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*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...
Set over one summer in the charming seaside resort of Cape May, New Jersey, amid the planning of a lavish wedding three longtime friends find that past secrets, new loves, and hard choices test their bond like never before. Perfect for fans of Rochelle Alers, Rhonda...
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...
"Brenda Jackson writes romance that sizzles and characters you fall in love with." —Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling authorSometimes one hot night simply isn’t enough.Two years ago, Zara Miller found herself heartbroken and stranded in a New Orleans hotel bar...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five...
With this highly praised collection of short fiction, Lorna Goodison demonstrates why she may be one of literature's best-kept secrets. In the Pushcart Prize-winning title story, humble Dottie thinks her luck has turned when she meets Frenchie, the best-looking, if...
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD WINNER • A revelatory study of the ways in which slavery both destabilized and created American politics.“Vivid and provocative; [Lepore] evokes eighteenth-century New York in all its moral and physical messiness.” —The...
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy—comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease—is his magnum opus. In these masterly novels,...
WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDWINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARDNational Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black...