Wrath by:Cassandra Baker-Durham Wilson Calloway stopped believing in God a long time ago. Devastated after his father is killed in the line of duty he refuses to believe in a deity unable to stop a mad man’s bullet. Growing up he assumes the task of guardian and protector of his mother and two sisters. Natasha,…
{Book Attraction} Bad Men and Wicked Women by:Eric Jerome Dickey
Affairs of the heart can be lethal in New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey’s latest sensual novel. As a low-level enforcer in Los Angeles, Ken Swift knows danger, but nowhere does he feel it more than in his tangled romances. Divorced from one woman, in love with another, and wrestling with a strong…
{New Releases} Week 47 (Nov 13-19)
The Mother of Black Hollywood by:Jenifer Lewis Jenifer Lewis keeps it real in this provocative and touching memoir by a mid-western girl with a dream whose journey from poverty to Hollywood will move, shock, and inspire readers. Told in the audacious voice her fans adore, Jenifer describes a road to fame made treacherous by dysfunction…
{Excerpt} Wrath: Seven Deadly Sins by:Cassandra Baker-Durham
Baxter Reed waited until his wife’s body seeped beneath the surface of the water. The area smelled of high humidity and algae, making his sinuses drain to the back of his throat. He hated that he felt nothing. He had hoped to feel some release as he choked the life out of her. He waited…
{New Releases} Week 46 (Nov 6-12)
Bound To The Fire by:Kelley Fanto Deetz In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of “Aunt Jemima” and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found on various food products and in advertising. Although these images are sanitized and romanticized in American popular culture, they represent the untold stories of…
{New Releases} Week 45 (Oct 30-Nov 5)
Deadly Rumors by:Cheris Hodges Elite investigator Zoe Harrington isn’t about to be fooled twice. She knows all the tempting by-any-means-necessary games FBI agent Carver Banks will use to close a case. So when he needs her help with a missing person case, she’s happy to charge him double the fee—and keep his sizzling moves at…
{New Releases} Week 44 (Oct 23-29)
100 Amazing Facts About The Negro by:Henry Louis Gates, Jr. From one of our premier writers, scholars, and public intellectuals: a surprising, inspiring, often boldly infuriating, highly instructive and entertaining compendium of curiosities regarding African Americans. In 1934, 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of…
{Between the Lines} Kimberla Lawson Roby Set To End ‘The Curtis Black Series’
This past July at NBCC Kimberla Lawson Roby announced to all of the attendees that the popular Curtis Black series would finally come to an end. She announced the last Curtis Black novel would be called Better Late than Never. Roby has said in the past that she would continue to write the series as long…
{New Releases} Week 43 (Oct 16-22)
In Too Deep: Station Seventeen Book 3 by:Kimberly Kincaid As Station Seventeen’s rookie, Luke Slater knows his fire and EMS training will be both rigorous and risky, but he never imagined having to partner up with the one woman he wants to keep at arm’s length most of all. Quinn Copeland is as wide-open as…
{New Releases} Week 42 (Oct 9-15)
Justice Failed by:Alton Logan Justice Failed is the story of Alton Logan, an African-American man who served twenty-six years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Shamefully, such false imprisonment isn’t uncommon in America, but what makes this case extraordinary is that his innocence was made known to the attorneys of the true…
{New Releases} Week 40 (Sept 25-Oct 1)
Lewa by:Luke Austin “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer “Lewa” (Yoruba for “beautiful”) is about the beauty of black skin. From skinny, wiry bodies to beefed-up…
{New Release} Week 39 (Sept 18-24)
The 3D Body Revolution by:Donald Driver Featuring 25 recipes and 36 exercises illustrated with clear step-by-step photos, The 3D Body Revolution shares the secrets of the world’s most elite athletes for getting super strong, super lean, super fast. Beloved, record-setting wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers Donald Driver retired in 2012 and since then…
