Fiction

Our Fruiting Bodies collects stories of old growth and fresh decay, of stubborn rebirth and the faint but nonimaginary paths connecting life and nonlife. From the sharp, sweet confessional of their Peter Pan-inspired "Awfully Big Adventure," through the...

When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra. Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old friend of...

School's back in session and there's a lot of unfinished business to handle. As Lena prepares for her wedding day, she can't help but think about Denise, her sexy b-ball roommate who almost stole her away. A summer isn't enough time to get over a true...

A stunning and witty debut novel about a young woman's emotional journey through unimaginable loss, pulled along by her tight-knit Nigerian family, a posse of new friends, and the love and laughter she shared with her husband. Onyi Nwabineli is a fresh...

Lyrical, witty, moving and timely, To Fill a Yellow House is a story of community, friendship and the power of creativity and connection.When Kwasi's family moves abruptly from one side of London to the other, Kwasi is both excited by the change--the new...

The Shady Sisters Trilogy In this sexy page-turner from Lutishia Lovely, a conniving seductress embarks on a spectacular finale as her need for revenge--and for the object of her obsession--reaches a boiling point . . . After a nightmarish two years,...

What would you do if someone granted your deepest desire for one tiny favor?​ What would you give up to gain your freedom?​ And, if it came down to it, who would you save: yourself, or a loved one? ​Elizabeth Bathory-Tepes wants to find...

Streetwise and Booksmart. This is the motto that represents fifteen-year-old Kamal Bukhari, nicknamed Knerdie B. He proclaims himself to be the most talented high school basketball player to come out of South Phoenix. Kamal is the only child of immigrant...

Book 1 in the Crescent Crew series They risked it all for the love of the dough, then wrote chart-topping songs about it. But can this crew escape their past? For Reece and Qwess, being rap superstars was the dream, but in real life nothing moved...

Move over, Holden Caulfield, and meet Marshall Field Finney, in the 30th anniversary edition of Right by My Side, by a celebrated chronicler of Black middle class life in the American Midwest A Penguin Classic With wit and realism, David Haynes presents...

An accident changed Leighton Clarke's life forever. After waking from a coma, Leighton Clarke can't remember anything from the past six years. She's stunned when her doctors inform her she has amnesia, something she didn't think occurred outside of soap...

An illuminating debut following three women in sub-Saharan Africa as they search for home and family Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother, in spite of...

After a long run of misfortune, betrayal, and broken hearts, the Livingston family and their soul food empire are thriving. Toussaint is the Food Network darling, Malcolm's BBQ Soul Smoker is the toast of QVC, and Bianca's brainchild, TOSTS--Taste of...

Angel stumbles into church one day and ends up a First Lady when she catches the preacher s eye, heart and soul. She is unchurched, timid, shy; just a babe in Christ trying to figure out what this God thing is all about, and at the same time, how to be a...

In this installment of Lutishia Lovely's wickedly sexy Hallelujah Love series, an energetic young pastor works overtime to keep the ladies in his congregation deliciously satisfied. . . Nathaniel Nate Thicke is a preaching prodigy. At only twenty-eight...

Barnes and Noble listed No Hero as one of the 20 best paranormal fantasy novels of the last decade - now available in mass market paperback! What would Kurt Russell do? Oxford police detective Arthur Wallace asks himself that question a lot. Because...