General Fiction

After taking a slug to the crown, street hood Menace has been out of commission for two long years. Now fully healed, he aims to pick up where he and Speedy left off, and there's no time like the present. With Menace on the "disabled list," Speedy has...

Menace and Speedy are two local dope slingers with much in common, but two things in particular. They're both young and hungry. Business is booming, and while most people in their position would be satisfied, Menace and Speedy aren't "most people." They...

A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing--and for the conjuring of curses--are at the heart of this dazzling first novel WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS PRIZE - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times -...

Unlike the popular Uncle Remus stories of Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Chesnutt's tales probe psychological depths in black people unheard of before in Southern regional writing. They also expose the anguish of mixed-race men and women and the...

This delectable tale revolves around twenty-nine-year old Pierre Jackson, who dreams of becoming a renowned pâtissier and chef. He moves from Detroit to Toronto with his handsome fiancé, DeAndre Harris, who has just landed a prestigious job at a major...

When her husband, Lance, accepted the pastorate of New Light Church in the small town of Southlake, Texas, Jacqueline Stevens thought the transition would be a cakewalk for a First Lady with her years of experience. After all, she'd seen and heard it all...

Essence bestselling author Donna Hill brings us an emotional love story set against the powerful backdrop of the civil rights movement that gripped a nation--a story as timely as it is timeless... The year is 1963. In Harlem, the epicenter of Black...

Conduit: The Beginning is a thrilling blend of science fiction and action-adventure set with the gripping backdrop of an alien invasion. When Marcus, a young man with a tragic past and a rough childhood, stumbles upon the truth behind his strange...

Six incendiary stories that reflect the rage and frustration -- and the determination to survive -- of America's disenfranchised inner-city youth Concrete Candy marks the debut of an astonishing new writer -- notable both for the authenticity and...

Kevin life began on the notorious streets of Chicago Illinois where he experienced at a young age the horrors of the world in one of it's purest form. After witnessing his childhood best friends lose his life in a drive-by shooting on the playground,...

Amir is tha largest player in tha game in Philadelphia, but he made a promise to himself that in 10 yrs. whether he had a little or lot he would retire from tha game & hand tha reins over to his 2 young boys Buck & Twist.Amir is also a successful...

A thief like no other is about to steal Alan Dubain's heart... Shining star of the Moghul empire, diplomat in the court of William VI, and secretly devoted to the cause of undermining both, Alan Dubain is better known to most people as Prince Akbar, a...

As Josie begins the summer before college with the dream of working at a coffee shop to save money and learn the business, she quickly realizes what she learns outside, around the dumpster, will become the foundation for her own coffee shop. Told through...

A transplanted American, Declan Rowe, who arrives in Carack having inherited his uncle's cottage and farmland, is only one of several recent arrivals to this rural hamlet on the Dingle Peninsula. A young couple, Garret and Alice Lowry, from Dublin, who...

While researching family history for his semibiographical opera Monte and Pinky, Richmond-based poet and songwriter Richard Rose came face to face with the fact of his ancestors' involvement in the local slave trade. As a social and environmental...

Powerful Women Take On Life and LoveThey are the best of friends-beautiful, creative, and sweet, living in and sustained by faith. But life throws them challenges that will cause them to question everything they know about themselves and God. Yeni fell...