"Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother's home-cooked meals. A chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, CEO of Sumwun, NYC's hottest tech startup, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team on the thirty-sixth floor. As the only Black person in the company, Darren reimagines...

Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leave him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities...

She could save her brother, but it would change her life.Kendra Mason couldn't catch a break. Her husband was cheating on her, and he could put her out of business. Then her little brother got out of prison. Robert Mason, Jr. was just like his father, a man who spent most of his life behind bars.Bobby stole from the wrong man, and a contract was on his head.One man stood between Bobby and certain death. She had known Jaylen since they were kids, and...

"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...

An urban fantasy packed with romance, mystery, and adventure, Anna's Hope is the sequel series to Witch's Bell.Anna Hope Summersville cannot catch a break. She's the kind of girl who trips and drops every break luck throws at her.With lacy socks and a massive collection of frumpy cardigans, she's not your usual witch. Her sisters might confidently dash around in heels and leather, but Anna can't pull that off. Not only would she sneeze and break her...

The graduation looms. So does the war. Serena has to do everything she can to save Mag City, but to do that, is to take on Xavier, and he will do anything to claim her.As she struggles to live as herself and the witch within, her city continues to crumble around her. And as it crumbles, her broken mind fractures further.For Serena Sander's mind was always going to break. That – that is her destiny.…Tune in for the thrilling second installment...

"Fed up with her married Miami boyfriend, savvy Dulce has no problem stealing his drug-dealer stash and fleeing to her family in the Caribbean. But when she gets bored in rural Santo Domingo, she escapes on a sugar daddy adventure to Puerto Rico. Her new life is one endless party, until she's caught in Hurricane Maria--and witnesses the brutal collision of colonization and climate change, as well as the international vultures who plunder the tragedy...

While working toward the grand opening of their Black-owned bookstore, four best friends are each told four little words that upend their lives, forcing them to lean on each other--and the books they love--to navigate the changes or risking losing the business and their friendships.

Xiao Chen, who traveled to the Thunder Continent, found himself becoming a teenager in the Xiao family, considered to be a good-for-nothing. However, the mysterious Tai Chi diagram on his chest granted him the ability to absorb martial arts techniques and convert them into true energy.In a world where strength reigns supreme and martial prowess dominates, Xiao Chen unexpectedly arrived in the Thunder Continent as a supposed wastrel. Armed with the...

In the business of high-end, no-limits desire, Desdemona Dean is the best there is. This gorgeous madam can provide any sensual fantasy, ignite any insatiable hunger. She fiercely protects the women who work for her and helps them attain the lives they deserve--especially when it comes to her beautiful, troubled new protégé, Portia. But for Desi, having it all is no longer enough. She wants everything her shattered childhood denied her. And as she...