The 'Black Queen' is what Billy calls his shadowy next-door neighbour. She always wears a black cloak and a wide-brimmed black hat. She lurks about her garden, alone except for her black cat. Scarily for Billy, the Black Queen befriends him and asks him to look after her cat while she's away. Billy can't resist the opportunity to peek inside her house. There are chessboards scattered everywhere. Who is the Black Queen and what sort of game is she playing? Billy thinks he knows...

Ready to get back to business as usual, Jorja doesn't see the gathering storm despite a staged attack on her by her supposed new allies the Elemental Coalition. However, once the dust clears, Jorja is on alert and the coup goes into full swing.To defeat the fairies led by an old enemy, Jorja knows she'll have to become the goblin to protect her family. She'll strengthen a growing alliance and build a bridge into a new fairy community to increase her power.As Jorja faces off...

Black women are beautiful, talented, and unique queens. Many black women are oblivious to their royalty and worth. Some of us have even stored away our crowns with costume jewelry. There are some black women who understand the importance of their royalty. The queen aware of her identity would under no circumstances remove, hide, or store away her crown. But why do we wear a crown, they ask? Tell them the crown is your truth, your pride, and your strength. The crown is required for the mere...

What does it take to capture the queen’s heart?Kenya “Shanni” Powers had a past full of terror but is moving on. She’s found a new home and started a new life. One rainy winter night, a stranger walks in that despite her typical suspicion makes her want to help him. She offers him a place to stay until the weather clears and he accepts. An act which puts her in danger from her ex.Lane “Cam” Camden is a country music star who’s had enough of the bodyg...

Her name is Black Sheena and she is hunted by the Five Star Coalition. She raids their shipments and opposes the ruthless men at the top. Whenever they try to tighten their grip on a people, Black Sheena is there to defend them. Whenever they try to put down rebels, Black Sheena is there to be their champion. She and her band have been branded pirates and terrorists by the Coalition leaders who hate her, but they also created her.But there is an order of monks known as the Billé Sa...

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. Murdered on coronation night. Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Other Black Girl will love this unputdownable thriller.Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead. Murdered the night of her coronation, her body found the next morning in the old slave cemetery she spent her weekends rehabilitating.Tinsley McArthur w...

PAWN…CAPTIVE…QUEEN?Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege-or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade. Not in these United States, where each person's rank means...

A forgotten legend awakens beneath the streets of Zagreb.When a series of strange events ripples through the city, two young men — Vid and Luka — are drawn into a darkness older than the fortress walls above them. Something ancient is stirring in Medvedgrad… and it has been waiting for them.As reality fractures and the supernatural bleeds through, the Black Queen rises once more — hungry, vengeful, and bound to a history no one dares to speak aloud.What begins as a whi...

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. Murdered on coronation night. Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Other Black Girl will love this unputdownable thriller.Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead. Murdered the night of her coronation, her body found the next morning in the old slave cemetery she spent her weekends rehabilitating.Tinsley McArthur w...

When Ellis Dantreon's father ordered her to become a soldier, she became the only female at the war college. Now she's graduated and has taken her place guarding the king. But the country's Seers are still predicting a terrible possibility—that she might end up marrying the Duke of Perisen, Anton Marisi.And if she does, she probably won't live long. Nor will her brother, Prince Kerris.Ellis is baffled by the prediction. She's never even spoken to the man. She certainly has ...

Sweeping, intricate, and powerfully written, New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The Black Queen introduces a new era in the quest for power fought over generations.In the fifteen years of Arianna's rule on the Black Throne, Blue Isle enjoyed peace. Until a powerful reminder of the past resurfaces to threaten the family, the Fey, and the entire world. With diverse and compelling characters and a richly imagined world, Kristi...

Part 2 of a series, which inspired the hit TV series 'Magnificent Century: Sultana Kosem.'The prophecy Anastasia heard years ago from a blind beggar, was just fulfilled, and a common harem paramour has finally become the powerful Sultan Ahmed I's second wife. However, the young queen's happiness doesn't last long as she battles for supremacy against the Sultan's first wife and son. She only seems to be able to give the Sultan many daughters, while he waits for a son from her, anoth...