A tender, multi-generational story of family pain and love.

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Nia Simone Bijoux, a writer in Atlant, enters a relationship with identical twins Mark and Karl.

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An aspiring blues musician returns home to seek his fortune and reclaim his woman.

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"Arabesque."

Escaped slaves, free blacks, slave-catchers, and plantation owners weave a tangled web of intrigue and adventure in this novel.

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Curtis Black has changed his ways, but his former mistress shows up and his wife tries to fight for their marriage.

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The "Blackboard" bestselling author of "Sexy/Dangerous" delivers another heart-pounding novel of romantic suspense. After her car breaks down on a California freeway, sports agent JT Blake is rescued by sexy trucker Reese Anthony, who is not all that he appears to be. Original.

Greed, deception, and murder abound on a video shoot.

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Set in 1967, an angry young WWII vet tries to make his hime in postwar Los Angeles.

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Two childhood friends must weigh their love for each other against their love for the same woman. As the boundaries of love, trust, and friendship are stretched and tested, this story evolves into a deeply engaging tale.

Birdie Tweet is a newcomer to the Oh-Lawd-Why-Am-I-Still-Single church group, and her love life is just as unpromising as the others'. When Birdie realizes she and several other ladies have been duped by a suave con artist named Lyon Lipps, the group devises a way to get payback... while improving their chances of meeting men at the same time.

Monroe and McGlothin each contribute a short novel to this book.  Monroe's tale features a scond grade teacher who gets a little too wild with her best friend in the Caribbean.  McGlothin's story is set in 1946 and focuses on a dashing gambler who flees Harlem for Kansas City.                                                                                

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A popular African American romance author strays from his regular subject matter and writes a gritty street novel.

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One of the only authors of African-American historical romances in the market brings back two of her fans' favorite characters--Teresa July from "Something Like Love" and Madison Nance from "A Chance at Love"--in this dramatic and sensual romance about second chances. Original.

A powerful hit man, Gideon is the master of the game in a jet-setting world dominated by money, women, and violence. Living off the grid, making love on the run, he makes his living as a contract killer by enacting the revenge of the brokenhearted . . . for a price. One woman taught him to kill, another motivates him to succeed in the business of revenge. If he can amass a million dollars, the woman he desires has promised to run away with him. For her sake, Gideon takes a high-profile job that earns him dangerous enemies, and hops a plane to London hoping to escape the aftermath. On the plane he meets two mysterious women - have they been sent to bring him down? Have his past transgressions caught up with him at last? Or will one of these strangers help him choose a life of love over a life of violence? In this underworld of grifters and killers, brokenhearted squares and streetwalkers, loyal fans will spot some familiar faces from Dickey's previous books. A thrilling ride through extremes of love and danger, Sleeping with Strangers thrives on the darker passions of revenge and desire.

National bestselling author Ray ("Dreaming of You") returns with this highly anticipated new tale in the romantic adventures of the Grayson family starring Pierce, the last Grayson bachelor, whose mother is determined that his carefree single days will soon be over. Original.