African Angels

She thought hitting him with her car was the worst mistake of her life. Then she realized the mysterious stranger she saved might not be from this world. He looked like sin… but loved her like salvation. When life had her at rock bottom, Heaven sent her a Hood Hero. Meoshii “Jett” Cándida was born with a silver spoon—and a savage attitude. As the only daughter of one of Brooklyn’s most feared kingpins, she grew up spoiled, untouchable, and reckless. But when her father’s sudden death leaves her broke and her mother locked away in a mental facility, Jett is thrown into a life ...

She thought hitting him with her car was the worst mistake of her life. Then she realized the mysterious stranger she saved might not be from this world. He looked like sin… but loved her like salvation. When life had her at rock bottom, Heaven sent her a Hood Hero. Meoshii “Jett” Cándida was born with a silver spoon—and a savage attitude. As the only daughter of one of Brooklyn’s most feared kingpins, she grew up spoiled, untouchable, and reckless. But when her father’s sudden death leaves her broke and her mother locked away in a mental facility, Jett is thrown into a life ...

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds...

New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remarkable true story of the Black nurses who helped cure one of the world’s deadliest plagues: tuberculosis. During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white...

THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SEQUEL HAS ARRIVED! When Jett’s life spins out of control, the last thing she expects is for a fallen stranger to crash into her world—literally. He’s dangerous, mysterious, and fine enough to make her question everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty, and survival. Naz isn’t just any man. He’s hiding secrets that defy logic… secrets that make him powerful, untouchable, and unlike anyone Jett’s ever met. But power comes with enemies, and Naz has more than his share—enemies willing to do anything to destroy him and anyone who dares love him. ...

Ángel Cruz had been chanting those words to himself most of his life, struggling to stay disciplined and dedicated in the crazy, brutal world that surrounded him. His work as an exclusive assassin demanded all his attention. Ángel had no time for relationships…until the day he set eyes, and his wandering hands on Tamar Kinsey.

It's the late 1980s and Gena, a young girl from the projects, meets millionaire drug dealer Quadir and falls madly in love. Quadir builds a massive empire while fighting his rivals and enemies. Gena faces the challenges of holding onto her man, her house, her car, and the cash. Both of them find...

A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and racially divided nineteenth-century New Orleans to save her mother—and the soul of the city itself—in this lush debut novel inspired by the life of Marie Laveau. “A riveting read that does not shy away from both the light and the dark aspects of...

A 2025 Audie Awards WINNER | A WOMAN EVOLVE BOOK CLUB PICK | A NORTH CAROLINA READS PICK | A Christy Award WINNER | A 2024 American Fiction Award WINNER | Best Historical Fiction of 2024 (She Reads) | FEATURED IN GMA, WASHINGTON POST, AND ESSENCE | There is only one known queen who truly ruled a...

In 1940, World War II has begun and the Nazis steamroll the French Army and the British Expeditionary Force. Sophie Sollar, M.D., a Jewish surgeon, flees France and the certain antisemitism the Nazis will impose. Sophie and her cousin, Hélène, hide their identity and open a women's clinic in the far southwest of Tunisia hoping to escape the war. When the Americans invade North Africa, the war comes to Tunisia. An American pilot, Danny Booker, crashes near the clinic amidst the German army and is rescued by Sophie. The escape of Sophie, Hélène and Danny from the Germans becomes a trial ...

Five years after everything changed, Jett and her unconventional family have finally found their rhythm in New York City. Life feels calm. Normal. Almost too normal. But just when things settle, a surprise hits that threatens to shake up everything they’ve built. As Naz steps back into a normal life, Jett is forced to face what love really looks like now—messy, evolving, and tied to choices that don’t come easy. Between family, loyalty, and unfinished business, the past isn’t done with them yet. Heaven Sent Me a Hood Hero: After the Ball Dropped is a short, heartfelt novella about ...

The third and most explosive installment of the groundbreaking True to the Game trilogy will take you on a marathon race through the mean streets of Philly. Beginning where the second installment's dramatic cliffhanger left us, True III will finally reveal Gena's mysterious stalker and savior...

Pretty, flighty Daisy Devreaux can either go to jail or marry the mystery man her father has chosen for her. Arranged marriages don't happen in the modern world, so how did the irrepressible Daisy find herself in this fix? Alex Markov, as humorless as he is deadly handsome, has no intention of...

Her beauty is the reason he wants her. His darkness is why she stays. Maxwell Bishop was the man with a plan, and nothing—and no one—would get in the way of what he wanted. Until the day Kiana Moore walked into his life. Her beauty made him pause. Her kindness made him want to claim her. She was supposed to be off-limits. He was supposed to respect boundaries. Pursuing her could bring his perfect world crumbling down around him. In the end, none of that mattered. He wanted her, and he would do whatever it took to have her. To keep her sanity, and her job, Kiana Moore needed to stay away...

Prioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate. Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in between, it’s...

No more pretending to be someone you’re not. Emily Bawler has only been interested in women since high school. Then why does she keep having this undeniable yearning for a man? But not just any man. These yearnings are for someone she considers a dear friend; a brother even. She believes she should let the feeling pass and try to move on. Yet, her heart won't let her. The fear of rejection can cause you to miss out on happiness. Daniel Tase was stuck between a rock and a hard place. For years he’s been in love with someone he shouldn’t. It was a secret he’d kept from his family and ...

Deshaun James is dying in his sleep, and the only person who seems to know it is his six-year-old son. Night after night, Josiah jolts awake the moment Deshaun stops breathing, screaming his father back to life before silence can finish what poverty, stress, and neglect already started. But no one outside the home sees a little boy trying to save his dad. They see a “troubled” child, a struggling Black family, and a father whose old aggravated assault record makes him easy to judge and even easier to condemn. With eviction closing in and bills swallowing everything Mekayla earns, the ...

Read the remarkable true story of a young boy's journey from civil war in east Africa to a refugee camp in Sudan, to a childhood on welfare in an affluent American suburb, and eventually to a full-tuition scholarship at Harvard University. Following his father's advice to "treat all people-even...

Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective...

On his own since he was fifteen, Ángel Cruz has never had to explain how or when he moves to anyone. As someone who works from the shadows, he goes where and when work calls. His relationship with Tamar Kinsey means he has to learn to open himself to her or risk losing the hot-tempered beauty.