Fiction

Gianna Jameson is as stubborn and stuck in her ways as a woman can get. She's trained to believe that her family is cursed in the love department.Gia doesn't believe love exists for her. If it does, it'll only end in tragedy. The best way to defeat the...

Tanjela "Tanji" Baily is still coming off the heels of her divorce from Antonio. Her relationship with her husband turned out to be contingent on a factor she never knew existed. When she couldn't hold up her end, Antonio ended their union. Now back...

From author and body-positive activist Leah Vernon comes a daring dystopian novel that explores the power of friendship in a future society built on violence and division.A thousand years in the future, a Black elite class reigns. The lower classes toil...

Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa.His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa's Handbook, caused a major uproar among Black women and men and shot to the...

When it comes to spotting trouble, Benita's intuition is never wrong. It has been three months since Benita Renee Jenkins completed her first assignment for a secret organization called DTCU, the Domestic Terrorism Crime Unit. When Agent Jenkins meets...

*A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of the Year* From John Edgar Wideman, a modern "master of language" (The New York Times Book Review), comes a stunning story collection that spans a range of topics from Michael Jordan to Emmett Till, from...

This crazy Mama and her highly troublesome daughters are back and they're making much noise. Karrine can't keep her hands off Taffy's main man, Honey, but falling for him will sting like an attack from a swarm of bees. Their relationship has plenty of...

From the bestselling author of Caucasia and New People, riveting, unexpected stories about identity under the influence of appearances, attachments, and longing. Each of these eight remarkable stories by Danzy Senna tightrope-walks tantalizingly,...

A living legend. -- Julia QuinnThe newest novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins's compelling Women Who Dare series features a fearless grifter who goes undercover to reclaim the stolen Declaration of Independence.Lying and cheating may be...

In the sprawling homes and upscale townhouses of the exclusive, largely African American Prince George's County, the lives of five women intersect-and the secrets, scandals, loves, and losses that ensue are par for the course where power, beauty, and...

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe takes you on the ultimate twist-filled ride with her Lonely Heart, Deadly Heart series. For two restless women looking for satisfaction, too much of a good thing is never enough--even as a lethal passion...

Find out how far these divas will go to stay on top in the sexy thriller that inspired the BET show Games People Play.When entertainment writer Nia Bullock loses her job and her live-in boyfriend, she flees LA for Manhattan and a gig as editor-in-chief...

Recently ending a failed engagement, Phillip Gordon is burying himself in work at this therapy practice to avoid dealing with his problems. Dr. Gordon isn't the typical, dull therapist. He has some unusual ways of addressing his patients' concerns. From...

August Wilson (1945-2005) wrote one play for every decade of the twentieth century that explored black life in America for the descendants of slaves. All of his characters seek wholeness, identity, and reconstituted selves after the terror of 250 years...

A strong...tale of operatic moral corrosion.-Kirkus Reviews on Gods & Gangsters Joey Diamonds is on the verge of being a Made man, with ice cold blue eyes that pierce through the hearts of women...and men. After being disowned by his mafia family, losing...

Old habits die hard for assassins. And I plan on murdering someone before the night is through. Killing used to be my regular gig, after all. Gin Blanco, aka the Spider, assassin-for-hire. And I was very, very good at it. Now, I'm ready to make the one...