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The National Book Award–winning author of The Women of Brewster Place explores the secrets of an affluent black community. For its wealthy African American residents, the exclusive neighborhood of Linden Hills is a symbol of “making it.” The ultimate achievement: a home on prestigious...

The beloved #1 Essence bestselling authors of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver a novel in which you'll meet their most unforgettable characters yet. Carmen, Jewel, and Regina could not be more different. When they meet as freshmen at Columbia University, they're pretty confident that...

I have called you here to reveal to you a truth that has been calling to you for many years. . . . Since then your soul has been seeking rest. Playwright Carey McCullough is a close guardian of his privacy, haunted by a recurring dream and a damaged past he would like to keep there. But some...

This book (BWWM, Interracial, African American, and Multicultural) is for individuals 18 and over. Twenty-five year old Leila Brooks thinks she has found the love of her life, and she has it all together when she becomes the fiancée of the successful club owner, tall dark and handsome Troy...

The Complete Collection - All five episodes of the steamy bwwm/interracial romance seriesA feisty American shop assistant. A rich London bachelor. Two worlds are about to collide...When Simone Banks moved to London from the US to study for her MBA at London's top business school, her plan...

Jean Toomer’s revolutionary masterpiece Cane (1923) ushered in the era we now know as the Harlem Renaissance, and has come to be considered one of the classic works of American literary modernism. A boldly experimental “novel” mixing prose, poetry, and dramatic sketches, the book’s hallmark...

Three sisters return to their southern hometown after the death of their difficult, demanding mother, in a novel by the author of Baby of the Family. In life, Esther Lovejoy was an intolerable mother. She raised her daughters with an iron fist, browbeat her husband into submission, and insisted...

Spencer Belmont’s favorite things in life are women and money… and he has plenty of both. So when the billionaire playboy learns he’s the father of a 13-year-old girl, he’s clueless about raising a rebellious teen. For help, he turns to his sister-in-law’s best friend, Julia. The pretty, dark-skinned...

When Regina Burns married Blue Hamilton, she knew he was no ordinary man. A charismatic R&B singer who gave up his career to assume responsibility for the safety of Atlanta’s West End community, Blue had created an African American urban oasis where crime and violence were virtually nonexistent....

Ishmael Reed’s inspired fable of the ragtime era, in which a social movement threatens to suppress the spread of black culture—hailed by Harold Bloom as one of the five hundred greatest books of the Western canon In 1920s America, a plague is spreading fast. From New Orleans to Chicago...

NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her beloved Blessings series with a heartwarming novel about what really makes a family. There’s never a dull day in Henry Adams, Kansas. Tamar July has never had a great relationship with certain members of her...

A Publishers WeeklyBest Book of 2018! A Vulture Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book of 2018! In a land similar to South Africa, twin brothers are beset by powerful forces beyond their understanding or control in this thrilling blend of science fiction, horror, magic, and dark humor—evocative...

This (BWWM, African American, and Interracial) book is for individuals 18 and over. When the rich and successful Carlson Gatesby agrees to a boy’s night out at the local bar, he’s looking for a one night stand. After Carlson’s failed sexless marriage, his friend Randy, a fervent bachelor,...

A moving debut novel about female friendship, endurance, and hope in the South. Roxanne Reeves defines her life by the committees she heads and the social status she cultivates. But she is keeping secrets that make her an outsider in her own town, always in search of acceptance. And when she...