New Releases by Black Authors

Homegirl to Homegirl is a prose collection that reads like a private conversation—soft where it needs to be, straight where it has to be. In short, punchy pieces, De’ Andrea gives big sister/homegirl advice to the women who are learning to choose peace and softness. Whether you’r...

Tamia and Alonzo have built the kind of love that's equal parts passion and play. So when she comes home from yoga to find him stuck on a client call, she decides to remind him exactly why working from home is their favorite arrangement. What starts as playful teasing under the d...

What happens when 11-year-old Ciro sells his mother to an Archivist named Sulien for a new game system? Sulien, Archivist of the 12th Layer, his realm is over free will, wildcards, deviation from fate. His purpose is to hold the rarest and most dangerous contracts—ones made in de...

Viola Davis and James Patterson have written an incredible courtroom drama and created the most unforgettable character in years. All rise …for Judge Stone. The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilitie...

Meet Vanessa Cordero. A cynic with a colorful past. You see, in college, Vanessa devised a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she’d date your latest crush...and make his life miserable. Too clingy? Check. Jealous? Check. A mother's worst nightmare? Check, check, check. By...

This year’s festival season will be perilous. Zombie cactus season has officially begun in Axia, and Deandra is not having a good time. The town is preparing for a festival to honor the versatile plant, and it’s giving Dee—a recovering barista—Pumpkin Spice Latte–season flashback...

Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family. When Papi Ramon, the patriarch of the wealthy Abreu family dies, he gives the family one last message in the wi...

A group of teen girls does Death incarnate's bidding in this haunting speculative young adult novel. Roslyn Volk isn’t herself anymore. It’s been a year since her sister, Adeline, died in the woods under mysterious circumstances, and Roslyn is still tormented by her absence. So w...

Every kingdom is built on secrets. The Marshall empire was written in blood. Danté Marshall never asked to inherit the streets but legacy doesn’t wait for permission. By day, he’s a polished businessman with influence in boardrooms and banks. By night, he’s the quiet force rising...

When family secrets threaten everything Gorjess Bulb believes about herself, she leaves behind the life she knows, searching for answers she never knew were missing. In a new city, she meets Solomon “Warborn” Leota, who is battle-tested, loyal, and ruled by a heart that loves jus...

THIS IS A SHORT STORY. In the summer heat of the DMV, Trenton Isaiah Cole, known on the streets as Trenches, is a killer for hire who works alone, answers to no one, and never lets business get personal. Money comes easy. Control comes easier. Love has never been part of the plan...

Adulthood came faster than Nyomi Kurrie ever imagined when she found out she was pregnant during her second semester of college. Thankfully, with her family's support, she was able to fulfill her obligations on the track and field team and graduate on time and with honors. Now, t...

Three years ago, Fhear was a scientist. A fiancée. A fool. The man she loved butchered her family, stole her research, and left her for dead in the ruins of everything she’d built. His betrayal bought him an alliance. And the sphere. But she survived. And she’s done hiding. The f...

Alien VS Predator but make it enemies trapped in an ice cave together. Seven years ago, Vessa’s entire life changed. Everything was taken from her in a single night—faction, family, her home. Who was responsible for it all? Kedar of Clan Will. Her comrade. Her best friend. She ha...

What if the one person you could truly connect with operates on the opposite side of the law? Would you risk it all to cultivate the connection? Lena Hill owns her own boutique and has a side hustle that generates a decent profit. When a family emergency causes her to take a last...

When data-obsessed Renike Bello agrees to a harmless tutoring arrangement with Rotimi "RJ" Jacobs, the annoyingly attractive baseball player, campus heartthrob, and her biggest rival for the top spot in class, she expects nothing more than a boost in her Analytics course. She doe...

I let Tempo go the moment I realized her heart belonged somewhere else, because no matter how much I cared, I was never going to hold on to a woman who wanted another man. It wasn’t the loss that unraveled me so much as what it said about my judgment. For the first time, I had to...