**In the tradition of Jordan Peele and Tiffany Jackson’s The Weight of Blood, a YA thriller about a Black teen whose fight for survival forces a small southern vacation town to face its dark history of racial violence.* “A riveting, emotionally resonant thriller infused with supernatural intrigue.”—Kirkus, starred review**When sixteen-year-old Naomi Ward and her family head to a secluded cabin in the Shenandoah Valley for summer vacation they don’t know th...

One fateful encounter upends the lives of two women in this tense domestic thriller, a modern spin on Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train that flips the script on race and gender politics.“I’m a big believer that women should help each other, Tasha,” she says. “Don’t you think?”Tasha Jenkins has finally found the courage to leave her abusive husband. Taking her teenage son with her, Tasha checks into a hotel the night before their flig...

In this page-turning psychological thriller, a young woman’s engagement unearths a twisted conspiracy from her college days—and a killer who will do anything to keep the truth buried.Freshly engaged to a prominent senator’s son, Adriana should feel happy. Instead, the engagement reopens the wound of her college love’s inexplicable death, a suicide that took place mere hours after he proposed. Her fiancé, Lucas, was the second student to leap from the same campus br...

In this gripping dual-timeline gothic thriller, a modern-day writer and a Harlem Renaissance artist are connected by a painting with a deadly secret.Shanice Pierce knows better than to heed bad omens. But she has a hard time ignoring the signs when she finds herself newly single and out of a job on the same seemingly cursed day.Then, while cleaning out her grandmother’s house, Shanice comes across a painting she hasn’t seen in years. Drawn to the haunting p...

An incisive workplace satire and twisty murder mystery featuring a young executive assistant who realizes the peril in being diligently attentive to her boss's whims.As the assistant of the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Nicole Underwood has plenty of tasks on her to-do list—one of which is the blowout birthday celebration for her nightmare, one-percenter boss, Xander Chambers. But when the party ends in chaos and murder and Nicole is one of the survivors, suspicion...

In this page-turning psychological thriller, a young woman’s engagement unearths a twisted conspiracy from her college days—and a killer who will do anything to keep the truth buried.Freshly engaged to a prominent senator’s son, Adriana should feel happy. Instead, the engagement reopens the wound of her college love’s inexplicable death, a suicide that took place mere hours after he proposed. Her fiancé, Lucas, was the second student to leap from the same campus br...

Shanice Pierce knows better than to heed bad omens. But she has a hard time ignoring the signs when she finds herself newly single and out of a job on the same seemingly cursed day. Then, while cleaning out her grandmother’s house, Shanice comes across a painting she hasn’t seen in years. Drawn to the haunting portrait in a way she can't explain, Shanice accepts her grandmother’s offer to keep the family heirloom. She soon uncovers the story of the artist, a Harlem Renaissance painter name...

One fateful encounter upends the lives of two women in this tense domestic thriller—a modern spin on Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train that flips the script on race and gender politics.“I’m a big believer that women should help each other, Tasha,” she says. “Don’t you think?”Tasha Jenkins has finally found the courage to leave her abusive husband. Taking her teenage son with her, Tasha checks into a hotel the night before their flight out of ...

An incisive workplace satire and twisty murder mystery featuring a young executive assistant who realizes the peril in being diligently attentive to her boss's whims.As the assistant of the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Nicole Underwood has plenty of tasks on her to-do list—one of which is the blowout birthday celebration for her nightmare, one-percenter boss, Xander Chambers. But when the party ends in chaos and murder and Nicole is one of the survivors, suspicion...

**In the tradition of Jordan Peele and Tiffany Jackson’s The Weight of Blood, a YA thriller about a Black teen whose fight for survival forces a small southern vacation town to face its dark history of racial violence.* “A riveting, emotionally resonant thriller infused with supernatural intrigue.”—Kirkus, starred review**When sixteen-year-old Naomi Ward and her family head to a secluded cabin in the Shenandoah Valley for summer vacation they don’t know th...

AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award WinnerIn this sexy, page-turning debut, a high-powered publicist receives a threatening message and must confront her secret mystical past as ghosts prepare to invade our world."A must-read book for fans looking for a fresh, authentic voice in urban fantasy and horror." –Tananarive DueTo be a client of Gwendolyn Montgomery—New York’s most powerful publicist, at Sublime Creative—is ...

Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind…New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s.Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have brigh...