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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…

Which Side Are You on
Which Side Are You on

How can we live with integrity and pleasure in this world of police brutality and racism? An Asian American activist is…

The Furrows
The Furrows

A young woman traverses the trenches of grief that have shaped her life.

Where We End & Begin
Where We End & Begin

Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they're reunited at a wedding in Nigeria.

Pride and Protest
Pride and Protest

An entertaining and politically charged retelling of Pride and Prejudice that tackles gentrification, prejudice, and the…

What We Found in Hallelujah
What We Found in Hallelujah

Another storm is on the horizon for the Reynolds women. And the only way out is to go through it.

Harry Sylvester Bird
Harry Sylvester Bird

Harry leaves his racist and xenophobic parents in Pennsylvania and moves to Manhattan where he falls in love with a young…

All That Really Matters
All That Really Matters

Molly McKenzie has made social media influencing a lucrative career but nailing a TV show means proving she's as good in…

The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery
The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery

For decades, three generations of women of Old Depot Grocery have been keeping secrets from each other. When Sarah…

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality. The avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to live a mortal life in…

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