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African-American computer security expert, Alayna Alexander, will do anything to have a family, including marry a man she doesn't love. But confusion in the form of tall, dark Khavon Brighton, a former computer hacker, slips into Alayna's life when she is assigned to work with him on a top-level security project. Sparks fly as the two race to thwart a desperate cyberthief who has a personal vendetta against Khavon.

For Glory Hopkins, inheriting her Aunt Lucille’s Harlem brownstone feels more like a curse than a blessing. As a restless artist struggling to find gallery representation, Glory doesn’t have the money, time, or patience to look after the aging house of an aunt she barely knew. But when she stumbles into Parkie de Groot, a savvy, ambitious auction house appraiser on the verge of a coveted promotion, her unexpected inheritance begins to look more promising. Glory and Parkie form an unlikely alliance and work to unearth the origins of a rare manuscript hidden in the brownstone’s trove. 

A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick Basking in Singapore’s nonstop sunshine, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the glamorous expat dream—until a mysterious (not to mention handsome) new arrival infiltrates their tight-knit community and ruins everything: "Wanderlust-inducing" (Lola...

Wilder Frank is a successful Jamerican comedian based in Chicago who suffers from an inherited illness. He leads an upright life and is content bringing laughter to the world, until he falls into a side hustle and loses his identity. Will he find himself? This story offers a peek into the fateful human tendency to never have enough.

After losing his wife to the streets, Roddy decides to move him and his family to Atlanta, Georgia. Swearing off love, he eventually falls for the beautiful socialite of Atlanta, Jia Love. With a combined three million followers across all her social media accounts, she’s that girl. Falling in love with her, he just wants to make her his wife, and a mother figure to his son and daughter. Except, Jia isn’t ready for all of that.

I served his purpose and fulfilled his need, but I was a game to him. A pawn that would be sacrificed for his family. He comes from crime and my father is committed to bringing justice. The family was part of his investigation and that boy from high school took my heart for himself. I never knew a love like that, but it wasn’t real. He played it and me so well. When he walks into my business with no apology and that cocky smile years later, I’m stuck. It’s like I’m back in high school and every feeling goes through my body. I know he’s trouble.

C. N. Phillips returns with the next tale in the saga of five crime families that run the streets of New York’s five boroughs. The uneasy alliance they once shared has been compromised, and now no one is truly safe from retribution. Caesar knew the peace he started had an expiration date, but he never thought the end would be so explosive. With the Pact completely dissolved and the Chinese angered beyond measure at the loss of their leader, they want Boogie’s head bloody and served on a stick. Caesar is willing to protect him at all costs.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction A dazzling, debut novel-within-a-novel in the vein of The Prophets and Memorial, about a young author writing about the secret love affair between E.M. Forster and Mohammed el Adl—in which Mohammed’s story collides with...

Brent and Mel were childhood sweethearts. Both growing up together in New York, Brent showed Mel what love really was, and she thought she'd spend the rest of her life with him. But little did she know, Brent had other plans, and decided to leave his love and move to London. Now, fast forward years after the unexpected leaving of her first love, Mel is a successful property developer and is getting a great reputation. Nothing seems to hold her back, that's at least, nothing until the return of Brent.

Growing up as a classically trained ballerina with dreams of being a professional dancer, balance was my life. Everything about me depended on it; my diet, my temper, my sleep and waking schedule. I even dedicated myself to rigorous yoga and martial arts training to learn how to maintain focus by balancing my breath. Balance was literally my everything. Living like this came with several rules and I was the kind of person who didn’t mind following them.

Have you ever been in that "chapter of your life", where everything that could possibly go wrong does, so you just wanted to curse God and die, or questioned if God even really exists? What would you do if you simply wanted to live the blessed life of a devoted Christian, to excel in school, make your family proud, find true love and live happily ever after, yet everything comes crashing down when evil interrupts.

"I was born with the choice to pass as Black or White. Everyday I ask myself whose blood is it that rushes through my veins? My own blood is making me hate who I really am. I feel two opposing ancestors at war within me - one fighting to be free, the other fighting to control me by denying me my true identity. When I visit my family in Mississippi, I'm Black. When I return to Chicago, I'm White again. I find myself taking on the values of the people who would squash me if the knew. I find no wholeness in either role."

A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing, and Palmares “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and...

“A pitch-perfect small-town romance focused on forgiveness, second chances, and new beginnings.” —Publishers Weekly on The Secret to a Southern Wedding You can’t keep a sizzling little secret in a town like Peachtree Cove… For a place that just won an award for Best Small Town...

Brought to you by Penguin. When Ebby Freeman travels to France to take a three-month hiatus from her complicated home life, the last person she expects to find is her ex-fiancé Henry, with his new girlfriend in tow. Nearly twenty years earlier, the Freemans were the only African American family...

A landmark collection of love poetry by the most widely published African American poet of her time, tracing the arc of a queer relationship and including some of her most famous poems Foreword by aja monet Afterword by Adrienne Rich A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and...

An ideal introduction to the work of the poet, activist, and visionary whom Toni Morrison called “our premiere Black woman essayist,” Nothing Less Than Love brings together for the first time June Jordan’s essential writings on the revolutionary power of love. A Penguin Classics Deluxe...

SImone "Honey" Williams isn't looking for love, just the next bag. Guarded, gorgeous and grinding her way through nights at Magic's Garden, she's mastered the art of taking what she needs without letting anyone close. Until Kingston "King" Carter walks in. Ruthless, rich and always in control...

Remedy Worthy is barely surviving. With the heaviness of her past weighing on her, she's attempting to swim against life's current. However, the task seems nearly impossible. It's not until her elderly neighbor becomes her best friend. Now with someone to encourage her to keep swimming, she's...

The crew is back with issues that need addressing! In part one, Bryce and Genesis left off on good terms. However, Genesis finds herself second guessing her and Bryce's perfect relationship. Which will leave you to wonder will Genesis be the cause of a good relationship failing? Keoriah and Tyce...