After leaving her two young sons with her mother, Betty Jean, Trinetta disappears. BJ already has her hands full dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams-all while...
FICTION / African American / Women
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Auteur:McMillan, TerrySommaire: -
Auteur:Cole, AlyssaSommaire:Sydney Green starts a Brooklyn walking tour and finds an unlikely assistant in her neighbor Theo. But their deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear.
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Auteur:Coster, NaimaSommaire:A community in the Piedmont of North Carolina rises in outrage as a county initiative draws students from the largely Black east side of town into predominantly white high schools on the west. When Gee and Noelle join the school play...
- Auteur:Cross-Smith, LeesaSommaire:
Tallie Clark is on her way home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a bridge. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he reluctantly shares his first name: Emmett. Over the course of the...
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Auteur:Oates, Joyce CarolSommaire:When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanizes her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering in this New Jersey town for decades.
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Auteur:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSommaire:The Reverend Curtis Black hasn't spoken to his son, Matthew, in over a year. Then there's Dillon Whitfield-Curtis's long-lost-son-who has settled in as a member of the Black family. As jealousy builds and secrets pile up, both of Curtis...
- Auteur:Johnson, NancySommaire:
It's 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man who is eager to start a family, but Ruth is...
- Auteur:Johnson, BrandiSommaire:
When her brother is killed, Trouble, who has everything she could ever want because of her brother and his "complex occupation," embarks on a mission of revenge that involves seducing the enemy and then killing him.
- Auteur:Williams, TiaSommaire:
Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer. Shane Hall is an enigmatic, award-winning author who shows up in New York. When Shane and Eva meet at a literary event, sparks fly.
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Auteur:McFadden, Bernice L.Sommaire:Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most importantly, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes her to dig into her family...
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Auteur:Jackson, BrendaSommaire:In the wake of a devastating teen pregnancy that left her childless and heartbroken, Vashti Alcindor left Catalina Cove, Louisiana, with no plans to return. Now, over a decade later, Vashti reluctantly finds herself back in her hometown...
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Auteur:Giddings, MeganSommaire:Lena Johnson drops out of college to support her family and takes a job in the mysterious and remote town of Lakewood, Michigan. On paper, her new job is too good to be true. High paying. No out of pocket medical expenses. A free place...
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Auteur:Hurston, Zora NealeSommaire:A collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem...
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Auteur:Jackson, BrendaSommaire:When Ashley Ryan's girlfriends surprise her with a getaway to beautiful Catalina Cove, she gets the shock of her life when she encounters her husband, Devon, a man thought dead by everyone for three years, but apparently suffering...
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Auteur:Mason, J. D.Sommaire:Jordan Gatewood made a huge mistake when he put his hands on Lonnie Adebayo, thinking he could get away with it, but he made an even bigger mistake by not making sure she was dead before he left that house. Now Lonnie's back for revenge...
- Auteur:Antoinette, AshleySommaire:
Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette! "Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart." Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever...
- Auteur:Antoinette, AshleySommaire:
"One of the biggest names in Urban-fiction, Ashley Antoinette, is back ... An intense start to this new series with characters that are real and genuine. It's a story about love, trying to put the past behind and moving on with your...
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Auteur:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSommaire:Celine's marriage is at a crossroads when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. As her relationship deteriorates and Celine worries that she'll be left to endure cancer treatment alone, comfort and support come in the form of her best...
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Auteur:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSommaire:Life is close to perfect for Charlotte and Curtis Black, except that their son Matthew's girlfriend, Racquel, is eight months pregnant, and Racquel's mother, Vanessa, and Charlotte can't stand each other.
