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A gripping novel set in Jim Crow Florida, The Reformatory follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.

Our family is being tested in the worst way possible. Bonds are broken, while new ones are formed. Mistakes will be made. Hearts will be broken.

Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn’t solve or save everything. It couldn’t save their marriage....

Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She has phenomenal friends, a loving family, and a thriving business that places her in the entertainment industry's rarefied air. Your vision board? She’s probably living it.

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama.

Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. But none of her varied talents can save her when catastrophe strikes....

One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world....

The beloved characters from The Best Man movies and hit television series reunite for a sexy and soulful, heartbreaking and hilarious reckoning of love.

As the Civil War looms, a young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost in this “poignant story of love, family and friendship [that] celebrates the power of liberation” (People).

My brother's freedom is in jeopardy and in my hands. How could I be so happy in my life and scared at the same time? No matter what, I know what needs to be done, and that's to protect my brothers. The one person I never thought I would see was standing a foot away from me.

They made covenant. They're married. Beloved's moved in. What now? Tune in to see how Lex and Ezra acclimatize two polar worlds into one. Can that sphere they agreed to harmonize be a safe place for Lex to survive? Will Ezra realize she isn't the gift he perceived after all?

Imagine your best friend invites you on an all-expenses-paid trip. Luxury at its finest. A five-star resort, designer shopping sprees, fine dining, and balling out like there’s no tomorrow. She swears her new man is head over heels for her and doesn’t mind spending big.

Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and will live in comfort....

She's a homie hopper. She's confused. She doesn't take accountability for anything. She's f*cking her way through all her brothers' friends.

Bestselling author Connie Briscoe updates Daphne Du Maurier’s classic Rebecca in this chilling tale of domestic suspense centered on a spirited woman named Angel who marries a Black billionaire, only to discover that he remains haunted by his first wife who took her own life—or did she?

Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid....

I'm a protector, and my family is my responsibility. When it comes to my team, I'm the same way. They are family and the reason that me and Capone are able to do us in the streets, knowing they are tucked away safe. As a man, you sometimes fall short, and something—someone—falls through the cracks.

This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....

Aaliyah is determined to celebrate her thirtieth birthday with a boyfriend. And after a failed blind date, the local bartender, Ahmad, suggests she joins a dating app. Filled with lies, catfish, and fetishizing, the wild world of online dating makes Aaliyah think she’s in over her head....

A year away helped me realize that Delgato power doesn't just apply to the males in our family. Being away showed me that the same power cruised through my blood. That same power helped me remember who I am. I am Capri Delgato… Baby Doll.

There were a lot of things that I could live without. I had lived without freedom for the past fifteen years. My wife was someone that I couldn't live without, and I needed her. Alaia saved a lot of people with just a touch of her hand on my arm.

Nina Ford doesn’t like to put all her eggs in one basket. She works multiple jobs, she enjoys multiple hobbies, she dates multiple men. In her thirty years of life, Nina has never come across a man who has all the things she’s looking for.

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.

After my Yaya passed away, I didn't have anyone that cared for me. I mean, not even a month after Yaya was in the ground, he sat me down in the living room and sold me to a thirty-year-old man. I was sixteen, and my big brother, the man who was supposed to protect me, sold me off like cattle.

I knew how to love because I loved my Yaya more than life. I knew that I could love because of the baby I had grown within me and now held; I loved her more than I loved myself.

An ancient prophecy comes to pass. The shackled and the oppressed gain unimaginable powers. And the re-evolution of Earth begins. In 1850s Mississippi, a young enslaved woman named Mirabelle barely survives day to day, praying for a better life. Then, a solar eclipse envelops the world in an eerie glow. Suddenly, not only Mirabelle but all Black people become virtually unkillable. The enslaved throw off their shackles. And all that was is now–undone. But evil will always find a way. So it falls on Mirabelle and her allies to outrun their enemies and unlock the secrets of an ages-old prophecy.

Two former camp counselors whose hearts remained entwined reunite to face their unspoken feelings and the secret that divided them in this soul-stirring second-chance romance about finding the courage to claim what fate had always intended, from the bestselling author of Somebody’s Husband.

Babies, chaos, and mayhem. Marley and Czar are back, and this time around, the couple is ready to tackle parenthood! They have everything planned out, but as always, things don't always go as planned when jealousy is lurking in the shadows.

They made covenant. They're married. Beloved's moved in. What now? Tune in to see how Lex and Ezra acclimatize two polar worlds into one. Can that sphere they agreed to harmonize be a safe place for Lex to survive? Will Ezra realize she isn't the gift he perceived after all?

Eve Ambroise may be a rising star playwright, but her personal life is falling part. Desperate for a fresh start, she breaks up with her fiancé, cuts off her parents, and heads to the Tennessee mountains. But keeping up the lie that she’s just on a writing retreat becomes near impossible when faced with the well-meaning townspeople and a neighbor who has just as much baggage as she has.

Detavio Decebal was never meant to be good. He was raised in the shadows of a man who believed kindness was weakness, which later made him feel like love was nothing more than a leash meant to be snapped. He was raised by force and taught only to survive. By the time he became an adult, he had taught himself how to dominate those around him until he met Angel. A woman he set out to ruin and break since she was a threat to the Decebal name.

Part historical drama, part supernatural horror, and part alternate history, Blood Slaves is an ingenuous and defiant new creation myth of the vampire, one rooted in both justice and the sometimes-violent means necessary to achieve it.

When her first-love-turned-close-friend, Gabe, dies unexpectedly at twenty-nine, thirty-year-old Julia is launched into an intercontinental quest to recover his lost possessions. Her journey takes her from Los Angeles to London and into the murky realm of the past. It also sets Julia on a collision course with the last woman he loved, a guarded, self-possessed florist and restaurateur named Elizabeth, who insists on withholding Gabe’s beloved guitar—one of the departed indie rock musician’s dearest belongings—for reasons Julia can’t understand.

Their chemistry is undeniable. Their timing... might be inevitable. The Heights is on the brink of change, but not everyone’s ready for it—not without grabbing their piece of the pie first. Camille Monroe knows the Heights deserves more than the scraps it’s been given. She’s here to fight, to make sure its people finally get what they’re owed. Duke has spent years protecting the Heights, carving out a space where its community can survive and thrive. Outsiders? He doesn’t trust them—especially not ones with polished smiles and political connections. But Camille isn’t just anyone.

In the streets of Houston, loyalty is currency, and betrayal can get you buried. Kamal “Prince” Waters is every bit the street king they whisper about, ruthless when he has to be, cold when he wants to be, and powerful enough to make a man disappear by sundown. Love? That’s the one thing he’s never trusted. Not until a caramel-thick bombshell with too much sass and a heart bigger than her insecurities comes barreling into his world. Ensi Fields has built her own lane, a plus-size boutique owner with a backbone, a mouth that cuts deep, and curves that don’t ask for permission. ...

Marley is ready to put closure to one end of her life when an unexpected shooting deters her from her plans. Malice hopes to change his ways for the better and be there for the child he helped create. Don is dealing with the guilt of killing his father before discovering a shocking revelation about his business partner, which further sends him off the rails. Zara misses her old life, but parts of it that she doesn’t want to see keeps coming back. With Pope targeted in a shooting, the entire city is rocked in every way possible. Will he survive his attack, and will he and Marley end up ...

In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.

One night changes everything in Gianna Phillips' seemingly perfect world. She's in love, months away from having their first child, and rising in her career as a designer. Nothing could be better in her eyes. Tragedy distorts her perception, and in the middle of the dense fog, she collides with a mountain.

Combining the political intrigue of She Who Became the Sun with the gorgeous world-building of Children of Blood and Bone, Birth of a Dynasty is the start of a thrilling epic fantasy trilogy centered around three families’ fight for power in Ahkebulin, a land where magic is feared, giants are real, and prophecy holds sway.

Oakley Charles has two priorities. She is a mom first and an actress second. Being completely consumed by her passions, a beautifully baby girl, and a blossoming career, Oakley has no plans to fall in love unless it was with a role. Westwood Brooks falls in love with Oakley Charles the very first time he lays eyes on her. Unfortunately the timing isn’t right, forcing him to regrettably fall back.

As the only Black women at an antebellum-themed wedding, Kayla and Zorie should’ve known this heist was doomed from the start. They should never have come, but when their financial situation became dire, they agreed to hit one last wedding. Jaded and cynical Kayla has spent the last decade trying to fix her life since an angsty teen prank led to her arrest. Now, with her housekeeping job at a subpar hotel and her disappointing, Cinderella-esque relationship with her dad and obnoxious stepsister, she hates the life she’s built.

Losing her father to the 9/11 terrorist attack at the tender age of three, has Genesis Farris longing for what she feels is missing. Being that her mother never remarried or even introduced another man into their lives, it made her that much more curious about what it was like to be loved by one. She’s always wanted to know and experience what was so special or significant about a man’s love, but she was far from the point of desperation. Just from the stories she’d heard about her father, she knew that he wanted what was best for her, so she refused to settle for less than that.

Teniece Wiley didn’t come to Blake University to fall in love, she came to create a better future. Between juggling a full course load, working for scraps at Zavion’s Deli, and the weight of raising her little brother while their mother slips deeper into addiction, Teniece is focused on academic excellence; but love is one subject she’s never dared to study. When she agrees to star in For the Love of Learning, a reality show about love on a HBCU campus, she finds herself entangled with a lesson she never studied for, Talon Coltrane. Born into Coltrane Media Group and groomed for power...

DEEP. RAW. EMOTIONAL. POWERFUL. He was down on his luck when an angel appeared.. She was like a sip of water in the middle of a desert, and he was shook. It was instant. He vowed to earn her. To have her. But then life threw them a curve ball, and he fell far, fast. Can she save him again. She did once... Will she want to after she discovers his secrets. His pain. Pain that includes her. Find out in this deep and emotionally compelling read. Get hooked from page one! **Trigger Warning!

At age thirty, Riot Luv is an outgoing, career driven woman who believes full figured girls make the world go around. She’s a school-based nurse, who prides herself on providing the best medical and mental support to every student she encounters, but when she clocks out, her nurse hat isn’t the only thing that comes off. Riot spends her nights setting the stage ablaze at Club Vex as a burlesque dancer, and her days trying to untangle her feelings for Principal Angles. That is, until he has to step in during her time of need.

Book Overview Knox Carter got three baby mamas and a whole lotta audacity. Lyric cheated and broke his heart. He left her, but that betrayal changed him. After Lyric, Knox stopped trying to be a good man and father. He became reckless, manipulative, and cold. Toya got caught in the fallout. One drunk night, one bad decision. She had his son — and let him come around, hoping he’d step up. But Knox only showed up when he wanted something. Sex. Control. Access. Never fatherhood. Diamond saw the truth and walked away. No more begging. No more tears. Just a woman raising her child, stacking ...

Love can be messy, painful, and heartbreaking, but it can also be revolutionary, profound, and hopeful. With twelve stories ranging from love that’s found on one of the oldest HBCU campuses in the country, to modern-day romance budding against the rhythm and spirit of homecoming, You’ve Got a Place Here, Too is a celebration of Black love as well as everything HBCUs have given the community.