Africa First

From award-winning author and creative writing professor at Tulane University comes an intimate and powerful memoir exploring inherited trauma, family secrets, and the enduring bonds of love between mothers and daughters. On her second birthday in 1967, Bernice McFadden died in a car crash near...

One of the few Black women to break into the boy's club of Silicon Valley offers her secrets for how anyone can build a legacy of wealth and impact. Having lived nearly her entire life below the poverty line before going on to attain wealth and success as an entrepreneur and investor, Arlan...

When temptation and forbidden fruit sleeps right down the hall from you... Nasha is the perfect girl for Zena. She's beautiful and sexy, sweet and innocent, with a body made for inappropriate behavior. But there are two obstacles standing in the way: Zena is older at twenty-one, and Nasha is eighteen and still in high school. Worse than that, their parents are engaged to be married. They all live under the same roof and not giving in to the temptation of the sinfully curvaceous Nasha is literally driving Zena crazy. From the curious, longing look in her eyes, Zena can tell Nasha wants her ...

Suddenly jobless and single after a devastating layoff and a breakup with his cheating ex, advertising copywriter Dominick Gibson flees his life in Hell's Kitchen to try to get back on track in his hometown of Detroit. He’s got one objective—exit the shallow dating pool ASAP and get married by 35—and the deadline’s approaching fast.

Both a revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights...

He owes his brother a favor. He’s claiming her as payment. A down-on-her-luck pampered princess stranded at rock bottom, Makenna Boyd just lost everything when her old-money fiancé dumped her for a wealthy heiress. Now penthouseless, broke, and terrified of her meddling mother's judgment, her only comfort is a reckless, alcohol-fueled blur at the nearest bar. Enter Kameron “Kamera Ready” James—a wealthy exotic dancer and the undisputed party king of Kama Island. To the outside world, his brand is thriving and his money is long, but behind the designer clothes, this wounded ...

"Pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember."--NEW YORK TIMES "The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."--MARIE CLAIRE WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR...

The heat came first, the kind that settles into your bones and never quite lets go. Then came the wind, kicking up sand through boots and rifles, through memory and time. But what stayed with him most wasn't the weather. It was the silence before the jump. Patrick Donovan never expected to be among the first. Not to wear the boots of a paratrooper. Not to step out of a C-47 into a sky torn with tracer fire. But in 1942, when the world was on fire and history waited in the dust of North Africa, he was there. From the brutal trials of training to the confusion of combat, Donovan's story is ...

“No badge, no problem. Michael Lister’s first swing at the modern private eye novel is a home run. The Night Of is an instant classic with rich characters and storytelling that grips your heart from first page to last.” - #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly Lucas Burke and Alix "Blade" Baker: A Pair of Determined Detectives In the sun-soaked expanse of Panama City Beach, Florida, Lucas Burke and Alix “Blade” Baker are the area's most tenacious private investigators. Specializing in missing persons cases, their work is more than just a job—it’s a personal ...

The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club...

Imagine you meet a man, have a whirlwind romance, and when he drops to one knee and proposes, you say yes. You're living in bliss, making plans for your life, until a group of strangers kidnaps you. The handsome ringleader reveals that your fiancé is his adopted brother, who has stolen his identity, causing your world to fall apart. Ramel took Meadow from his brother Azaire to get answers until he realizes she is just a pawn in the whole situation. However, when he tries to set her free, she refuses to leave, leaving him no choice but to accommodate her on his family compound. The family ...

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK 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). “An enrapturing tale of survival...

💕 Love Hangover: A Steamy Small Town Forbidden Romance 💕 After being betrayed by her ex-fiancé, Camille Jordan can’t escape the whispers, judgment, and pity in the small town of Honey Ridge. Determined to rise above the scandal, she holds her head high, until one vulnerable night pulls her into the arms of the last man she should ever touch… Ezra Sheridan. Ezra has always taken what he wants and what he wants is Camille. Unlike his brother, Ezra makes no apologies for his desire, and once he gets a taste of the woman he’s secretly craved for years, he refuses to let her go. ...

Nearly two centuries before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their epic trek to the Pacific coast, a group of three Spanish noblemen and an African survived shipwreck, famine, Indian attack, and disease to make the first crossing of North America in recorded history. Drawing on contemporary accounts and long-lost records, Robert Goodwin tells the amazing story of their odyssey through the American South.

A rocket ride of a thriller—the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson, "the dream team" (Lee Child). All Presidents have nightmares. This one is about to come true. Every detail is accurate—because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton...

A Hollywood scandal sends a film producer fleeing from a PR nightmare only to discover the secret toddler son he never knew existed. This steamy contemporary romance delivers fake dating drama, emotional healing, alpha protector energy, and the cutest toddler moments that will make you smile. From red-carpet glitz to raw emotional truths, Interlude With A Billionaire is a heartstring-tugging Black romance for fans of Black Billionaire heroes, guarded single moms, and "he falls first" devotion, this story doubles down on what it means to value Black love, family and home over everything else...

New York Times Bestseller! The View cohost and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha's Vineyard. Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. Known for its...

“Some men fly for glory—Trip Gibson flies because he must.” From the pen of award-winning author Frank A. Mason comes Where Eagles Dare Not Fly, a soaring new chapter in the Sunlit Silence Series. It’s January 1943, and Lieutenant Colonel Trip Gibson’s 14th Fighter Group—decimated in North Africa—has been withdrawn from combat. Summoned by General Henry “Hap” Arnold, Trip joins fellow aviators Philip Cochran and Johnny Alison to create a revolutionary air force: the First Air Commandos. Their mission will become one of the most audacious operations of World War II—...

From one of America's most venerable politicians, The First Eight is an extraordinary work of living history: the powerful, untold story of the pioneering Black politicians from South Carolina who were elected to Congress in the aftermath of the Civil War, and a revealing explanation of why it...

A sizzling small town BWWM interracial romance with a nerdy girl... Tanya Howard has spent her life preserving stories, but she never expected to become the subject of one! As the dedicated librarian of Hedera Hollow, she’s fought tooth and nail to keep the doors open, believing the library is more than just a building—it’s a sanctuary. But when funds run dry and closure looms, she’s left with one impossible option: accept help from a man who threatens to turn her carefully ordered world upside down! Henry Knox is a billionaire accustomed to solving problems with a flick of his pen....