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The New York Times Bestseller!"An absolute page turner, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight is a compelling and powerful novel that is sure to make an impact. " —Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U GiveAn NAACP Image Award Nominee, I'm Not Dying...
“The essential history of this distinctly American genre.”—Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionIn this “expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history” (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us “the rare combination of a tome that...
“Does love conquer all? Does it now? Did it ever? These are questions Cecilia Rabess asks in her nimble, discerning debut…The ending of Everything’s Fine is one of the best I’ve read in years.” —The New York TimesA painfully funny, painfully real love story for our...
The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade.Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white...
An ELLE "Best Mystery and Thriller Book of 2024"A modern-day writer and a Harlem Renaissance artist are connected by a painting with a deadly secret in this gripping dual-timeline gothic thriller.  Shanice Pierce knows better than to heed bad omens. But she has a...
Archer Le Veq owes his life to the woman who rescued him from certain death at the height of the Civil War...a woman known only as "the Butterfly." Now, in the dark, waning days of Reconstruction, he needs the courageous and beautiful former spy...in more ways than...
One random encounter. One electrifying conversation. One night of passion. Is that all it takes for two strangers to fall in love?
*Book 1-3 combined* *This is a rerelease* After being hurt by Kingston in the past Shonni runs away in order to protect her peace. When she returns back to Miami years later she returns with a secret she isn't sure Kingston will be able to forgive. When the two try...
Come and have some tea with me. Let’s have a chat. Being a black woman over fifty sounds like a scary thing, especially since our society has told us our entire lives that we have to fight for everything that we hope to achieve in life. And girlfriend, I know you’re...
A stunning, inspiring new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding VoiceWhen Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her...