Fiction

Siblings Brenda and Brian Andrews think their good looks, money and charm should afford them the pick of the litter among the abundant singles scene in Atlanta, and they've never been too shy to sample. Unfortunately, all pawns in their single life games...

"The love of money is the root to all evil, but poverty and wealth are its greatest companions..." A.L. Smith Human trafficking is often considered an international phenomenon and women from third world countries are the first images that come to mind...

"Sometimes the strongest among us are the ones who cry behind closed doors, smile through silent pain, and fight battles that are obscured by shame." For Sierra, Alex and Latrice, the innocence of childhood was lost at an early age. Choosing...

Regina Moore and Karen Jackson, lifelong best friends, are living the kind of life most women only fantasize about. With beautiful homes, fulfilling careers, and two adoring husbands, their joy could not be greater, their worlds could not be richer. But...

Introducing a new star of her generation, an electric debut story collection about mixed-race and African-American teenagers, women, and men struggling to find a place in their families and communities. When Danielle Evans's short story Virgins was...

From New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, "one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century"* comes a novel about the how one chance meeting can change everything in this thrilling, sexy tale of star-crossed lust...

MAHALA IS A CITY OF CONTRASTS: LIGHT AND DARK. HOPE AND DESPAIR.Rojan Dizon just wants to keep his head down. But his worst nightmare is around the corner. With the destruction of their power source, his city is in crisis: riots are breaking out, mages...

For a long time, the idea of a soulmate seemed unreal to me. I thought that too many people die lonely for soulmates to exist. But most of the time we run our soulmate off because we don't realize it when they're right in front of us. I almost ran away...

Three boroughs. Two people. One summer that could change everything."This is not a love story," she said."Good. I've never been big on those," he responded."But this might hurt a little.""Well, then make it hurt good."So begins Ran Walker's 19th book, a...

Set amidst the turbulence of 1950s Cairo, Beer in the Snooker Club is the story of Ram Bey, an over-educated, under-ambitious young Egyptian struggling to find out where he fits in. Ram's favorite haunt is the fashionable Cairo Snooker Club, whose...

In Darrien Lee's sequel to All That and a Bag of Chips, readers meet up again with Craig Bennett, who is still wary of love even years after his affair with Venice Taylor. This compelling continuation of the Craig Bennett and Venice Taylor saga reveals...

Trista Russell, author of Going Broke and Dead Broke, turns up the heat in this erotic urban tale featuring a powerful attraction between a fugitive and the woman he is holding captive. As Audra Lopez watches news reports about the infamous "Turnpike...

From the author of Dear Marcus comes a breathtaking novel about a fated love affair that crosses the divides of race and class.Rashid is a young Black man from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, with a complicated life. Looking for an escape from a neighborhood few...

Best-selling author and beloved chronicler of Los Angeles D.J. Waldie reconsiders the city in a collection of contemporary essays.Nobody sees Los Angeles with more eloquence than D. J. Waldie. - Susan Brenneman, Los Angeles Times Deputy Op-Ed...

Meet Gabriel Lee, if he were a young billionaire, his last few years would have earned him celebrity status. But, he's a mechanic in Baltimore's inner city. Past regrets haunt him. Can he ever win in a rigged system?Opposites attract when Grace Lerner...