Fiction

Sometimes family is found in the most unlikely of places . . .In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the backdrop of 1967, Katia Daniels lives a life steeped in responsibility. At the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys, she pours her heart...

Zeke and Khallani seem like the perfect couple, but in a short time, their lives are turned upside down. Khallani's love for her man is tested when she makes the unthinkable decision to become his ride-or-die chick in hopes of finally getting the love...

This Time Baby is a continuation of Roy Glenn's bestselling Mike Black series. Some might say that Khalil Patterson is living his best life. Kendrick Nance and Jack Dandridge are both dead, and he is now the boss. But he still has what's left of Kojo's...

Good fences make good neighbors--except when a scorching shared past makes things complicated--in this delightful city-meets-country romance from Zuri Day. She's packing her bags--and her baggage. Ten years ago, Genesis Washington made a very poor...

A vibrant and brilliant new collection of award-winning short fiction from the acclaimed author of the "charming, witty, and incredibly humane" (The Pittsburgh Gazette) debut The Eternal Audience of One. Presented as a literary mixtape, Only Stars Know...

A single mom takes a chance on a reformed bad boy in this small town romance, perfect for fans of Brenda Novak and Raeanne Thayne. Caleb Stone isn't ready to give up his Hollywood dreams. But after a disastrous run on a reality dating show paints him as...

Spanning more than eighty years, from Memphis in the 1930s and 1940s to present-day Chicago, this sweeping novel draws on the turbulent history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, as the great-granddaughter of a former player sets out to tell her family's...

A cursed immortal battles his demons and the nefarious beings of the living dead once his whereabouts are discovered, igniting a war against all of mankind in this spine-tingling, supernatural thriller. Born with a gift that is more of a curse than a...

A psychiatric patient's desperate search for answers reveals peculiar memories and unexpected connections in a twisty and mind-bending novel of love, family, betrayal, and secrets.Eddie Asher arrives at Hudson Valley Psychiatric Hospital panicked that he...

When a woman embarks on the next phase of her life, it's all she can do not to break under pressure in a smart, cheeky, and bighearted novel about moving on by the author of The After Party.Savannah Carlson has one month before she hits the big four-oh...

Leo, Misha, Ralph, and Dawn are old friends. The two couples have a lot in common--good educations, progressive politics, a taste for culture. But when a racially motivated incident with the cops leaves Leo shaken, he decides he must take extreme...

Eric Walrond (1898-1966), in his only book, injected a profound Caribbean sensibility into black literature. His work was closest to that of Jean Toomer and Zora Neale Hurston with its striking use of dialect and its insights into the daily lives of the...

"The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is, shockingly, little more than a footnote in history . . . Miller's book, thankfully, reverses that egregious oversight . . . we viscerally learn how this vibrant Black community fought devastation with resilience, faith,...

"What happened to Kaylin's and Trae's crew after the dust settled? Omar is ready to reveal his story in this riveting new segment of the Thug Series." At just 15, Omar's world was shattered by a gruesome scene that left him scarred and reeling. His...

A powerful Nigeria-set horror tale of possession, malevolent ghosts, family tensions, secrets and murder from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and 'Queen of African Horror'. For readers of Octavia Butler, Ben Okri and Koji...

Whoopi Goldberg brings new meaning to what it means to be a superhero in a new graphic novel!   Isabel Frost is a woman who has spent her life as wife, mother, grandmother--a life she feels isn't all she had hoped for, with a husband who has grown...