General Fiction

A satirical novel of the Harlem Renaissance.This roman clef centers on Niggeratti Manor, fashioned after the Harlem rooming house in which Wallace Thurman once lived with other black artists and writers. Thurman's second novel is one of the most potent...

The adult son of Ethiopian immigrants sets out to retrace his mother and father's trip and weave together a family history that will take him from the war-torn Ethiopia of his parents' youth to his life in the America of today. From the prizewinning...

Publisher Comments: The infamous Reverend Curtis Black's sordid past is no secret, as his wife, Charlotte, is well aware. But when Curtis' long-time mistress and mother of his illegitimate two-year-old, dies, he and Charlotte have no choice but to raise...

In a city where power struggles take place daily on Capitol Hill, another power struggle is taking place beyond the monuments; namely between Damion Eric Cross, his girlfriend Crystal Renee Leonard and his girlfriend, Madison Paige Robinson. You can only...

An "Essence"-bestselling author spins a hilarious, inspiring novel of mistakes and second chances, heartache and love, sin and salvation--with an appearance by the beloved Sister Betty."Walker's (Somebody's Sinning in My Bed) latest hilarious faith-based...

The author of "Kinky Gazpacho" delivers a smart, funny, and surprising novel that shows what can happen when a woman who wants it all finds a nanny good enough to make her perfect dreams come apart at the seams.

The Reverend Curtis Black is turning over a new leaf--or is he? From "New York Times"-bestselling author Roby comes a novel featuring her beloved, rascally reverend.A man who once thrived on wickedness and counted on forgiveness, Curtis Black has changed...

From the Essence bestselling author of Take Her Man comes a chic page-turner starring the 3TsTamia, Troy, and Tashathree New York City It Girls whose lives are about to be turned upside down]] Gorgeous, sophisticated, and successful, Tamia is a sister...

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film--a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read...

By turns funny, smart, poignant, insightful, and engaging, What Doesn't Kill You tells how Thomasina Tee Hodges loses her job and finds herself. "I really thought I had a handle on life — then it broke off." Opinionated, straight-talking, and...

Synopsis: Drucilla from "The Young and the Restless" exposes the glamorous and drama-filled life of a soap star, on and off the stage, in this funny, beach-read of a novel.Publisher Comments: Calysta Jeffries is the hottest black actress in daytime and...

BET Comedy Award-winner and "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers a moving debut novel about how a bitter and lonely woman rediscovers her ability to give and receive love.