Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, William W. Cook and James Tatum here argue that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African di...

Originally published in 1987, this book is a translation of Xenophon's Cyropaedeia (The Education of Cyprus), first published in 1567.

CopySyre Reign has always been seen as the family screw-up. Wherever he goes, hisreputation as a hothead with repeated run-ins with the law precedes him. From ayoung age, Delilah Gold has groomed her sons and nephews to take over heronline empire. Everyone has a place in the family business, even Syre as the headof security. Now that Delilah is retiring soon, she sets a plan in motion to mergeher family dynasty with the infamous Black family throug...

Earning a man’s trust and then setting him up has reluctantly become like second nature to Saylor Finch. After her parents and the father of her unborn baby tragically die, leaving her all alone, she has to do what she can to feed her daughter and put herself through school.When her boss forces her to set up Preston Wolfe, a known kingpin, things take a sudden shift. Feelings develop and lies are thrown around, creating a web so tangled Saylor might not make it out alive.

Who wants a perfect love story anyway? Certainly not Avery Charles. She’s worked hard and fought tooth and nail, even sacrificing her marriage to land her dream job as an offensive coach for an NFL team. All work and no play makes for a dull life, but her career is what Avery lives for, andshe will do whatever it takes to thrive in it.Smith Harrison lives a life that most men only dream of. After his recent trade to the Abbeville Badgers in a fifteen-million-dollar contract ...

Kenya Higgs has the perfect life, at least from the outside looking in. Her husband Boston is handsome, wealthy, and he showers her with extravagant gifts like every day is Christmas. Kenya gets to rub elbows with the most affluent people in the community and take vacations at the drop of a dime.Kenya’s life is perfect, that’s if you don’t consider the unspeakable things going on behind the arched doors of their breathtaking mansion. Under the threat of violence from the very hands...

Feeling slighted by the only man to ever show her genuine love, Kenya picks up the pieces of her life and moves on, a single mother with a thriving business. After finally finding the strength to open her herself up to dating again, she meets the man that just might be patient enough to handle her fragile heart.With his freedom hanging in the balance, Rowan does the one thing he vowed he would do until the very end; he protects the love of his life. Once she enters his sphere, faci...

What happens when a heartbroken therapist hires a handsome but hot-headed private chef for a dinner she was supposed to share with the man who wrecked her in the first place?She ends up being fed more than the three-course meal he came to serve. Iyla Fisher thought her solo anniversary dinner would be a quiet night of self-care until Keywan Glover, a chef with a short fuse and a violent past, strolls into her life and flips the script.When he walked into Iy...

Steel Gray built his empire from the ground up on control. Jaded by loss and betrayal, he spends most of his time looking for ways to grow his wealth. Love is the last thing on his mind. When Devlan Rose, a tall, free-spirited server with a crown of wild curls and a smile that thaws his cold heart, drops onto his radar, something in him breaks.Devlan Rose thought her life was looking up until the night she lost her job. Dating her former boss seems like a step in the right directio...

Psalm Reign is the IT specialist for his family's online brokering business.When his brother is shot and sent home under 24-hour nursing supervision, he moves in to assist with caring for his brother and watching his back. As handsome and successful as Psalm is, he's always been more into gaming and computers than the fairer sex. When the gorgeous chocolate nurse gains his attention, he starts to wonder if there is more to life than his family's crime empire and de...

Since his mother’s death and his brother’s imprisonment, Maven Gold has been in a vicious cycle of sleeping with a different woman every other night to numb the pain. Frequenting a local sex club gives him access to various flavors to satisfy his palate. When a chance encounter with a blast from the past arouses more than his libido, he vows to make her his.After the untimely death of her mother when she was seventeen, Chime has been responsible for taking care of herself as well a...

As the youngest and only female member of a male-dominated family, Divine has always been sheltered by her overprotective brothers and cousins.Claiming to only want the best for her, they are often overbearing in their tactics to ensure her safety. Now that she's approaching thirty, she feels like it's time to branch out and find a life and a love of her own, but not without much protest from the men in her family.From a young age, Liam worked as the muscle...