Fiction

A construction worker inexplicably walks off a beam, plunging to his death, and a woman on hospice is murdered. Rose Brighton, a Birmingham police detective and a witch of House of Rose, has to find the killer, because the next person on his list is Rose...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! "Brave, fresh . . . unforgettable."--The New York Times Book Review "A celebration of girls who dare to dream."--Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's...

Inspired by true events in World War II Latvia, an emotionally charged novel of sacrifice, trauma, resilience, and survival, as witnessed by three generations of women. On one extraordinary day in 1940, Miriam Talan's comfortable life is shattered. While...

The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in this mesmerizing novel swirling with atmosphere and steeped in history. A murder and a case of mistaken...

As a timid biracial girl growing up in Sweetwater, Alabama during the 1960s, Margaret AnnOdom's childhood was all but pleasant. Constantly targeted by her peers due to her differenttexture of hair, and struggling to live up to her M'dear's expectations,...

She's out of retirement - and out for revengeWhen Georgina Garrett wakes in the night to find intruders in her house, she knows she must do everything she can to keep her children safe.But just when she thinks the ordeal is over, she realises something...

With Nobody's Magic, Destiny Birdsong has given us a devastatingly beautiful, sexy, searing gift. These are stunning, irresistible stories of Southern Black womanhood that I will return to again and again.--Deesha Philyaw, National Book Award finalist...

In the first thrilling installment of Chloe Neill's spinoff to the New York Times bestselling Chicagoland Vampires series, a new vampire will find out just how deep blood ties run. As the only vampire child ever born, some believed Elisa Sullivan had all...

From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Sound of Things Falling and Reputations, a brilliant collection of stories that showcases why he is one of the best writers--in any language--working today. Lovers on All Saints' Day is an emotional book...

With a heart of darkness as unfathomable as the sea itself, the ruthless masked terrorist known as Black Manta has dedicated his life to Justice Leaguer Aquaman's demise. Now he's about to set his grand plan of vengeance in motion. He will unleash an...

Nathaniel Mackey's Late Arcade opens in Los Angeles. A musician known only as N. writes the first of a series of letters to the enigmatic Angel of Dust. N.'s jazz sextet, Molimo m'Atet, has just rehearsed a new tune: the horn players read from The...

Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song.--Jesmyn Ward A Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and forgiveness, for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robert Jones Jr. and Alice...

Thrust into the icy depths of the Incubo society, Isa has to separate truth and lies of their clouded history to find the source of the mounting conflict between the Fata rebels and Incubo royals. The threat of war is only the start to the trouble Isa...

Fairy tales occur both in oral and in literary form. The focus in this book has been on preserving the elemental structure of oral tradition without embellishment. But, this is a distinctive literary collection, one that gathers a dozen fairy tales which...

Kickass Magical Enforcement Agent Kate Prospero must balance a dangerous Brazilian cartel, her troubled teenage brother, and a complex chemistry with her partner in this gritty fantasy thriller. After the grisly murder of a dirty magic coven leader,...

Fawzia returns home to Jeddah in 1978, after attending college in Lebanon, and takes up secretly with her forbidden college sweetheart. When her reckless behavior leads to family tragedy, she is drawn to an unlikely friendship with a mysterious old...