Fiction

From bestselling author Allison Hobbs comes this explosive and thought-provoking novel about two best friends who struggle to survive the ultimate betrayal and redefine how society views full-figured women. Plus-size friends Jayla Carpenter and Bailee...

Dareese Dollar Bill Blake is one of those bad guys that women love to hate. In an effort to escape the hood life and dabble in the good life, Dollar quickly grows from a small pup to a big dawg. After carefully critiquing the game, he chooses a concrete...

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe, the riveting tale of family loyalty, betrayal, and sweet revenge. Seth Garrett's family taught him that anything less than the best simply isn't an option. Now he's out to prove he can be the most...

"Whitfield, star of Bravo's reality television show The Real Housewives of Atlanta, makes her fiction debut with this tale of a young woman overwhelmed in the big city." --Library Journal Fresh out of college, Sasha Wellington's got her career as a...

A hate group operating in Oakland County, Michigan, has claimed responsibility for a six-month-long string of arson fires and robberies at mosques, temples, and Black churches around Detroit, eluding police and federal agencies.The most recent fire, at a...

Fan favorite villain Katrina is back in the romantic thriller What's Done in Darkness from USA Today bestselling author Kayla Perrin. Jealousy is a strong motive. People kill for love every day... Jade Blackwin feels like she's losing her mind. After...

Essence bestselling author Kayla Perrin delivers a novel of suspense where a night of revenge turns deadly. I was thinking of some kind of initiation. Tailored just for her. The kind that will teach her a lesson not to mess with me.--from We'll Never...

Daunted by a web of dark secrets, Michael Johnson Jr. is faced with numerous obstacles that may cost him his life. Raised in the rural streets of the Chi, where dreams become nightmares has pushed him into a life of uncertainty. As a college basketball...

Harper was never content, unless she was going from one toxic relationship to another. But when the young beauty sets her sights on Mahoney Monroe, a married billionaire playboy, she finds herself playing a dangerous game, she will more than likely lose...

Nubia, Queen of Themyscira! But what challenges await our new queen? After the thrilling events of Infinite Frontier, Nubia becomes queen of Themyscira, but the new title also brings challenges. With the unexpected arrival of new Amazons, our hero is...

It's 1957. Marion works for a Memphis record company, roaming the South in search of great songs from Black bands. He buys their songs to be re-recorded by White artists up north. Marion has two families, a White family in Meridian, MS, wife Christine...

Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times--a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and...

The femme fatale of the streets is back and she s deadlier than ever. Precious miraculously survives her brush with death, but the celebration is cut short when tragedy strikes. Convinced that Nico Carter is responsible for ripping her world apart,...

In Queen Bitch, Precious has lost it all, her daughter, Aaliyah, the love of her life, Supreme, and the luxurious lifestyle she s grown accustomed to. The perpetrator of her demise is the very person she called family Maya. Precious learns the hard way,...

Precious Cummings is more ruthless than ever in Part 3 of the Bitch series. In The Bitch Is Back, Precious is relishing in every hood queen s dream life. She has her king, Supreme, and her princess, their daughter Aaliyah. With an estate in Beverly...