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In Oru L'ore has a secret. She is the only one without agbára – the ability to harness power from the sun. On pain of death she must conceal it from everyone. Including her best friend, Alawani. But when the gods declare Alawani an Àlùfáà – a great honour where he will serve the gods and the Kingdom – he must be stripped of his power in a brutal trial likely to kill him. Unwilling to bear his death, L'ore vows to rescue him.

Rudy Rae is her name. She also goes by Minnie. She's a Southern girl, born and raised in Albany, Georgia. Strong women raised her, although some might challenge that statement and view the women who raised her as weak because of how they allowed their husbands to treat them. At the tender age of thirteen years old, she was taught how to sit up straight, fix a man's plate, and be the submissive wife that she needed to be. In her teenage years, Rudy wasn't interested in these teachings.

The league didn't believe in me. I was the last pick of the first round. The Kings didn't believe in me. They low-balled my contract and mandated therapy to begin immediately. My coach didn't believe in me. But I get it; she's a female. The General don't halfway believe. He keeps threatening violence if I blow this opportunity. This chick I bagged at the first team event . . . Well, let's say she's listening. I'm a black, educated, and self-made man. I have no kids, and was rich and established before draft night. The odds are stacked against me, but I'll show them all.

Amir is a man who knows what he wants... but it's not the woman who is pressuring him for marriage. As he struggles with ending a relationship that's run its course, fate throws him a curveball named Koryn. Fresh from a devastating betrayal, Koryn thought she'd found her happily-ever-after when her fiancé swept her away on a romantic month-long vacation. Instead, his shocking ultimatum forces her to choose between love and her core values. She flees, convinced romance isn't in the cards for her. When Amir and Koryn's paths unexpectedly cross, their connection is instant and electric.

Meet Juniper Hawthorne, a wide-eyed idealist determined to spread love and unity. On the same bus, you’ll find Clancy Beaumont, a smooth-talking businessman seeking profit, and Lola Devereaux, a performer chasing dreams of stardom. Hank, stoic and guarded, and Daisy, rooted in tradition, carry their own secrets.

A Book of Poems for Black Kings is a profound and empowering anthology that speaks directly to the hearts and souls of Black men and Black boys. This collection of poetry and prose is designed to validate their lived experiences, provide strength during trials, and facilitate deep soul-searching and self-discovery. Through poignant and powerful pieces, this book explores the multifaceted nature of power, vulnerability, and purpose within the Black male experience.

In “Veiled Shadows”, the gripping finale of the Deceptive hearts trilogy, Ophelia and Caspian's fairy tale romance takes a dark turn as the ghosts of their pasts threaten to shatter the life they've built together. As Ophelia struggles to escape the clutches of a relentless blackmailer, she must face the truth about the secrets she's been hiding and the man who has haunted her for years. When Caspian begins to doubt Ophelia's loyalty, he can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of jealousy and suspicion.

This drama that explores what happens to an African American family in 2015, when an inheritance becomes the focal point that leads to the discovery of things about themselves that are both revealing and forever life changing. The main cast of seven characters include a widow, her two children, a brother and a sister in law. This is the kind of mainstay drama that will pull and push the listener and audience and in the process make one ask and contemplate questions about the complex nature of family relationships.

Young Jose is given an assignment from his 7th grade teacher that would take his imagination to a place he has never been before. The assignment was to create a story about how he had an obstacle in his life and how he overcame it. Journey with Jose to a place between heaven and hell, where his obstacle became absolutely deadly. The challenge of the game he's facing now means Eternal Life or Death.

Stanton 'Ace' Jacobs has always been catered to. Always been told how to act; how to dress; who to socialize with, by his grandfather who raised him after his parents were killed in an accident. When his grandfather passes away, he became the sole heir of the Jacobs fortune, and seized the chance to get away from the life of privilege. Seeking a sense of belonging and family he never had, he found the brothers of Sin City and sunk his money into something that was totally his, not attached to the Jacobs name.

February, 1841. It's Carnival season in New Orleans. Free man of color Benjamin January—a surgeon turned piano player, with a talent for attracting trouble—is playing at an opulent masked ball when, little to his surprise, a quarrel breaks out between two guests, and his services are requested at a duel. Young planter Bastien Damoreau has accused a recent arrival to town of passing himself off as white—an insult not to be borne.

December 1840. Surgeon turned piano-player Benjamin January is looking forward to a peaceful holiday with his family. But the arrival of an old friend brings unexpected news—and unexpected danger. Persephone Jondrette has found Arithmus: a Sudanese man with extraordinary mental abilities who January last saw in France, nearly fifteen years ago, during a ghost-hunting expedition to a haunted chateau. January and his friends survived the experience . . . but Arithmus's benefactor, the British explorer Deverel Wishart, did not.

Pentru cei din jurul său, Faye pare să aibă totul. Un soţ perfect, o fiică adorabilă și un apartament de lux într-una dintre zonele cele mai elegante ale Stockholmului. Dar amintirile întunecate din copilăria petrecută în Fjällbacka nu încetează să o bântuie și o fac să simtă că e tot mai captivă într-o colivie de aur. Pe vremuri, Faye era o femeie puternică și ambiţioasă – înainte să-și dedice viaţa soţului său, Jack. Când acesta o înșală, întreaga lume a lui Faye se prăbușește și totul îi este luat.

Angie is taking a serious break from dating. At least, she thought she was until she comes across the finest man she’s ever seen — the new handyman in her building. Angie knows what she wants in a man, and Law doesn't seem to be it. But that doesn’t mean she can’t get to know him, right? Law is focused on rebuilding his life as a free man. That rebuild doesn’t include getting involved with anyone, especially not the bougie girl at his job who always needs something fixed.

For seven years Silas Knight has been focused only one thing: finding his daughter. He didn’t have time for relationships, and he certainly wasn't looking for a mate. But see… fate was a tricky thing. The one thing he’d been avoiding was the one thing he would have to do to keep his daughter with him. Mila Meyers has been focused on only one thing for the past four years: keeping her daughter safe. She was a widow, so relationships were the last thing on her mind. But then she ran, quite literally, into a man… or rather shifter who would change all of that.

Aria Wright stumbles upon the body of Vietnam veteran Emerson. Unfortunately, the masked killer sees and threatens her. Flash back to 1968: Young Emerson is shipped to Vietnam on the day of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Weeks later, a deadly encounter in Bangkok results in the murder of Emerson's best friend. The perilous tale alternates between the troubled life of Emerson from 1968 through the present day and two propulsive and dangerous weeks in March 2024 as Aria and Jax try to solve the mysteries surrounding the murder.

Most women would be grateful to have a smoking hot country boy rescue them from a raging inferno. But not Andi. Dylan broke her heart five years ago and the last thing she wants is to owe a debt to the shredded 6'7" firefighter who threw her over her shoulder like she was weightless. He has a past. A child. A baby mama on the loose. More drama than she can handle. And...he broke her heart.

For the first time ever, renowned author Terry McMillan brings together her previously published short fiction and nonfiction as well as never-before-seen works in a single volume, from unpublished short stories to magazine articles, opinion pieces, a commencement speech, and contributions to literary journals and anthologies. Whether she’s revealing life lessons, pontificating about aging, recalling her sources of inspiration, or laying bare the beginnings of her life as a writer, McMillan approaches every piece with enduring humor, wit, and fearlessness.

In Resilient Love, the second electrifying trilogy of The Immortality Race Series, the stakes are higher, the danger is greater, and the pulse of their enduring love beats stronger than ever.

Diamonds and Destinies: The Final Reckoning is the last book in the The Diamond Deceptions Trilogy series brings a thrilling twist to Alec Nolan's life. With a daughter he never knew and a betrayal that cuts deep, Alec must choose between revenge and a new life with Latoya and his child.