Morally ambiguous P.I. Leonid McGill is back — and investigating crimes against society's most downtrodden — in this installment of the beloved detective series from an Edgar Award-winning and bestselling crime novelist....

When Dahlia decides to get even with a man, named Troy, who broke her heart she thinks of a master plan. To her dismay after asking Nitrah, her best friend to help her get even, she falls in love with Troy. Not only does this cause a ...

Heiress Montgomery has her life all planned out, until she meets and falls for King Stevens, but as their relationship turns abusive and she is betrayed by her best friend, she looks to her therapist and an old friend for help.Title: ...

"Urban erotica has never been hotter!" —Nikki TurnerHer billionaire family's scandalous secrets are as big as their fortune. But consummate con-mami Mink LaRue plans to play them all for the ultimate high stakes…As a new...

Back from the dead, Sadie is hungrier and more ruthless than ever. With a heart black as night and an itching trigger finger, she has vowed to make Ray's murderer's blood rain over the city of Detroit. However, Khiron is currently sit...

A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with an introduction by Tayari Jones (An American Marriage), an excerpt from the never before seen follow-up, and discussion guide.  Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Ta...

It's New Year's Eve 2008, and best friends Magnolia Butler, Rebe Richardson, and Darla Clark, all born in 1969, are about to turn the dreaded 4-0 in January 2009. Magnolia, a New Year's Day baby, is childless, and always a bridesmaid,...

Candace thinks she has it all—a good job, a promising future, and a plan to get herself and her son out of the hood. But can she still make it happen when she gets involved with a young thug chasing street dreams?Even with a good jo...

Set in the 1930s, this poignant, funny, and utterly original novel tells the story of one lost girl's struggle for truth, identity, and understanding amidst her family's nomadic, unconventional lifestyle.What's the right way to behave...

A HOUSE DIVIDEDLife is close to perfect for the Reverend Curtis Black and his wife, Charlotte--except their son Matthew and his girlfriend, Racquel, are about to become parents at the tender age of eighteen. Even though Curtis and Cha...

From the New York Times bestselling author who "writes with high-octane levels of emotion" (USA Today). Befriending Traci Calloway Cole is the best thing Simone Phillips has ever done. Traci is the kind of woman Simone wants...

The New York Times bestselling novel from the author of the Reverend Curtis Black series...ADDICTION. DECEPTION.PRETTY PICTURES HIDE UGLY SECRETS.Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple. Happily married for fifteen year...

A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe,...

Long-listed for the National Book Award Winner of the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association A New York Times Notable Book"Brilliantly juxtaposing World War II, the '80s and post-Katrina p...

Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is the story of three colored girls, three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the eldes, a poet and a weaver liker her mother, gone north to college, living in L.A. and try...

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Opposites really do attract but so do mayhem, murder and sex. After Jamal Shield, aka Preacher (Leo Sullivan), a notorious young B-More gangster, is sentenced to life in prison for multiple crimes, including an armored Brinks truck he...

After a spree of revenge against her ex-lover, Duke Carrington, and her former best friend, Diamond, Lynise Washington is out of jail—under one condition. She's agreed to help homicide detectives bring Duke down. But now that she's ...

"Kiki captures the heat of the streets." --Wahida ClarkA gunshot wound. . .Witness Protection. . .a stint in a safe house. . .this isn't what Lynise Washington planned for herself when she went to Jersey with Bishop, a...

Tina & Shelby are trying to pull themselves back together after the near death experience. Why they don't realize is that were her sister Shelby is, drama will follow.

The Last Heist KIKI SWINSON  Shannon Marshall gambled that betraying her husband's biggest heist ever was her way out of the game for good.  Losing that bet put her in lockdown—and at the top of Todd Marshall's revenge-fueled hit...

Kiki Swinson's novels crackle with breakneck triple-twists and no-limits characters. Now she shatters all expectations, as a young woman serving time must survive a prisoner-abuse conspiracy... Trust no one Misty Heiress killed he...

Kiki Swinson's bestselling "tension-packed"(Library Journal)and "unrelenting" (Publishers Weekly) novels burn with extraordinary characters, triple-down twists--and a raw portrait of urban life only she can deliver...

Kira is trying to keep herself level headed after agreeing to take her father out. With her father gone, she faced with more problems. How will it end this time?

The blood-thirsty streets of Detroit have never seen a King like Corey Coach Townsend. The Legacy of Corey Coach Townsend, the Real King of Detroit, will live on forever. Coach was crowned King after avenging his father s murder, and ...

Charisma Bland was born and raised in the heart of Baltimore, where she learns that a moment's pleasure can sometimes lead to a life of pain. Against her better judgment, she has a one-night stand that changes her life forever. Turnin...

Life is supposed to be easy and carefree when you are young, but if you live in Washington D.C., that’s not always the case. Flashing back to the 1990s, readers enter the lives of four black men looking to gain money, power, a...

Huron Base has a name synonymous with power and intimidation. He's made no apologies for doing what's been necessary to survive a life rooted in poverty and pain. Endeavors drenched in blood and marked with bone have become his tradem...

One of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year" "Phenomenal" --Justin Torres, author of We the Animals "Brilliant" --Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun "A profound exploration of...

In this brand-new series from award-winning author Rebekah Weatherspoon, a charming cowboy and his sleeping beauty find their modern-day happily ever after . . .\r\n  \r\n With a headline spot on a hit morning show and truly mout...