It's easier to be brave with a good dog by your side.Leslie Durant, owner of Pretty Paws, doesn't care that she's always giving all of her time and attention to others: It's worth the joy of helping abandoned animals find loving forever homes. But if she can't find a way to bring more money into the struggling shelter, the sacrifices she's made will all be for nothing...Then her brother leaves her with an inheritance, with two stipulations: She must work wi...

An intimate look at the afterlife of lynching through the personal stories of Black victims and survivors who lived through and beyond its traumaMari N. Crabtree traces the long afterlife of lynching in the South through the traumatic memories it left in its wake. African American victims and survivors had to find a way to live through and beyond the horrors of lynching.Crabtree offers a theory of African American collective trauma and memory rooted in a st...

Space is the final frontier, but it's never been this sexy or fun.Being the captain of the Liberator for many years, Liam Synar is familiar with fixing mistakes. But he's not sure how to fix the worst one he’s made concerning his official mate. Merging Ania with Malachi, the Synar family’s daemon, had been a desperate act to save her life after she'd all but died saving his. Since Ania being dead is not an option in Liam's reality, how could saving her be wrong?Now...

For readers of Annette Gordon-Reed and Nikole Hannah-Jones, the shocking untold story of the British royal family’s centuries-long investment in slavery and continued profiting off its legacy—from Elizabeth I to the present—and the monarchy’s culpability in the racial injustice that gave birth to the United States.Narrated by Allyson Johnson.For centuries, Britain has told itself and the world that it is an abolitionist nation, one that, un...

Ntozake Shange’s most beloved novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, is the story of three “colored girls,” three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina. Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college and living with other artists in Los Angeles, trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories, and her dreams. Cypress, the dancer, leaves home to find new ways of moving and easing the contractions of her soul. Indig...

Six months ago her three daughters walked out and left Charlotte Rodgers to fend for herself in her small home in Murphy, Kansas. Charlotte is left resentful and bitter toward her children—Clarice, Connie, and especially Camille—for abandoning her when all she wanted was to return home, finally, to Denver and escape from the memories of her painful past. What Charlotte doesn’t know is that the past is hot on her trail and, to her horror, will soon catch up with her once again.Justi...

Mate or not—love will not keep her from following her warrior heart.Book 4 continues the epic space adventures of the spaceship Liberator with a new crew member joining the crew. Throw in a disgruntled healer and a warrior in training and once more they're off on a mission that will test their rescuing skills.Reluctant healer turned Lieutenant, Boca Ador, well remembers being tortured, mutilated, and made a sexual slave on the planet of Lotharius. Her escape was ho...

Sometimes the past can haunt you …Eighteen years ago, FBI profiler Evelyn Baine's best friend, Cassie Byers, disappeared, the third in a series of unsolved abductions. Only a macabre nursery rhyme was left at the scene, a nursery rhyme that claimed Evelyn was also an intended victim. Now, after all these years of silence, another girl has gone missing in South Carolina, and the Nursery Rhyme Killer is taking credit. But is Cassie's abductor really back, or is there a copyc...

Born in the mid-nineteenth century, Sophie Lyons was a master thief, con artist, blackmailer, and smuggler. Much of her success as a criminal was due to the fact that she was fearless, reckless, sharp, and cunning—everything a woman of her time was not supposed to be. As a young child, Sophie’s parents forced her to steal when she showed a talent for pickpocketing. Strong-willed and smart, she blossomed into a beautiful teenager who caught the eye of many men in the underworld of New York ...

Jada left home at the age of sixteen, running from her own demons and the horrors of physical abuse inflicted by her mother’s boyfriend. She partied hard, and life seemed good when she was with Born, the neighborhood kingpin whose name was synonymous with money, power, and respect. But all his love couldn’t save her from a crack addiction. Jada goes from crack addict and prostitute to survivor and back again before she finds the strength to live for herself and come out on top. And her sto...

Captured by traders, Zade has forgotten her. How is Gwen supposed to save him when he wants her dead?Book 3 continues this epic space adventure with an unofficial mission of rescuing one of their own.Commander Gwen Jet’s Siren mate and his mother have been abducted by black market traders and sold to a planet slated to join the Alliance. It a political mess but the Liberator is not leaving its crew behind.Accepting that Dorian Zade is her mate, a r...

Looking for some humorous Science Fiction? You're going to love this spoofy action and adventure series!Liam admits it. He messed up big time. Book 2 continues the story of estranged alien mates on the starship Liberator. Captain Liam Synar and PeaceKeeper Ania Looren are still trying to make peace with their turbulent pasts.Ambassador Ania Looren was content with how she had lived her very long life. If given the choice, she would have chosen death over becoming t...