Neighborhood tensions reach a breaking point in the finale of New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe\'s captivating series. Across the Way sweeps readers back to 1930s Alabama and into the lives of two neighboring couples whose...

In this gripping follow-up to the Depression-era saga Mrs. Wiggins, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author transports readers to the Deep South, as a proper church-going woman determined to snare Alabama’s most-...

New York Timesbestselling author Mary Monroe crafts a provocative story set in the Depression-era Deep South about a woman determined to get the life and respect she wants—at any cost… Secrets, lies, and family dram...

New York Timesbestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very different couples whose fast friendship is no match for shattering betrayal...\r\n\r\nA s...

New York City, 1894. The Democratic Party headquarters at Tammany Hall is a hotbed of cronyism, corruption, and intimidation. Private investigator Pamela Thompson's close colleague at Jeremiah Prescott's law firm, former NYPD dete...

There is a commonly held belief the tropical storms and hurricanes that form off the coast of West Africa are not natural disasters, but rather they are retaliation by restless spirits impacted by one of the darkest chapters of world ...

Could you find the courage to do what's right in a world on fire? Pulitzer-winning journalist and bestselling novelist (Freeman) Leonard Pitts, Jr.'s new historical page-turner is a great American tale of race and war, following three...

By a twist of fate, a runaway slave girl and a wounded Confederate officer are thrown together and must rely on each other to survive. Can the seed of love grow in the garden of hate?This is the latest in Michael Edwin Q's African Ame...

Lee and Adeline (aka Sunshine or just plain 'Shine') take you back in time to the Sixties in the South.Colored Seated in the Rear weaves back and forth between their perspectives over one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades, n...

“Riveting and transformative, evocative and immersive...by turns vibrant and bold and wise, discovering Dorothy’s story is a singular pleasure.”--The New York Times A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on...

Originally published in 1972, Gil Scott-Heron's striking second novel, The Nigger Factory, is a powerful parable of the way in which human beings are conditioned to think, drawing inspiration from Scott-Heron's own experiences as a st...

A roman à clef about racism, identity, and bohemian living amidst the tensions and violence of Algerian War-era France, and one of the earliest published accounts of the Paris massacre of 1961.As a teenager, Simeon Brown lost ...

Uncle Tom's Cabin- the bestselling novel of the 19th century - was instrumental in exposing the brutal reality of African American slavery and played a prominent role in its abolition. Its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe was a stalwart...

"American Spy updates the espionage thriller with blazing originality."—Entertainment Weekly"There has never been anything like it."—Marlon James, GQ"So much fun . . . Like the best of John le Carre, it'...

Remembranceby Rita Woods is a breakout historical debut with modern resonance, perfect for the many fans of The Underground Railroadand Orphan Train. Remembrance…It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled be...

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First published in 1923, Jean Toomer's Cane is an innovative literary work powerfully evoking black life in the South. Rich in imagery, Toomer's impressionistic, sometimes surrealistic sketches of Southern rural and urban life are pe...