Fiction

They beat the odds and turned their lives around. But now three best friends will go head-to-head with ambition, deception--and each other . . . Derrick. Ricky. Jamal. One's responsible; one's still a player; one's upwardly-mobile. Sentenced to the...

...more than a page-turning narrative; it's an embrace of the Kinyarwanda greeting amahoro--'peace.'--Oprah.com An evocative page-turner and an eye-opening meditation on the ways we survive profoundly painful memories and negotiate the complexities of...

A darkly erotic novel about a good girl gone bad.When Irina -- Romanian by birth but brought up by American parents who have never understood her -- arrives at college she quickly abandons ordinary student life for an affair with an older, mysterious...

Dr. Shari Thomas has it all. She has a thriving medical practive, a renowned Cardiologist love interest, Kevin Mason, and a young son that means the world to her. Derrick rawlings is a successful businessman who is forced to return to town to run the...

Shonda Cheeke's provocative follow-up to the critically acclaimed Another Man's Wife welcomes readers back into the world of Yani, Alex Chance, and the ever-popular Asia Fenton as they strive to stay strong in the face of tough choices, unexpected...

In these nine globe-trotting tales, Mia Alvar gives voice to the women and men of the Philippines and its diaspora. From teachers to housemaids, from mothers to sons, Alvar's stories explore the universal experiences of loss, displacement, and the...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY HARPER'S BAZAARBOSTON GLOBE SUMMER READING PICKNAMED A MOST-ANTICIPATED READ OF THE YEAR BY MS. MAGAZINE Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely fable reflects on...

HER CROWN WAS TAKEN. SHE WILL RISK IT ALL TO GET IT BACK.Get bitten by the international award-winning IN THE BLOOD's suspense, compelling characters, and darkly humorous take on the classic horror genre, featuring Marie Antoinette.2018 Silver Stake...

Los Angeles has no ghettos, according to some. And that is nearly true. But even behind the sun-kissed façade of privilege in its Black upper middle class is a harsher reality.... So begins the tale of Dorian Moore, a seductive young man who provides...

Novella's family problems are heightened, when two scumbags attempt to kidnap her. The sixteen year old is saved by a stranger, twenty-three year old BETY Junior, who in the aftermath is beaten by the cops. BETY Junior's motives are also questioned by...

When sex abuse and crime are seen through innocent eyes, they become embedded into one's core--thus, producing criminal behavior, patterns of abuse, and violence. Meet Tyshann. Journey with her as she turns from innocent eyes to street criminal and...

In Our Words: Queer Stories from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Writers is a thoughtfully curated collection of short stories at the intersection of racial and queer identity. Comprising both the renowned and emerging voices of Black, Indigenous,...