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Sevyn had always believed in devotion. Seven years of her life were spent molding herself into what he needed what he wanted. And in return, he left her with nothing but a hollowed-out heart. The rain mirrored her misery, cascading down in relentless sheets as she stood outside, her bags at her feet, her pride shattered beneath the weight of betrayal. Where did she go from here? She had no answers, only the numbing realization that she had wasted years chasing a love that had never truly been hers. But then again, wasn’t that all she had ever known?

Have you ever kept a secret, one strategically hidden, unknown, or unseen? If discovered, the secret could destroy someone. What if as a child, you were sexually abused? Deflowered Lyric shines the light on sexual abuse through glimpsing the childhoods of three main characters. Their journey through life discloses brokenness and strength intertwined together and expressed in a poetic prose. The enthralling story of their tangled lives reveals the struggles shared from their sexual abuse experiences.

Where it all began. Forever is always supposed to be a long time until you're delivering the eulogy at your best friend's funeral and watching his wife hold on to her last shred of sanity. Caleb Black and Dr. Layanna James find themselves forced to start over, but what starts as family grieving...

Romel grew up in the shadow of a man who built his empire on fear, blood, and control. The streets made him ruthless, and family taught him not to trust too easily. But when Jermany stepped into his life, she didn't just test his heart, she became the one thing he couldn't control. Jermany...

Three souls. One forbidden connection. A love that dares to rewrite every rule. Lena Barré grew up the perfect pastor's daughter, the fragile ballerina whose body was at war with itself. But under the neon glow of Provocateur, she becomes Soleil, the Midnight Ballerina. A woman who sheds her...

Nayeli and Rule were high school sweethearts who thought they would be together forever, but outside forces were working to tear them apart. Ten years have passed as Rule makes his return to his hometown. He has made it in the big leagues of R&B now, but something is missing in his life...

Smoke After Hours is a scorching tale of foreplay, friendship, and the irresistible high of love. It's not about what happens during the day. It's what goes down after hours when you think no one is watching. Bentley Blackwood and Volley Paul have danced on the edge of desire for what feels like...

James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel with a new introduction. Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while...

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Amerie Cross and Arnold Hightower.

They thought fire would take everything—my home, my woman, and Elijah. That I'd be nothing but ashes. They forgot who I am. I'm King Inferno. I don't burn alone. The Inferno Gods don't just ride—we burn everything in our path.

Jim Crow Florida, 1950. Twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., who for a trivial scuffle with a white boy is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there.

Something awful and illuminating happens when a marriage ends. All illusions fade away. Light spills into the darkest corners of the union, forcing you to face the cracks. The moments bereft of love. The nights without affection. The days spent learning to be quiet and still, expecting nothing because that's all you've ever been given.

Gabi isn't looking for love. At all. She's much more interested in starting a new life, in a new city, away from the overbearing demands of her parents. Terrence...is even less into the idea of a relationship than Gabi. He's in a good place in his career, focused on receiving a coveted promotion. Follow along with Gabi and Terrence as they navigate the stages of a relationship that was never meant to go further than a single night. Will they be able to overcome the challenges of family and career to build something that could last?

'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' – Roddy Doyle 'His [Dominic Hofman] performance is terrific: variously wry, poignant and thoughtful as he imbues Jim with the humanity and agency denied to him by Twain' – The Guardian, Audiobook of the Week James is a profound...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtlety and grace. With a new introduction by...

A comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Linda Wagner-Martin covers all six of Angelou's autobiographies, as well as her essay and poetry collections, while also exploring Angelou's life as an African American in the United States, her career as stage and film performer, her thoughtful participation in the Civil Rights actions of the 1960s, and her travels abroad in Egypt, Africa, and Europe. 

Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning White boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes she's been given a challenge.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016 AMAZON.COM #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime' Guardian...

It’s bring-your-wife-to-school day at the adults-only BDSM class and today Shelley’s going to get treated to something I could never give her. Carlos is on hand to deliver his big, black package as I watch from the sidelines and the class takes notes on cuckold erotica. It’s such a humiliating turn-on that I just know that the first time won’t be our last time—especially given how much Shelley is enjoying herself!