Abebi tells the story of the incredible journey of a female warrior and apprentice healer of the Come-if-yuh-Dare Maroons, a mythical seventeenth century band of runaway slaves in the Jamaica Blue Mountains. When her idyllic life is violently, upended by a series of natural and spiritual disasters, she is, forced to take drastic measures to endure. Dripping with mystical realism, this novel takes you on Abebi's sacred journey as she confronts real...

Out of the hundreds of published slave narratives,only a handful exist specific to South Carolina, and most of these are not readily available to modern readers. Edited by Susanna Ashton, this collection restores to print seven slave narratives documenting the lived realities of slavery as it existed across the Palmetto State's upcountry, midlands, and lowcountry, from plantation culture to urban servitude. First published between the late eighteenth...

Five years ago Valerie Rollins became a widow after her husband, electronics and racehorse owner Victor Dumas, succumbed very quickly to a rare form of stomach cancer. Following his death, Valerie, the most renowned Black gossip columnist in the United States, found herself in an entirely foreign world of extreme wealth beyond her wildest dreams. Victor left everything to Val, his son Vance, and his seven-year old grand-daughter Valencia. Val spends...

Bestselling author De'nesha Diamond brings her dynamic storytelling talent to D.C.'s treacherous corridors of power-where scandal is merely the first move in a high-stakes game that makes its own rules . . . Six years after a harrowing abduction, Abrianna Parker is forced to repay a debt that she never owed. Her only option is to trade working the gentlemen's clubs for an elite escort service. But getting framed for a high-profile murder isn't what...

Books 4 - 6 of the Kendra Clayton Mystery Series Book Four: Schooled In Lies When Kendra gets roped into serving on her high school's reunion committee things quickly take a turn for the worse when freak accidents result in death. And when neither the committee nor the police believe it's murder, Kendra must uncover the culprit quickly before another death occurs or risk becoming a buried secret herself. Book Five: Sly, Slick & Wicked After stumbling...

Mulberry is a gripping and beautifully written tale of family crisis and personal strength that focuses on Maddy, an eleven-year-old girl struggling to keep herself and her three younger brothers, afloat in small-town segregated Mississippi in the early 1960s. After Maddy's newborn baby sister falls ill and her mother decides she must accompany the baby to the far-away state hospital, Maddy finds herself in charge of her brothers as it becomes apparent...

Faith, family, and friendship have always been top priority to five lifelong friends, but each one is about to be put to the test during one turbulent year. Lawson Kerry is a struggling single mother who has finally gotten her life together. Now, a fierce custody battle with her ex threatens to the tear apart everything she's built. Reginell Kerry is a starry-eyed singer determined to make it to the top of the charts, but will she change her tune...

Sent to investigate the theft of a sacred artifact, can Hawk Tasifa unravel the threads of the conspiracy before it destroys the Order?Following her success in Gould, Hawk Prentice Tasifa returns to her university to unravel a mystery. Someone has broken into the Museum of the Goddess and stolen its most sacred artifact, attacked two of the guards, and is trying to frame her mentor. Under pressure from The Order, Prentice is urged to find the culprits,...

One would think that after all of the heartbreaks that Jashae took in part one that things get easier. That's not the case though, because things continue to take a downward spiral in Jashae's life. On the brighter hand, she just might be ready to be down with the King of the South. There is no denying the chemistry between Jashae and Miami. The two are pretty much meant to be together. I think we all can agree that Miami's plan to move back home...

Can the right woman really make a bad boy change? Janelle and Outlaw's love story was birthed through struggles that neither one of them ever saw coming but just when they thought they'd reached their happily ever after, their picture-perfect love story comes crumbling down. Janelle's dreams are all set to come true when she gets the chance to become the District Attorney of New York City. The only thing making her have second thoughts is the fact...