. But when a photo of Nevaeh and Hollywood heartthrob Lamont Booker goes viral for all...

Read this standalone novel from New York Times bestselling author of the Reverend Curtis Black series, Kimberla Lawson Roby. Paige Donahue has always lived in her sister Camille's shadow. As children, Camille had the grades, the friends, and their...

"A seductive, sweltering debut" (Rachel Lynn Solomon) filled with romance, artistic ambitions and political scandal, when a betrayed political trophy wife falls for a much younger man and reconsiders her idea of life and love. On the night of her...

CORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 2 In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world's most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly...

An intriguing story about half-brothers who reunite in the legal justice system--one as a prosecuting attorney and the other on Death Row--and a race against time for the young prosecutor to save his older brother's life. At the age of one, James is...

The undisputed queen of hip-hop fiction, #1 Essence bestselling author Nikki Turner unwraps a talented new collection of writers with raw urban stories to jingle your bells this season. Christmas in the Hood presents fresh talent alongside shining stars...

Seventeen-year-old Madeline Richardson's lifelong dream of attending Juilliard is about to come true--or is it? A life-changing discovery threatens to put her classical concert pianist career on hold, and her father's demand have her unsure of her future...

From the award-winning author of the instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller When No One Is Watching, love war, and racial justice collide in Alyssa Cole's third buzzworthy, sensual, and revelatory Civil War novel. The Civil War has turned...

A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the...

From the award-winning creator of Newark private eye Tamara Hayle, the third installment in a spell-binding cozy mystery series featuring a multicultural cast and starring Odessa Jones, a recent widow with a brand new catering business, a full-time real...

Heavy is the head that wears the crown of a kingpin. Mardi gras and crawfish aren't the only things poppin' on Bourbon Street. The Big Easy is turned upside down when Freeway is faced with lies and drama, and loyalty is called into question as he battles...

Dreamgirls meets Waiting to Exhale by way of Destiny's Child with a nostalgic 90s twist! As glittering as their name, The Diamonds were on the brink of 1990s pop music stardom--until betrayal tore them apart. Now these four very different women are...

Blake Karrington once again takes you on a Southern literary ride with his latest criminal romance. In Deeper Than Love, find out what happens when Ciara and Sabrina fail to realize that the answers they seek to close the biggest case of their careers...

An unsuspecting wife finds herself in a love triangle that threatens her safety when her husband's side chick decides she wantsher out of the way. Brooklyn is a fierce, no-nonsense woman who is about stacking paper and building a good life. Meeting the...

These two lost souls find everything they wanted once they step outside of their comfort zones and into each other's arms. However, some people are meant to fall in love but not meant to be together. Can two people with a painful past build a better...