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The Bookseller's Promise
The Bookseller's Promise

Yvonne has made the trek from Texas to Indiana to convince Jake Lantz to sell her client a rare book from his collection…

The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water
The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water

Kendra's first novel was a huge success, but now she's on a deadline and cannot write a thing.

Count the Nights by Stars
Count the Nights by Stars

Audrey is tasked with cleaning out the reclusive woman's room where she discovers an elaborate scrapbook.

The Sweet Life
The Sweet Life

Dawn Dixon can hardly believe she's on a groomless honeymoon on beautiful Cape Cod . . . with her mother.

Looking for Leroy
Looking for Leroy

Brynna Phillips is done with men. They only break your heart. But just when she makes this declaration ...

Among the Innocent
Among the Innocent

Leah Miller's entire Amish family was murdered ten years ago. Leah left the Amish and joined the police force.

Sister Friends Forever
Sister Friends Forever

Four women who grew up in different neighborhoods, but the same church.

Walking in Tall Weeds
Walking in Tall Weeds

Paulette and Fred Baldwin are in a new season of their life after they son moved away.

The High Desert
The High Desert

The “Afro-Punk” documentarian and festival co-creator vividly sets the reader smack in the arid rural…

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

A window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take.

Playing Their Games
Playing Their Games

While interning at a law firm, Yoshi Lomax discovers a secret society fueled by limitless desires and, armed with secrets…

The Two Lives of Sara
The Two Lives of Sara

A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee.

On Rotation
On Rotation

Ghanaian-American Angela Appiah has checked off all the boxes for the Perfect Immigrant Daughter: enroll in an elite…

If I Survive You
If I Survive You

A collection of humorous and harrowing linked stories following a Jamaican-American family as they seek stability upon…

Big Girl
Big Girl

For Malaya, the pressures of her predominantly white Upper East Side prep school and her painfully proper mother are…

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