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The last thing I thought I'd be doing my last semester was following my ex-boyfriend around, but here I am. I was assigned to write an article about college athletes and he's the biggest one in our town. With this assignment comes a new living arrangement that sets me up in an apartment right next to his.

When she decided to throw caution out the window and succumb to one night of passion, she never expected the results following that night. Silas was tired of being controlled and his parents trying to dictate his life. Relationships were never on his radar, and he was enjoying the freedom being single gave him. The moment he learns he is about to become a father, his fight or flight senses kick in, and insecurities surface.

I’ve stayed hidden for years on this unstable alien planet. Humans are being abducted left and right, forced into breeding, and kept in cages like pets. I didn’t survive a career as a paramedic in violent downtown Chicago to be stuffed into a cage, thanks. I’ve already been abducted once, and I’ll die before it happens again. I’m a masked healer now, with the only apothecary on Tevron. I’ve got a bigger secret than being human… and it’s one every skin trader in the universe would kill to find out. I have to keep my secret safe… and I was doing fine until the alien cop detained me. Tempted me.

In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the Black church and in Black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define Black girlhood and womanhood. Drawing on writing by medieval thinkers and travelers, Enlightenment theories of race, the commodification of women's bodies under slavery, and the work of Tyler Perry and Bishop T. D. Jakes, Lomax shows how Black women are written into religious and cultural history as sites of sexual deviation.

As a rapper who hasn't been lost to the gimmick of autotunes and meaningless lyrics, Sinful K stays true to himself. With just sixteen bars, he can grab the attention of millions all across the world. While everyone hears what they consider dope music, Sinful is simply trying to escape past traumas by getting lost in his music. However, there is no amount of money or fame that could extinguish the pain and torture he's endured. The music only brings him peace for moments in time… what he desires is for his mind, body, and spirit to be on one accord, permanently.

Educators all over the country are waking to a collective realization: The hope and compassion they have for their students is not enough to counteract the inequitable policies and practices of the school system. Students and communities who have been historically disenfranchised along lines of race and disability continue to face predictable barriers to opportunity and independence. In Build Equity, Join Justice, the authors present a new path forward that leads away from deficit-focused policies and toward strengths-based practices.

The divine feminine is an energy living within us all, ready to be awakened. This queen will give you her story and remind you about energies calling in when you least expect it but most need it. Just allow yourself to tune in.

Mars needs Black women! Well, not Mars exactly, but a planet called Rakesh. All of the female creatures on Rakesh died during a plague, and now the Rakesh males have no mates. If they don't find mates soon, their species will die. Finding mates won't be easy. Only Black females from Earth will do.

Four fabulous sisters, each born on a different holiday. The Holliday Sisters Collection gift-wraps four novellas featuring all the passionate romance, lively banter, and sibling solidarity you could want. Celebrate Noelle, Valora, Juniper, and Ginger on their way to Happy Ever After. (Warning: includes meet cutes, second chances, and lots of Black love). The Holliday Sisters Collection includes: Noelle the First, Brave Hearts, Started from a Selfie, and The Illumination of Ginger.

Despite sharing a birthday with the holiday, Christmas just wasn't Noelle's thing. As a kid she had been in love with the holiday, but adult Noelle just saw it as another day to get through. Jay has moved back home after a breakup and is looking to reconnect with his childhood bestie. Cooking up a scheme to get her in the holiday spirit with her sisters, he's determined to bring back to the old Noelle.

Just when things are going well in your life, and you get close to retirement with a good paying job, never in a million years would you have thought that you would lose your employment because the whole world is under attack by Covid-19.

In 1879, near the small northern California town of Ridgeway, Lilly Warren is a young woman who has recently lost her father. There is little time for mourning, though, as the responsibility of running the twenty-six-acre farm now belongs to her. To make matters even more complex, her father has deeded the house and the land to her in his will with an interesting condition: that she share the land with a person she's never met, or forfeit ownership.

The year is 1886, and it's Christmastime in the small enclave of Ridgeway, California. As the town gathers at the Taylor Hotel for the first Ridgeway Holiday Social, memories are shared, secrets are revealed, and new attractions are discovered. Ricardo and Lilly Benigno have journeyed by ship to his home in Barcelona, to introduce their son Leo to his Spanish roots. For Ricardo's parents, meeting their first grandchild is a delight beyond compare—but old wounds still exist between Ricardo and his elder brother, Hernando.

In the aftermath of her husband’s life-altering mistake, Tiana Williams grapples with lingering resentment while working full-time and raising their toddler. But when Jay becomes a person of interest in the kidnapping of ten-year-old Zoe Miller, Tiana is torn between trusting her husband and believing the growing pile of evidence. After she gets dragged further into the mystery and discovers her connection to the missing girl, the shaky ground beneath her crumbles.

Just as things are looking up for Nirvana, even more shocking secrets surface, making her question everything she knows about her life. The one person she thought she could count on has secrets of his own, and as they come to light, she has to decide if their relationship is worth fighting for. Blaze is torn between doing the right thing or following his heart. When the unimaginable happens, something beyond his control, he must come to terms with losing the most important person in his life. Take a ride with this couple one last time to find out how their journey ends.

Rhiyan Carson has had a rough go of it lately. After her divorce, she's nearly fired from her job as an executive at a prestigious architectural firm. In an effort to get away and start fresh, she takes a trip to Bali—only to have her plans go awry when she collides with Kendrick Kekoa, the CEO of a successful civil engineering firm.

In We Got This, 75 solo mom writers tell the truth about their lives—their hopes and fears, their resilience and setbacks, their embarrassments and triumphs. Some of these writers’ names will sound familiar, like Anne Lamott and Elizabeth Alexander, while others are about to become unforgettable. Bound together by their strength, pride, and—most of all— dedication to their children, they broadcast a universal and empowering message: "You are not alone, solo moms—and your tenacity, courage, and fierce love are worthy of celebration."

Nirvana Hart, 24, had been dealt a bad hand all her life. As a result of watching her dad shoot her mama and then himself, Nirvana was all alone in the world. The knight in shining armor she thought was there to save her was actually the devil in disguise. Being with her boyfriend, Prophet Morris, for six years, all she’d focused on was doing what she could to stay afloat and uncovering the truth about her past. Yet, at every turn, somebody sought to destroy everything she had built.

Do you know the saying, “keep your friends close and your enemies closer”? The same is true for Nirvana Hart. She has been dealt a bad hand in life. After a bombshell was dropped on her doorstep, she’s just trying to deal with the reality of finding her daughter. As far as she is concerned, the worst is over, but it is only the beginning when more secrets come to light. The only thing she knows for sure is her feelings for Blaze Banks.