Fiction

Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different. Moving to Harlem and...

Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey's creations "have enough sultry self-confidence to suggest, at their best, a Prince song on paper" (The New York Times). Now, he puts a twist on the love triangle in this sexy, searing, and wise novel. Nicole made a...

A formidable and lasting contribution to American literature. --Chicago TribuneA great American writer. --New York Times Book ReviewSet in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black...

More than a book of poems but a call to action.With fierce honesty and poetic grace, We Be Black, We've Been Blue explores the complexities of being black and overcoming past traumas. Dare to dig into this honest collection of urban poetry and short...

Cleopatra is big, bold & beautiful...Both mentally and physically. She's also single, but that's a story for a different day. Right now, she's concentrating on her bag.[INSERT NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY HERE]Her best friend, Pedra, hooks her up with a job that...

Candy is a vivid and moving story of post-slavery life in the early part of the 20th century. The story takes place on a plantation along the Savannah River in South Carolina. Into the simple lives of the colorful and varied personalities on the...

The story that inspired the major motion picture The Birth of a Nation (2016) In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery... The...

A woman with tragic beginnings finds love and her voice on her way to stardom. Will the spotlight dim her hard-earned shine? From the day Layani Cherise Bell was born, the world was betting against her. Born four months premature, the doctors didn't...

Award-winning author Valerie Wilson Wesley launches a thrilling new mystery series set in New Jersey, featuring a multicultural cast, and starring a caterer-turned-realtor with the gift of second sight... In the first of a thrilling new series, one...

Lapel-grabbing and provocative...Clark writes with purpose, her sense of social justice never venturing into dogma but remaining fully rooted in Raines's actions and personality. - The New York Times Book Review Clark has a unique voice in the P.I...

Jackson Pierce is judge and jury over the people in Clarkston. Watch as they atone for their sins in this riveting suspense thriller. Jackson Pierce, a discharged ex-military marine, is the new RCA at Clarkston, Michigan post office. He quickly moves up...

When a privileged young woman finds herself on the other side of the tracks and addicted to crack, she will have to turn to an unlikely source to save her. Lisa Lennox's debut novel transports us to the heart of the crack era: The South Bronx, New York,...

Big girls deserve love too, and Brandie Davis and Niko Michelle introduce readers to two women who are determined to get it. Camgirl by Brandie Davis: Lots of women weighing 300 pounds would have a problem with their size and wish for a smaller frame,...

There's a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Around the Way Girls is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who might think they know it all but are about to get the lessons of their lives. La...

A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Apollo...in this evocative, twisting new novel from the author of Miss Aldridge Regrets. Harlem, 1936: Lena Aldridge grew up in a cramped corner of London,...

The beloved--and hated--characters from the Never Again, No More series return for a scandalous sixth and final installment. In part 6, the final chapter of the Never Again, No More series, the lives of all the men and women are forever changed as they...