General Fiction

In the vein of America's First Daughter, Piper Huguley's historical novel delves into the remarkable friendship of Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt, the daughters of educator Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt.At the turn of the...

Darius 'D-Boy' Jensen was pronounced dead from a car bomb explosion. But is he really dead? His only living sibling, Jay-Roc, knows the truth and he's been keeping the secret for 7 years. D-Boy and his lawyer, John, exiled themselves to Dubai until the...

Brielle "Bree" Thomas is a phenomenal product marketing guru. She is a selfless woman who gives more than she receives. Her husband hasn't made love to her in over a year. Although her best friend thinks it's spousal abuse, Bree believes if she prays and...

McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction.--Publishers Weekly Riveting. . . . So...

This debut collection is a complicated love letter to Washington, DC, and to those who call it home: a TSA agent who's never flown, a girl braving new worlds to play piano, and a teacher caught up in a mayoral race. These characters navigate life's...

Bridget Jones's Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place.Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old...

Much of the novel is an expression of the intellectual and moral lost motion of the age...the special agony of the American Negro.--New York Times Book Review A fevered and impressionistic riff on the struggles of blacks in the urban North and rural...

In trying to get her bag, Kareema's ambitions landed her in hot water and on the road to lose the little she had. Fearing lawsuits, she sought the help of Octavius Jones of Jones & Associates to help her clean up her mess affordably. However, Octavius...

The year is 1889.   Set in a small Louisiana parish, deep in the segregated South, Rootwork follows school-age sisters, Betty, Ann, and Pee Wee during one life-changing summer when the three of them head off to stay with their hoodoo-practicing...