Fiction

From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south...

November is on the right track to success, and she looks forward to living the lifestyle she always dreamed she'd have as an advertising agent. After suffering through countless roommates and ending up in and out of her parents' home while in school, her...

New York Times BestsellerFrom the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy, the novel he was unable to publish during his lifetime--an explosive story of racism, injustice, brutality, and survival. Not just Wright's masterwork, but also a milestone...

Joey, Evan, and Cee hail from Charlotte's infamous west side. Best friends since childhood, they have experienced highs, lows, and everything in between together.Evan is one of the country's most sought-after wedding and event planners. Cee is an A-list...

Forced to flee Detroit, ruthless and rotten Kenya and her identical twin, London, have dodged the bullets of a vicious hired hit man and endured the pain of a brutal rape. Now, due to mistaken identity, the girls must deal with Storm's strange...

Kindrah has secretly been in love with her best friend, Amari, for a long time, even though both of them are involved with other people. Until now, she has kept her feelings a secret, but when she finds out that Amari is going to be a father with a...

Identical twins Kenya and London return in the highly addictive Essence bestselling Say U Promise series, and now things have gone from bad to worse for the tragically troubled sisters. They are caught in the middle of a deadly drug war that was started...

New York Times bestselling author Franics Ray continues the popular erotic romance Grayson Friends series with It Had to be You. Most musicians would do anything to work with the hot, young record producer known as Rolling Deep. R.D. can pick and choose...

New York Times bestselling author Francis Ray turns up the heat in All That I Desire, a sizzling Grayson Friends novel about a woman's life, liberty...and pursuit of passion. LOVE IS NEVER PICTURE-PERFECT. Nothing can stop a woman like Skylar Dupree once...

The next installment in the Grayson Friends series from New York Times bestselling author Francis Ray!Naomi Reese is a divorced mother with a small daughter named Kayla, a new life in Santa Fe, and, finally, some distance from her abusive ex-husband. All...

Bestselling author Francis Ray will have fans cheering for the Grayson family's friends--when two perfectly matched opponents go one-on-one in A Dangerous Kiss. Sexy, single sports consultant Payton "Sin" Sinclair has tackled the world's most valuable...

In a society where the system is broken and designed to favor a set of people at the expense of the rest, only the strong survive. I am Coumba, and this is my breakthrough story as a Black immigrant living in America.

Precious Cummings is back but this time her own daughter is causing mayhem. Aaliyah Mills Carter was born into street royalty. Her mother, Precious, hustled her way from a project chick to a hood legend. Then she has two fathers, Xavier Mills, who is a...

Between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, generations of African Americans struggled for dreams they would never be allowed to achieve, no matter their ability. That they persevered in the face of attitudes from white society, ranging from...

There isn't a more odd pairing than Lynn Cummings, a women's right activist who is swooned by a charming and handsome southern Baptist preacher, Pastor Dana Stewart. Lynn's heart goes pitter patter for this man and the feeling is mutual, but the...

Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind... New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with...