Fiction

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE"With this splendid debut, Steven Wright announces his arrival as a major new voice in the world of political thrillers. I enjoyed it immensely." --John GrishamA blistering and thrilling...

Urban youth gangs are typically viewed as no more than training grounds for thugs and felons. This breakthrough anthology presents a far different picture, revealing present and former gang members' and street activists' artistic impulses, emotional...

Meet Reggie Saunders--a successful businessman living the dream with a fancy sports car, tailored clothes, expensive jewelry, and a penthouse office suite atop one of the largest buildings in suburban Washington, D.C. But for everything he has, there's...

She wants to know the truth, but some secrets might be better left alone... Kate Thayer has a good life as a veterinarian, running the family horse farm-until she uncovers an act of unimaginable treachery by those she trusted most and learns that...

Most people know where they belong. As an outcast, even among misfits, I'm not that lucky. It's fine. I don't need them. These walls I've built keep me safe. Until they don't anymore. With the rebellion under way, I have enough on my hands gaining my...

While making their way north, Moses and Beulah Davis had walked for weeks before stumbling upon a cabin by the lake. They decided to stop just long enough to bathe and wash away their past. The water was pure, clean, pristine, and serene. That night as...

Denise has always been the apple of her father's eye. She keeps her head down, she works hard, and she studies harder. She is taught at an early age that you perpetually give your best. Denise is a young lady who lives an ordinary, dull life. One day,...

Unis was the child that everyone loved. "That boy is so cute," "Where did he get all that wavy hair from?" "You must have some Indian in your blood," said all the women at the church. Unis was gifted and could sing like he was on an album by the time he...

Joe grew up in an infested project in the urban, ghetto of Bronx, New York with a prostituted crack-head mother and a father he never knew. He had to grow up fast, facing the fact of what people thought about what a thug is, and the fact of his mother...

When we look at the world today, we see that black people seem to be last or minorities in everything. Moreover, blacks are having more problem with the law, the police, being killed by police, more than any other races of people. There are other races...

In this riveting and emotionally powerful historical drama, an ex-FBI agent plunges into the darkest shadows of 1930s Europe, where everything he loves is on the line . . . International consultant Prescott Sweet's mission is to bring justice to...

Nalini Singh returns to the world of the Guild Hunters for the most highly anticipated novel of the beloved series--a love story so epic it's been half a millennia in the making... Illium and Aodhan. Aodhan and Illium. For centuries they've been...

It is a strange time to be Black in America. In this country, waking up Black can be considered a crime. Through this gripping novel, you will embark on a journey that will make you laugh, cry, feel anger, but above all, think. Walk in the shoes of six...

A complex and compulsively readable novel about how unresolved family history and the racial tensions of the past threaten a love affair between two young Floridians. Jolie Hoyt is a good Southern girl living in Hendrix, a small Florida Panhandle town...

With a death squad in pursuit... A fugitive needs the help of a wounded warrior. An elite CIA kill squad has located hacker Zenobia Hanley's Alaska wilderness hideout. With commandos hot on Zee's heels, she's saved from capture by her neighbor John...

The streets pump blood through Rocko's heart, but his women are the electricity that spreads and causes it to contract. Though he's madly in love with his fiancée, Troi, he can't keep his past mistakes with other women from catching up with him. Troi is...