Fiction

Eve Mann arrives in Ideal, Georgia, in 1972 looking for answers about the mother who died giving her life. A mother named Mercy. A mother who for all of Eve's twenty-two years has been a mystery and a quest. Eve's search for her mother, and the father...

"A delight and highly recommended." --Booklist "Showcases the truth and fullness of people of color." --Book Riot In the tradition of Best American Short Stories comes Everyday People: The Color of Life, a dazzling collection of contemporary short...

Meet the members of the Love, Joy, Peace, and Deliverance Community Choir, a group of young adults joined together through their passion for singing the Lord's praises--although their hearts are far from the things of God.Patrice Russell was raised in...

Davion and Shala Jones have it all. A good marriage, a wonderful son, Shala's loving parents, a luxurious home, great friends, and the fancy cars we all want to drive. They both work hard to have the life they live. Davion is the owner of a prestigious...

LIVIN' THE LIFE . . . One of the hottest young veejays to hit music television, Caroline Isaacs is a prodigy at the top of her game. She hosts her own show where she interviews A-list celebs and dons threads from topshelf designers; she and her...

New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark's iconic Thug series takes readers into the streets-and into the heart of a criminal world where even love can be a dangerous choice... Having escaped from the hard streets where deals go down on the...

"Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep" is a rich collection of the work of post-World War II African-American poets. It brings together the voices of the most important African-American poets of our time, beginning with the highly influential Robert Hayden and...

If you could take just one thing back... Every Little Thing explores how lives are shaped by the butterfly effect of decisions that go desperately wrong. After a shocking family tragedy, Cohen Davies feels isolated, guilty, and numb to everything except...

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle NPR The Root The Telegraph The Globe and MailNATIONAL BESTSELLER - FINALIST, PHILLIS WHEATLEY BOOK...

From the backdrop of the ATL; the hottest city in the South, comes a compelling love story about several friends and their adventures in College at the A.U and their professional careers while in the city of Atlanta. Experience Love, Drama, infidelity...

Everlasting is the chronicle of two equally fascinating Latino teenagers, seventeen-year-old Juan Alonso and sixteen-year-old Nina Sagastume, who fall in love despite unrelenting odds. Juan is a political, outspoken romantic who believes education and...

A powerfully insightful novel from one of the foremost voices of South Africa's Born Free generation, Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender, and the medical profession with tenderness and urgency.Matlwa's voice is one we need. --Rowan Hisayo...

Wanda wants nothing more than to escape the oppressive upbringing of life with her abusive foster mother. Miss Cassaundra manipulates the system by bringing lost children into her home turned whorehouse and collecting the money. Wanda knows what it's...

In Leigh Anderson's normal turned crazy life journey she meets the finest men at the right time who are more than willing to keep her checking accounts loaded, give her luxury clothes and brand new cars. But everything has its cost. Before all is said...

From national bestselling author K'wan comes a novel about one of the deadliest women to ever happen to the streets--Eve. The only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the infamous Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learned the art of...

The Best American Novelist Whose Name You May Not Know--Calvin Baker, The Atlantic A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers -TAYARI JONES, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance,...