"This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." —Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth"You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it's best to just surrender. Your wig is going to fall off no matter what you do." —Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our LivesA gut-busting and heartbreaking descent into one woman's fraying connection to reality, from a soon-to-...

Bestselling author Beverly Jenkins makes the move to trade paperback with this rich and moving story that introduces us to the beautiful Kansas town of Henry Adams, and the townspeople who make it unique.Bernadine Brown is a woman with money to spend. Henry Adams is a town in desperate need of cash. But after Bernadine puts up the money, she has some ideas about how the town should be run. Will the townspeople be willing to shake up their comfortable lives to share...

NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her beloved Blessings series with a heartwarming novel about what really makes a family There's never a dull day in Henry Adams, Kansas. Tamar July has never had a great relationship with certain members of her family. In fact, she'd characterize it as a "hate/hate relationship." But when her cousin calls her with the news that she's dying and wants Tamar to plan the funeral, she's shocked but is willing to drop every...

“Returning to Henry Adams, Kansas, is akin to attending a family reunion. The characters are rich, and the kids all have a story to be told.” —Romantic Times“This series is a winner.” —Minneapolis ExaminerBestselling author Beverly Jenkins takes readers back to Henry Adams—a small town originally founded by freed slaves—for a delightful fourth visit with A Wish and a Prayer. Time spent in this close-knit community of lovable eccentrics is always q...

Whispered secrets about her parents’ past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient Kingdom of Cush.Raised as an orphan by her aunt, Chariline has only been told a few pieces of her parents’ tragic love story. Her beautiful dark skin is proof that her father was Cushite, but she knows nothing else. While visiting her grandfather, Chariline overhears that her father is still alive, and discovering his identity becomes he...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Tate blends fact and fiction with elegance...A captivating, emotionally resonant portrait of a singular woman who refused to be diminished." — LIBRARY JOURNAL"Tate has a rare gift for storytelling that strikes straight to the heart." — SADEQA JOHNSON, New York Times bestselling author of Keeper of Lost ChildrenFrom The Queen of Sugar Hill

NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins celebrates her beloved Blessings series with a heartwarming novel set in Henry Adams, Kansas.“If you haven’t yet gotten your hands on [this] author’s work, you should do so immediately.”****—ShondalandCitizens of Henry Adams, Kansas, know there’s never a dull moment in their small town…Trent July has been the mayor of this historic town for the past four years, but now ...

Never and Again combines the subversive critique of fascism in Starship Troopers, the irreverenttone and horror of Gideon the Ninth, and the hard-hitting fictional war memoir format of The ThingsThey Carried.In an all too imaginable future, where the privileged lead lives untouched by wars that have become aglobal pastime, disenfranchised young people who “volunteer” to become super soldiers are injectedwith nanotechnology that repeatedly brings them back...

New Christian convert Tally Gilbert knows the power of prayer. She’s witnessed family and friends' healing, salvation, and deliverance. There’s one holdout, and he’s at the top of her list. Her ex-boyfriend Randall Addams.After a haunting nightmare, the Lord gave Tally His ultimatum: live the carefree lifestyle of the world or turn to Jesus, who could give her exceedingly abundantly above all she could ask or think.Randall isn't surrendering easily. What will it take for hi...

Tiffany and Kory are settling into their happily-ever-after and enjoying matrimonial bliss, but they are missing the one thing that would make their family complete-a baby. After several months of trying to conceive, with no success, Tiffany shifts her focus on her career and her new role as CEO at TiMax. Eager and ready to move up the corporate ladder, Tiffany convinces her best friend, Rose, to move to L.A., offering her a new start. It's something Rose simply can't refuse, an opportunit...

For readers of Vanessa Miller, Sheila Williams, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Tracy Chevalier, the story of an unconventional woman who overcame adversity to create enduring tributes in stone to her race and times. The life of pioneering Black Neoclassical sculptor Edmonia Lewis—from the Civil War–era Midwest to Boston’s abolitionist circles, to Rome’s expatriate community—is resurrected in this stunning debut biographical novel.“I plan to be a sculptor, to ...

From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they h...