Deborah Chenault-Green

Sylvia Vanguard is a woman who seems to have it all: Money, success, and a good man. But now that she has reached her pinnacle, she's ready to take on the one thing that she has sacrificed to achieve her goals- motherhood. After being denied by her longtime boyfriend, she decides to move forward alone with using unconventional methods to have a child, and ends up getting way more than she bargained for.

She thought she won a dream weekend. The intruders think she's someone else—and the lie keeping her alive could expose the affair that started it all.

Julian Marks is a highly successful, middle-aged Black gay novelist. While he enjoys immense public status, influence, and achievement, he privately wrestles with severe loneliness, regret, and the hidden costs of his visibility. The story explores intimate relationships and the personal truths people spend lifetimes trying to outrun.

On the eve of her 16th birthday, Allison Riley disappears. When the police refuse their requests, her parents, Joanna and Case, reluctantly hire John Belton, a private investigator with a reputation for questionable procedures and a dark past. Quickly, Belton realizes that Allison was coerced by a young handsome boy she met on social media and had been trafficked, and they are on a race against time to get her back.

Recently sentenced to 20 years for a crime he committed, Cory Lewis recounts the events of the last day of his life as a free man.

Apple's hatred for her mother Tami derives from her despicable upbringing. Her primary goal in life is to be nothing like her mother but is that even possible? Apple's childhood has made her ROTTEN...to the core.

Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers that her once super-sharp Grandma Janice is showing early signs of dementia, Keke puts her career at stake in order to save her Grandma's block party, and in the process, Keke falls back in love with her hometown and its people.

Teen son of black couple is murdered during a robbery. Murderer gets 40 years and has cute son (6-8yrs). Mother of murdered son wants to take-in/adopt the boy, husband objects. Kid's dad objects.