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Acts of Forgiveness: A Novel

Maura Cheeks - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they're willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program.. Every American waits with bated breath to see whether or not the country's...
 
 
Brooklyn

Tracy Brown - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to get what she wants. The question isn't who murdered her; the question is who wouldn't?Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies,...
 
 
Come and Get It

Kiley Reid - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.. It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident...
 
 
Dixon, Descending: A Novel

Karen Outen - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, heart-wrenching debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibility toward one another Dixon was once an Olympic-level runner. But he missed the team by two-tenths of a second, and ever since that pain decades ago, he hasn't allowed a goal to consume him. But when...
 
 
Dysfunction Junction

Robin W. Pearson - Tyndale House Publishers
Format: Hardcover

When three women receive an unexpected phone call that leaves them reeling, they have no other choice but to reckon with a lifetime of memories they've long tried to bury. Only in facing the past will they find their path forward.. Frances Mae Livingston's firm grip of her family's...
 
 
Frenemy Fix-Up

Yahrah St. John - Afterglow Books by Harlequin
Format: Hardcover

Free-spirited yoga guru Shay Davis has only ninety days to get her workaholic former classmate Colin Anderson from work all day to namaste ... All they need is a little common ground.. Accountant Colin Anderson is working himself into an early grave.. Shay Davis is finally living her dream...
 
 
Girls with Bad Reputations (The Lillys, 2)

Xio Axelrod - Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Paperback

All her life, Kayla heard the same refrain: Don't be so loud. Don't act so wild. Don't take up so much space. Now she's the beating heart of an up-and-coming rock band ... and the whole world is going to know her name.Once upon a time, the pressure to be the perfect daughter...
 
 
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making ... Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being...
 
 
The Mayor of Maxwell Street

Avery Cunningham - Hyperion Avenue
Format: Hardcover

"A debut novel everyone will be talking about," Avery Cunningham's epic love story is "a triumph" and "a tale of intrigue, racial tension, and class warfare, set against the glamorous and gritty backdrop of early 20th century Chicago.". When a rich Black...
 
 
No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion

Sheila Williams - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II - the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the conflict. In the wake of the attack...
 
 
Ours: A Novel

Phillip B. Williams - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A beautifully-written and ambitious epic about the complexity of freedom." - Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half. An epic novel set in mid-nineteenth-century America about the spiritual costs of a freedom that demands fierce protection. In this ingenious, sweeping novel,...
 
 
The Partner Plot

Kristina Forest - Berkley
Format: Paperback

Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by Kristina Forest, author of The Neighbor Favor.. To Violet Greene, fashion is everything. As a successful celebrity stylist, she travels all over the world, living out her dreams. Professionally,...
 
 
Redwood Court: Fiction

DéLana R. A. Dameron - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover

A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its youngest daughter as she comes of age in the 1990s.. "A beautiful exploration of a family . . . deeply moving." Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful....
 
 
Sex, Lies and Sensibility

Nikki Payne - Berkley
Format: Paperback

Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated, beach town inn but must learn to work with the locals in this deliciously spicy Sense and Sensibility inspired rom-com by Nikki Payne. There's never a good time to learn you're your father's secret second family - especially...
 
 
Smoke Kings

Jahmal Mayfield - Melville House
Format: Paperback

"A fresh and fierce new voice to crime fiction...a stunning book that takes the reader on an intense and harrowing journey that is truly unforgettable. Consider me a big fan." - Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel, The Force and City on Fire. "Jahmal...