Fiction

Detective Simpson must navigate the seedy underworld to find a killer before more bodies start piling up. But first, he must fight off the demons of his past and decide where his loyalties lie--with the NYPD, or with the hood he grew up in. When former...

Detective Simpson must navigate the seedy underworld to find the killer before more bodies start piling up. But first, he must fight off the demons of his past and decide where his loyalties lie--with the NYPD, or with the hood he grew up in. With a list...

An intensely personal novel about childhood, memory, and history by one of today's most celebrated authors, now available in the US for the first time. Friend of My Youth begins with the novelist Amit Chaudhuri returning to Bombay, the city in which he...

This is a contemporary novel with historical flashbacks based on library and ethnographic research. The main character (Catherine) is a French student who grew up in Normandy and studied European history as an undergraduate. As a teenager, she had read...

This is a contemporary novel with historical flashbacks based on library and ethnographic research. The main character (Catherine) is a French student who grew up in Normandy and studied European history as an undergraduate. As a teenager, she had read...

In the ghost city of Arbor Florum, color is everything. A ghost's color dictates its talents, motives, and loyalties. Color divides this society. Color poisons its soul. Though peace has persisted for more than a century, it's a fragile venture, built...

I was born to be the next Luna.Jace was born to be my Alpha.We were just pups when our fathers bound us together.At my first opportunity, I escaped the shackles of expectations becoming who I am destined to be.My new life suits me well. I am Alpha LaLa,...

The inner strength of women that causes them to stand with confidence when thier wings have been broken is beautiful. Free to Fly: Wisdom for the Seasons in a Woman's Life is a celebration of this strength. The contributors to this collection have opened...

From the author of the highly acclaimed The Story of Land and Sea comes a captivating novel, set in the late eighteenth-century American South, that follows a singular group of companions--an escaped slave, a white orphan, and a Creek Indian--who are...

It would be a lot easier to break into the assassination game if her targets stayed dead.If she wanted her own money, Red knew she would have to start getting her own jobs. With her peculiar accent, it was hard to get people to take her seriously, but...

Frank Marshall Davis: The Fire and the Phoenix (A Critical Biography) is a compelling historical biography about Frank Marshall Davis (1907-1987), journalist, editor, poet, labor activist, and Renaissance man of the Black Chicago Renaissance. He wrote...

No one writes about Italian-American families with the humor, warmth, and heart of Peter Pezzelli. With Francesca's Kitchen, he delivers a winning novel about how much we need the closeness of family--even if we don't know it. Where There's Food, There's...

It was during the mid-eighties in the decline of the Black Panther Party that the last surviving members of the organization (whom were all women) would take over the day to day operations of the party. While the government focused on the men who were...

Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series - "The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter." --io9 - 2015 Locus Recommended Reading for Fantasy When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and...

A sexy, fast-paced sequel to Essence bestseller Threesome that follows the sexual escapades of marketing executive Sasha Borianni--perfect for fans of Zane. Sasha Borianni is a woman who knows what she wants and how to get it. As she establishes her...

The mercury is soaring, and it's the perfect time to dive into a pool of uninhibited sensuality--take a break from the heat with this collection of steamy summertime encounters featuring four of the most popular African American women writers. Going...