Fiction

HOME IS THE PLACE WHERE WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO THERE THEY HAVE TO LET YOU IN. Eden, Arkansas is a town you are from, not move to. But when divorce, foreclosure, domestic violence, and an all-expense paid trip (also called prison) disrupt the Washington...

WINNER OF THE 2003 PEN OAKLAND JOSEPHINE MILES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING AND THE BLACK CAUCUS OF THE ALA LITERARY AWARD Frederick Douglass, the great African-American abolitionist, was a man who cherished freedom in life and in love. In this...

The doughnut is a thing of beauty. A circle of fried doughy perfection. A source of comfort in trying times, perhaps. For Theo Bernstein, however, it is far, far more. Things have been going pretty badly for Theo Bernstein. An unfortunate accident at...

Everything they know is about to explode.Dexx finally has Paige back, and just in time to bring two amazing balls of world-wrecking joy into this world. But as he and Paige settle in to prepare to finally see their unborn babes-twins, if you can believe...

Turned at a tender age, and left with no memory of her human life, Elisa, the beloved adopted daughter of Talante, has had many obvious difficulties in her near two centuries of life, but by product so frustrating as her inability to find love - that is...

Turned at a tender age, and left with no memory of her human life, Elisa, the beloved adopted daughter of Talante, has had many obvious difficulties in her near two centuries of life, but by product so frustrating as her inability to find love - that is...

Turned at a tender age, and left with no memory of her human life, Elisa, the beloved adopted daughter of Talante, has had many obvious difficulties in her near two centuries of life, but by product so frustrating as her inability to find love - that is...

Two twin brothers, grow up in the same household but each take two completely different paths in life. Karlos Hunter was fascinated by fast money and quick opportunities. It wasn't until he is served a five year prison sentence for drug possession that...

"Parker pretty much defies category altogether in this deeply felt and intimately told memory tale, which takes place during the historic baseball season of 1947...Fusing this chapter of sports history with a hard-boiled gangster plot and haunting...

Allison Hobbes delivers a story of betrayal and unconditional love pushed to its limits--but the love between two brothers that transcends right and wrong. When Tariq and Shane Batista were four years old, they witnessed something that no child should...

In the first novel of the Double Cross series, we are introduced to Malik Davenport, a successful corporate attorney settled in Mobile, Alabama, with his wife and two young children. In an instant, his world is shattered when his children's lives are...

Double-Click Velocity is an on-the-edge-of-your-seat book. It is intriguing, mysterious, captivating, and shockingly surprising. From beginning to end, it catches your attention and, page after page, keeps you locked in the plot, the characters, the...

Two elderly people, Artur and Isabella, meet and have a passionate sexual encounter on New Year's Eve. Details of the lives of Artur, a retired Yugoslav army captain, and Isabella, a Holocaust survivor, are revealed through police dossiers. As they fight...

A complex tale about the life and times of one the biggest drug traffickers the Midwest has ever seen. The FBI has launched an intricate plot to take down one of the most prolific drug organizations in the summer of 2009, and Seven Smith is their main...

Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure. --Tupac ShakurThe true Black voice of his generation, Donald Goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh realities of the urban experience deep into the psyche of today's hip hop culture,...

The final confrontation between Jonah Mason's Army and the Dark Minion Dorian Azrael doesn't just dictate the fate of the Angelkiller's resistance cell. It is the key battle in a larger, global Conflict that can turn the tide against the oncoming...