Born to a family of Southern sharecroppers, Birdy Whitaker has resiliency in her blood, and as a child -- quickly learns to adapt to the fast paced streets of 1920s Philadelphia. A young single mother living in the prohibition-era, Birdy has plans to be made into an honest woman -- that is if she can manage to get handsome, charming and professional bootlegger Sidney Allen to cooperate.Part of the House of Black Flowers series.African-American Historical Fiction

Christmas Time Is Here… And Brown Girls Books is bringing you nineteen talented writers, sharing heartwarming stories filled with the joy, sorrow and downright drama of this magical season. Christmas time brings out the best – and for some, the worst – in us and these holiday tales capture it all, just in time to warm your soul for the holidays. All I Want For Christmas is filled with tear-jerking, treasured, and laugh-inducing stories. Like Sonia Johnston's "Home...

Love is a powerful drug…whether it's the love of family, friends, or that special someone who takes your breath away…chances are, you know the feeling. But what happens when it all goes wrong? Do you break up, then make up? Or do you just walk away? In The Ex Chronicles, twenty talented writers share stories about relationships that falter…among spouses, lovers, family, and friends. From Penelope Christian's story of a woman who goes to great lengths to save her "perfect" life…..to LaKesa ...

Elena har försökt komma över Holton, grannpojken hon endast haft ögon för sedan barnsben. Men Holton har ett stort problem som han inte kan komma över, ända tills ett dödsfall återförenar dem. Just som de börjar se ljuset i tunneln råkar Elena ut för en fasansfull olycka och hon pendlar mellan liv och död. Ska ödet slita dem isär en gång för alla just som de började våga tro på framtiden? När öden kolliderar är den svenska översättningen av boken The long ride home.