Fiction

In this heart-pounding sequel to the explosive novel Kiss the Ring, Naeema "Queen" Cole races against the clock to figure out who attacked her man and why--before it's too late. Life finally seems to have calmed down for Naeema "Queen" Cole. After she...

Jealousy, greed, and violent revenge are all at the forefront in this page-turner by Brenda Hampton, the queen of girlfriends' drama. Kayla, Evelyn, and Trina have been on-and-off-again girlfriends for many years, but the lines of true friendship have...

A playboy bachelor helps a grieving widow learn to love again, but her heart is broken once more when she learns their relationship was based on a bet in the latest novel from Anna Black. Chase Storm is a rich, young bachelor with no intention of...

The daughter of one of the South's most famous Baptist preachers discovers a shocking secret about her father that puts her at odds with both her faith and her family in this debut novel. "Spellbinding...Revival Season should be read alongside Alice...

"Full-bodied and dynamic characters carry this one along a mystery, tying a brutal past with a bloody present that will keep you guessing right up to the finale." -- Unnerving Magazine As a child forced to witness her father's crimes, homicide Detective...

Stacelyn thought her life was complete the day she married Dr. Derrick Garrison. The fairytale life she envisioned quickly vanishes, however, when Derrick's late nights and unexplained absences cause her to question his motives for marrying her. As...

A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction. Vern--seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised--flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she...

With authority and grace (Essence), Imani All Mine tells the story of Tasha, a fourteen-year-old unwed mother of a baby girl. In her ghettoized world where poverty, racism, and danger are daily struggles, Tasha uses her savvy and humor to uncover the...

New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison delivers a sizzling, twist-filled tale of four competitive friends, a dangerous bet--and high-stakes consequences no one can afford to win . . . From childhood games to career challenges, Trymm, Dallas,...

Once again, Carl Weber brings together two literary divas to give readers what they've been asking for: empowering stories about big, beautiful women.Rayne creates beautiful works of art, but her personal life is a blank canvas, void of love and passion...

Padgett Powell's National Book Award-nominated first novel (1984) about coming of age on Edisto, an undeveloped strip of coast between Savannah and Charleston, is a startling book, full of new sights, sounds, and ways of feeling. . . .The book is subtle,...

CRITTER WRANGLER RULE 2: WHEN SCARY THINGS RUN AWAY, SOMETHING SCARIER IS COMING.Kyra Greene is used to the scary things that run in the shadows. As a pest controller with a soft heart, she has an apartment full of rescues. And in a city overrun with fae...

Complete in one volume for the first time, the joyous, jazz-saturated fiction of one of our foremost African American writers, including the four-novel Scooter sequence One of the leading cultural critics of his generation, Albert Murray was also the...

Chicks are always screaming, "Leave my man alone! but in reality, they need to be checking their men. Tiana Caldwell is not falling for that foolery. She lives by the code that if your man wanted you, he would not stray. She doesn't care if the man she...

Demon summoner Kara Gillian is on the wrong side of the law--and there's evidence to prove it. Too bad the courts don't accept "fighting demonic forces" as justification for murder and mayhem. Yet Kara has problems that go way beyond her legal woes...

Kara Gillian is in seriously deep trouble. She's used to summoning supernatural creatures from the demon realm to our world, but now she's the one who's been summoned. Kara is the prisoner of the demonic lord Mzatal, but quickly discovers that she's far...