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Unsettled… That is the word Desire Chambries uses to describe how she feels. Although her preschool students bring her joy, her personal life needs resuscitating. She’d love to get married, but the dating scene lacks quality men. Most were barely boyfriend material and definitely not fit to be someone’s husband. At thirty-five years old, her hope of finding the man of her dreams and becoming a wife is fading fast, as is the idea of having children of her own. One lonely Friday night, after being stood up for the third time, she sees an ad for Arranged Hearts on social media.

A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it's like to be young and black in America.  

A BLACK FATHER. A WHITE FATHER. TWO MURDERED SONS. A QUEST FOR VENGEANCE. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for 15 years, with not so much as a speeding ticket since. But a black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been...

Why doesn't she love me? That's the question that lives rent free in Ciyani Robinson's head. After tragedy strikes, her mother completely abandons her leaving her with responsibilities that she was not old enough to handle on her own. The walls begin to close in on her as she tries her hardest...

Now that the truth was revealed and King knew who was responsible for kidnapping Ivy, he had to make them suffer. Learning that someone from his family was also trying to take him out caught him by surprise. However, there was no turning back, and nothing would stop him from doing what needed to be done in order to maintain Ivy's safety.

Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this blockbuster epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival. The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for almost two hundred years. The lucky ones are born gifted. One...

In this war between the cold and callous, the stake is a little higher than just money, power, and respect. Boston and Kamden were once a team and knew one another's weaknesses. As a result, the men waste no time destroying everything the other has built and any casualties along the way. Boston...

Aisha could’ve never known how much her life would change the summer before her tenth birthday. Her family and life as she knew it was turned upside down after a tragic accident that left her an only child to her widowed mother. A family secret and an arrangement sent her two hundred fifty miles away from her home only to be given into the hands of her treacherous new guardian, Angel. A new identity and life were given in exchange for her freedom—Gemini was born.

I spent years with a man who abused every part of me. He never loved me the way I loved him, and constantly kicked me when I was already the lowest of the low. Simmy came into my life, and though he was quiet and afraid, he loved me. Even when he couldn't admit it to me out loud, he showed me...

In this instant bestselling thrilling mystery from Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins has settled into the happy rhythm of his new life when a dark siren from his past returns and threatens to destroy the peace he's fought for. The name Easy Rawlins stirs excitement in the hearts of readers...

In a brilliantly terrifying blend of supernatural horror and alternate history for fans of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and readers of Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Stephen Graham Jones, a vengeful vampire tribe formed of formerly enslaved Africans wages war across the Southern colonies in...

Sonny Rollins is one of the towering masters of American music, a virtuoso of the saxophone, and an unequaled improviser whose live performances are legendary and who has reshaped modern jazz over the course of a career lasting more than sixty years. A turning point in that legendary career came...

After running away from home, Amryn is back in Maple Hills after five years ready to face the past. Krew the golden boy is making a name for himself in the MLB but enjoys the quiet life his hometown of Maple Hills offers during off season. When the two are back home at the same time and come face to face with each other for the first time since Amryn left, old feeling rear their heads for the high school sweethearts. That's until Krew learns the real reason behind Amryn leaving town. Now he's battling if he can forgive her and move on or be forced to coexist with her.

In her life, there have only been three lovers. But Leslie doesn’t lament the meager number, she only truly mourns the second one. In her youthful arrogance, she turned him away, thinking there would be many more chances. Now, she lives two lives—one in the present, and another plagued by bittersweet memories of the past. But maybe, even now, it will be possible to reconcile the two.

Lançado originalmente em 1953, Proclamem nas montanhas é o livro de estreia de um dos escritores mais notáveis do século XX. Harlem, Nova York, década de 1930. John Grimes acorda no dia do seu aniversário de catorze anos e ninguém ao redor parece se lembrar da data. Apesar do entorno apático e por vezes violento, o protagonista não abandona seu otimismo. É então que ele percebe que a fé pode dar um novo rumo para a sua vida e decide mergulhar em uma profunda jornada espiritual.

Don't miss the extraordinary new novel from Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings - published on 21st April 2020, and available to pre-order now. Sue Monk Kidd's internationally bestselling first novel THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES has delighted many millions of readers around the world. 'Charming...

Three women. One hood. Sink or swim. In the Slums, yesterday’s secrets don’t stay buried for long—they come back deadlier than before. Love turns poisonous. Loyalty flips. And betrayal? Sometimes it’s the only way out. In the hood, it’s a dog-eat-dog world—and one wrong move could...

Ny Rebus-krimi! John Rebus er anklaget for en forbrydelse, og han kan ende i spjældet på livstid. Men blev han faktisk drevet til at krydse grænsen? Rebus har før taget loven i sine egne hænder, men det her ser ud til at blive den sidste. Har spillereglerne ændret sig? Samtidig står...

Ballard og Bosch er tilbage! Der er gået et år, siden Renée Ballard skred fra politiet med al dets hadske bureaukrati. Politichefen lover hende frit valg mellem stillinger, hvis bare hun vil vende tilbage, og hun beslutter, at hun vil genoprette afdelingen for kolde sager under enheden for...

Det er ikke nødvendigt at tilhøre den store Murakami-menighed for at blive dybt charmeret af Haruki Murakamis nye storværk 1Q84. Her viser han alle facetter af sit verdensberømmede talent. Som en rød tråd igennem de tre bøger, der udgør romanen, løber en kærlighedshistorie, der er i...