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.

After years of mourning his late wife, Kross is finally ready to open his heart to love. There is only one man standing in the way of him having the freedom to love without worrying about looking over his shoulder. Fortunately, he happens to be in the right place at the right time. In order to live happily ever after with the woman who captivated him at first glance, this bad boy had to leave his past life of crime behind. Unfortunately, he has to resort to his old ways to ensure both thei...

Nori is fed up with her cheating boyfriend and father of her two daughters. Living with a man and still being a single mother was not what she had in mind when she and Kayden met. Desperate for a break from her life, she throws caution to the wind and goes on a girls' trip, risking it all for a taste of freedom. The getaway offers more than she expected when a generous stranger sweeps her off her feet and shows her and her friends a good time.Returning home, Nori contemplates givin...

Against her controlling father’s protest, Doctor Janelle St. John worked hard to become a veterinarian and open a practice with her best friend. As much as she loves her family, she can’t stomach dealing with her father’s betrayal. While she thought her parents would live happily ever after, he was cheating on her mom and starting a family with one of Janelle’s childhood best friends. Seeing how her parent’s happy marriage was just a fraud gave Janelle the realization that love was a hoax ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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...

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...