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  • Jackal: A Novel

    by Erin E. Adams

    $18.00
    A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white Rust Belt town. But she's not the first—and she may not be the last. . . .

    “A heady, page-turning, all-too-relevant reinvention of the return-to-home horror story—truly gut-wrenching and frightening.”—Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club

    A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK

    It’s watching.

    Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn’t exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white town. But her best friend is getting married, so she braces herself for a weekend of awkward, passive-aggressive reunions. Liz has grown, though; she can handle whatever awaits her. But on the day of the wedding, somewhere between dancing and dessert, the couple’s daughter, Caroline, disappears—and the only thing left behind is a piece of white fabric covered in blood.

    It’s taking.

    As a frantic search begins, with the police combing the trees for Caroline, Liz is the only one who notices a pattern: A summer night. A missing girl. A party in the woods. She’s seen this before. Keisha Woodson, the only other Black girl in Liz’s high school, walked into the woods with a mysterious man and was later found with her chest cavity ripped open and her heart removed. Liz shudders at the thought that it could have been her, and now, with Caroline missing, it can’t be a coincidence. As Liz starts to dig through the town’s history, she uncovers a horrifying secret about the place she once called home. Children have been going missing in these woods for years. All of them Black. All of them girls.

    It’s your turn.

    With the evil in the forest creeping closer, Liz knows what she must do: find Caroline, or be entirely consumed by the darkness.
  • Plus Size Player (Curve, 2) cover image

    Danielle Allen

    $18.99

    Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits meets Talia Hibbert's Take a Hint, Dani Brown―USA Today bestselling author Danielle Allen brings another steamy, witty novel about finding the perfect partner―and how sometimes what you're looking for is right in front of you.

    “I only spend time with people I enjoy. I only do things I want to do. I only have sex with people who get me off. So, my time is never wasted and my energy stays high.”

    Nina Ford doesn’t like to put all her eggs in one basket. She works multiple jobs, she enjoys multiple hobbies, she dates multiple men.

    In her thirty years of life, Nina has never come across a man who has all the things she’s looking for.

    She loves fun and excitement―and she has a man for that.

    She loves confidence and humor―and she has a man for that.

    She loves intelligence and ambition―and she has a man for that.

    She loves passion and romance―and she has a man for that.

    She’s always been content rotating a few men in and out of her life to get her needs met. But when an opportunity presents itself, Nina finds herself in a bit of a predicament. Because if everything she’s ever wanted in a partner collides with everything she’s ever wanted in a career, her eggs are bound to get cracked.

    Like her back.

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    by Erin Crosby Eckstine

    from $20.00

    A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms in this moving debut.
     
    Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie.
     
    When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s life, she commits a desperate act—one that rouses Minnie’s spirit from the grave, tethered to this world unless Junie can free her. She enlists the aid of Caleb, the guests’ coachman, and their friendship soon becomes something more. Yet as long-held truths begin to crumble, she realizes Bellereine is harboring dark and horrifying secrets that can no longer be ignored.
     
    With time ticking down, Junie begins to push against the harsh current that has controlled her entire life. As she grapples with an increasingly unfamiliar world in which she has little control, she is forced to ask herself: When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind?

  • The Gardins of Edin: A Novel

    by Rosey Lee

    $17.00

    When the bonds in their family begin to fray, four Black women fight to preserve their legacy, heal their wounds, and move forward together in this heartwarming contemporary debut novel with loose parallels to beloved women from the Bible.

    Though regarded as a close-knit family and pillars of the community of Edin, Georgia, the four women of the Gardin family privately know their relationships are rapidly fraying. They struggle to hold the family and its multimillion-dollar peanut business together, as a looming crisis threatens the legacy of their formerly enslaved ancestors.

    Distrust and misunderstanding plague the women and prevent them from moving forward. Ruth, who married into the family and is still trying to fit in, longs to fulfill her deceased husband’s goals for the company even as she grieves his death. Martha’s jealousy leads to increasing mistrust and tension with Ruth, who wants to take charge of the family enterprise. After failed expectations in New York, Mary struggles to find her place in Edin and wrestles with her sisterly role in addressing Martha's malicious treatment of Ruth. Naomi, the matriarch who raised the sisters after their parents’ death and supported Ruth in her grief, wants the women to work out their mistrust, hurts, and mistakes.

    As the Gardin women grapple with mounting relational and business challenges, a fresh health scare brings to light deep wounds. Will they be able to preserve their family legacy and heal?

  • Champagne Kisses: A Curvy Romance cover image
    $14.99

    Adam Park is a project manager for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company. While he's a family man, coming home for Sunday dinners every week and playing flag football with his four older brothers, he's also a devout bachelor with a strict 15-min cuddling limit. He's not a player though; he always lets his partners know the deal upfront.

    Maya Davis owns It's Personal, a small business specializing in handmade and custom gifts. She spends her evenings binging "The Great British Bake Off", putting her own twist on recipes from her grandmother's cookbook, and having girls' night with her best friends Tiffany and Denise.

    When Adam is tapped as best man for a ritzy NYC wedding, he finds the perfect custom champagne flutes on It's Personal's website. Every time Maya gives an update on the order, Adam can't help but flirt, and a delay with the vendor means Maya must deliver the flutes in person.

    When they meet, sparks fly, but the road ahead is rough. Maya is far from Adam's usual "type", the groom's younger sister has decided now is the perfect time to shoot her shot, and hurtful comments from someone Adam trusts force Maya to face deep-rooted insecurities.

    Can Adam reform his bachelor ways and fight for a real relationship? Can Maya overcome her unresolved trauma and give Adam the benefit of the doubt? Together, they'll discover whether their feelings are more than skin deep.

  • The Girls Who Grew Big: A Novel cover image

    Leila Mottley

    from $19.00

    From the author of Oprah's Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller Nightcrawling, here is an astonishing new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle.

    Adela Woods is sixteen years old and pregnant. Her parents banish her from her comfortable upbringing in Indiana to her grandmother’s home in the small town of Padua Beach, Florida. When she arrives, Adela meets Emory, who brings her newborn to high school, determined to graduate despite the odds; Simone, mother of four-year-old twins, who weighs her options when she finds herself pregnant again; and the rest of the Girls, a group of outcast young moms who raise their growing brood in the back of Simone’s red truck.

    The town thinks the Girls have lost their way, but really they are finding it: looking for love, making and breaking friendships, and navigating the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood.

    Full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of these friends’ secrets and betrayals, The Girls Who Grew Big confirms Leila Mottley’s promise and offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman.

  • Calling All Blessings: A Heartwarming Novel of Buried Family Trauma, Self-Discovery, and Forgiveness in the Small Fictional Town of Henry Adams, Kansas (Blessings, 12) cover image

    Beverly Jenkins

    $18.99

    NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins celebrates her beloved Blessings series with a heartwarming novel set in Henry Adams, Kansas.

    “If you haven’t yet gotten your hands on [this] author’s work, you should do so immediately.”—Shondaland

    Tamar July, town matriarch of Henry Adams, KS, is being haunted by dreams of her humiliating wedding day, sixty years ago, when she discovered her intended, Joel Newton, was already married. The truth left her furious, heartbroken, and carrying a child, her son Malachi “Mal” July. Why are these dreams coming to her now? And is the great horned owl perched on her backyard shed somehow connected? When Joel’s legitimate son comes to Henry Adams wanting to meet his half-brother, Mal, Tamar must deal with her past, her anger, and explore what it means to truly forgive.

    Tamar isn’t the only one being tested. Teenager Devon July wants to be anyone but himself. When he first arrived in Henry Adams, as an eight-year-old foster child, he wanted to be a preacher. Then, to be like his adopted brother, Amari. Now, he’s decided to be a variant of James Brown—wig included—rather than who he really is, a boy who lost his beloved grandmother and is the son of a mentally challenged woman. Will Tamar be able to guide his spirit quest and place him on the road to finally being at peace within himself?

    As the big August 1st celebration nears, town owner Bernadine Brown has a lot on her plate, chief among them, what to do with former mayor Riley Curry’s monstrous tribute to his hog Cletus. There are no secrets in Henry Adams, but there’s never a dull moment either.

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    by Phillip B. Williams

    $22.00

    Chosen as a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Oprah’s Book Club, Reader's Digest, The Rumpus, Kirkus Reviews, The Millions, Lit Hub, and more. “Fans of The Underground Railroad, The Water Dancer, and Let Us Descend will devour this lyrical and surreal saga.” – Oprah Daily From a writer of singular voice and vision, a mesmerizing epic that reimagines the past to explore the true nature of freedom In this ingenious, sweeping novel, Phillip B. Williams introduces us to an enigmatic woman named Saint, a fearsome conjuror who, in the 1830s, annihilates plantations all over Arkansas to rescue the people enslaved there. She brings those she has freed to a haven of her own creation: a town just north of St. Louis, magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours. It is in this miraculous place that Saint’s grand experiment—a truly secluded community where her people may flourish—takes root. But although Saint does her best to protect the inhabitants of Ours, over time, her conjuring and memories begin to betray her, leaving the town vulnerable to intrusions by newcomers with powers of their own. As the cracks in Saint’s creation are exposed, some begin to wonder whether the community’s safety might be yet another form of bondage. Set over the course of four decades and steeped in a rich tradition of American literature informed by Black surrealism, mythology, and spirituality, Ours is a stunning exploration of the possibilities and limitations of love and freedom by a writer of capacious vision and talent.

  • Off The Chart
    $20.00

    One mistake was innocent until it wasn’t.

    After almost a ten-year relationship, Jersei Lane is forced into a journey of self-discovery. Her codependency made her put her own life on the back burner, but with one spark to her soul, everything shifted.

    Vayce Denver is the school counselor at Sweet Pea Academy. His life is built on saving others until it is time to address his own. Love became a distant memory and peace became his priority.

    How sweet can a guarded heart’s lesson be? Is love possible if we keep it Off the Charts?

  • The Risk Worth Taking: A Story of Breaking Free and TRADING for a Life You Love cover image
    $25.00

    What if the life you dream of isn’t just possible—it’s one smart trade away?

    The Risk Worth Taking: A Story of Breaking Free and Trading for the Life You Love is an empowering parable inspired by real-life transformations. Follow Erin’s journey from burnout to breakthrough as she trades corporate chaos for financial freedom through stock trading.

    When an unexpected event forces her to reevaluate everything, Erin steps into a world she never imagined—learning to trade, mastering the market, and reclaiming her time, freedom, and purpose. But her journey isn’t just about dollars and charts—it’s about rediscovering herself, taking risks, and rewriting her future.

    This isn’t a textbook—it’s a transformational story packed with practical tools, emotional breakthroughs, and powerful lessons. Whether you're a trading rookie or looking to reignite your financial goals, this story will inspire you to bet on yourself.

    Inside, you’ll learn how to:
    • Use trading as a pathway to personal and financial freedom
    • Build wealth without sacrificing your time
    • Develop confidence with simple, actionable trading strategies
    • Work from anywhere and live life on your terms
    • Embrace risk, bounce back from failure, and trust yourself fully

    Your next chapter starts now.

    Are you ready to take the risk that changes everything?

  • All I've Wanted All I've Needed

    by A.E. Valdez

    $21.99
    Harlow Shaw feels naïve for believing in happily ever afters but she craves a love that lights her up.

    She thought she had it all with her boyfriend. Until his promising baseball career overshadows their relationship and he asks her a life changing question. It causes her to wonder if what they have is all she ever truly wanted.

    Harlow is yearning for more than the curated life she is living.

    A trip to Bali, a move to Seattle, and an alleged burned cup of coffee lead her to a friendship she didn't know she needed and a love so deep she can feel it in her bones.
  • Ella Gets the D cover image

    Tanvier Peart

    $19.99

    The end of my marriage was the beginning of my happily ever after.

    What happens when you hear your husband putting dents in your mattress with another woman?

    Leave and never look back!

    Easier said than done when you're a stay-at-home mom, share two kids with the no-good cheater, and have a savings account that laughs in your face on the daily.

    I want out and agree to an outrageous separation agreement to avoid a showdown in court with a man standing on his wallet, waiting for me to fall. The mission is next to impossible, but I would rather attempt a full split on a hibachi grill after a Brazilian wax than stay in a marriage I should've ended years ago.

    Morgan, my best friend, offers a gorgeous townhouse her family owns to get me back on my feet. Eight months rent-free equals one step closer to Divorced AF.

    I didn't expect moms gone wild at my divorce party, but one fruity cocktail led to me staying out past my bedtime and the steamiest dream with a man straight from fantasies.

    Every kiss, every caress, made me feel worshipped. Adored.

    When Morgan offered this Georgetown home, she failed to mention it belongs to her younger brother, one of DC's most eligible bachelors. He's very fine, not a dream, and back early from time away in London.

    Now, we're staring at each other, dumbfounded and turned on.

    Ella Gets the D is a standalone divorce romantic comedy perfect for lovers of cinnamon roll heroes, a tired mom getting her groove back, tacos, and lots of spice (we kick the door wide open). This isn't your fluffy rom-com. Somebody might catch a case.

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