Fiction

"Some things just don't keep well inside this house ..."The summer of 1966 burned hot across America but nowhere hotter than the cotton fields of Mississippi. Finding herself in a precarious position as a black woman living alone, Bernice accepts her...

"A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth."--Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black CakeOne of the BBC and Zibby Mag's Most Anticipated Books of 2024A winning debut novel about a...

Take a ride with the stripper formerly known as Treasure as she transforms into a corporate woman, working what's supposed to be a nine-to-five job--which turns out to be everything but "regular." Dominique Garcia, also known as Niko, has put her...

In this gritty novelization, a young woman's plans for revenge take a backseat when her past resurfaces, and an unknown threat enters the mix. Perfect for diehard fans of urban street literature in the vein of Ashley Antoinette and Wahida Clark. Markita...

In the fall of 2020, as the pandemic raged around the globe, Zito Madu traveled to Venice for a writing fellowship. There, he found a deserted, silent, but still beautiful city, "one of those extraordinarily strange places in the world." As he details...

A young woman, eager for a way to escape the powerlessness she felt as a child, discovers that her new life presents its own set of challenges. Abandoned by a man she barely knew and neglected by her alcoholic mother, the stakes were already stacked...

Four diverse young women, each at a crossroads in their lives, meet at a very popular HBCU. Born and raised in the heart of Brooklyn, Franki doesn't take crap from anyone. Continuously hurt by the men in her life, she finds herself using them for the...

When their love is put to the ultimate test and their foundation is cracked, can they repair the damages to their covenant, or will their life together be over as quickly as it began? Young and deeply in love, Mone't and Austin have the world at their...

When a privileged young woman finds herself on the other side of the tracks and addicted to crack, she will have to turn to an unlikely source to save her. Lisa Lennox's debut novel transports us to the heart of the crack era: The South Bronx, New York,...