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African American Fiction April 2021
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Black Bottom saints : a novel
by Alice Randall
A celebrated columnist, nightclub emcee and fine arts philanthropist draws inspiration from the Catholic Saints Day books while reflecting on his encounters with legendary black artists from the Great Depression through the post-World War II years.
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Mrs. Wiggins
by Mary Monroe
A tale set in the world of the award-winning Mama Ruby series follows the experiences of a woman from an at-risk family who marries a preacher to establish a safer life before discovering her husband’s desperate secret.
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Wild women and the blues
by Denny S. Bryce
In an award-winning debut novel, a sharecropper’s daughter navigates celebrity encounters, bootlegging and gangster activities in Jazz Age Chicago before sharing her story with a grieving film student nearly a century later.
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The conductors
by Nicole Glover
Having used her wits and magic to help dozens of slaves escape, a former Underground Railroad conductor settles down among the Black elite of Philadelphia with her husband, where they investigate cases that white authorities refuse.
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Sleep well, my lady
by Kwei Quartey
A sequel to The Missing American finds private investigator Emma Djan going undercover to investigate the untimely death of a Ghanaian fashion icon who was found murdered days after breaking up with her boyfriend, a womanizing talk-show host.
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A princess in theory : Reluctant Royals
by Alyssa Cole
Mistaken by his betrothed as a pauper instead of a prince, Prince Thabiso, the sole heir to the throne of Thesolo, decides to keep his real identity a secret as he experiences life and love with Naledi Smith—until the truth comes out, which changes everything.
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The Heat Between Us
by Cheris Hodges
Appointed to head Atlanta's first-ever jazz festival, go-to marketing guru Michael "MJ" Jane sets out to create an annual event to rival New Orleans. Even if that means hiring her irresistible crush Jamal Carver to run security... The former marine with the killer smile and amazing abs also happens to be her best friend's husband's confidant. But despite their sizzling attraction, she refuses to become the playboy's latest conquest.
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The wife he needs
by Brenda Jackson
The arrangement is simple: a two-week getaway, then a marriage of convenience. Until Garth Outlaw's potential bride is a no-show. Now family pilot Regan Fairchild is sharing his bed--and he can't get enough...even though he's vowed never to love again. Can Regan convince him the wife he needs and the woman he desires are one and the same?
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Forbidden promises
by Synithia Williams
Recruited by her politician brother to work with her older sister’s ex-husband, with whom she is in love, violinist India Robidoux and Travis Strickland have a secret affair that neither of them wants to stop until family loyalties and desperate enemies threaten to tear them apart.
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