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Black Cake
Black Cake

Two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past.

The Thread Collectors
The Thread Collectors

In 1863, a young Black woman who embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the…

Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder

Receiving a surprise inheritance, social media expert Maddy Montgomery must live in her great-aunt Octavia's house in New…

Where Wild Peaches Grow
Where Wild Peaches Grow

Upon Nona's return to Natchez, a cautious reunion unfolds, and everything Nona and Julia thought they knew--about…

The Color Line
The Color Line

A haunting novel which intertwines the lives of two Black female artists more than a century apart, both outsiders in…

The Confessions of Matthew Strong
The Confessions of Matthew Strong

From the beginning, Allie had the clues: in a spate of possibly connected disappearances of other young Black women; in a…

The World We Make
The World We Make

Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got…

Honey and Spice
Honey and Spice

Sharp-tongued Kiki has plenty of relationship advice to dispense, but when it comes to her own dating life, she guards…

The Birdcatcher
The Birdcatcher

Catherine is a renowned and celebrated visual artist, at work on the titular multimedia project and prone to sporadic…

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