Malcolm would like for his life to stay comfortably predictable. He spends every day with his best friends in the world, and it takes 12 seconds for him to walk to his job as a bartender below his apartment. Like an episode of Friends, it's the type of thing every person in their mid-20s wants. But good things don't last. Malcolm's self-proclaimed archnemesis, Peter, has re-entered his life after their long-dead rivalry back in college—a rivalry which seemed to start without Malcolm's know...

An instant New York Times bestseller! “Grown exposes the underbelly of a tough conversation, providing a searing examination of misogynoir, rape culture, and the vulnerability of young black girls. Groundbreaking, heart-wrenching, and essential reading for all in the #MeToo era.” —Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The BellesAward-winning author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific secrets hiding ...

21-year old Aubrey Quinn still lives under her mother's thumb -and has since her third grade teacher declared her a rising star. Her life hasn't been her own since those stolen moments back in high school that she spent with the love of her life, Jess Rivers. Unfortunately, once Jess graduated, he broke things off with her to pursue his baseball career.Aubrey never really gets over Jess and years later, when she becomes a contestant on a reality entertainment show, she wins the oppo...

The golden boy of football just went bad.Quarterback Grayson Knight has a squeaky-clean reputation in the football world. So when he's arrested for drug possession, lawyer Melissa St. James knows that something doesn't add up. It's clear he's hiding something, though he denies it. But there's one thing he can't deny: he wants Melissa.BookShots Flames: Original romances presented by James Patterson Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading

One of...Parade's Best Romance Books of All TimeNPR's Books to Celebrate Pride MonthBuzzfeed's Most Anticipated LGBTQ Reads of 2022Goodreads' Most Anticipated April RomancesBetches' Books To Add To Your Spring 2022 Reading ListJoy is in love with Malcolm.But Malcolm really likes Summer.Summer is in love with love.And Fox is Summer’s ex-boyfriend.

On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or escapes to her best friend’s house—until Ka...

An unthinkable crime—and the tattered threads of a friendship gone wrong—come roaring back to terrible new life in Jody Gehrman’s riveting psychological suspense, perfect for fans of Joshilyn Jackson.Twenty years ago, Tansy was drawn to Selene’s hard edges, her grit, and her knack for survival. Since then, the confused tangle of guilt about covering up a murder shattered their friendship, and even now, at thirty-eight, Tansy has never come to terms with what happen...

“Does love conquer all? Does it now? Did it ever? These are questions Cecilia Rabess asks in her nimble, discerning debut…The ending of Everything’s Fine is one of the best I’ve read in years.” —The New York TimesA painfully funny, painfully real love story for our time that doesn’t just ask will they, but…should they?Jess is a senior in college, ambitious but aimless, when she meets Josh. He’s a privileged preppy in chino...

Im a forty-three-year-old dad who has two sons, one twenty and the other seventeen, and I was born in a small town name Marion County. I am always into writing stories and never thought I would take it this far. Kyla, life of a female thug, was a story I came up with to see how the drug game can handle having a woman in charge. I hope you like it.

Some questions are better left unasked.Like whose blood is on the knife upstairs.Kenzi Brannon’s life was turned completely upside down when she moved into her family’s abandoned home to raise her niece. Problems compound when her aging mother starts to remember things.And clues the police find regarding the knife don’t match anything Kenzi knows about her family.Things go from bad to worse when she and her niece discover something horrifyi...

There’s a new deputy in town, and she’s a law unto herself.Jeremiah Church is still aching for justice to be served after his father’s murder. Though the killer has been caught, the authorities are no closer to knowing why the Churches were targeted—and if the family’s still at risk. When Miah receives an anonymous letter hinting at a darker conspiracy, he decides it's high time he seeks justice on his own terms, with the help of his fellow Desert Dogs.Patr...

**A high schooler boldly decides to go au naturel after her cousin is ridiculed for her body hair—and thus begins an unexpected journey of self-doubt, self-love, and the realization that sometimes your harshest judge is yourself.“Unflinchingly honest, real, and raw in its examination of body image. Every hairy brown girl will see a reflection of their lives in its page.”—Adiba Jaigirdar, author of Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating“Filled with heart, humor, and a...